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Delivered at the OU Israel Center, Yom Haatzmaut 5768 (April 19, 2018)

The tradition of kabbalah from the Arizal, his disciple Rav Chaim Vital, and how kabbalah was handed down through the generations via Rav Yisroel Saruk and the Rama MiPano. Download the...

Where else do we find a second chance to perform a mitzvah? Is chametz prohibited on the 14th of Iyar for someone bringing the Pesach Sheni and if so, is it...

Why is Pesach Sheni presented out of chronological order? Who were the people were tamei? Why do they ask למה נגרע – why should we be left out – not everybody...

The Gemara mentions that the students of Rebbi Akiva died between Pesach and Shavuot but doesn’t mention anything about mourning. The Rama says that during Sefirah we recite Av HaRachamim even...

The Chatam Sofer questions why the yahrtzeit of R’ Shimon bar Yochai warrants a holiday – we generally don’t celebrate a yahrtzeit! He then enumerates four historical events occurred on Lag...

Delivered at the OU Israel Center, April 17th, 2018 This shiur is sponsored by Helen Gross in loving memory of her Husband Alex Gross on his Yahrzeit The Gemara says Rebbi...

According to the Tur, the reason why there is a minhag for women refrain from certain types of work on Rosh Chodesh is because they refused to participate in chet haegel....

What does the Gemara mean that Rabbi Akiva’s students “לא נהגו כבוד זה לזה” and that losing those 12,000 pairs of students caused the world to be desolate? How did Rabbi...

Counting is always for a purpose, what then, is/are the purpose(s) for the counting the Omer? An answer based on the pesukim in Parshat Emor and Re’eh. The four differences between...