As Elul winds down and Rosh Hashanah approaches, this shiur explores the battle inside our minds — the yetzer hara’s quiet whispers, the urge to overthink, the plans that collapse before they’re even built.
In this week’s parshah, Ki Seitzei, a mitzvah about putting a fence on a roof seems straightforward — until Chazal pull back the curtain. Suddenly it’s not about construction at all, but about the dangerous thoughts that can knock us down before we even realize it.
As Elul winds down and Rosh Hashanah approaches, this shiur explores the battle inside our minds — the yetzer hara’s quiet whispers, the urge to overthink, the plans that collapse before they’re even built. Through a powerful mashal of a man and his basket of eggs, we uncover how to build real fences around our thoughts, and how to find the strength to take life one step at a time.
A remarkable ma’aseh involving Rabbi Avigdor Miller and the grandfather of Rabbi Elimelech Biderman reveals the heartfelt tears, desperate prayers, and unwavering dedication behind raising children with true Yiras Shamayim.
A torn postage stamp.
A puzzled Rebbetzin.
And a hidden act of honesty that revealed the greatness of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky.
What could make someone destroy a stamp… every single time he hand-delivered a letter himself?
