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KMTT - the Torah Podcast
A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.
Episodes
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParashat Ki Tetze
Parashat Ki Tetze - The Speech of the Torah, shiur written by Rav Yair Kahn The principle of lo dibra Torah ela keneged yetzer ha-ra seems to imply that the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva Ki Tetze
The Weekly Mitzva Ki Tetze - Matnot aniyim (gifts to the poor), by Rav Yair Kahn We will deal with two distinct models matnot aniyim, maaser ani on the one…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParashat Shoftim
Parashat Shoftim - Zion Shall Be Redeemed Through Justice, shiur written by Rav Yair Kahn
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva Parshat Shoftim
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Shoftim, A war of self defense, by Rav Yair Kahn The Rambam defines a defensive war as a milchemet mitzva. We will discuss the source…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva Parshat Re'eh
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Re'eh, The Three Festivals, by Rav Yair Kahn A discussion of the obligations which apply upon arriving at the mikdash during the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Re'eh
Parshat Re'eh, The Chosen Place, written by Rav Yair Kahn What does Parashat Re'eh's seemingly repetitive use of the phrase "the place that Hashem will choose"…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Ekev
Parshat Ekev, Balancing Dependence and Independence, written by Rav Ezra Bick What can Moshe's description of the people of Israel's experience in the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Parshat Ekev
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Ekev, Birkat Ha-mazon, by Rav Yair Kahn What types of food generate an obligation of birkhat ha-mazon and how does that reflect upon…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Va'etchanan
Parshat Va'etchanan, Remembering Sinai, written by Rav Yair Kahn Why is Moshe's account in Parshat Va'etchanan of the revelation at Sinai riddled with…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Parshat Va-etchanan
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Va-etchanan, Davening Immediately Following the Berakha of Redemption, by Rav Yair Kahn A discussion of the halakhic paramaters and…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Devarim
Parshat Devarim, Moshe's Interpretation of the Torah, written by Rav Yair Kahn In Moshe's review of the events that occurred to the people of Israel in the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Parshat Devarim
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Devarim, The Requirement of Beit Din for Conversions, by Rav Yair Kahn We will discuss the comparison between conversions and other…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Matot - Masei
Parshat Matot - Masei, Moshe and Midyan, written by Rav Ezra Bick
KMTT - the Torah PodcastIn Memory of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l
My Rebbe Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l, by Rav Moshe Taragin, recorded three years after his petira. Marking his 5th yahrzeit, yehi zikhro barukh…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Parshat Matot
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Matot, Nedarim and other subjective prohibitions, by Rav Yair Kahn We will discuss the sugya known as "shavyeh anafshei chaticha…

KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #23
Topics in Practical Halakha #23, Chol HaMoed part 1, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTribute to Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
Tribute to Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - The Sweep of a Gadol, by Rav Moshe Taragin. Shiur given on 17th of Tammuz, July 5, 2015 at Congregation Bnei…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Parshat Pinchas
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Pinchas, Tefillot were modelled after the Tamid offering, by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur deals the significance of basing the prayer…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #22
Topics in Practical Halakha #22, The 9th Day of Av, by Rav Mordechai Friedman

KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva Parshat Balak
The Weekly Mitzva Parshat Balak, by Rav Yair Kahn "They wanted to establish the Balak section in kri’at shema (Berachot 12b) We will deal with meaning of this…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Chukat
Parshat Chukat, The Emergence of the Second Generation, written by Rav Yair Kahn The Torah presents strikingly and surprisingly parallel descriptions of the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Chukat
The Weekly Mitzva - Chukat, Spoils of War, by Rav Yair Kahn Chazal derive that spoils of war belong to the victor, from the war against Sichon. We will discuss…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #21
Topics in Practical Halakha #21, Muktza, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Korach
The Weekly Mitzva - Korach, The Requirement of Ben Brit for Shlichut by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur will discuss the paramaters and nature of the law requiring…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Korach
Parshat Korach, The Election of the Tribe of Levi, written by Rav Ezra Bick How does the blossoming staff of Aharon, inscribed with his name but serving as a…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #20
Topics in Practical Halakha #20, The Three Weeks and the 9 Days - Part 2, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastIn Tribute to Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
In Tribute to Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, by his talmid Rav Eliezer Kwass (Machzor 1983), Ram at Yeshivat Darche Noam, Jerusalem

KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Shelach
The Weekly Mitzva - Shelach, "When you shall eat from the bread of the land" by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur deals with the halakhic definition of bread regarding…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #19
Topics in Practical Halakha #19, The Three Weeks and the 9 Days, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHarav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center - Siyum
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center - Siyum by Rabbi Daniel Fridman, with opening remarks by Rabbi Yosie Levine
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHarav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #4
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #4, by Rav Shlomo Brin (hebrew) Monday June 1st 2015, at the Jewish Center, West 86th St, NY
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHarav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #3
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #3, by Rabbi Dr. Michael Rosensweig Monday June 1st 2015, at the Jewish Center, West 86th St, NY
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHarav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #2
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #2, by Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein Monday June 1st 2015, at the Jewish Center, West 86th St, NY
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHarav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #1
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l - Shloshim: Jewish Center #1, by Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein Monday June 1st 2015, at the Jewish Center, West 86th St, NY
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #18
Topics in Practical Halakha #18, Ma'aser Kesafim, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Beha'alotekha
Parshat Beha'alotekha - The Three Books of Bamidbar, written by Rav Yair Kahn According to Chazal, the section of this week's parasha beginning with va-yehi…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Behaalotecha
The Weekly Mitzva - Behaalotecha, The Mitzva of Blowing Trumpets, by Rav Yair Kahn A discussion of the significance of the mitzva to blow trumpets based on the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #17
Topics in Practical Halakha #17, The Laws of Travel, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Naso
Parshat Naso - Completing the Machaneh, written by Rav Ezra Bick How do the four "halakhic" sections that appear in Parashat Naso fit with the rest of…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Naso
The Weekly Mitzva - Naso, "And the woman should respond amen amen," by Rav Yair Kahn The various meanings of "Amen"
KMTT - the Torah PodcastAm Levadad Yishkon #22
Am Levadad Yishkon #22 – Conclusion, by Rav Asher Haber In this final podcast of the series, we look at a remarkable passage in the Rambam’s discussion of the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Bemidbar
Parshat Bemidbar - The Levi'im and the Firstborn, written by Rav Ezra Bick What is the true purpose and meaning of the various censuses of the people of Israel…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Bamidbar
The Weekly Mitzva - Bamidbar, One Who steals Utensils From the Temple, by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur deals with those unique cases in which zealots are permitted…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Bechukotai
The Weekly Mitzva - Bechukotai, The Sanctity of Yerushalayim and the Beit Hamikdash, by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur deals with the Rambam's position, which…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Bechukotai
Parshat Bechukotai - The Torah's Response to Calamity, written by Rav Yair Kahn The end of the tokhacha - the section of Parashat Bechukotai describing the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Behar
The Weekly Mitzva - Behar, "And the sabbatical year should be for you in order to eat," by Rav Yair Kahn Does one who eats shemitta produce fulfill a mitzvah?
KMTT - the Torah PodcastParshat Behar
Parshat Behar - You Shall Dwell in the Land in Security, written by Rav Yair Kahn
KMTT - the Torah PodcastAm Levadad Yishkon #21
Am Levadad Yishkon #21 – “Messianic Era Part Four: Rambam’s Opinion,” by Rav Asher Haber In this podcast, we will examine the view of the Rambam (Maimonides)…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #16
Topics in Practical Halakha #16, Lag BaOmer, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastTopics in Practical Halakha #15
Topics in Practical Halakha #15, Sefirat HaOmer, by Rav Mordechai Friedman
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHespedim for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein ztl - Ohab Zedek
Hespedim for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein ztl - Ohab Zedek by Rabbi Yosef Blau, Rabbi Nati Helfgot and Rabbi Dr. David Berger
KMTT - the Torah PodcastThe Weekly Mitzva - Emor
The Weekly Mitzva - Emor, He Shall not Leave the Mikdash, by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur is dedicated to the memory of Rav Lichtenstein zt"l and deals with the…
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 6
Hesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 6, by RavMoshe Taragin. Words of summation by Rav Eli Weber
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 5
Hesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 5, by Rav Doniel Schreiber
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 4
Hespedim for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 4, by Rav Mordechai Friedman and Rav Dov Karoll
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 3
Hesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 3, by Michael Eisenberg, talmid of Harav Lichtenstein zt"l
KMTT - the Torah PodcastHesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 2
Hesped for Harav Aharon Lichtenstein 2, by Rav Danny Wolf, Ram and close talmid of Harav Lichtenstein zt"l