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Eben Ezra's words are a powerful reminder that we must always look to Hashem to be our doctor. We can use a medicine, technology, and other modern advancements in medical treatments—but only Hashem can genuinely heal us. The success of any treatment depends on His blessings and intervention, for He has laid out the laws of nature and governs them. We may try as hard as we can to treat illnesses, but without Hashem's help, no plan or course of action will lead to complete healing. Thus, even when...

Say it aloud repeatedly: "the world was created for me." Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our new website, themotivationcongregation.org ---------------- Questions or Comments? Please email ...

An unprecedented moment, the ultimate commitment. The Jewish people entered this relationship with Hashem with two simple words that reveal the secret to success: "Nasseh V'nishmah!" Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen...

A fascinating and empowering meeting between Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz and The Mir rosh yeshiva Rav Noson Tzvi Finkel. In this timeless tale, we are treated to the truth of the human spirit's potential. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Acces...

Parshas Mishpatim describes Hashem as "chanun," which means compassionate. However, the Ramban translates the word differently and reveals our superpower. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our...

The concept of the subconscious appears in the writings of Lipkin well before Sigmund Freud popularized the concept. Already in 1880, the concept of conscious and subconscious processes and their role in man's psychological, emotional, and moral functioning were fully developed and elucidated. On his Yartzeit, we delve into one of Rav Yisrael's z"tl famous teachings. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The ...

We must not forget to learn what Hashem wants from us and not fall into the trap of haphazardly performing the mitzvos. Always delve into the central point and theme of the mitzvos. Judaism is a relationship between the Jewish people and God, and we must strive to understand our creator's ratzon. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. ...

Immediately following the ten commandments, the Torah gives three interesting and oddly timed negative commandments. Hirsch explains to us why the exactness of the Torah is entirely on display here. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah ...

When Moshe's father-in-law shows up, he advises Moshe and the Jews to restructure the judicial system. Yisro embodies what it means to have a probing eye that questions everything in a search for truth. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all To...

Who doesn't love gedolim stories? In this short motzei Shabbas Torah talk, we discuss what happens when the laws of nature and Torah clash. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our new website, t...

A fundamental precondition to accepting the Torah is achdus/unity. However, Rashi on parshas Yisro clues us into one necessary condition to merit total unity. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on...

In this erev shabbas episode of The Motivation Congregation, we explore one unique attribute Yisro possessed and why the placement of Yisro's story in the Torah holds an unforgettable lesson. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks a...

This Dvar Torah from the Alter of Slabodka gives us a revolutionary understanding of life. He states that each of us is king and queen, part of a kingdom of holy priests and a holy nation. We must never forget this fact and use it to guide our lives. He encourages us to live with regality, strength, and courage - as befits royalty. It's easy to get caught up in the mundanity of day-to-day life and forget that we carry an inherent power that gives us special status within ourselves. However, by t...

Rav Dessler explains that the key to unlocking greatness is rooted deep within us. Citing from the medrash, he teaches us that this journey begins with taking the first step, and it starts with recognizing our potential and setting goals for ourselves. As Rav Dessler says, “The path to greatness lies within you; you must simply recognize it and strive towards it.” This is a call to action — a reminder that our dreams are within reach if only we take the proper steps to make them happen. With spi...

After the most significant event in human history, the Jewish people are frighted by the experience. Moshe's calming words to them provide us with a practical lesson. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured epi...

Rabbi Daniel Kalish teaches us that Tu Bishvat celebrated on the 15th of Shevat, is a potent day in the Jewish calendar. Rabbi Kalish reminds us that Tu Bishvat is a day of maturation and independence. We should take a moment to appreciate how nature sustains us and recognize the beauty it brings into our lives. Based on a gemara in meseches Rosh Hashanah, this is a new understanding of an old idea. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE --...

Like a bad infection through a weak body, strife is cutting through the Jewish people. Moshe and the prophets make a new enactment to save the day. Listen to Rav Elchanon Wasserman's Z'TL take on the topic in this short online Torah talk. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast stre...

A leap heard around the world. Nachshon ben Aminadav changed the course of history, and years later, Chazon Ish's advice to Rav Wolbe focused on that epic leap. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes ...

Nobody wanted to jump into the sea of reeds. Then one man's leap changed his life, his family's life, and a nation's destiny forever. Listen to the story of Nachshon ben Aminadav. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Torah talks and listen to...

This Dvar Torah on the week's parsha teaches us how to close the door to sin. Suppose we can find a way to lock out our yetzer hara and take proactive steps to avoid temptation and act by Hashem's commandments. Doing so takes tremendous self-control and determination, but if we can push through it and find a way to block all gaps and avenues to sin, we will be guaranteed not to succumb to sin. May we all find the strength and courage to strive to make choices that bring us closer to Him. Suppor...

Parents are an integral part of our lives, guiding us and providing us with the support we need to grow. This week's Dvar Torah explores why Hashem provided us with parents and examines their unique role in our lives. The answer is not what you might think. Based on a Rashi in Chumash, our entire reality is flipped. Listen to this fascinating insight on our parsha from Rav Yerucham Levovitz. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ----------...

It is important to remember that our faith is not just a list of laws and regulations but an intense loving relationship between man and God with laws to solidify that. In Sefer Kuzari, Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi explains that faith does not need to come or be proven from genesis or science because, with us, it's personal. This is our loving father, Hashem! This Dvar Torah encourages each one of us to think deeply about how we can embody the teachings of Sefer Kuzari in our daily lives. Support the Sh...

In today's short Torah talk, we explore: Why did God love Avraham? Should you take it if you were offered the position of head of Brisk Yeshiva? What was the purpose of the ten plagues? Find out the answer to these questions in today's Motivation Congregation episode. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the...

This scintillating insight from the Rebbe of Kutzk is a need-to-know Torah idea. If life feels hard, listen to this. If you find yourself struggling, listen to this. Don't give up, don't ever give up. Support the Show. Join the WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content! JOIN HERE ---------------- SUBSCRIBE to The Weekly Parsha for an insightful weekly shiur on the Parsha of the week. Listen on Spotify or the new Jewish music and Podcast streaming platform 24six! Access all Tora...