When you see the good in someone, you draw the good out of them. Noach faced an impossible situation - a corrupt generation and a coming flood - and it was Hashem focusing on his good that gave him the strength to rise to it. In this class, Rabbi Yoseph Vigler explains why lashon hara (speech that harms another person) hurts the speaker, the listener and the person spoken about, and why real, specific praise does the opposite. Through stories about Reish Lakish and Rabbi Yochanan, a father who never gave up on his son, and the Rebbe's answer about "Odessa," we see how what we choose to focus on shapes our children, our marriages and ourselves.

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Every year after Simchas Torah we make big resolutions, and every year a quiet voice asks the same question. If Hashem already decided everything on Rosh Hashana and His world is perfect, does He actually need me?Parshas Bereishis gives a surprising answer. We look at why a a perfect baby created by Hashem still needs a bris, what mushrooms have to do with it, why the Torah ends by praising the moment Moshe broke the luchos, and what last week's hijacked plane can teach us about miracles and the people who step up.If you've ever wondered whether what you do really matters, this one is for you.Source: Likkutei Sichos, Vol. 25, Bereishis, Sicha 2

In this shiur we look at what the day after Yom Kippur is really about. Why is the Hebrew word for forgiveness the same as the word for dancing? What did Adam figure out on the first Rosh Hashana, seeing himself as the weakest of all creation, that changed everything? And why might a long list of requests at Neilah miss the point entirely?We also hear the story of a 77 year old Vietnam veteran who went searching for meaning across Europe and Israel, ran out of money, slept in an airport, and finally found what he was looking for in the last place he expected.If you've ever walked out of Yom Kippur wondering whether any of it worked, this one is for you.#YomKippur #Sukkot #Torah #Judaism #Jewish #Chabad #Teshuvah #Simcha #Emunah #JewishInspiration #Hashem #Tefillah #HighHolidays #Parsha #JewishWisdom #Joy #Faith

Most people walk into Yom Kippur thinking it's about apologizing enough times to earn a good year.This week's shiur is about what it actually means to be disconnected from Hashem, and why anxiety, anger, and worry are symptoms of that disconnection rather than just things that happen to us. The goal of the day isn't forgiveness for its own sake. It's getting to a place where you can honestly say Hashem is running everything, the natural and the supernatural, and actually feel plugged in.So what does it look like to daven with that in mind instead of just running through a list of what went wrong this year? And what changes in a person once they stop thinking about their problems and start thinking about Hashem instead?

Every year on Rosh Hashana we wait to hear the shofar. This year, on Shabbos, there is none. The reason everyone gives is a technical one, a concern about carrying through the streets. But that answer only covers up something much bigger. Shofar is not just another mitzvah. It is the moment a person recognizes Hashem as King, the same moment Adam was created with the ability to choose. So why would something that important simply disappear over a worry about carrying? And if Shabbos was never missing anything, what was shofar actually giving us all along, and why don't we need it this year?

Hashem is in every detail of your life, all the time, not just in the big obvious moments. Most of us go through Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur without ever really feeling that. This class looks at how the two connect: Rosh Hashana as a revelation coming down from Above, and Aseres Yemei Teshuva as the window to meet that revelation with pnimius, panim el panim. Once that layer becomes real, fear and anxiety stop running the show. What that actually looks like, and how you get there, is what this class is about.#RoshHashana #YomKippur #AseresYemeiTeshuva #Teshuva #Elul #JewishWisdom #TorahClass #Emunah #Bitachon #HighHolidays #Chassidus #JewishSpirituality #Shiur #TorahThoughts #YamimNoraim

In this class, Rabbi Vigler unpacks a classic motif: every hardship carries a hidden beauty behind it, but you only see it if you're looking for it. Most people only see the serpent. Fewer people train their eyes to see the princess waiting on the other side. This class is about paying attention differently: to your life, to your struggles, to what's actually in the room. When you want to see the depth of what's happening to you, you will.What serpent are you slaying right now? Comment below.Source: Likutei Torah Ki Tetze (2)#Chassidus #Bitachon #JewishWisdom #InnerWork #Emunah #Mindset #JewishGrowth #SpiritualGrowth #TorahWisdom #Resilience

Every object in the physical world presents us with a choice. The same phone that can distract and consume us can also be used to learn Torah, inspire others, and spread holiness. The same physical pleasures that can pull us away from our purpose can become tools to serve Hashem.

In this class, we explore how the Shema is much more than a prayer - it's a filter that trains us to live with intention. Through the lens of the Torah's discussion of Baal Peor, we uncover a profound lesson: physicality itself isn't the problem. The question is whether we become controlled by the physical world or elevate it for a higher purpose

The Shema teaches us to choose life, choose purpose, and use every part of the world for the Divine.

The first Beis Hamikdash was destroyed for idolatry, murder, and adultery, the three worst sins in the Torah. 70 years, and it was fixed. The second fell for something else, and 2,000 years later we're still trying to undo it. What could possibly be worse than those three combined?

The Gemara calls it sinas chinam, baseless hatred. Here's the catch: no one who holds it believes it's baseless. You always have a reason. That's exactly what makes it invisible, and impossible to do teshuva on if you can't even name it. So what actually breaks the cycle? Not tolerance. Not managing the feeling better. Something underneath the reason entirely, about how you see the person in front of you, and how you see Hashem.

Even a punishment has a purpose. This episode looks at the 100 blessings a Jew makes every day, and how they connect to the 40 years in the desert, to show why the hard, messed up parts of your life are never disqualifying. They're the material.

We live in the most comfortable generation in history; yet anxiety, depression, and inner unrest are everywhere.

In Megillat Esther, Haman is hanged. The enemy is gone. And yet Esther still falls before the king and cries. Why?

This class explores a powerful truth: external threats can disappear, but the inner decree can remain. Comfort does not create peace. Alignment does.

Discover how realignment with purpose can dissolve the hidden unrest within.

Source: תורה אור ד"ה ותוסף אסתר ותדבר לפני המלך