KMTT - the Torah Podcast

Lag B'Omer (and Sefirat Ha-Omer) in the Thought of Rav Asher Weiss, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

How Does the celebration of Lag B'Omer relate to the prior mourning of the Omer period? Through the brilliant sichot of R. Asher Weiss we discover the deeper connection.

Pirkei Avot 6 - How Should We Relate to Money? (Avot 5:10), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

What should our attitude towards money be? The mishna outlines and evaluates 4 different approaches, ranging from extremely generous to extremely stingy and everything in between.

The Process of Pesak Halacha 24: Psak: Considering Language, Media, and Audience, by Rav Jonathan Ziring

Who is the audience of psak? How does the way a posek writes and communicates reflect and determine this?

Special Shiur - Conversation with Rav Ezra Bick, Questions in Philosophy. Gavriel Rosen posed Gush talmidim's Machshava questions to Rav Bick in a live interview. Hear the wit and wisdom of Rav Bick – with Gavriel Rosen in Tochnit Machshava. Thank you both for a most interesting hour!

Pirkei Avot 5 - The Reward for a Mitzva is a Mitzva - Really? (Avot 4:2), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

In what way is a mitzva the reward for doing a mitzva? And how does that relate to the idea of "mitzva goreret mitzva"?

The Process of Pesak Halacha 23: Halakhic Policy Making by Rav Jonathan Ziring

How do poskim take into account Torah values and communal needs that are not reducible to black and white law?

Understanding Minhagim #23, by Rav Binyamin Tabory - Rosh Chodesh

Pirkei Avot 4 - Charting the Journey of Religious Excellence (Avos 3:1), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb

From What, To Where, and Before Whom?

The Mechayev of Mitzvat Kvod Rabo, In memory of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, a shiur marking his 5th yahrzeit, by Rabbi Eliav Silverman.

Rabbi Eliav Silverman '95 is a member of the Beren Kollel at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary at Yeshiva University and is the coordinator of the Yeshiva's Presidential Bekiut Program. We thank him for sharing this shiur with us.

"If two sit together and there are no words of Torah between them," (Avot 3:2). A memorial tribute, by Rabbi Etshalom '83, in honor of the 5th Yahrzeit of his rebbe, Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l.