The Seven Seize Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald January 27, 2022   But in the seventh year you shall release it and abandon it; the poor of your people shall eat it, and what they…

Hearsay Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yosef Greenwald January 20, 2022 He said to the people, “Be ready for three days; do not go near a woman.” Shmos 19:15 Ezra instituted that a ba’al keri (one who…

Inner Space  Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Chaim Weg January 13, 2022 Then Moshe and B’nei Yisrael sang this song... Shmos 15:1 Az Yashir is called a shirah (song). It must be written like brickwork (“ariach al…

Moonrise  Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald January 6, 2022     This month shall be for you the beginning of the months, it is the first for you of the months of the year. Shmos…

Cross Talk Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by HaRav Yechiel Biberfeld December 30, 2021     Moshe said to him: When I leave the city, I will spread out my hands to Hashem. The thunder will cease, and there…

Collateral Damage Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Daniel Dombroff   December 23, 2021     He replied: Who made you a man, a ruler, and a judge over us? Are you saying that you will kill me, as…

Cruise Control    Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Yehoshua Sova December 16, 2021     Zevulun will dwell on the coast of the seas; he will be at the harbor of the ships, and his boundary will…

Hold Your Tongue  Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek  December 10, 2021     And behold, your eyes see, as well as the eyes of my brother Binyamin, that it is my mouth speaking to…

Meal Mandate Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Dayan Yehoshua Grunwald   December 2, 2021     The Shulchan Aruch (O.C. 670:2) writes that a meal eaten on Chanukah is not a seudas mitzvah. The Rama cites a yeish…

On the Origin of Species Excerpted and adapted from a shiur by Rav Moshe Zev Granek  November 25, 2021     And Yosef brought a bad report about them to their father. Bereishis 37:2 According to Rashi, among the things…