[1196] Balak: What would you do if your dishwasher began talking??
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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06/25/2021
[#1094] Balak: "If I'm ready to believe... Bring me to Kozhnitzer Magid first!"
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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06/26/2018
[#1093] Balak: Is "I didn't know" a good excuse ?
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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06/26/2018
[#1092] Balak: What? Brisker Rav was lenient?!
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06/24/2018
[#849] Balak: The sin of being too busy to notice
And when there are storms around us and things are swirling in our minds, the greatest gift the Chassidic masters gave us is awareness. Remain silent, observe, and listen.
Bilaam never said חָטָאתִי - I sinned that I hit the donkey. The Sefer Chassi...
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07/07/2017
[#848] Balak: The system of stink
It just has to be the craziest thing ever: People would go to this Idol and they wouldn't bring sacrifices, they would defecate on it. What type of avodeh zoreh is that? What is this baal pe'or?
The Chassidic masters said: You know once upon a time ...
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07/06/2017
[#847] Balak: Conquering the Land of Words
And Moav was afraid - וַיָּגָר מוֹאָב, what was he afraid of? מִפְּנֵי הָעָם – 'am' is the עממות – the simple people.
And we all know that when the holy Baal Shem Tov was in the deepest trance, and he was up there somewhere in heaven – you know what...
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07/05/2017
[#846] Balak: The bright side of antisemitism
The holy Baal Shem Tov was walking down the path away from the Mikveh where he just immersed himself, and a bunch of hooligans were coming against him. And he didn't want them to touch him so that he shouldn't have to immerse himself again, and then ...
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07/04/2017
[#843] Balak: When nothing shocks you any longer
It's not every day that a donkey starts speaking. And when they do, you'd expect a shock; but instead Bilaam said כִּי הִתְעַלַּלְתְּ בִּי – "You were mocking me."
And Rabbeinu Bechayai wonders: Why didn't he just stop and say "Hey, what's going o...
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07/03/2017
Balak: A sin called "I didn't know"
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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07/22/2016
Balak: What to do when your coals are smoldering
הן עם...
When their fire is dimmed
לבדד ישכן...
They go make hisbodedus
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Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, ...
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07/21/2016
Balak: So what's the secret, how do you make donkeys talk?
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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07/19/2016
Balak: ב-אהבת ל-רעך ק- מוך
Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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07/18/2016
BALAK: SEE NO EVIL
Lo Hibit Uven B'Yakov - he saw no sin in others, said the holy Rizhener about the Bardichever who was the closest Jew in the world, that whenever a person realizes that he only has to see the goodness in others, and all he has to do is find the “נקוד...
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07/02/2015
BALAK: HOW TO SPELL V'AHAVTA L'REACHA KAMOCHA
You know, somebody told me that this Yid came to this Rebbi and he said “Rebbi, what do I learn out of this whole Parshas Balak? I don’t identify with anything going on over there.”
And he says “All I need you to remember is that Balak is the ראשי ...
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07/01/2015
BALAK: BILAAM'S WORDS IN KRIAS SHEMA...?
So the Gemara says an amazing statement, they wanted to take everything Bilaam ever said and put it into Birchas Krias Shema.
And the Sfas Emes wonders why in the world would you want to take what Bilaam said and put it into Krias Shema? The secret...