YUTORAH: R' Hershel Schachter -- Recent Shiurim

V'Elu Megalchin #6 - Tisha B'Av SheNidcheh, Avel Aino Mishaliach Korbanosav, Erev Pesach - Jun 3, 2026 -

Chagiga Shiur#8 YCQ - Jun 2, 2026 - How does one fulfil the mitzva of chinuch on a biblical level versus on a rabbinic level? Does the mitzva of chinuch differ from negative versus positive commands? Can one volunteer even if not required to observe a negative command? Are women required to come to hakhel or to come on aliya l'regel? What is the nature of the chiyuv of women in simchas Yom Tov? Can any sick person eat a half shiur size of food on Yom Kippur? How much is one required to spend in order to fulfil a mitzva? How much of one's hand does one need to wash prior to eating bread or prior to bircas kohanim? Can one be obligated in a optional mitzva, without verbally accepting upon oneself to fulfil it? Why should women not wear tifillin? What is the value of a perutah? What is the value of pidyon ha'ben? On which Yom Tov are karbanos shalmei tzibur brought? Are mitzvos that were given before Mt Sinai considered more important than those given after Mt Sinai? Which karbanos could a kohen onein eat on the eighth day of the miluyim? Is the chumash a collection of multiple texts?

V'Elu Megalchin #5 - Nidui Deoraysa, Gevinas Akum, Tisha b’av - Jun 2, 2026 -

V'Elu Megalchin #4 - Cherem D’Rabeinu Gershom, Nidui for a Talmid Chacham, Tisha B’Av - Jun 1, 2026 -

V'Elu Megalchin #3 - Simcha, Seudas Havra’ah, Kedusha Achas - May 28, 2026 -

Chagiga Shiur#7 YCQ - May 26, 2026 - Poor recording. Give examples of hester panim. What does "min" stand for? Why is having the need to know torah shel ba'al peh in order to paskin, a favor to the Jewish people? Why did Hashem change His mind regarding torah she'bksav, after the sin of the golden calf? Should one be the happiest, if one is in the seventh heaven? Is aveilus biblical? Does Rosh Hashana or Yom Kippur cancel aveilus, and why? On what kind of object do we say- mitzva haba b'aveira? Why do we stand when a dead person is brought into the room before the hesped, when the child is brought in before the milah, and when the farmer brings the bikurim to Jerusalem? Why do we stand during pesukei d'zimra when we recite Vayevarech Dovid? Why does Hashem shed three tears? What is the nature of the chiyuv of simchas Yom Tov on women? Is there a chiyuv of kavod and oneg on Yom Tov? How do kavod and oneg differ? How does the Rambam describe a lavish Yom Tov meal, without any guests? Why should a chasan receive an aliya in shul, and give a dvar torah at the chasan's tish? Is it proper to give public shiurim on Tisha B'Av, on Kamtza and Bar Kamtza?

V'Elu Megalchin #2 - Derech Rechoka, Kriyah, Talmud Torah B’Aveilus (13b) - May 28, 2026 -

V'Elu Megalchin #1 - Source for Aveilus, Safek Aveilus Le'Kulah, Miksas HaYom KeKulo (13b) - May 27, 2026 -

The Rav on Megillas Rut and Bamidbar - May 21, 2026 -

Shavuos 2026 YCQ - May 19, 2026 - The Rambam's sefer hamitzvos is discussed. Is "Anochi Hashem Elokecha" one of the mitzvos and why? Should one fool children into beleiving that Eliyahu drinks from the wine on Pesach? Are there multiple mitzvos when a mitzva is repeated in the torah? Why did the Rambam not count the mitzvah of living in Eretz Yisrael? What is the nature of returning ribis to the borrower? Do rabbinic decrees or drashos apply retroactively? Is remembering yitzias mitzraim a haraos sha'ah? Is there are mitzvah to lain about Miriam, the golden calf, and the para aduma? What do we learn from the sin of the golden calf? How was the nevuah of Moshe different than other neviim? Does the customer violate a issur by having the barber shave his sideburns?