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You eat, you get full, you say a blessing. Sounds basic, until you realize the Torah treats that moment as a game-changing commandment. We start with Parsha Eikev's promise of a “good land” and zoom in on the verse that becomes the source for Birkat Hamazon: eat, reach real satiety, then bless Hashem. From there we get practical fast, including what “full” actually means in halacha, why the obligation depends on your personal threshold, and why this mitzvah may be one of the most repeated spiritual acts of an entire lifetime. Then we tackle the question that should bother anyone paying attention: how can a human being bless the Creator, the source of all blessing? Drawing on Rabbeinu Bachya and the Sefer HaChinuch, we flip the whole concept on its head. Brachos are not doing something for God. They are doing something to us. Benching becomes a structured gratitude practice that trains awareness, breaks the autopilot feeling that food and income “just happen,” and builds a mindset of hashgacha, responsibility, and attention to what you've received. We also explore the bold claim found in classic sources and cited in the Mishnah Berurah: careful benching connects to parnasa. Not as a magic trick, but as a relationship. When you recognize the gift, you become a better receiver for more good. We close with one doable move: pick Friday night and bench out loud, from a text, with your family, so your kavana is real and the habit sticks. Subscribe, share this with a friend who rushes benching, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Support the showJoin The Motivation Congregation WhatsApp community for daily motivational Torah content!------------------Check out our other Torah Podcasts and content!SUBSCRIBE to The Motivation Congregation Podcast for daily motivational Mussar!Listen on Spotify or 24six!Find all Torah talks and listen to featured episodes on our website, themotivationcongregation.orgQuestions or Comments? Please email me @ michaelbrooke97@gmail.com
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The Gemara in Brachos 3a recounts a story of Rabbi Yossi going into one of the ruins of Yerushalayim to daven, where he hears a bas kol singing like a bird and has a conversation with Eliyahu Hanavi about what he heard. We analyze this story and present tentative theories about Gemaras that discuss Eliyahu Hanavi and those that discuss bas kols. We also gain insight about how to think about the Churban and the tragedies of Tisha Bav.
Shiur #8 in R' Jonathan Rietti's b'iyun series on Rebbe Nachman's Likutey Moharan, Torah 4 (Part 1) — Breslov, New Hempstead, with BRI and Reb Chaim Kramer. If yissurin are simply part of living in this world — the potholes and bumps no one escapes — then the real question was never how much we get, but how well we respond. This week R' Rietti opens the "Hilchos Yissurin," the laws of receiving suffering: how a person moves from an intellectual "it's for the good" to keshe'adam yodea — actually experiencing that everything, the sweet and the bitter alike, is only l'tovaso, with no gray and no wiggle room. In this shiur: "Hilchos Yissurin" — where the laws of accepting suffering actually live (in Shas, in the Rambam, and beyond Shulchan Aruch) Chayav adam levarech al hara k'shem she'mevarech al hatova — the Mishnah in Brachos (9:5) and blessing the bad like the good Ahavas Hashem b'chol levavcha — serving Him with both the yetzer tov and the yetzer hara The real hishtadlus is tefillah — asking Hashem that everything, good and hard, become a platform to find Him Todah la'Hashem for the good, and todah la'Hashem for the not-good — emunah as a daily exercise The Rambam's words: even in eis hamari, in ka'as and rogez — and why anger, gaava, sinah, kinah and taavah are the yetzer hara of the mind #LikuteyMoharan #RebbeNachman #Breslov #JonathanRietti #Torah4 #Yissurim #Emunah #Bitachon #ThankYouHashem #Suffering #ChaimKramer #BRI
How Do I Say Brachos?
Shiur give by Rabbi Eliyahu Wincelberg at the Sheva Brachos of Daniel and Shaindy Ginsberg. Shiur recorded in Yeshivas Ohr Reuven, Monsey, NY.
Shiur give by Rabbi Yitzy Robinson at the Sheva Brachos of Daniel and Shaindy Ginsberg. Shiur recorded in Yeshivas Ohr Reuven, Monsey, NY.
Harav Yussie Zakutinsky Shlita
Samson poses a riddle at his "sheva Brachos" before his "best men", and they can't solve it.