Torah Learning with Ari

Why does the Torah stress that the clothes the Jews wore in the wilderness never wore out? Where did these clothes come from? How are they connected to the clothes of Yaakov which he wore when he came in to steal the blessing of Esav? What was special about the revelation at Mount Sinai and…

We continue our exploration of the opinion of the Chazon Ish in Bitachon, which stresses the importance of knowing that all that happens to a person – whether good or not so good – it is all a decree from heaven and ultimately must be embraced as such. This is a lofty level of Bitachon-Faith.…

What is the fundamental spiritual mistake of someone who speaks Lashon Hara (gossip)? How is that hatred and Lashon Hara cause the Divine Presence to be repelled? What is the concept of the destruction of the ego in the beginning of the times of Moshiach? How does it relate to the Ruach Hakodesh (Holy Spirit)…

We study together the teaching about Bitachon of the Gra, which is based on R’ Chaim Vital’s teaching on the topic in his sefer Shaarei Kedusha. In it we explore the concept that Bitachon is the fundamental middah (character trait) that impacts the human being in positive way, as opposed to Chemdah-desire which is never…

What is the deeper concept of peace? What is the depth of the teaching about the peace that comes when Hashem returns the souls of the idol worshippers for another day of life despite their denial of Him? Why did R’ Meir allow the woman to ‘spit in his face’ to satisfy her husband who…

We discuss at length the opinion of the Chazon Ish, who seems to say that one can not have bitachon that good things will happen, as well as those who try to explain this to mean that this is referring to after the fact – that one can assume that even a seemingly negative event…

What is the concept of the blessings that come, and how do we access them? How do these blessings contrast with the verses from the end of the previous parsha that speak of victory over our enemies – when we love Hashem and keep the commandments? What is the spiritual power that we have against…

We explore one of the fundamental underpinnings of the concept of Bitachon, which is that everything Hashem does is for our best. CLICK HERE to listen to the audio Running time: 20:59

Why does Moshe speak about the Jordan river before talking about conquering Israel? Why do so many miracles occur specifically by the water? Why did the water ‘run’ when it saw Hashem’s name on the staff of Moshe? Why does another midrash seem to indicate that Moshe’s staff was ‘put down’ by Moshe and wasn’t…

Why did Moshe pray 515 times even though Hashem already told him he would not be entering Eretz Yisrael? Why did he choose the type of prayer that was called a ‘tachanun’-supplication? Why do some people have the merit for reward, while the great storehouse of ‘free reward’ is much larger? Why did Moshe at…