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Tehilla Vanfossen said:
Rabbi, what a wonderful shiur! It was just what I needed to hear tonight. I may have trouble getting to the shiur this coming Sunday, but b’li neder plan to be there regularly afterwards. Thank you–and thank you for putting it online so I could learn from it even though I wasn’t there!
# 19 January 2012 at 10:59 AM

Chaya Miriam Cajas said:
Thank you so much for putting this class online so that I can access it anytime I am unable to be there. Yes! I did hear some of the lesson but I am having streaming difficulties for some reason. It wont let me hear the rest of the lesson. I’m not sure if it is an issue with my computer, internet, or the website itself.
# 19 January 2012 at 1:57 PM

Chaya Miriam Cajas said:
I was finally able to work out the bugs and finish the rest of the lesson. I’m the class you said what I’ve heard many other Rabbis say, that we should avoid magazines, internet, etc. In our modern day, every Rabbi that has made this profound statement has a website, email, and lectures online. Even Toras Chaim has this website that I can post this question. So my question is thus: How do you create a positive balance between surviving in this modern world and bringing as much kedushah into your home? This is a question that I have been struggling with for a long time. And I do believe in cutting out TV, internet, magazines, etc. But as I cut back on these things in my own life and I am finding it harder and harder to stay in touch with friends, family, and community events. I hardly ever get calls about anything anymore. People usually ask me if I received their emails.
# 19 January 2012 at 3:25 PM

Shelly Newman said:
“When a person is doing whatever they need to be doing – is happiness.” , said Rabbi Rich. What an amazing definition of Happiness. Anyone who had nisyonot will agree to this definition if he/she is honest with their true feelings. I think the happiness that Rabbi Rich speaks about is an eternal simcha. Another chidush: Tehillim is the women’s Torah or Women’s chiyuv (obligation).
How do you know who is a wicked so you avoid him? Because you toil in Torah. Says David Hamelech. But women do not toil in Torah, so how they..? As supporters of Torah women who support their husbands in Talmud Torah. The environment of Kedusha that the women create is Torah. How do you come to the point that Torah is your focus in life? Avoid the Rashah, and Reshah. “Filter” is the way. Easy said than done! But possible it is with great will.
Who is a Rasha in our days? Can we call the not connected Jewish people Reshaim? Or Tinokim shenishbu? What about the Jews who had a taste of Torah in their childhood, but chose for some reason not to follow in the footsteps of their parents? Are we to avoid them? To daven on their behalf? To try to mekarev them?
Thank you Rabbi Rich, the taste of Torah is the sweetest of all!
# 19 January 2012 at 5:27 PM

Shelly Newman said:
So much food for our thoughts…I think my Tehillim reading every Shabbat is about to take a much more meaningful direction.
Thank you Rabbi!
# 23 January 2012 at 8:48 AM

Linda Goldwater said:
Thank you, Rabbi Rich for putting your Tehillum class online. Just got the email about the classes and listened to #1. Wonderful! I will continue.
# 6 February 2012 at 5:47 AM

SHELLY NEWMAN said:
My friends in NY love your shiur on Tehillim.
Thank you!
# 21 March 2012 at 6:51 PM

SHELLY NEWMAN said:
This class was very uplifting for me. I thank Hashem for giving me a strep virus so I was able to take the time and listen attentively to every word.
# 17 December 2012 at 1:37 PM

Susan Friedmann said:
Thank you so much for the enlightening interpretations of Tehillim 14. Your concepts open inspirational windows for transcending the p’shat of “measure for measure” and “rewards and punishments.” The Hebrew words in our Psalms have both beauty and importance in our individual lives and our lives in society.
As you have stated, when our values are in various stages of sinking, all sorts of evil occurs. We often name these evils as Personality Disorders, Anti-social Personalities, and other psychiatric categories, when in fact we over-medicalize the concepts of loss of conscience and loss of embarrassment/shame. I only wish that more of our Jewish children could attend Torah-based schools!
# 18 December 2012 at 1:48 PM

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