Categories

The topic and text is the Introduction to the sefer Sha’arei Yosher by Rabbi Shimon Yehudah haKohein Shkop zt”l, possibly the most significant essay on Jewish Thought in the last five hundred years!
In just a few pages, Rav Shimon describes nothing less than our purpose in life, what holiness is, the way to happiness, how to be kind, and more.
If you are interested in studying this introduction in greater depth, see Rabbi Micha Berger’s book, Widen Your Tent: Thoughts on Life, Integrity & Joy: Based on Rav Shimon Shkop’s Introduction to Shaarei Yosher (Mosaica Press, 2019).
In just a few pages, Rav Shimon describes nothing less than our purpose in life, what holiness is, the way to happiness, how to be kind, and more.
If you are interested in studying this introduction in greater depth, see Rabbi Micha Berger’s book, Widen Your Tent: Thoughts on Life, Integrity & Joy: Based on Rav Shimon Shkop’s Introduction to Shaarei Yosher (Mosaica Press, 2019).
21 videos
Recent Shiurim

19:34
Posted on January 27, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

21:22
Posted on January 27, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

14:21
Posted on January 25, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

26:14
Posted on January 25, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

16:40
Posted on January 24, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:26
Posted on January 24, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

23:04
Posted on January 23, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
Running to Mitzvos and from Aveiros. Meseches …

18:53
Posted on January 22, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

14:30
Posted on January 22, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

16:40
Posted on January 22, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:56
Posted on January 22, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

20:52
Posted on January 20, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

20:18
Posted on January 20, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

Posted on January 20, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

24:00
Posted on January 20, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:27
Posted on January 19, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:40
Posted on January 19, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

17:35
Posted on January 18, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

21:59
Posted on January 18, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

22:38
Posted on January 18, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:19
Posted on January 17, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

23:23
Posted on January 16, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

20:33
Posted on January 16, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer
How to learn Torah. Meseches Kalla Rabbasi is …

22:41
Posted on January 16, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

24:09
Posted on January 15, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

12:10
Posted on January 15, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:18
Posted on January 15, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

15:08
Posted on January 13, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

14:13
Posted on January 13, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:09
Posted on January 13, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

15:13
Posted on January 12, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

23:19
Posted on January 12, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

11:29
Posted on January 11, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:14
Posted on January 11, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:24
Posted on January 10, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

22:15
Posted on January 10, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

17:48
Posted on January 9, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

7:20
Posted on January 9, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:37
Posted on January 9, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:09
Posted on January 9, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

29:03
Posted on January 8, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

20:35
Posted on January 8, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

13:19
Posted on January 6, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:36
Posted on January 6, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

20:21
Posted on January 5, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

19:19
Posted on January 5, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

Posted on January 4, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

18:26
Posted on January 4, 2023 by R Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer