Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski

Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski

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Torah Podcast with HaRav Borowski episodes

  • 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
    40 min
  • 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
    41 min
  • 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
    42 min

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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…