Rabbi Yedidya Rausman
Monday, Thursday 2:00PMAn in-depth study of Megillat Esther (the scroll of Esther) using the commentary of Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kramer, the Vilna Goan. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Monday, Friday 5:00AMThis shiur is open to serious students with a solid foundation in gemara learning and a high level of commitment and motivation in their studies. Students will be expected to prepare materiel for shiurim in advance and to attend classes regularly. The regular gemara shiur will take place twice weekly. This semester we will be studying Tractate Pesachim, Chapter 1. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks
Sunday 7:00PMThis 3-part mini-series brought to you by Agnon House, WebYeshiva.org and Lincoln Square Synagogue, NY
Join us as we explore a different Agnon story each week, unravelling the magic of the Land of Israel as depicted in Nobel laureate S.Y. Agnon's lyrical weaving of history and mystery into a modern midrash on the link between the Jewish people and Eretz Yisrael in the modern world.
Sundays, March 4th, 11th read moreAdd this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Wednesday 5:00AMRabbi Brovender will teach an amud of Gemara each week, from the tenth chapter of Massechet Pesachim. We look forward to this Bekiyut journey through the text. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Dovid Fink
Sunday 8:00PM-Superstition and Communicating with the dead
-Music: during sefirat ha-omer, before Tisha be-Av; during mourning; and all year long
February 12, 19, 26, March 4 read moreAdd this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Daniel Goldstein
Monday, Wednesday 9:00PMThis class is for students who are already skilled in analyzing a page of Gemara with Rishonim. In-depth conceptual development will be the focus. This semester we will be learning Tractate Pesachim, Chapter 1. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Mrs. Osnat Goldman
Monday 9:00PMLearn the story of Yaakov and Lavan in Parshat Vayetze while expanding your Torah-learning skills with commentaries including, Rashi, Siftei Chachamim and Ramban. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Mr. Martin Kaufman
Monday 4:00AMThis class will study Maimonides' major philosophical work, The Guide for the Perplexed. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Tuesday, Thursday 5:00AMThis shiur is open to serious students with little or no background in gemara learning and a high level of commitment and motivation in their studies. Students will be expected to prepare materiel for shiurim in advance and to attend classes regularly. The regular gemara shiur will take place twice a week. This semester we will be studying Tractate Pesachim, Chapter 1. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
Tuesday 1:00PMJudaism includes many special laws about foods cooked or prepared by non-Jews. In this class, we will focus on food cooked by non-Jews (Bishul Akum), bread baked by non-Jews (Pat Akum) and dairy products farmed by non-Jews (Chalav Akum). read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Dovid Fink
Sunday 8:00PM(a) Professional Scholarship: is it proper to spend one's entire life studying Torah while being supported by the community?
(b) Marketing Prohibited Items: is it permitted to sell non-Kosher products to non-Jews?
January 8, 15, 22 and 29 read moreAdd this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Dovid Fink
Wednesday 8:00PMTopics to be covered: Non-Jews as recipients of tsedaka or as givers of tsedaka; Ma'aser; Limited Resources (to whom does one give tsedaka?); Publicizing Donors read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Yitzchak Blau
Tuesday 9:00PMThe Rambam was certainly an intellectual with elitist tendencies but he also expressed great sympathy and warmth to those in distress. His letters reveal this other side of Rambam's personality. In this class, we shall study Rambam's letters to Yemen, to forced converts to Islam, to a convert to Judaism named Ovadia as well as his letter regarding the resurrection controversy. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Dr. Stuart Fischman
Sunday 1:00PMBy studying Mesillat Yesharim we will be studying what it means to live as a Jew.
Mesillat Yesharim is not only a classic because of its content, but it is one of the few books of Jewish thought that has been embraced by all the streams of Jewish practice, and has been endorsed by the Gaon of Vilna as well as Prof. Yeshayahu Leibowitz whose lectures on Mesillat Yesharim have read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Yehoshua Geller
Thursday 10:00PMMishlei teaches us the steps for perfecting ourselves and rising spiritually. Come and join us on this journey. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
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Rabbi Josh Ross
Monday 3:00AMNow that you've learned the Book of Shmuel with Rabbi Ross (or if you're interested to find out some background before you start learning), it's time to meet the characters one-on-one. This semester, Rabbi Ross will introduce us to the main players of the Book of Shmuel: Chana, Shmuel, Shaul and David. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Sunday 9:00PMPirkei Avot (The Ethics of Our Fathers) is one of the best known and most cited of Jewish texts. This beloved tractate of the Mishna composed of ethical maxims of the Rabbis is familiar for such maxims as "If I am only for myself, who am I?" (1:14) and "Say little and do much" (1:15). Rabbi Brovender will examine and teach the fifth chapter of Pirkei Avot in depth. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Avi Weinstein
Wednesday 4:00AMThe reckoning of the "Penimiyut", the internal essence of these holidays is a chasidic pre-occupation. The Sefat Emet is renowned for taking passages that appear to be inconsequential only to reveal the powerful insights just waiting to be discovered. This is the Chasidic M.O. and the secret of their popularity. The Gur dynasty that the Sefat Emet represented was also well known for their scholarship in conventional read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi David Sedley
Wednesday 9:00PMThis series will look at Rav Tzadok of Lublin's commentary on the parsha, and compare his ideas and understandings to those of his teacher, Mei Shiloach (Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner), and other Chasidic Masters (e.g. Baal HaTanya). read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Yitzhak Zuriel
Tuesday, Thursday 6:00AMA basic-level gemara shiur that aims primarily to improve the student's ability to logically parse a gemara sugya.
At the start of the zman, the emphasis is almost exclusively on reading the gemara text, and using parallel gemara sources for understanding specific concepts. Rashi's commentary is used only sparingly, for informational purposes.
Later on in the zman, the shiur will begin to focus more on understanding Rashi's approach as a read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Thursday 8:00PMBeasts of Prey and Birds of Prey in Jewish Thought and Zoology read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Monday 8:00PMLearn the book of Daniel (Sefer Doniel) and discover the story of Jews who maintained their Jewish identities and culture in Babylonian exile. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Mrs. Yosefa Wruble
Wednesday 10:00PMThis series will follow the sons of Yaakov from birth and trace their tribal legacy throughout Tanach. We will follow famous leaders and prophets of the different tribes, discovering the character traits and life patterns that characterize them and their descendants. read moreAdd this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Josh Ross
Wednesday 3:00AMWho were the Rabbis we read about every year on Passover? Join Rabbi Ross in exploring the Rabbis of the Haggada through understanding various sugyas in the Gemara Pesachim.
Throughout the course, students will also gain a basic understanding of the nature of Torah shebaal Peh (oral law), as well as develop textual skills. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Chaim Brovender
Tuesday 8:00PMJoin Rabbi Brovender as he takes you on a journey to the past to uncover the depths of the story of the creation of the world, as told in the book of Bereishit- Genesis. This semester we will learn about the second day of creation, the day the Skies and Sea were separated. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Yehoshua Geller
Sunday 10:00PMMegillat Kohelet written by the wisest of men, Shlomo Hamelech, contains many powerful ideas such as the secret to the goals of life, the secret to happiness and advice for success.
This class will go beyond the basics to look at the deep meaning of the pesukim and the fascinating details encoded within them, as brought down in the Midrash. Further, the shiur will focus on putting all Kohelet together read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Avi Weinstein
Thursday 5:00AMThis course will be an weekly study on the Torah portion to be read that week (Parshat Hashavua). read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Avraham Chira
Thursday 9:00PMA Weekly study in the Zohar applicable to the first generations of Man and the formation of the Spiritual/Physical Cosmos. 'Knowing the Beginning is foreseeing the End.' read more Add this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Thursday 8:00PMSpontaneous generation, cosmology, and physiology in the Talmud and subsequent Rabbinic Thought read moreAdd this shiur View this shiur
Rabbi Jeffrey Saks
Tuesday 10:00PMA survey of some of the major themes in Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's thought and religious philosophy as seen in his shorter essays. read more Add this shiur View this shiur
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