Seeing Beyond the Surface

R' David Reboh Torah 1 - Shiur 2

R' Reboh describes how Rabbeinu and later Rav Kenig seemed to “create reality” around whatever Torah they were learning, giving the example that while learning Torah Alef in Likutei Moharan (Tinyana) Rav Kenig was unexpectedly taken to meet the rabbis of Montreal because the Torah discusses connecting to all Jews via Gedolei Yisrael. He urges learning a Torah be’emet by knowing its parts clearly, internalizing it until it becomes a unified “ruach,” and living with it through hitbodedut and life changes, as part of a broader view that all Likutei Moharan is one mahalach. The shiur introduces Torah Alef’s themes: Torah brings accepted tefillot and chen, and a Jew should seek and connect to the sechel she’bekol davar, treating events as non-haphazard hints without becoming confused. Stories include interpreting a bird hitting a window as mussar, and Rav Elazar Kanievsky advising an over-literal hint-seeker to first understand Gemara and Rashi to avoid ga’avah and confusion. The world is presented as metaphors rooted in Torah and sefirot, and the “sechel” is described as a great light requiring tzimtzum, associated with Yaakov, bechor, and shemesh.

00:00 Morning Opening

00:21 Torah Shapes Reality

02:16 Living the Torah

04:42 Program and Torah Alef

06:39 Finding Wisdom Everywhere

07:47 Bird Window Lesson

09:21 World as Torah Metaphor

10:23 Sefirot and Human Design

12:49 Everything as Mashal

14:00 Hints and Remezim

14:10 Hints and Free Choice

14:39 When Signs Become Confusion

15:37 Tzadikim and Ruach Hakodesh

17:20 Gemara Lesson on Humility

19:40 Practical Remazim and Mussar

22:30 Sechel Ohr Gadol and Tzimtzum

24:41 Yaakov the Bechor and Chochmah

26:35 Beit Hamikdash Mindset

27:59 Wrap Up and Shabbat Shalom