Torah as Story and Journey
Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan is a storyteller in the beis midrash sense — his lectures carry the listener somewhere. Titles like "Budapest, Hungary: Our Miracles and Adventure on the Way to Rav Shayele's Yahrtzeit" set the pattern: a real journey to a tzaddik's kever becomes the frame for a Torah idea, so history and inspiration arrive together.
Across nearly three hundred and eighty recorded lectures, that narrative instinct is the engine. He gathers the historical detail, the personalities, and the drama, and uses them to make an idea land emotionally rather than only intellectually.
The Arizal and the Hidden Torah
A strong mystical current runs through his teaching. In "The Arizal Reveals How to Open the Heavens to Accept Your Tefillot," he draws on Kabbalistic sources to talk about prayer as something with real leverage — and he returns to Rashbi and Lag B'Omer, "From Mt. Meron to Mt. Sinai," reading the day of the Zohar's master as a bridge back to revelation.
He handles this material as inspiration rather than technical Kabbalah. The Arizal and the Zohar appear to lift the listener's sense of what tefillah and Torah can do, not to turn the class into an esoteric seminar.
A Warning About Assimilation
Not all of his themes are gentle. "Assimilation — the Generation of Eagles Who Thought They Were Chickens" is a pointed one: a warning, built on a vivid image, about a people forgetting how high it was made to fly. He is willing to name the danger of drift and dilution directly.
That edge sits comfortably beside the mysticism. The same teacher who lifts the sights with the Arizal also insists on identity — that knowing who you are is the precondition for any of the heights he is describing.
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Latest from Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan on FilteredTube
As of today, Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan has 405 approved videos on FilteredTube, strongest in Chassidus, Halacha, Chizuk.
Newest approved: “We’re In A Free Country, What Is There to Cry About - Rabbi Duvi (2014)” (58 min) · “Saving Our Teens From Dangers Of Social Media!!! - Rabbi Duvi” (1h 7m) · “The Secret to Jewish Survival - Rabbi Duvi (2016)” (1h 15m).
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Duvi Bensoussan teaches through story — real journeys to tzaddikim's kevarim frame Torah ideas.
- A mystical current runs through his lectures, drawing on the Arizal and on Rashbi and Meron.
- He treats Kabbalistic sources as inspiration about tefillah and identity, not as technical seminars.
- He warns pointedly about assimilation — "eagles who thought they were chickens."
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.