Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski

By HaRav Borowski

A weekly podcast by HaRav Borowski in practical halacha and machshavah. Each week we take a question — a pidyon haben in the Nine Days, a siren in the middle of Krias HaMegillah — and trace it from th... more

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Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski episodes:

February 25, 2026 Parshas Zachor — D'Oraisa, the Minyan, and the Chasam Sofer's Kavanah
A shiur for Parshas Tetzaveh, the Shabbos of Parshas Zachor.
In this episode:
- Whether the mitzvah of zechiras Michiyas Amalek requires hearing it read from a Sefer Torah with a minyan, and the Terumas HaDeshen's proof that it's d'Oraisa
- The Chasam Sofer's practice of having people focus specifically on Michiyas Amalek during the brachos and the krias haTorah
- The machlokes between the Rambam and the Ramban on what the mitzvah actually requires — remembering, or bringing yourself to feel eivah
- Whether it's better to hear Parshas Zachor or Vayavo Amalek read on Purim, and a personal psak on bringing a Sefer Torah to someone housebound
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42min
February 18, 2026 Building a Shul — Kedushas Beis HaMikdash, the Aliyah, and Rav Moshe's Chiddush
A shiur for Parshas Trumah on the halachos of building a shul, tied to the mitzvah of "v'asu li mikdash v'shochanti b'socham."
In this episode:
- Rav Moshe Feinstein's chiddush that every town needs a shul with kedushas beis hamikdash, even after there was a Beis Hamikdash
- Whether the space above a shul (an aliyah) carries the same kedusha, and why some batei medrash are built without it
- The issur of nitzitzah — taking anything away from a shul without a clear purpose — and whether it applies to a basement shul without kedusha
- Whether the ezras nashim carries the same kedusha as the ezras anashim, and what that means for renovations
- A haftarah piece on Shlomo Hamelech's relationship with Chiram and the source of his chochmah
...more
42min
February 11, 2026 Making a Siyum — Vayochlu Vayishtu, Who May Attend, and the Ramban's Chiddush
A shiur for Parshas Mishpatim on the halachos of making a siyum, tied to the pasuk "vayochlu vayishtu" at the end of the parsha.
In this episode:
- The Ramban's chiddush that the source for the simcha of a siyum is "vayochlu vayishtu," specifically kevias Torah rather than completing a mitzvah generally
- Which sefarim and mesechtos are substantial enough to warrant a siyum
- Whether an aveil may attend a siyum, and whether you may make one erev Shabbos
- A haftarah piece on Melachim, Yehoyada HaKohen, and repairing the Beis Hamikdash from communal donations
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40min
February 04, 2026 Kiddush on Shabbos — Wine, Davening, and the Rebbi Akiva Eiger Question
A shiur for Parshas Yisro on the mitzvah of Kiddush Hayom, connecting "zachor es yom haShabbos" to the halachos of how the mitzvah is actually fulfilled.
In this episode:
- The machlokes whether Kiddush requires wine (ala kois) — Rashi's view versus the Ramban's, that it can be fulfilled through speech, or even through davening itself
- Why the Ramban holds Zachor is one continuous mitzvah running from the start of the week through Shabbos, not a once-a-week obligation
- The Rebbi Akiva Eiger question: how can a man who already davened (and is patur from the Torah-level Kiddush) be motzi a woman who hasn't, given areivus
- A haftarah piece on Yeshayahu's vision of Hashem "yoshev al kisei ram v'nisa" and what it teaches about Uziyahu's tzaraas
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41min
January 28, 2026 Hesibah on Leil Pesach — The Onen, the Table, and Rav Moshe's Heter
A shiur for Parshas Beshalach connecting the parsha's "vayaseiv" — Hashem's roundabout route out of Egypt — to the halachos of hesibah, reclining at the Seder.
In this episode:
- The Rambam's three levels of the hesibah obligation: the kezayis matzah and daled kosos, the extra matzah and wine, and the rest of the meal
- Whether an onen (a mourner before burial) is obligated in hesibah, and what counts as reclining for him
- Why the Rambam requires a table in front of you, not just a place to lean
- Rav Moshe Feinstein's heter for someone uncomfortable reclining nowadays
- A haftarah piece on Shiras Devorah: why Devorah told Barak that victory over Sisera would be credited to a woman, and what the Arizal says that teaches about this redemption versus the final one
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42min

FAQs about Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski:

How many episodes does Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.