From Online Torah Classes with Rabbi Mendy Goldberg by R Mendy Goldberg.

• Published: Mon, 03 Aug 2026 19:08:22 GMT
• Duration: 00:55:56
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BREAKING OLD HABITS

Parshat Re'eh explores why Moses uses the singular "See" and present-tense "I give," arguing this teaches that free choice never disappears, no one is ever too old or too "stuck" to change, unlike Bilaam, who believed he could only find purity in death. Drawing on Tanya's model of the "animal soul" (heart, instant gratification) versus the "Godly soul" (mind, long-term truth), truth naturally overpowers desire once genuinely engaged.