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December 21-27 • Tevet 17-23

This learning on the site this week was sponsored:
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l'ilui nishmas Abraham Chaim ben Simcha Gluck

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

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by Yakov Haber and family to mark the yahrtzeit of his father ר' שלמה אריה בן דוב

 

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by Shulamith and Joel Cohn and Family l'zecher nishmas שמחה בן יעקב הכהן

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by the Gittleman Family for a refuah shleimah for יצחק בן שרה and רחל אסתר בת מרים נחמה

New This Week
 
Rabbi Reuven Brand

A New Look at the Brain Death Debate

This presentation explores a new, spiritual dimension of the debate regarding the Jewish definition of death: the role of the brain and the heart.
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Rabbi Tanchum Cohen

At the Corner of Brisk and Breslov: Exploring the Essence and Kavana of Tefilla

Is tefilla supposed to be an informal expression of the heart, or a structured service we follow?
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Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz

Learning Aggadata Gemara

There are many different kinds of aggedeta which compete with each other, how do we relate to them in our gemara learning?
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Rabbi Uri Orlian

Is a Transplanted Organ Asur Behanaa After Implantation?

Would someone who experienced a techiyas hameisim be allowed to use their own body? Is it the act of dying that creates the issur hanaa or death itself?
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Rabbi Shmuel Lesher

Do We Believe A Dog Is A Man's Best Friend? The Torah Perspective on Pets

How does the Torah relate to the relatively new phenomenon of owning animals for reasons other than working the field and for transportation?
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Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky

Is Talmud Torah a Mitzvah or Hechser Mitzvah?

An analysis of the source and nature of birchas hatorah.
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Rabbi Andi Yudin

Isn't Tefila Repetitive?

What's the reason we keep saying the same words every day? Perhaps tefilla isn't that repetitive after all?
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Featured This Week
 
Navigating the December Holidays

How does a Jew in a non-Jewish sociey navigate the issues of the holiday season? Brush up on the halachot and lessons relevant to these times.
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What is Nittel Nacht?

Why would there be a time on the Jewish calendar that we aren't supposed to learn Torah?!?
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Remembering the Rambam

In honor of the Rambam's yahrtzeit, learn more about his life and the impact of his work.
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Kollel & Midreshet Yom Rishon @YUTORAH

Recordings from the program on Sunday, December 19
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 Megillah 3-9
•Rabbi Eli Belizon: Purim Meshulash (5a) Write a Letter in the Yichud Room (7a)
•Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Chaim: Reason For Not Reading Megillah on Shabbat (5a)
•Rabbi Azarya Berzon: Ten and B'Rov Am (5a)
•Rabbi Tanchum Cohen: Divrei Kabbala: The Power of Nach and the Uniqueness of Nevuas Moshe (3a) Haseiba, 4 Kosos & Safeik de-Rabbanan (6a) Mishloach Manos: A Window into the Underlying Unity of Mitzvos ha-Yom (7b)
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Rabbi Chaim Eisenstein: Drinking Alcohol on Purim (7a)

•Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: The Power of the Rabbis to Override Torah Law (4b)
•Rabbi Josh Flug: Celebrating Purim: May One Bend the Rules (7a)
•Rabbi Yonatan Shai Freedman: Is there a mitzvah to get drunk on Purim? (7b)
•Rabbi Dr. Dvir Ginsberg: Two Megilla Readings (4a) The Mitzvah of Mishloach Manos (7a)
•Rabbi Yonah Gross: Which Miracle Should We Emphasize on Chanukah? (3a) The Special Relationship of Women and Chanuka (4a)
•Rabbi Jesse Horn: Mikra Megillah by Day and Night (4a) When Taanis Ester falls on Shabbos (5a) The Connection Between the Chakira & the Nafka Minah (7a)
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Rabbi Yoni Levin: Reciting a Shehechiyanu on Megila Reading (4a) Matanos L'Evyonim: Fusing Charity and Joy in Celebrating Purim (7a) Can You Write a Sefer Torah in English? (8b) Choosing a Kohen Gadol - Election or Sanctification (9a)

•Rabbi Sariel Malitzky: Purim Katan- Not Small At All (6b) The Most Impressive Mishoach Manos You Can Give (7a)
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Rabbi Isaac Rice: Bitul Torah in Quality, Not Quantity (3a) Women (caused) (were part of) the Miracle (4a) When Should Manhattan Read Megilas Esther? (5b) Halachos of Adar HaRishon (6a) When It Comes to Drinking on Purim Are You Yaakov or Esav? (7a) Why Didn't Avraham Take a Horse to the Akeidah? (9a)

 

•Rabbi Dovid Rosman: Asara b'Teves and the Importance of Connecting (5a)
•Rabbi Shay Schachter​​​​: Can a Prophet Institute New Halachos? (3a)
•Rabbi Etan Schnall​​​​: A Tale of Two Cities? Shushan Purim in Modern-day Yerushalayim (4a)
•Rabbi Menachem Schrader: Shelo Yegalu et HaKetz (4a)
•Rabbi Moshe Taragin: The Nature of the "Double" Keriyah of the Megilla (4a)
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Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner: When is Purim Observed in Ramot? (3a) Why was the Torah translated into Greek? (9a)

 

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Rabbi Jonathan Ziring: Machshirei Ochel Nefesh (7b)

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Rabbi Michoel Zylberman: Purim Meshulash (5a) Which is the Real Adar? (6b)

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