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Rav Yisroel Belsky Rav Hershel Schachter Senior Halachic Consultants, OU Kashruth In this extra-special video, the Orthodox Union’s prominent Poskim, Rav Yisroel Belsky, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva Torah V’Da’as, and Rav...

Thoughts on Tisha B’Av – Rabbi Moshe Zywica – Recorded as part of the OU LIVE Shiurim Webcasts for 9 Days Learn-a-thon on Monday, July 31, 2006. The Jewish approach to...

Mordechai Weis presents a video shiur in sign language about the story of Pesach, why it is called Pesach/Passover, and the laws of the holiday.

Our mobile society presents many challenges with regard to the performance of mitzvot, particularly with regards to the lighting of the menorah. People live in one place, work in another; people...

Yom Kippur is about Serving Hashem out of fear while Sukkot is about serving Hashem out of love. The 2 themes aren’t contradictory; they complement each other.

Seeing one experience of sorrow triggers memory of another. The churban was about God hiding His face, which we still experience now, 1900 years later. Tisha B’Av Kinot 5763 by Rabbi...

Privileged to Grieve – Empowered to Grow. Intensify, deepen and enhance your understanding of the fast day with this two-hour Tisha B’Av video featuring Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb. Taped live in 5758/1998...

Why do we say Aneinu on both a public fast day such as Tisha B’Av and on a private fast day such as for a dream or a yahrtzeit? Aren’t their purposes different? A...

There are 2 different  and distinct concepts: zecher l’mikdash (remembering the Bet HaMikdash) and zecher l’churban (remembering the destruction). Zecher L’Mikdash isn’t about mourning; it’s about focusing on the glory that was...

A Shiur on The Three Weeks presented by Rabbi Joseph Grunblatt. Why is the current exile so long – the generation that brought it about is long gone? What have the Jews since then...