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WebYeshiva.org
WebYeshiva.org, the world’s first fully interactive online Torah study program, was founded in 2007 by Rabbi Chaim Brovender with the goal of making Torah accessible to every Jew around the world. WebYeshiva.org a dynamic schedule of around-the-clock Torah study, providing live, interactive classes to students of all levels and backgrounds in a wide variety of topics. Our outstanding Rabbis and teachers join you from around the globe in your home, office, or on-the-go to replicate the nurturing…
Episodes
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 6: Daf 33-39
This week we will learn about the prohibition against deliberately inflicting a blemish on a bechor to permit its slaughter, with exceptions for blemishes…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5787: פרשת וירא: ייחודיותו של אברהם אבינו
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 6:2-3 – The Correct View of the Soul’s Makeup
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 5: Daf 26-32
This week we will learn how long an owner must raise a bechor before giving it to the kohen, and warns that a kohen may not receive gifts as payment for his…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5787: פרשת לך-לך: אברהם אבינו ומצוות בני נח
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 6:1 – On the Nature of the Soul, Death, and the Afterlife
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 4: Daf 19-25
This week we will learn about caesarean-born animals and the animal born after them: Rabbi Tarfon treats both as doubtful firstborns, while Rabbi Akiva says…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5787: פרשת נח – נח כבריאה חדשה
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 5:7-8 – Quantitative and Qualitative Mitzvot (Context Matters)
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 3: Daf 12-18
This week we will learn about which animals are and are not obligated in bechor, the first born of a kosher animal, including animals born from cross-species…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5787: פרשת בראשית: לדמותו של קין
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 5:6 – When Teshuvah and Prayer Are Not Enough
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 2: Daf 5-11
This week we will continue learning about the sanctity of the first-born donkey, and why the donkey requires redemption. We will also learn that one may not…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time:Bechorot: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 1: Intro + Daf 2-4
We will begin Masechet Bechorot and learn that there are 3 types of firstborns: Kosher animals, Donkeys and Humans. Each type is redeemed in its own unique…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 21: Daf 139-142 + Siyum
This week, we will learn about the laws of matnot kehunah, the priestly gifts (the foreleg, jaw, and stomach) that anyone slaughtering a kosher animal must…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: סיום התורה: המעבר ממשה ליהושע
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away…
WebYeshiva.orgStrange Rosh Hashanah Customs with Rabbi Uri Cohen: Episode 3: Oh Nuts! Avoiding Nuts on Rosh Hashanah
Join Rabbi Uri Cohen as he tries to understand the origins and meanings behind some of the seemingly strange traditions of Rosh HaShanah. We will examine…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson Lesson 20: Daf 132-138
This week, we will learn about the laws of matnot kehunah, the priestly gifts (the foreleg, jaw, and stomach) that anyone slaughtering a kosher animal must…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: שבת שובה תשפ”ז
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away…
WebYeshiva.orgShabbat and Teshuva - What's the connection? with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem
Join Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem as he explores a drasha in the Pri Zaddik, the Torah of Reb Tzadok HaCohen, on Shabbat Shuva and Yom Kippur, with the hope of…
WebYeshiva.orgThe Shofar: Sounds and Memories: with Rabbanit Yudit Samad
In this shiur with Rabbanit Yudit Samad we will explore how the sounds emanating from the shofar trigger national memories
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 19: Daf 125-131
This week we will learn about tumat neveilah (the ritual impurity of animal carcasses) and tumat ochalin (the impurity laws governing food), including the…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: ראש השנה תשפ”ז
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away…
WebYeshiva.orgStrange Rosh Hashanah Customs with Rabbi Uri Cohen: Episode 2: Dip the Apple in the Honey…
Join Rabbi Uri Cohen as he tries to understand the origins and meanings behind some of the seemingly strange traditions of Rosh HaShanah. We will examine…
WebYeshiva.orgBlowing Shofar in Piaseczna: with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem
The Piaseczner Rebbe’s drashot on Rosh HaShana, both before and during the Shoah, revolve around a parable of a king and his exiled son. Each year the story…
WebYeshiva.orgThe Shofar: The Sound of Silence: with Rabbanit Yudit Samad
In this shiur with Rabbanit Yudit Samad we will explore how the mitzva of Shofar relates to the essence of Rosh Hashanah and to the historical event which it…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 18: Daf 118-124
This week we will learn about the rules of tumat ochlin (food impurity), which requires a minimum egg-sized amount but can be supplemented by the animal’s…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת נצבים-וילך: הערה על תשובה
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away…
WebYeshiva.orgJoy of Teshuva: with Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem
The idea of “doing Teshuva” is often a daunting one. This can make the process of Elul and Tishrei seem overwhelming. Join Rabbi Dr. Zvi Leshem and explore a…
WebYeshiva.orgStrange Rosh Hashanah Customs: with Rabbi Uri Cohen: Episode 1: Why Is It Okay to Have Symbolic Foods on Rosh Hashanah?
Join Rabbi Uri Cohen as he tries to understand the origins and meanings behind some of the seemingly strange traditions of Rosh HaShanah. We will examine…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 17: Daf 111-117
This week we will continue learning the laws of basar b’chalav by introducing two critical principles: first, nat bar nat (a secondary transferred taste), and…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 5:4-5 – The Ten Levels of Virtue and the Four Steps of Teshuvah
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 16: Daf 105-110
This week we will continue discussing the rules for separating meat and milk, establishing the requirements for transitioning from cheese to meat. The Gemara…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת כי תצא: בן סורר ומורה
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 5:3 – Why Does G-d “Test” Man?
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 15: Daf 98-104
This week we will continue learning the laws of bitul (nullification), establishing that the standard ratio for nullifying a forbidden substance in a mixture…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת שופטים: נביאים ונבואה
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 14: Daf 91-97
This week we will learn about gid ha-nasheh (the sciatic nerve prohibition from Jacob’s injury). The Gemara continues with the concept of geneivat da’at, that…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשאת ראה: כי יקום נביא
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 13: Daf 83-90
This week we will discuss the mitzvah of covering the blood of a slaughtered undomesticated animal or bird with earth or similar things that promote growth. We…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת עקב: מי בנה את הארון
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 5:2 – Relative Righteousness and Wickedness
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 12: Daf 76-82
This week we will learn which joint of the hind leg determines whether an animal that had its legs severed is a treifah and then discuss what happens if the…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 5:1 – The Impact of Mitzvot and Sins Upon the Soul
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 11: Daf 69-75
This week we will learn about the status of a fetus found inside a slaughtered mother, establishing that the mother’s shechita generally permits the fetus…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת דברים תשפ”ו
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 4:6 – Eight Scriptural Challenges to Free Will
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 10: Daf 61-68
This week we will learn how to identify kosher birds, since the Torah only lists the 24 non-kosher species rather than giving positive signs. We will also…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת מטות-מסעי: מקנה רב
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 9: Daf 55-60
This week we will continue learning about treifos, focusing on internal organs, debating whether missing or diseased kidneys render an animal a treifah, and…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת פנחס: ובמות רשעים
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 4:5 – Questions on Free Will, Continued
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 8: Daf 48-54
This week we will continue learning which injuries, diseases, and organ defects render an animal a treifah and which do not. The Gemara examines specific cases…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת בלק: כוחו של בלעם
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 4:4 – Challenges to Free Will
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 7: Daf 41-47
This week we will begin to examine treifot (conditions that render an animal forbidden even after proper slaughter), particularly defects or injuries to…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: ?פרשת חוקת: האם משה חטא
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…
WebYeshiva.orgEmunot V'Deot: The First Book of Jewish Philosophy with Rabbi Daniel Korobkin: 4:3-4 – Free Will as a Cornerstone of Judaism
Rabbi Saadia Gaon’s sefer Emunot V’Deot (Book of Beliefs and Opinions) innovated the genre of Jewish philosophy. Long before Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi and the…
WebYeshiva.orgDaf Yomi One Week at a Time: Chullin: with Rabbanit Dr. Tamara Spitz: Lesson 6: Daf 34-40
We will learn about the laws of purity as they apply to food, focusing on the requirement that food be “prepared” through contact with one of seven liquids…
WebYeshiva.orgRabbi Brovender Parsha Shiur 5786: פרשת קורח: קורח מול משה
Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly parsha shiur and come away with creative…