Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva
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Center for the Jewish Future

August 17-23 • Elul 9-15

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for a refuah shleima for Avram Chaim ben Toba Hena

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by Gabriel and Aliza Sosne in honor of the marriage of Yirmi Stein and Adina Sosne

by Michael & Yael Buckstein l'ilui nishmas Raizel Shayna bas Meir Mendel and Yisrael Zvi ben Zev

New This Week

 
Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

The Proper Rosh Hashana Greeting

While it may not seem like the most important issue we should be dealing with approaching the Yamim Noraim, it has ramifications that extend far past its face value.

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Rabbi Judah Mischel

Baderech: Along the Path of Teshuva

Our lives are just chapters in a journey that flows from one episode to another. What guides us along the path of Elul that leads us Teshuva?

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Rabbi Isaac Rice

Shemitah Nowadays: Torah or Rabbinic? On the Person or the Land?

Is there any benefit of learning the laws of Shemittah if we aren't going to be able to keep them?

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Rabbi Shay Schachter

Extending a Hand and Encouraging People in Their Journey of Teshuva

How do we help people along in their efforts to improve themselves without hurting their feelings?

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Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky

Caring for Children on Shabbos
A general overview of common questions that come up when dealing with children that span the gamut of the melachos of Shabbos.

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Rabbi Yehuda Willig

The Transformative Power of Elul
What makes the 40 days between Rosh Chodesh Elul and Yom Kippur such an important time? What's the significance of the number 40?

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Featured This Week

 
The Shemittah before Shemittah

Even before the year starts, there's rules about what can be done on the ground in preparation for the Shemitta year.

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Checking Tefillin and Mezuzos in Elul

What's behind the custom to check our tefillin and mezuzos now, do we really need to? How often do we need to? And is there a deeper meaning to this custom?

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Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva

Learn the Rav's penetrating insights to the Teshuva process through his students' shiurim.

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Kollel & Midreshet Yom Rishon @YUTORAH

The program is currently on Summer break. 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 Sukka 35-41

Rabbi Sammy Bergman: Dyeing, Laundering, and Kindling with Shemitah Produce (39b)

Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein: "How" & "When" to Make the Bracha on the Arbah Minim (39a)

Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Shomea K'Oneh (38b) Care for a Sefer Torah (41b)

Rabbi Yonah Gross: Fascinating Stories of Hard to Find Esrogim (35a)

Rabbi Yehoshua Katz: The Mitzvah of Zecher Le'mikdash (41a)

Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz: Introduction to Hechsher L'kabel Tumah (35b) Using an Esrog for Schach? (36b) Over L'asyasan by Birchas Hamitzvos (39a)

Rabbi Aryeh Leibowitz: Who Will Build the Third Beis HaMikdash and the Nature of the Messianic Era (41a)

Rabbi Yoni Levin: An Overview of Hallel (38a) Making a Hekeish on Your Own (31a) The Building of the Third Beis Hamikdash: Man-made or Supernatural (41a)

Rabbi Isaac Rice: Why Are There So Many Different Brands of Esrogim and Is There a Preference? (35a)

Rabbi Robbie Schrier: The ‘Tzaddik’ Hashem Can’t Stand: Appreciating Other Paths in Avodas Hashem (36a)

Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky: How much should you spend on Mitzos (41b)

Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: Purchasing a Shemitah Etrog (40a) Bikur Cholim and Nichum Aveilim on Shabbat (41b)

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