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Davening Discources (RYGB)

28 videos

Death and Dying (RYF)

2 videos

Meshech Chochmah (RMB)

Shiurim on the Meshech Chokhmah — Rav Meir Simchah haKohein of Dvinsk's rather philosophical take on something the week's parashah

24 videos

Ohr Samayach Shiurim (RYGB)

50 videos

Pirkei Avos (various)

2 videos

Shaarei Yosher (RMB)

Shiurim on Rav Shimon Shkop's introduction to Shaarei Yosher. It is an essay that describes what holiness is, our purpose in life, the way to happiness, how to be kind, and more.

4 videos

Sheidim and Zugos (RYGB)

7 videos

Suffering and Meaning (RYF)

2 videos

Recent Shiurim

R' Osher Katz -- Osher Eliyahu ben Shayna
Toby Katz: R' Osher Katz -- Osher Eliyahu ben Shayna: Dear Friends and Family, I would not normally send out something so personal but my brother-in-law, R' Osher Katz, was diagnosed with cancer three months ago -- Stage 4 -- and he has not yet begun treatment, because, for complicated reasons, he has no insurance […]
Is Thursday Night Chulent Permissible?
Micha Berger: Is Thursday Night Chulent Permissible?: I would strongly dis-recommend chulent before Shabbos lunch. (Be glad I am not yours or anyone's poseiq.) Here is my argument against. The Shabbos daytime meal is supposed to be more important than Friday night's meal. One is supposed to save their favorite dishes for lunch. […]
Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?
Micha Berger: Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?: Rav Dovid Lifshitz didn't personally eat turkey because of iffyness of saying it fits the requirement for a kosher species of bird to be backed by a mesorah. Not lekhakhah, but as a personal chumerah. And yet R Dovid celebrated Thanksgiving. (Which was a more common […]
Bananas are Herbs
Micha Berger: Bananas are Herbs: This video explains the difference between woody plants (trees and shrubs) and herbaceous plants. Bananas are among the talles herbs. And just what is a bannana "tree"'s "trunk"? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNMfTkDZlFQ So, the scientific taxonomy and hilkhos berakhos agree on this one. […]
Vayeitzei
Cantor Wolberg: Vayeitzei: I don't know if the following question has ever been asked. Chapter 28, verse 16 states: "Vayikatz Ya'akov mishnaso," And Jacob awoke from his sleep..." Now my question is: if it says "Jacob awoke," then why does it have to say "from his sleep?" Of course it was from his sleep. […]
Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?
Rich, Joel: Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?: On the other hand, other contemporary authorities disagree. Rav Yitzchok Hutner[16]<https://ohr.edu/6105#_edn16> is quoted as maintaining that the establishment of Thanksgiving as an annual holiday that is based on the Christian calendar is, at the very least, closely associated with Avodah Zarah and therefore prohibited. He explains that […]
Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?
Prof. L. Levine: Thanksgiving Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim?: I recall being at an Agudah Convention many years ago and being served turkey on Thanksgiving Day! [...] Thanksgiving: Harmless Holiday or Chukos HaGoyim? « Insights into Halacha « Ohr Somayach<https://ohr.edu/this_week/insights_into_halacha/6105> Biur HaGr”a (Yoreh Deah 178: end 7) and Gilyon Maharsha (ad loc. 1). The Gr”a […]
Yitzchok and Rivka Made a Mistake in How the Educated Esav
Sholom Simon: Yitzchok and Rivka Made a Mistake in How the Educated Esav: [...] And, if so, RYL made a mistake, too -- the same one that R Noson Slifkin made: "rishonim are allowed to say that, but we're not allowed to say that" ;-) Chodesh Tov, everyone. (And Hodu-Day) -- Sholom
Yitzchok and Rivka Made a Mistake in How the Educated Esav
Zev Sero: Yitzchok and Rivka Made a Mistake in How the Educated Esav: [...] Nu, so RSRH made a mistake.
Yitzchok and Rivka Made a Mistake in How the Educated Esav
Prof. L. Levine: Yitzchok and Rivka Made a Mistake in How the Educated Esav: RSRH says that this is why Esav turned out the way he did. When a friend recently told this to a well-known Rav in Flatbush, the Rav began to yell at him saying that this is false. I believe this Rav […]