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 service on the tamid model and upon the distinction between the musaf service and other prayer services.

Topics in Practical Halakha #22, The 9th Day of Av, by Rav Mordechai Friedman

Parshat Balak, Bilam and Balak, written by Rav Ezra Bick

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 request and with the significance of reciting krita shema both in the morning and the evening

Parshat Chukat, The Emergence of the Second Generation, written by Rav Yair Kahn

The Torah presents strikingly and surprisingly parallel descriptions of the generation of Israelites that merited to enter the land of Israel and their parents - the generation that was fated to die in the wilderness. What is the meaning of this dichotomy, and in what way does the second generation stand apart

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 the nature and paramaters of this unique law.

Topics in Practical Halakha #21, Muktza, by Rav Mordechai Friedman

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 that a shaliach be a ben brit.

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 symbol for his tribe the Levites, represent the nexus of the personal and the communal in the service of God?

Topics in Practical Halakha #20, The Three Weeks and the 9 Days - Part 2, by Rav Mordechai Friedman