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January 31-February 6 • Shevat 10-16

This learning on the site this week was sponsored:

Alan and Fran Broder to mark the yahrzeit of their father, Bernard Creeger, Baruch Mordechai ben Shmuel Moshe, z'l

by Zvi & Miriam Birnbaum in memory of Mr. Peter Lerner, Pinchas ben Avraham Halevi

by Esti Shulman in memory of her father R' Jacob Rabinowitz, who was Dean at YU for many years

by the Tirschwell, Albert, Abrams, Frankel, and Azar families as a zechus for a refuah shleimah for עקיבא אליהו בן נעמי

l'ilui nishmas Mark Pekarsky, Yisroel Mendel ben Avraham Yehudah Leib

by Debbie Nossbaum in loving memory of her father, Nathan Werdiger, נתן בן שלמה אלימלך

by Ruth Peyser Kestenbaum and Miriam & Alan Goldberg to mark the tenth yahrtzeit of their father, Irwin Peyser, Harav Yisroel Chaim ben R' Dovid V' Fraidah Raizel Peyser

by Dr. Harris and Elisheva Teitz Goldstein l’zecher nishmos his parents, Rabbi Dr. Noah Goldstein, HaRav Noach ben Yitzchak David z’l, and Beverly Goldstein, Bayla bas Noach Ze’ev z’l, on their yahrzeits this week

New This Week

 
Rabbi Reuven Brand

Appreciating the Practical Impact of Analysis in Learning
It's important to remember that our learning isn't just theoretical but also has practical ramifications in the world.

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Rabbi Dan Cohen

Shevat - A Growth Mindset
Shevat teaches us that the process is just as important as the result. Part of the Understanding the Jewish Months Through the Lens of Psychology series.

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Rabbi Tanchum Cohen

The Avoda of a (Brisker) Yid on Rosh Chodesh Shvat

Exploring the significance of Tu bi-Shvat and of Rosh Chodesh Shvat in halacha, in lomdus (via Toras Zeraim), in kabbala-inspired machshava (via Rav Zevin) and in practical mussar and growth.

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Rabbi Dr. Dovid Gottlieb

How does Tefillah Work?

When we ask Hashem for something, are we trying to change Hashem's mind? Perhaps there are three different types of requests we can have of Hashem.

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Rabbi Shua Katz

Bringing Shabbos to a Close: The Mitzvah of Havdalah

This shiur explores the source and nature of the mitzvah of havdalah and how they relate to when we say havdalah, who is obligated to say havdalah, and whether to sit or stand for havdalah.

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Rabbi Jonah Steinmetz

A Rabbi and a Priest Walk Into a Shul... Avodah Zarah in the Beis HaKnesses

Exploring the Teshuvos Har Tzvi, by Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank, regarding priests walking into a shul wearing a cross.

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Rabbi Moshe Tzvi Weinberg

Every Yeridah is a Chance for Greatness

What Shovavim teaches us about national and personal redemption.

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Featured This Week

 

Tu B'Shvat is coming!

Learn more about the mystical holiday of the trees and the inspiration and lessons we can gain from it, as well as some interesting halachic topics that you will love!

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100 Brachos Every Day

Where does this idea come from? Why is it considered a response to plagues? How do we count a day, and what do we do on days that have fewer natural brachos?

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Music in Halacha and Machshava

Learn about the power of music in the Torah, as well as the halachot related to zemirot and niggunim.

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Kollel & Midreshet Yom Rishon @YUTORAH

There was no program this past week. Please enjoy shiurim from our archives.

The Abraham Arbesfeld Kollel Yom Rishon for Men and Millie Arbesfeld Midreshet Yom Rishon for Women are programs of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future.

Daf Yomi @YUTORAH

Insights to the Daf with Shiurim for the week of Nazir 2-8

Rabbi Yaakov Abramovitz: The Good and the Bad of Being a Nazir (2a)

Rabbi Tanchum Cohen​​​​​: The Practical Lesson of Parshas Naso and Seder Nashim (2a)

Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: Wine, Vayechulu, Women, Davening, and Disposable Cups (3b)

Rabbi Shua Katz: The Mitzvah of Kiddush: Sanctifying and Distinguishing Shabbos (3b)

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: The Nazir as Role Model (4b)

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