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Will the Real Moshiach Please Stand Up!30 Aug 202401:31:22

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  • Is one considered a heretic if they do not believe in Moshiach?
  • Is Moshiach a human?
  • What is Moshiach's name?
  • Who may have been Moshiach in previous generations?
  • Stories of the Ohr Hachayim and the Ba'al Shem Tov
Brisk and Lubavitch25 Aug 202401:31:01

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  • Yortzeit of R' Levik (20 Av, 1944) and R' Chaim Brisker (21 Av, 1918)
  • When do we fast Taanis Esther if purim falls on Sunday? Are there exceptions?
  • History of the Brisker Dynasty starting with R' Chaim of Volozhyn
  • Relationship with Chassidus and Chassidei Chabad
  • Anecdotes, stories, and Chidushim
The Chozeh of Lublin and the Chasam Sofer are at Either Extreme. Where do You Stand?15 Jul 202401:25:48

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  • Why does Rashi put Shema between Talis and Tefillin?
  • Can you say Shema without wearing Tefillin?
  • What's the difference between saying false testimony and bring an incomplete Korban?
  • Can you say Shema without the Brachos?

Parshas Balak

Two People in the Desert, Enough Water For One, Who Drinks?07 Aug 202301:14:03

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Nazir, To Be Or Not To Be & the Great Debate of Aveira Lishma07 Aug 202301:27:41

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Shmura vs. Machine Matzah07 Aug 202301:46:44
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The Dangers of Practical Kabbalah07 Aug 202301:28:40

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The Monumental Question That Reb Chaim Brisker May Have Never Asked07 Aug 202301:42:40

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The Sefas Emes and His Son Debate Over the Mann

Is One Allowed To Live In Egypt?07 Aug 202301:28:34

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Were Chananya, Mishael & Azarya Permitted to Sacrifice Themselves07 Aug 202301:36:32

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Stuck With One Rabbi Forever?07 Aug 202301:12:38

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The Rabbi with a Sheitel07 Aug 202301:05:40

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The Vampire's Tattoo07 Aug 202301:18:22

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Prophecy Outside of Israel. The Unfortunate Saga of the Lonely Kabbalist, Reb Avraham Abulafia.12 Jul 202401:39:50

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  • How did Yechezkel have Nevuah in Bavel?
  • Can there be Nevuah outside of Eretz Yisroel?
  • Why did the Rashba come out so strongly against R Avraham Abulafia?
  • Does the Rambam hold there can be Nevuah today?
The Rambam's Calculator For Counting Mitzvos20 Apr 202301:10:05

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Reb Chaim Vital, Isaac Newton, Their Intrigue With Alchemy, & The Quest for the Philosophers Stone20 Apr 202301:32:30

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The Mekoshesh; Sinner or Saint?20 Apr 202301:24:57

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Did the Rambam Believe in Ayin Hara20 Apr 202301:25:37

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So was Haman Persian, amaleki, or JEWISH, who is his descent teaching Torah in bnei brak, and what ever happened with his Alcazar?19 Apr 202301:46:32

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Mishloach Manos / 600 Years of Halachic Analysis19 Apr 202301:19:22

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The Paradox of Owning Chametz on Pesach19 Apr 202301:11:06

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  • What does Tashbisu mean?
  • Is bitul enough?
  • Can you do Hashbasa of Chametz in your heart?
  • How can you be considered an owner of something you can't have benefit from?
  • Are women obligated in Hashbasa?
  • Is Bitul Hefker?
  • Why can't you be Mevatel on Pesach?

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Were the Bothers Justified With Selling Yosef? The Chavos Yair's Intriguing Psak.03 Jan 202301:05:06

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Did Avraham Feed the Angels Meat & Milk?03 Jan 202301:07:37

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Were the Chashmonaim Punished For Being Kings?03 Jan 202300:59:16

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Did Dovid Hamelech & Ezra Tamper With The Torah?!09 Jul 202401:00:40
  • Rambam: What makes a person a Kofer Batorah?
  • Moshe Feinstein: One cannot learn the manuscript Yehuda Hachasid manuscript about Ezra adding dots to the torah and Shiras Habe'er being swapped by Dovid Hamelech based on the Binyan Yegoshua, from Kosnos Ohr: Meir of Eisenshtat - The Panim Meiros and The Tzioni by Menachem Tziuni must be burned
  • Mishneh Halachos - Rav Menashe Klein: Reb Moshe never wrote parts of the letter
  • R Shlomo Zalman Aurbach & Rav Elyoshev said not to publics the manuscript
  • Why is Mishkav Zachor forbidden?
  • Stories: Maharam Beribi and the Berditchever, Reb Moishes Patience
  • Ibn Ezra, Shaloh

Parshas Chukas

Yissachar or Yisaschar? Yes, It's a Big Deal!03 Jan 202301:01:44

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Do We Pronounce יששכר With One ש or Both?

What Rochel Went Through, Only G-d Knows03 Jan 202301:16:33

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Rochel & Leah. Zalman Zezmer, Rameh Mipanu

Is Yaakov's Tefilah Chopped Liver?03 Jan 202301:11:19

Why is Ma'ariv Reshus?

Class given on 11/27/22

The 10 Lost Tribes & the Sambatyon03 Jan 202301:26:57

Class given on 5/26/22

The Battle of Barcelona vs Provence and the Rashba's Cherem03 Jan 202301:43:55

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Chanuka: Reb Akiva Eiger And The Sfas Emes Go Head To Head03 Jan 202301:05:30

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Tuvya the Doctor, and Darwin. Reverse Evolution. 03 Jan 202301:30:36

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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great and Chanukah03 Jan 202301:28:43

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Does One Have to Honor Their Grandfather?02 Jan 202301:15:15

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Divination, the Vilna Gaon's Gorel, and the Rogachover From Nowhere01 Jan 202301:39:32

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Moshe Hit the Rock? Big Deal!08 Jul 202401:33:47
  • Exploring Rashis view on why Moshe hit the rock?
  • Why did Moshe hit the rock two times?
  • Vort of the Chidushei Ha'Rim& why we sing Al Hasaleh Hach Hach as a happy song
  • Bechor Shor has a unique time line and view of what the sin was
  • Tosfos says Moshe and Aharon were punished because the Jews misunderstood them
  • The strange opinion of Pesikda D'rav Kahana- Moshe was setup by G-d?!
  • Ibn Ezra and Chosid Yavetz similar unique idea about Moshe's sin & the story of the Ariza"l that makes us question it
  • Rogechover Moshe used the wrong stick and had an impact on Taharas Hamishpacha?!
  • Rambam: Moshe made jews think G-d was angry??

Parshas Chukas

May a Kohen Soldier Duchen? Rav JB Soloveitchik Takes on the World07 Jul 202401:06:33

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  • The prosecution cannot become the defendant: This is how we know that Hashem agreed to Moshe breaking the Luchos.
  • Yechezkel asked to change the ox in the Merkava.
  • Can a Kohen who killed someone duchen Birkas Kohanim?
  • Can he serve in the Beis Hamikdash?
  • Does Teshuva help? B'shogeg or Meizid?
  • Can soldiers in the IDF duchen?
  • R Ovadya Yosef and R Moshe Feinstein vs R JB Solevetchik

Parshas Chukas

Suicide, Korach's Cohorts, and the Most Controversial Sefer in Halacha05 Jul 202401:59:23

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  • Did Korach and the 250 people with him know they would die? If yes, why did they go through with it?
  • Is suicide considered murder? One Gemara learns it from "Lo tirtzach" and another learns it from "Ach Es Dimchem" in Parshas Noach.
  • What is the Nafka Minah between the 2?
  • Does someone who commits suicide get Olam Habah? Does one do aveilus for them? Say kaddish?
  • Can one put themselves in danger to save others?
  • Was Shaul allowed to take his own life? (Rameh M'panu says Shaul was a gilgul of Lemech)
  • Is one allowed to commit suicide as Teshuva?
  • Can one take their life if they are suffering?
  • R Shaul Berlin vs R Rephael HamburgerParshas Korach


Dassan and Aviram's Calculated Rebellion01 Jul 202401:21:18

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Stirring the Pot of Machloikes: Righteous Act or Sin?30 Jun 202401:19:56

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  • Yalkut Shimoni brings some of Korach's clever arguments.
  • Rameh M'panu says that husband and wife in story of Bava ben Buta and R' Meir were gilgulim of Korach and his wife.
  • Rav says in Sanhedrin that one who is involved in Machlokes transgresses a Lav.
  • Do you violate a Lav for being involved in a Machlokes?
  • If yes is it De'oraysa or Derabanan?
  • If yes, which Lav?
  • Rambam vs Ramban
  • Is it a Lav to challenge the Kehunah?

Parshas Korach

Come Let a Mysterious Mystic Blow Your Mind Away28 Jun 202401:18:21

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  • Zohar - Moshiach will first appear in the Galil.
  • Gemara - Sanhedrin moved to Teveriah and the Geulah will begin in Teveriah.
  • R Meir referred to himself as Moshiach.
  • Machlokes between R Yehuda and R Meir if someone who does not act like a son is still a son or not.
  • Story of Menashe and Yeshaya.
  • Ben Ish Chai explains why was Yeshaya caught through his Tzitzis.
  • Turnus Rufus vs R Akiva are the Yidden servants or sons of Hashem.
  • Emes L'Yakov - Malach Michoel can only Pasken like R Yehuda and only Hashem can Pasken like R Meir.
  • This is why R Meir is buried in Teveriah...

Parshas Sh'lach


Liability by Proxy? A Journey Through the Responsa of the Ages27 Jun 202401:22:14

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The Rabbi of Venice Who Was Bankrupted by the Casinos23 Aug 202402:03:51

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  • The life and legacy of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena
  • His challenges with gambling
  • Controversial theories about Yarmulka, kaballah, and gilgulim
  • Recent Rabbi's who have taken issue with him
Birkas HaTorah: the Students of the Vilna Gaon Debate on Whether They Can Debate With Him16 Jun 202401:33:16

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  • Is Birkas Hatorah Deoraisa?
  • If Deoraisa, is it a separate mitzva?
  • Do you need a Brocho to think Torah?
  • Is thinking like speaking?
  • Is writing like speaking?
  • Can you write Sefiras Haomer?
  • Can witnesses write their testimony?
  • Do you need to say the words of Bitul Chametz?
A Kabbalist, a Litvak, and a Chossid, Walk Into a Bar on Shavuos Night07 Jun 202401:40:56

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  • When did the Minhag to stay up shavuos night start
  • Amazing stories with the kabbalists (R' Yosef Karo, R' Shlomo Elkabatz, R' Chaim Vital, Etc.)
  • What should we learn?
  • Should you learn Mishnayos or is one specifically not supposed to?

Shavuos

The Heated Controversy of Restoring Authentic Smicha04 Jun 202401:36:03

Sunday Kollel Shiur (Class given in 5782)

The Chasam Sofer Battles With the Reform Movement in Hungary02 Jun 202401:10:57

Placement of the Bimah and the Torah in Shul.

  • Does it need to be in the middle because of convenience or halacha?
  • May one daven in a shul where it isn't in the middle
  • Is the Rambam saying a Halachah or giving friendly advice?

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Parshas Bamidbar


A Sage Amongst Sages, Rebbi Akiva Could Not Escape His Destiny.24 May 202401:28:06

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  • Did rabbi akiva know any torah before going to yeshiva?
  • Who was his wife and how did they meet?
  • He took the place of G-d?!
  • His death by the hands of the romans
  • Who was he a gilgul of?

Lag ba'omer special

When Halacha and Kabbalah Collide; a Lag Baomer Special19 May 202401:24:22

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  • Is the Gid Hanashe mutar or assur Bahana'a?
  • How many Brachos do we say on Tefillin according to Zohar vs most poskim?
  • Do we wear Tefillin on Chol Hamoed?
  • Does the one who goes up for an Aliyah read aloud or quietly?
  • Do you have to hear yourself say the words during Shema and Shmone Esrei?
  • What do you do if you walk in to shul in middle of davening?
  • What is the source for the Bracha of Hanosen Laya'ef Koach and do we say it?
  • Should you wear Tzitzis at night?
  • Which way should your bed face?


L'shem yichud is From Shabsai Tzvi?! The Chida is Unforgiving of the Nodah B'yehuda's Accusation17 May 202401:41:52

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  • Is Sefiras Haomer Deoraisa (Rambam and Ravya) or Derabanan?
  • Is it OK to follow kaballistic customs when one isn't "up to it"?
  • When do we say L'shem Yichud and why?
  • Story of the Chida and the golden staircase

Chagiga, Rambam, Raavya, Chok yaakov, Noda b'yehuda, Chavos Yair, Zevachim, Teshuva MaiAhava - R Elazar Fleckels, R Yaakov Emden, Chida, Oir Layesharim - R Zaroch Eidlitz, Samach vov - Rebbe Rashab, Rebbe

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