The Thursday Night Shiur - Maayon Yisroel - Rabbi Reuven Wolf

A mystical explanation on the “Three Times Holy” that we say during our prayer: The soul’s descent into the body in order to struggle with darkness is an absolute necessity for it to rise infinitely beyond its original capacity. Just like water is filtered through the earth and emerges clean from beneath the ground, so ... Read more

A profound discourse on the significance of  Torah study. Why we must study both the revealed and mystical dimensions of the Torah?

The Sages teach us that the gender of the child is determined  by which partner transmits seed first. If its the Father then it will be a Girl if its the Mother then it will be a Boy. This has a mystical meaning as well. We the Jewish people are married to G-D the children ... Read more

An inside look at the sin of the Two son’s of Aharon. The danger of striving for spirituality for ones own gratification and not as a means to serve G-d. The Two son’s of Aharon reached the highest form of spiritual ecstasy to the point that they couldn’t control themselves from expiring in G-D’s infinite ... Read more

A Mystical look at the Sun and the Moon as they are Now, and the way they will be in the Messianic era.

A Mystical explanation on the spiritual illumination of the Matzah.

A profound discourse on the significance of  Torah study. Why we must study both the revealed and mystical dimensions of the Torah?

Why is there so many ups and downs in our spiritual lives?   Why does inspiration fade away so quickly?   How can we make permanent advances in our refinement of self?

Our love for G-D comes in two ways. One that we can produce through our contemplation and meditation. The other comes as a gift from above after we’ve done our part. The latter is far greater then the former, but not everyone  merits to experience that higher connection with G-D.  These two forms of love ... Read more

Shabbos is a holy day all by itself. Why then were we commanded to make Shabbos holy? The holiness of Shabbos is a result of G-D retracting his creative energy back to its source in the wisdom of G-D. However through our service of  making this world holy during the week, we add a much ... Read more

The purpose of creation is to bring the Shecinah (Divine presence) down to earth. Initially when the world was  created the Shecinah resided on earth. As a consequence of  seven sinful generations the Shechina retreated back to heaven. Our mission is to restore the world back to its original state,  a home and primary residence ... Read more

The significance of the name Tzvakos.   A name of G-D that first appears in the prophets. Why didn’t Moshe use that name? All names of G-d refer to G-d as he is projecting through a specific attribute. Generally these are referring to the attributes of Atzilut the “world of emanation” were the attributes are completely ... Read more

The mystical meaning of Egyptian exile both on the cosmic and individual level. G-d transmits his creative energy to the world through a series of attributes that are called vessels. Egypt gets in the way interfering with that process primarily blocking the intellectual attributes from transmitting to the emotional attributes. The redemption is when this ... Read more

Moshe’s soul is unique that it descended to earth without undergoing  any change or compromise of its G-dliness. The primary spiritual role of his Neshama was to inject the element of Daas into the souls of the Jewish people. That means that ordinary people should have the ability to experience the divine in a very ... Read more

Egyptian exile in its present day form is when the knowledge of the mind does not reach the emotions of the heart. When we study and meditate on G-ds greatness but it stay stuck in the mind and it does not translate into a deep love and powerful passion for G-d.   Mitzraim is what stands ... Read more

The Mystical meaning of – Why Mitzvos are called peiros – fruits? The Jewish soul is fertile soil for the G-dly seedling “the mitzvos” to take root and to sprout forth their infinite spiritual  light.   The exile also called a planting were we as Jews are planted and seemingly decaying but in truth this serves ... Read more

The blessing of Yaakov to Yehuda that he will wash is clothing with wine is alluding to the days of Moshiach when our performance of Mitzvos will be in its perfected state. The garments are the mitzvos that garb the Soul in G-Dly light. The wine is referring to our innate love for G-D that ... Read more

Serving Hashem like a Tzadik or like a Baal Teshuvah

Why is a mitzvah caaled a lamp? Why is the Neshama called a lamp? Why are the Mitzvahs the garments of the Soul? What does the candle symbolize? What is the inner meaning of the oil,wick and the 2 colors of the flame?

Torah is here to light up the world with G-dly awareness. Studying Torah merely to grasp its wisdom doesn’t accomplish this. One needs to study it with an appreciation of the holiness of its letters. This is what the Greeks tried to eradicate from the Jewish people. The lighting of the Chanuka Menorah restores this ... Read more

Yosef and his brothers bundling and gathering sheaves represents the collective work of the Jewish people in collecting and elevating all the sparks of holiness scattered all across the universe.

Harnessing the raw unbridled energy of our animal soul and channeling it into constructive positive behavior. Accessing the intense energy from the lofty world mystically known as the “World of Tohu” and fusing it with the “world of Tikun” bringing about the ultimate Redemption.

The highest revelation of divine compassion that reveals itself every morning to enable us to arouse our love for G-D during our morning prayers.

The deeper Meaning of Yitzchak digging wells, uncovering the innate G-Dliness that is at the Core of every being. What kind of spiritual evil do the Plishtim represent? Why were they able to clog Avraham’s wells but not Yitschak’s?

The Value of performing a Mitzva in the middle of our workday.