Parshas Vayigash: Learning Emotional Intelligence From Yosef

Shiur presented in 5778 Boruch Matir Assurim! We must begin today’s shiur by giving a shevach to Hashem over the ישועה that He brought about for R’ Shalom Rubashkin on the last day of Chanukah (Dec 21, 2017).  The way to view this story is based on what it says in the Siddur: וּלְךָ עָשיתָ…

Chaukah 5781: The Grown-Up Message of Chanukah:  Complete Bitachon in Hashem

Shiur presented in 5779 A Superficial Outlook on Yomim Tovim This year, B’ezras Hashem, we will get another chance at celebrating the Yom Tov of Chanukah.  Most  people have a childlike view of Chanukah, just like everything else in their lives because when they were children, their parents introduced them to Chanukah through their childish…

Parshas Vayishlach: When to be Afraid and When to have Bitachon?

Shiur presented in 5779 Paranoid Parents Raise Paranoid Children One of the more common experiences in life is fear.  When children are still babies they are surrounded by parents who live in a complete environment of fear.  Parents are afraid their child may die in a crib, or choke on something, or fall down, or…