Shiurim Categories: Torah

OU-JLIC Founding Director, Rabbi Menachem Schrader, speaks about the the essence of the mitzvah of zechirat yetziat mitzrayim according to the Ramban.

Rav Schrader’s Mekorot Ketubot Ketubot 2

JHUPesachGuide5774

OU-JLIC at Yale's Rabbi Noah Cheses provides a guide to Pesach laws and preparation.

On January 18-20th, 2013, The Young Israel House at Yale hosted a conference to converse about the most pressing issues for observant communities on college campuses. With representation from 13 campuses, 40 students gathered together with some of the most thoughtful leaders of Modern Orthodoxy in America.

Here are Rabbi Schrader's Perushei Breishit in Hebrew and in English.

Here are Rabbi Schrader's Mekorot for Masechet Berachot, attached.

Here are Rabbi Schrader's Mekorot for Masechet Ketubot, attached.

Here are Rabbi Schrader's Mekorot for Masechet Shabbat, attached.

Check out Rabbi Aaron Greenberg’s Shiur on the Kosher Kitchen on KosherTube: Kosher Kitchen

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Rosh Beit Medrash of TorontoTorah.com speaks to OU-JLIC students at York about Jewish Medical Ethics regarding cremation. This is a continuation of Rabbi Torczyner’s discussion of autopsy at York University. 11:52

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Rosh Beit Medrash of TorontoTorah.com speaks to OU-JLIC students at York about Jewish Medical Ethics regarding autopsy. 35:40

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner Rosh Beit Medrash of TorontoTorah.com speaks to JLIC students at York about Jewish Medical Ethics regarding maternity. 34:44

Rabbi Daniel Korobkin of Beth Avraham Yoseph Synagogue of Toronto speaks to OU-JLIC Toronto students at TNT (Thursday Night Torah) about lessons to be learned from Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov. 33:20

OU-JLIC Educator in Toronto Rabbi Aaron Greenberg talk at TNT (Thursday Night Torah) about Maftir Yonah. 53:05

OU-JLIC Educator in Toronto Rabbi Aaron Greenberg speaks at TNT (Thursday Night Torah) on the Torah’s love connections made at wells.

The third in a series of Podcasts from Rabbi Avishai Magence on the laws of Muktza.

The second in a series of Podcasts from Rabbi Avishai Magence on the laws of Muktza.

The first in a series of Podcasts from Rabbi Avishai Magence on the laws of Muktza.

Rabbi Greenberg

Rabbi Zirkind in Toronto

Shani Taragin at U of T/York

YouTube Pesach message from Rabbi Aaron Greenberg

For Weekly Divrei Torah check out the YouTube Channel for Harvard JLIC

Video of Rav Leibtag's Shiur at Harvard University Rav Leibtag at Harvard

Often times people feel that selling the chametz isn't really valid as it is merely a formal transaction. In this piece you will find discussion on how today's chametz selling evolved and why it actually is valid. Episode 1 of Shooting the Breeze” by Rabbi Avishai Magence Find more “Shooting the Breeze” on iTunes.

The Talmud requires that checking the chametz be done by candle light rather than by a torch. Which category does a flashlight fall into? Episode 2 of Shooting the Breeze” by Rabbi Avishai Magence Find more “Shooting the Breeze” on iTunes.

Listen to Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sachs lecture on "Religious Opportunities on Secular Campus"

Episode 3 of Shooting the Breeze” by Rabbi Avishai Magence Find more “Shooting the Breeze” on iTunes.

Episode 4 of Shooting the Breeze” by Rabbi Avishai Magence Find more “Shooting the Breeze” on iTunes.

The Mishkan is a microcosm of the universe. In Kedushah, we quote the angels in prasing Hashem, stating “Kadosh kadosh kadosh Hashem Tsvakot mlo chol haaretz kvodo.” From the angels’ perspective, Hashem’s extreme holiness results in the whole of the universe filling up with his glory. We also say this praise several times daily, quoting the angels. Yet we do […]

Shani Taragin at University of Toronto brought to you by Rabbi Aaron and Miriam Greenberg, JLIC couple at York/U of T

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July 6th 2010

Guy’s shiur at Brooklyn College

Given On: Sunday January 31, 2010 Given at: Rinat Yisrael

On January 21st, Toronto University students met for a discussion on “Kosher in Coffee Houses” with Rabbi Avrohom Stone, Senior Rabbinic Field Representative for OU Kosher.

Brooklyn College

by Rabbi Ben Greenberg JLIC @ Harvard Hillel 1. Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 23a אשה ודאי מדליקה, דאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי: נשים חייבות בנר חנוכה, שאף הן היו באותו הנס A woman definitely lights as R. Yehoshua ben Levi said: Women are obligated in Chanukah lighting, for they too were within the miracle. 2. Rashi, […]

JLIC mini-GUIDE TO CHANUKAH WHO should light? Everyone should light: men, women and children according to the Ashkenazi custom. – In some communities women have the custom not to light, especially married women. – Many Sefardim also do not light, as they rely on the lighting of their parents WHERE should one light? – On […]

Guidelines for Chanukah at Brandeis 5770 Hilchot Chanukah The halachot of Chanukah are discussed in the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chayim 670-684. The following is a general overview and distillation. . Menorah SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO KEEP IN MIND WHEN LIGHTING CHANUKAH CANDLES. You must register with the Department of Residence Life to […]

by Rabbi Rothstein

at York University

a shiur by Rabbi Hefter

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah is ambiguous holiday. On the one hand, it is the completion of Sukkot and thus called “the 8th day.” Yet the rabbis also identify it as a regel bifnei atzmo – its own independent holiday. In the Diaspora, where we observe two days of Yom Tov, Simchat Torah has taken on its own identity as […]

Candles Candle lighting on Friday night is at 6:08pm. We say 2 blessings each of the first two nights of chag. When possible candles should be lit in the sukkah. On Friday night we say: ברוך אתה ה’ אלקינו מלך העולם אשר קדשנו במצותיו וצונו להדליק נר של שבת ושל יום טוב Baruch Atah Hashem […]

Genesis 8:21-22 בראשית פרק ח And the Lord smelled the pleasant aroma, and the Lord said to Himself, “I will no longer curse the earth because of man, for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth, and I will no longer smite all living things as I have done. So long as […]

Practical Shabbat Halakha שמות פרק לא 12. The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 13. “And you, speak to the children of Israel and say: ‘Only keep My Sabbaths! For it is a sign between Me and you for your generations, to know that I, the Lord, make you holy. 14. Therefore, keep the Sabbath, for […]

I. “The Daf” See Pesachim 2a II. Going Inside Mishnah in Tractate Pesachim 2a תלמוד בבלי מסכת פסחים דף ב עמוד א משנה. אור לארבעה עשר בודקין את החמץ לאור הנר. כל מקום שאין מכניסין בו חמץ – אין צריך בדיקה. ובמה אמרו שתי שורות במרתף – מקום שמכניסין בו חמץ, בית שמאי אומרים: שתי […]

written up by Rabbi Kaplowitz, JLIC educator at Brandeis.

Shiur #3 in the summer "Faithichino" series. Shiur by Rabbi Aaron Greenberg Download source sheet here (Hebrew)

Shiur #2 of the summer "Faithichino" series. Shiur by Rabbi Aaron Greenberg

Shiur by Rabbi Ahron Lichtenstein Download the notes for this shiur (Hebrew)

Shiur #1 of the summer "Faithichino" series. Shiur by Rabbi Aaron Greenberg

Shiur by Shani Taragin, 5/5/09

The Weekly Dose of Torah Rabbi Avi Heller Director of Jewish Education, Boston University Hillel Behar/Bechukotai 5769 ( May 16, 2009)

The Weekly Dose of Torah Rabbi Avi Heller Director of Jewish Education, Boston University Hillel Emor 5769 (May 9, 2009)

Special guest shiur by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Founding Director of The Summer Beit Midrash program in Sharon, MA 4/26/09

by Rav Avi Heller, JLIC Boston U. Topic: Nadav and Avihu Redux, This week's Weekly Dose of Torah was generously sponsored by Ron and Jennie Offer and family. There's an old (and unflattering) joke that a Rabbi a priest and a minister were arguing about how to distribute a certain sum of charitable donations. The minister suggested that they draw a circle on the ground and throw the money up in the air. Whatever landed outside the circle would go to the poor and whatever landed inside the circle would be divided into the accounts of the church and synagogue. . .

Shiur by Rabbi Aaron Greenberg

The New York Times, on April 8, 1 897 reported that park policeman Foley arrested a Rabbi Wechsler - though Rabbi Klein escaped - who had illegally convened a crowd of several hundred Jews in Tompkins Square to say the blessing on the sun. Reported the Times: "Rabbi Klein's knowledge of English is slight, while Foley's faculties of comprehension of matters...are not acute. The attempt of a foreign citizen to explain to an American Irishman an astronomical situation and a tradition of the Talmud was a dismal failure." The paper concludes by saying that "the new sun" service had been conducted in this country for 180 years, or since 1717. In 1897, it would have been the 203rd cycle of the sun. Now, we are entering the 207th. Read more. . . .

Shiur by Prof. Reuven Kimelman of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department (NEJS), as part of the JLIC Learn-a-Thon

Shiur by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack, 3/16/09

Shiur by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack

Shiur by Rav Mordy Friedman: Hilchot Shabbat Medicine on Shabbat part 1

Shiur by Rav Mordy Friedman: Hilchot Shabbat Medicine on Shabbat, part 2

Shiur by Rav Mordy Friedman on Hilchot Shabbat

Shiur by Limor Friedman, in Hebrew

Guest shiur by Rabbi David Bigman, Rosh Yeshiva of Ma'alei Gilboa

Shiur by Rabbi Pragrow, 2/12/09

Shiur by Rabbi Muskin, 2/5/09

Shiur by Rabbi Winter on Tefillin

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Shiur by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack, 12/9/08

For a complete description of this panel which took place on 1/4/09 in Englewood, NJ, click here.

Every week, BOO publishes a weekly dvar Torah publication on the parsha. Click here to link to the website for Torah Emet, where you can access current issues as well as archives of past issues.

Kumsitz with R. Twersky at Brooklyn College

Shiur by Joey Small on 12/4/08 about the Yeshiva of Shem v'Ever

Shiur by Rabbi Brander

Rabbi Michael Skobac

Keeping a kosher business lunch and Q & A

Hashgacha Lecture

Shiur by Shani Taragin, 11/9/08

Shiur by Rabbi Mordy Friedman, 11/23/08 Download source sheet here

Dr. Devora Steinmetz, Assistant Professor of Talmud and Rabbinics at The Jewish Theological Seminary

Yeshu, part II

Yeshu, part I

Rabbi Akiva: The Anti-Moses part II

Rabbi Akiva: The Anti-Moses

Shiur by Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, 11/18/08 Download source sheet heref

Shiur by Rabbi Applebaum, 11/25/08

Shiur by Ezra Hahn

Shiur by Rabbi Jeremy Wieder, 9/3/08 Listen to the shiur here: http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/shalhevet/shiurim/rabbi_wieder.mp3

Shiur by Rabbi Dov Linzer, 9/10/08 Listen to the shiur here: http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/shalhevet/shiurim/rabbi_linzer.mp3

Shiur by Rabbi David Flatto, 11/17/08 Listen to the shiur here: http://www.nyu.edu/clubs/shalhevet/shiurim/rabbi_flatto.mp3

shiur by Ezra Hahn, 4th year math major, on 11/18/08 Download Source Sheet #1 here Download Source Sheet #2 here

Shiur by Rabbi Ackerman

Shiur by Chaim Klein

Shiur by Rabbi Strauchler, Rav of Shaarei Shomayim Congregation Download source sheet here

By Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, 11/11/08

By Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, November 2008 Download source sheet here

Shiur by Dr. William Kolbrener, Prof. at Bar Ilan University: From Athens to Jerusalem - Between Truth and Emet Download source sheet

Shiur by R. Myles Brody: Codification Polemic Over the Shulchan Aruch Download source sheet

Rabbi Menachem Leibtag: Overview of Sefer Shemot

Shiur by R. Moshe Taragin Download source sheet

Fireside Chats with Amitai bin Nun 2

Fireside Chats with Amita bin Nun: Unearned Deserts? Penitence and Justice from Rowling to Hutner

Teshuva Drasha with Rav Meir Goldwicht

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 9/27/08

by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 9/27/08

Shiur by Rav Meidan of Yeshivat Har Etzion on September 18, 2008 (in advanced Hebrew)

The Torah in Our Everyday Lives: What does it mean to live as a Jew connected to the ideal of the Torah? Shiur at York University on September 10, 2008 by Rabbi Simcha Green, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Bircas HaTorah in Yerushalayim

"Vos Zaln" UIllinois Music from the Illinois campus May 27th, 2008

Here's an interesting article taken from MyZmanim.com. Please note their disclaimer: PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ANY HALACHIC DECISIONS BASED ON THIS TEXT WITHOUT CONSULTING A QUALIFIED RAV. If you wish to see the article in its original splendor, the article may be located here: http://www.myzmanim.com/messagebox.aspx?messageid=direction

By Shira Klayman, Sophomore

Special article from the Mitzpeh, the UMD Jewish Student Newspaper on the Mitzvah of Orlah, by Rabbi Eli Kohl.

Gemara shiur by Rabbi Meir Klein

Rabbi Avi Weiss January 30, 2008

Professor Lawrence Schiffman Feb 6, 2008

Rabbi Marc Angel February 13, 2008

Dr. Micah Gottlieb March 5, 2008

Rabbi Saul Berman March 6, 2008

Rabbi Sarna February 11, 2008

Rabbi Sarna February 14, 2008

Rabbi Sarna February 4, 2008

Rabbi Yehuda Sarna February 21, 2008

Shiur given by Rabbi Zeff from Yeshivat HaMivtar on 2/26/08 at the University of Maryland Hillel

Given by Rabbi Meir Klein part 4 2/6/08

Given by Rabbi Meir Klein part 3 1/23/08

Given by Rabbi Meir Klein part 2 1/16/08

Given by Rabbi Meir Klein part 1 1/9/08

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 3/6/08

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 2/29/08

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 2/27/08

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 2/13/08

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 3/8/08

Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on 3/8/08

Shiur by Rabbi Daniel Korobkin on 10/25/07 on the topic of The Destruction of Sodom Category: Parsha

Shiur by Rav Yitzchak Blau on 2/21/08 on the topic of Agadot Category: Talmud/Machshava

The following was originally printed in the SHPiEL, a student-run bi-weekly Jewish newspaper out of the University of Florida And now for Part 2 of Millenial Mania… I am here to discuss the remaining four characteristics that have been assigned to this generation: The Millenials. Remember, the Millenial generation has been loosely defined as those […]

When looking at the calendar this week, Nadav laughed and said, ?Abba, it?s Cow Shabbat!?

Shiur on Mezuzah by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna given on February 6, 2008

Shiur on Mizrach by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna given on February 13, 2008

Shiur on shabbat by Rabbi Yehuda Sarna on February 27, 2008

Connecting Land and Humanity - Part I Rabbi Sarna January 29, 2008

Wandering - Part II Rabbi Sarna February 5, 2008

Israel Experience - Identity - Part III Rabbi Sarna February 12, 2008

Mishna is after power to inflict capital punishment is gone. Discussion is theoretical. Is this rabbinic approval of development of situation where capital...

Source and Reason for Bishul Akum Eng is R. Brofsky The gemara (Avoda Zara 37B - 40A), after attempting to attribute the prohibition of bishul akum to a biblical source, concludes that bishul akum is prohibited "mi-derabbanan ve-kra esmachta be-alma" (the prohibition was legislated by the rabbis, but they made a textual connection in the Torah to support their enactment in the Torah)...

MISHNAH. THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF HEATHENS ARE PROHIBITED BUT THE PROHIBITION DOES NOT EXTEND TO ALL USE OF THEM:13 MILK WHICH A HEATHEN MILKED WITHOUT AN ISRAELITE WATCHING HIM, THEIR BREAD...

The following was originally published in The SHPiEL, a bi-weekly student-run Jewish newspaper out of the University of Florida. The Millennial Mania – Part One of Two My childhood was peppered with vinyl records, the Pong video game, the dawning of break dancing and the Beastie Boys. You all, the Millennials, are categorized as having […]

How to look at life, based on Megilat Esther. By Ben Goldberg, freshman

Towards the end of JRR Tolkien?s Lord of the Rings trilogy, there is an apocalyptic showdown between the forces of good and evil...

Shiur on zmanim, specifically Alos HaShachar, Neitz HaChama, Chatzos Hayom and Shaos Zmanios given on 2/20/08 by Rabbi Ari Storch

Shuir by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan on 1/15/08 on the sources for the prohibition of cooking on Shabbat.

Second part of shiur on zmanim, specifically Alos HaShachar, Neitz HaChama, Chatzos Hayom and Shaos Zmanios Given on 3/5/08 by Rabbi Ari Storch

Shiur on Hilchos Muktzah, specifically the laws of "boses," given by Rabbi Marwick on 2/26/08

Shiur given on 3/3/08 by Rabbi Binyamin Marwick

A Panel Discussion at the Joseph Slifka Center for Jewish Life at Yale a discussion concerning how to approach bible criticism as an Orthodox Jew Speakers Shalom Carmy (Yeshiva University) Zelig Aster (Yeshiva University) Lawrence Schiffman (New York University) Introduction by Steven Fraade (Yale University)

What did Betzalel do to deserve the great honor of "Cheif Architect" of the Mishkan? By Zev Schramm With special thanks to Rabbi Ari Kahn

The Biblical criticism panel broken down: Steven Fraade and Lawrence Schiffman

The following was originally published in The SHPiEL, a bi-weekly student-run Jewish newspaper out of the University of Florida. Repentance. Not a Jewish Word. You can?t marry a woman under false pretenses. If a man says to a woman, ?Marry me on account of the fact that I am rich man,? and it turns out […]

The following was originally published in The SHPiEL, a bi-weekly student-run Jewish newspaper out of the University of Florida. Man, You Talk to Much! Thinking Outside the Lox With Rabbi Yonah Jews like to talk. We like to make ourselves heard even when others don?t want to listen. That?s just the nature of being Jewish, […]

The Biblical criticism panel broken down: Shalom Carmy

The Biblical criticism panel broken down: Zelig Aster

The Biblical criticism panel broken down: Orthodox Jews and Biblical Criticism - Questions and Answers

In the laws of Torah Reading (Code of Jewish Law, Way of Life 147:1), R. Moshe Isserles, the famed Ashkenazic rabbi and Halachic decisor, comments that one should not use an ?old? item in order to cover...

What's the connection between the sin of the Golden Calf and building the Mishkan? By Jessie Leader, freshman

In the yeshiva in Israel where I did much of my Rabbinical studies, there was also a yeshiva program for young men who had just graduated high school. Needless to say...

Starring Matt LeVee, facilitator, Chaya Sandler, Sami Marks, David Minkus, Ari Rosenberg and Michael Kerendian 2/12/08 part I

This is a Gamara shuir given by Rabbi Meir Klein with several cornell students:

Starring Matt LeVee, facilitator, Chaya Sandler, Sami Marks, David Minkus, Ari Rosenberg and Michael Kerendian 2/12/08 part II

Biblical Hebrew Grammar by Rabbi Binyamin Marwick, given on 2/18/2008

It's not the same as playing with legos! By Yael Goldberg, freshman

The significance of the clothing of the Kohein Gadol By Rafi Karkowsky, senior

Starring Matt LeVee, facilitator, Chaya Sandler, Sami Marks, David Minkus, Ari Rosenberg and Michael Kerendian 2/12/08 part VI

What's with the mitzvah to be happy during Adar? Where does this mitzvah come from, and what can we learn from it? Why is this commandment emphasized so much in Talmudic and Rabbinic sources? By Shira Klayman, sophomore

Shiur by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on the haftorah of Mishpatim

shiur by Rabbi Boshnack on dreams, based on the teachings of Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook-- Brooklyn College

by Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, Gemara Sotah shiur, Kotler Beit Midrash at Brandeis University, November 2007

by Rabbi Elliot Kaplowitz, Gemara Sotah shiur, Kotler Beit Midrash at Brandeis University, November 2007

A teacher of mine once gave us a photocopy from an obscure publication from the early 1950?s. Out of sheer laziness (or, peace of mind) he neglected to trim off a small (unrelated) d?var Torah on the margin of the page. Out of boredom (or, restless curiosity)...

How can we find meaning in the seemingly dry, boring, descriptions of the vessels of the Temple? By Noam Heller, junior

1 - Tefillot Kneged Avot or Tamidim 2 - Tashlumin 3 - Tefillat Mussaf 4 - Mincha Ketanah and Gedolah 5 - Walking in Front of Person Davening 6 - Arvit Reshut 7 - Aggadah Rabban Gamliel vs Rabbi Yehoshua 8 - Bowing During Tefilla 9 - Havineinu 10 - Tefillat Haderech 11 - Facing East for Davening 12 - Chazarat HaShatz 13 - Inserts to Shemonah Esrei I - Mashiv HaRuach Ten Bracha 14 - Inserts Into Shemonah Esrei II -Havdalah Ata Chonantanu Hamelech Hakadosh and Hamelech Hamishpat Supplamentary Mekorot - Shiur 14b - Chap 4 - Inserts to Shemonah Esrei III - Yaaleh Vyavoh and the Nature of Rosh Chodesh 15 - Yaaleh Vyavoh and the Nature of Rosh Chodesh - Inserts into Shemonah Esrei III 16 - Birchat Shomeiah Tefillah 17 - Kavanah in Tefillah

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The Ra?avad (R. Avraham ibn Daud, 13th c.) was one of Provence?s great Jewish scholars. In the introduction to his book Ba?alei Nefesh (which is about the relationship between a husband and wife) he describes the motivation for...

The following was originally published in a column in The SHPiEL, a bi-weekly student-run Jewish student newspaper at the University of Florida. Thinking Outside the Lox With Rabbi Yonah Schiller Green Is So Yesterday Everyone has gotten on the ?Green Wagon:? politicians, celebrities, movies, corporations. Even my youngest daughter?s tushy is swathed in reusable cloth […]

The following was originally published in a “Dear Rabbi” column in The SHPiEL, a bi-weekly student-run Jewish student newspaper at the University of Florida. To Hell and Back Q. Do Jews believe in Hell? A. We?re all going to Hell so don?t worry about it. Well, sort of. It depends on what you mean by […]

Article by: Shifra Baronofsky Gender and Education is a very sensitive topic within Judaism. From the time of the Talmud in the early first millennium until only a few decades ago...

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D'vrei torah by: Shifra Baronofsky Rabbi Kaminetsky says Revenge. Though the Torah warns us against acting on our emotions, it's hard to control the desire. In fact...

Shiur by guest speaker, Rabbi Baruch Hecht

D'vrei torah by: Hannah Grossman This week's parsha, Mikeitz, meaning "the end" continues the story of Yoseph's time in Egypt by beginning with "the end" of his imprisonment. When Pharaoh dreams of seven....

Yosef's tests of faith while in Egypt are lessons for us in overcoming our own personal tests of faith. By Tuvi Felt Hakohen, senior

shiur by guest speaker Shani Taragin

My favorite image of OJ Simpson is a commercial he did for Hertz. Some poor woman has forgotten her ID at the checkout counterand is getting on the plane. OJ sprints broken-field through ...

Divrei Beit Hillel "The Duality of Jacob" "It Takes Two" "Laban and Esau" and Nachi and Jomo!

shiur by Shoshana Porath

second part of shiur by Shoshana Porath

short shiur by Rav Yisroel Porath

shiur by Rabbi Yisroel Porath

shiur by Rabbi Porath

short shiur by Rav Yisroel Porath

shiur by Rabbi Porath

Shiur by Rabbi Yisroel Porath

Short shiur by Rav Yisroel Porath

Short shiur by Rav Yisroel Porath

Guest Speaker - Rabbi Tzvi Leshem Torah Study

shiur by guest speaker - Rabbi Shmuel Klitzner

Shiur by guest speaker Rabbi Pollac

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Latest Issues: Mishpatim Terumah

Divrei Beit Hillel "Learning from Others" "God Bless You" "Mm Mm Good" and Nachi and Jomo!

Overcome your Yetzer Hara (Evil Inclination) and don't oversleep-- come to davening! Shiur by Rabbi Yisroel Porath.

How to respond to those who do bad. One needs to differentiate between the sin and the sinners. Shiur by Rabbi Yisroel Porath.

Shiur by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on the halachot (laws) of netilat yadayim (washing hands)

Shiur by Rabbi Reuven Boshnack on the halachot (laws) of netilat yadayim (washing hands)

Shiur on women's issues/parsha by Shira Boshnack

Shiur by Shira Boshnack on the parsha

Life of Pi is a beautiful and well-crafted story, with strong overtones of Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea. But it also reminds me of the story of our sidra this week, the story of Noach and the Mabbul, the Flood or Deluge.

Wednesday is the holiday of Hoshana Rabba, an obscure and little-recognized moment in the Jewish calendar. Few people are aware that it is one of the holiest days of the year -- a day akin to Yom Kippur. It is the last day of Sukkot and it is the day on which the land of Israel is judged for water.

On Simchat Torah, we read the verse "The Torah was commanded to us by Moshe, a morasha (inheritance) to the congregation of Yaakov." It is interesting that the Torah uses the word morasha and not yerusha (which also means inheritance).... by Rivka Weiss, sophomore