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Theme
The joy of the soul — serving G-d with gladness.
8 shiurim
1:10:46The deeper meaning of Purim — how the salvation of the Jewish people came through the hidden hand of G-d within nature, and how the joy of the day reaches the very essence of the soul.
A journey through the Megillah — Achashverosh and Esther, concealment and revelation — read as a map of the soul's relationship with the hidden King.
Insights and 'tidbits' for Pesach — the inner meaning of leaving Mitzrayim, the matzah of faith, and the personal exodus from our own narrow places into freedom.
Iyar is the month of healing — its name spells 'Ani Hashem Rofecha,' I am G-d your Healer. It is the month of counting the Omer, refining the animal soul, and the joy of Lag B'Omer.
Tishrei, the head of the year, is satiated with holy days — Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Sukkos and Simchas Torah. Its sign is the scale of Divine judgment, and its inner theme is Teshuvah, the soul's return to its Source.
Kislev is the month of trust and of light — of Chanukah and the 19th of Kislev, the New Year of Chassidus. It reveals the inner, mystical dimension of Torah, like oil that lights up the darkness.
'When Adar enters, we increase in joy.' Adar is the month of Purim — of the hidden face of G-d in nature, of miracles disguised as chance, and of a joy that breaks past every limit.