Chizuk drawn from the chagim
Rabbi Motti Kesserman's teaching returns often to the light of the chagim, especially Chanukah. Shiurim like 'Taking the light of Chanukah with us into the darkness' and his classes on the mitzvah of ner Chanukah use the candles as more than a symbol — they become a lesson in carrying warmth and faith through hard stretches. He reads the festival as a source of strength meant to outlast the eight days themselves.
This chizuk instinct runs through his corpus. Titles invoking netzach Yisrael — the eternity of the Jewish people — point to a teacher focused on encouragement and endurance. His shiurim are pitched to steady a listener, to remind them of the deeper resilience of Klal Yisrael when the surrounding moment feels dark.
A chassidic warmth
Kesserman draws on chassidic sources, as a shiur marking the yahrtzeit of the Bas Ayin — 'The Struggle' — suggests. He is drawn to the inner avodah these works describe: the honest wrestling of a person trying to grow, and the light that comes from persisting. His Torah tends to speak to the heart, meeting a listener in their effort rather than only in their intellect.
A theme like 'Training ourselves to feel another's pain' captures this bent. Kesserman is interested in the middos that make a person more sensitive and more connected — empathy, endurance, faith — and he teaches them as things one can actively cultivate. It is machshava aimed at who a person is becoming, not only at what they know.
For a home that needs strengthening
Much of Kesserman's material also guards kedusha and character, including shmiras einayim, and it follows the smaller rhythms of the year such as rosh chodesh. The common thread is avodah: the ongoing work of holding a standard and keeping one's inner light lit through the ordinary pressures of life.
For a family, this is chizuk of a practical kind. Whether the moment calls for the encouragement of the Chanukah lights, a lesson in feeling another's pain, or the resolve to guard one's eyes, Kesserman offers Torah meant to strengthen rather than merely inform. His warm, heart-directed teaching is well suited to a household looking to hold steady and grow.
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Key takeaways
- Kesserman teaches chizuk drawn from the chagim, especially the light of Chanukah.
- He draws on chassidic sources, including a shiur on the yahrtzeit of the Bas Ayin.
- Themes like 'Training ourselves to feel another's pain' show his focus on sensitivity and middos.
- His teaching also guards kedusha through shmiras einayim and follows the year's rhythms.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.