Shloime Balsam

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2021/05/16

Shoftim – Lesson 1 – Gidon

00:00 – Review of the beginning of Sefer Shoftim. 03:00 – “You cannot reach the limit of Hashem’s patience and kindness.” – Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l 04:00 – An angel appears to Gidon ben Yoash, (from the tribe of Menashe). 11:20 – Hashem commands Gidon to destroy an alter to Baal and receives an additional name: Yiru-Baal. He asks and receives Divine proof that he should amass an army against Midian. 18:00 – A selection of soldiers is made by testing them in drinking at a river. Only 300 of 10,000 soldiers didn’t get down on their knees to drink. “At no time should a Jew get down on both knees.” – R’ Rosenfeld. 23:00 – Meaning of the Midianite soldier’s dream about the loaf of oat bread. 26:00 – In panic, the Midianite soldiers destroyed one another. Gidon pursues and kills the two kings of Midian. 30:00 – Gidon refuses to accept kingship over Israel. His half-son Avimelech instigates a rebellion and killed 69 of Gidon’s 70 sons. Only the youngest son, Yosam (Jotham), remained. 38:00 – Yosam tells the parable of the thorn to the people of Shechem who had joined Avimelech’s rebellion. 40:00 – Avimelech is killed and temporary peace for the Jews returned until they fell away from Hashem again. “Each Jew can find himself in the words of the Navi because [like the People of Israel] he [personally] goes through these periods of elevation and descent.” – R” Rosenfeld z”l.

2021/05/16

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43 分鐘
2021/06/20

Shoftim – Lesson 6 – Chana and the Power of a Woman’s Prayer, Shmuel HaNavi’s First Nevuah, Undoing the Curse on the Descendants of Eli HaKohen

00:00 – The story behind the birth of Shmuel HaNavi (Samuel the Prophet). Elkanah, Chana, Penina. 11:45 – Introduction to basic concepts of kabbalah and how Chana’s prayer reached “above Hashem“. She accessed an upper realm called mazal and because of what she achieved, the formation of the Shemoneh Esrei is based on her prayer. *17:50 – True account from the time of Rebbe Nachman illustrating the live-giving power of a Jewish woman’s prayer. 26:32 – The sons of Eli HaKohen. 27:51 – The first nevuah (prophecy) of Shmuel HaNavi. The curse against the house of Eli HaKohen and his descendants and how it was counteracted through Torah study and tzedaka (charity).

2021/06/20

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35 分鐘
2021/08/22

Shmuel 1 – Lesson 4 – Shaul and Dovid HaMelech Were Both Tzaddikim

Shmuel 1 – Lesson 4 – Shaul and Dovid HaMelech Were Both Tzaddikim

2021/08/22

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39 分鐘
2021/06/27

Shmuel (Samuel) 1 – Lesson 1

00:00 – In the last story of the Sipurey Masiyos – Rabbi Nachman’s story of The Seven Beggars – the fourth beggar (with a crooked neck) speaks about two birds who have been distanced from one another. The beggar describes his talent as a ventriloquist whereby he throws his voice to imitate the sound of each bird until the two are reunited. This alludes to the way Hashem used His “Voice” the first time He spoke to the prophet Shmuel. 04:31 – The Aron Kodesh (Holy Ark) is captured by the Philistines. This incident relates to a later moment in Jewish history when Dovid Hamelech (King David) defeats the giant Golias (Goliath). 08:46 – The heroism of Shaul (Saul) even before he is made king. He risks his life, alone, to rescue the luchos (tablets of the Torah) from the Aron Kodesh. 13:49 – The death of Eli HaKohen and his sons. 15:34 – The Philistines celebrate their victory in the city of Ashdod but their idol, Dagan (a kind of “merman” figure) is destroyed and a plague breaks out. They move the Aron Kodesh to other locations but the trouble continues until they decide to let oxen pulling the wagon decide to return it to the Jews. 22:11 – Shmuel gives rebuke to Israel. The Philistines are defeated by Hashem through thunder. 25:08 – The People of Israel ask for a King and Shaul is annointed by Shmuel. 29:29 – Why was Shmuel HaNavi angry that the People of Israel asked for a king, when it’s actually a mitzvah in the Torah? The response includes some of the Seven Mitzvos (commandments) of the Bnei Noach (descendants of Noah) as listed in Sanhedrin 58b: 1) Do not murder. 2) Do not steal. 3) Do not worship false gods. 4) Do not commit adultery. 5) Do not eat the limb of a living animal. 6) Do not curse God. 7) Set up courts and bring offenders to justice. 38:32 – King Yeravam Ben Nevat (Jeroboam) threatens the prophet, his hand shrinks (Melachim Aleph – 1 Kings:13). Moral of this incident for today: emunas chochomim.

2021/06/27

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42 分鐘
2021/06/13

Shoftim – Lesson 5 – The Idol of Micah, War Against the Tribe of Benyamin

Two accounts from Jewish history that illustrate how a small domestic problem can escalate to war. First – the account of Micah‘s idol, second, the account of how and why the tribe of Benyamin was almost completely destroyed by the other tribes of Israel. Text: Shoftim/Judges 17-20.

2021/06/13

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40 分鐘
2022/09/12

Daniel – Lesson 1 – Hisbodedus – Personal Prayer Can Save Your Life – Statue With Feet of Clay

00:00 – Historical background of Sefer Daniel. 09:47 – Daniel, Mishael, Chananiah, and Azariah are renamed Belshezzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. 12:02 – Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. *18:45 – The hisbodedus (personal prayer) of Daniel. How and why Hisbodedus can save your life. 27:38 – The elements of hisbodedus – gratitude, request, praise. 28:27 – Power over the rain and all the other weather elements are reserved by Hashem Himself. 29:14 – The four worlds, the greatest perceivable light of Hashem is in keser. 31:46 – Daniel offers to reveal the king’s dream. 35:54 – Daniel’s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream: statue with feet of clay and head of gold (Babylonian empire), chest and arms of silver (Greek empire), hips of bronze (Greek empire), legs of iron (Roman empire). (Daniel 2:32-35).

2022/09/12

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38 分鐘
2021/07/25

Shmuel 1 – Lesson 3 – Shmuel HaNavi Annoints Dovid HaMelech, Defeat of Golias, Who Was Michal?

Shmuel 1 – Lesson 3 – Shmuel HaNavi Annoints Dovid HaMelech, Defeat of Golias, Who Was Michal?

2021/07/25

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39 分鐘
2021/07/20

Shmuel 1 – Lesson 2 – The Reign of Shaul HaMelech

00:00 – The special qualities of Shaul HaMelech (King Saul) were purity of mind and humility. In pursuit of lost donkeys, he meets the Prophet Shmuel (Samuel). 03:35 – The custom of going to a chassidic Rebbe for advice and donating a gift as expression of respect. (Presentation of a “kvitel“.) 07:00 – Shaul is told that he will be king of Israel. Shmuel instructs him to look up at the sky to strengthen his yiras shemayaim (reverence for Hashem). 10:00 – The meaning of the expression “Shaul is also among the prophets?” Shaul becomes king. A king of Israel may not negate the honor due him. 13:00 – Nachash Kig of Ammon threatens the Jewish community of Yavesh Gilad. Shaul destroys the army of Ammon. 19:00 – Shmuel reprimands the People of Israel for believing in a king instead of believing in Hashem. Shaul leads the People to do teshuvah by praying before defending themselves against the Philistines, but an act of disrespect of Shmuel HaNavi causes him to lose the kingdom. 25:00 – Yonasan, the son of Shaul, succeeds in a valiant and shrewd attack on the enemy. 30:00 – Shaul HaMelech fails to wipe out the entire nation of Amalekbecause he allowed their king, Agog, to live. Shmuel executes Agog. 38:00 – The gemara questions the strictness of this judgment. Couldn’t Shaul HaMelech have done teshuvah and been forgiven? He could have, except he fell into despair and he was therefore not able to do teshuvah. 43:00 – How did the music of Dovid’s harp soothe the despair of Shaul? The story of the Seventh Beggar: the princess and the Castle of Water. 45:00 – A Jew should never lose hope.

2021/07/20

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46 分鐘
2021/05/23

Shoftim – Lesson 2 – Chavos Yair, Yiftach, Boaz, Rus, Mashiach, Intro. to Shimshon

00:00 – Peace in Israel under the leadership of Tolah ben Puah from the tribe of Yissachar. 00:40 – The next leader was Yair HaGiladi of Shevet Menashe (East). He called the villages of his sons “Chavos Yair” to commemorate Yair ben Menashe, who had no children. Why does the Torah mention this? The true offspring of tzaddikim are the Torah and maasim tovim (good deeds) they bring to the world. “Chavos Yair” (gematria is 635: 613 mitzvos plus the 22 letters of the Torah). 05:56 – Jewish emunah (faith) faltered and as a result Hashem allowed the nation of Ammon oppressed them. 07:31 – Hashem refused to help Israel because of their idol worship, but Am Yisrael continued to beg Him to return to them. 08:57 – “Lam’natzeach” in Tehillim alludes to Hashem‘s “defeat” through prayer, teaching us that no one should ever give up hope, no matter what the circumstances. 10:40 – Yiftach, arises from humble beginnings to become a fierce defender of Israel. The Jews are forbidden to make war against Moav because Rus would come from that land. 13:55 – Ammon declares war against the Jews. 17:00 – Sichon, king of Amori and Og, King of Bashan were supernatural giants. They had survived the flood of Noach. Yiftach refuses to give back trans-Jordan and the army of Israel was victorious even though they were greatly outnumbered. 19:52 – Yiftach’s vow to sacrifice the first thing he meets after the battle if he is victorious. 23:14 – Did Yiftach actually sacrifice his only daughter? The Zohar says yes. Because of Yiftach‘s refusal to meet with Pinchas, Kohen Gadol, his daughter lost her life. Both men were punished severely by Hashem for their stubbornness. 28:38 – Civil war with Ephraim. 30:03 – The origin of the term for a password: “shibboleth.” 32:03 – Aftzon/Boaz and Rus and the origin of Mashiach in spiritual purity. 35:36 – Lineage of Shimshon HaGibor (Samson). 37:34 – Elon and Avadon.

2021/05/23

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40 分鐘
2021/07/15

Chinuch for Tefillin

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2021/07/15

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11 分鐘

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