The Thursday Night Shiur - Maayon Yisroel - Rabbi Reuven Wolf

The experience of redemption from exile during Pesach, subsequent 49 days of refinement and purification, and culmination in receiving the Torah on Shavuos is analogous to the niddah cycle. The process of a niddah’s purification begins when the flow stops; in order for us to begin our refinement we must separate from all sin and unclean activity. A niddah counts her clean ... Read mor...

G-d revealed Himself to Avraham immediately after his bris, but no words were spoken between them. The purpose of this revelation was not to deliver a message to Avraham, rather, it was to initiate an entirely new, elevated level of G-dliness into the creation. In this context, there are four levels of divinity that are ... Read more

Three times each day in the Amidah, we say “…Magen Avraham/The Shield of Abraham.” It is well known that Avraham is the epitome of Chesed/Kindness. He is himself completely good, and everyone else is completely good in Avraham’s eyes; he perceives the good in even the most despicable being. In the Torah, we find that ... Read more

Prayer is the heart of Judaism. Just as the heart receives the blood from all the limbs, oxygenates it and then pumps the blood back into the organs to enliven the body. So to prayer lifts up the soul of all of creation to its divine source and then infuses a re-energized life force into ... Read more

Highly recommended discourse for those who wish to appreciate the depth of the relationship between the  Jewish people and G-d.

A kabbalistic  discourse exploring the dynamics of souls as they emerge from their Divine source. As a consequence of  a blemish in the Shechina some souls are born with a defect which results in a physical blemish on their body’s. These people have extra pain and suffering in this world as they suffer along with ... Read more

Loving a fellow Jew as one loves themselves is the cornerstone of Judaism. In this phenomenal discourse, we explore the means of achieving such love and the extraordinary blessings resulting from fulfilling this Mitzvah.

A fascinating discourse on the application of  the temple sacrifices to our daily lives.

When we make mistakes in our lives we fix them through a process of  Teshuva in which we regret our past and refocus our energy towards goodness. What about the damage done to our souls on a core level beyond the reach of our conscious mind? What about the shame at the essence of our ... Read more

At any time when we study Torah with the awareness that the Torah is G-dly we then merit to have G-d speak the Torah through our mouths.

A Fascinating discourse about the manna. Of the subjects discussed are: The relationship of the manna to Shabbos. The difference of the spiritual effects of eating during the week and the eating of Shabbos. The difference of our Shabbos prayers and our weekday prayer. Our ability to connect in a very real way to that ... Read more

An exploration of the spiritual dynamics of eating. How we can strengthen the powers of our souls when we  eat properly. We even bring an added dose of potent energy into all of the spiritual cosmos through proper intentions while eating. The manna that the Jews ate for forty years in the desert had even ... Read more

An exploration of the spiritual dynamics of eating. How we can strengthen the powers of our souls when we  eat properly. We even bring an added dose of potent energy into all of the spiritual cosmos through proper intentions while eating. The manna that the Jews ate for forty years in the desert had even ... Read more