Wednesday, December 28, 2022

Moreh Nevukhim #6 - 3:8


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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Moreh Nevukhim #5: -1:7 (1)


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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Moreh Nevukhim #4 - 2:30


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Thursday, November 10, 2022

Moreh Nevukhim #1-3 - 1:1-2

 


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Moreh Nevukhim 1:1

Moreh Nevukhim 1:2 (1)

Moreh Nevukhim 1:2 (2) (Follow along with the source sheet here)


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Sunday, September 4, 2022

Torah of Heaven in this World


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For further learning:

1) Listen to "R. Yosef Karo & The Ways of Halakhah" here.


2) Listen to "Can Dreams Determine Halakhah?" here.

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Halakhah & Minhag: Unifying or Divisive?


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For further learning:

Listen to some of the past classes that we cross-referenced in today's class:

1) Listen to "Dictating יברכך: Origins & Development" here.

2) Listen to "Hallel on Rosh Hodesh: With or Without a Berakhah?" here.

3) Listen to "When to Say the Berakhah on Shabbat Candles" here.

4) Listen to "The Land of Israel and What We Do" here.

Monday, August 8, 2022

Friday Night Tefilah at a Hotel

 


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Sunday, July 31, 2022

Can a Child Read the Torah for the Minyan?


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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Saying "HaGomel" for a Domestic Trip

 


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Monday, July 25, 2022

Yom Tov Sheni for Tourists


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Sunday, July 24, 2022

The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (6)


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For further learning:

1) Listen to our class "Bicycle Riding on Shabbat" here.


2) Listen to our class "Halav Yisrael" here.

Monday, July 18, 2022

Keriah for Yerushalayim and the Mikdash Today


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Sunday, July 17, 2022

Not Eating Meat or Drinking Wine During the Nine Days



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Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Using a Disposable Cup for Kiddush or Havdalah


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Monday, July 11, 2022

Can a Cohen Visit Me'arat HaMakhpelah & Kever Rahel?


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Sunday, July 10, 2022

Learning Torah from an Impure Source


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For further learning:


1) Listen to "The 'Written Words' of Halakhah (3)" here.


2) Listen to "Shaving on Hol Ha-Mo'ed" here.


3) Listen to "The Mystery of Sefer Hemdat Yamim" here.

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Tanning & Sunblock on Shabbat


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Sunday, July 3, 2022

How Does Halakhah Change as Reality Changes?


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For further learning:


1) Listen to our class on netilat yadayim here.


2) Listen to "Eating Fish with Meat or Dairy" here.


3) Listen to "The Truths of Halakhah (4)," for a fuller discussion of Hazal and science, here

Sunday, June 26, 2022

"Impossible" and Minority Halakhic Opinions


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Sunday, June 19, 2022

Halakhah & The Limits of Genius


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Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Trust the Process


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Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Forget Me Not (3)


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Wednesday, June 1, 2022

Forget Me Not (2)


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For further learning:


1) Listen to "Forget Me Not (1)" here.


2) Listen to "Forget About it" here.


3) Listen to "R. Moshe Feinstein & 'Preserving What We Do'" here.

Sunday, May 29, 2022

לא תתגודדו: Keeping it Together


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For further learning:


1) Listen to "Should You Follow the Customs of the Minyan You Pray in?" here.


2) Listen to "Can Women Make Berakhot on Positive Time-Bound Missvot" here.


3) Listen to "Yibum vs. Halissah: A History" here.

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.34


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Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Forget Me Not (1)


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Wednesday, May 11, 2022

The "Man of God"


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Sunday, May 8, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.33


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Sunday, May 1, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.32

 


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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Matan Torah: The Emergence of Truth


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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Pesah: Gratitude


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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Vulnerability


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Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Pesah: Seeing the Light


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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Pesah: Reflecting the Light


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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.31

 


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Sunday, April 3, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.30 (2)

 


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Sunday, March 27, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.30 (1)

 


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Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Parashat Shemini: The Grapes of Wrath


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Sunday, March 20, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.29



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Sunday, March 13, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.28

 


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Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Anonymity


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Sunday, March 6, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.27

 


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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

"Until You Don't Know"


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Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Holding on to Heaven


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Sunday, February 20, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.25-26

 


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Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Revealed & Concealed


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Sunday, February 13, 2022

Traveling Before Shabbat

 


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Nefesh HaHayim 4.24

 


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Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Living in the Shadow

 



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Sunday, February 6, 2022

Nefesh HaHayim 4.23

 


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