Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 31: 8:13-17 - A Surprise Succot? Part 2 - Jul 3, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Were the Jews really surprised by the mitzvah of Succot? And had they really not celebrated it since the days of Yehoshua? Concluding this topic.

Makkot 8b-9a - Jul 2, 2024 - Ir miklat for killing a parent, and ir miklat for deaths involving an eved, kuti or ger toshav. Is an eved kenaani a Jew?

Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #1 - Duty to Disclose to Protect Others - Jul 2, 2024 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: Rav Asher Weiss on whether there is a duty to disclose information about one's health, in this case genetic information, in order to protect others.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 30: 8:13-17 - A Surprise Succot? Part 1 - Jul 2, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Were the Jews really surprised by the mitzvah of Succot? And had they really not celebrated it since the days of Yehoshua? Starting this topic.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 29: 8:9-12 - Reassurance on Rosh Hashanah - Jul 1, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The Jews cry when they hear Ezra read from the Torah on Rosh Hashanah, but Ezra, Nechemiah and the Leviyim encourage them to rejoice and celebrate.

Fourteen Centuries #23: Rabbeinu Meshulam ben Klonymus, Rabbeinu Klonymus ben Shabbtai - Jun 30, 2024 - Two more illustrious members of the Italian Klonymus family, and an introduction to Rav Natan baal ha'Aruch. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 28: 8:6-8 - An Explanatory Torah Reading - Jun 30, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Ezra reads from the Torah - with an opening berachah, and explanations.

Summer Travel in War: To Transform and to Be Transformed - Jun 28, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Shlach 5784. Rav Chaim Dovid HaLevi's opposition to punitive imprisonment, and the value of the ability of the חי to move, show the importance of moving and travelling. We are transformed, and we transform others.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 27: 8:2-5 - Pseudo-Hagbah? - Jun 28, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Is Ezra displaying the Torah before reading it, or just opening it to read? And is everyone standing, or silent?

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 26: 8:1-2 - A New Hakhel? - Jun 27, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Nechemiah, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. The Jewish nation, either in the time of Zerubavel or in a later generation, ask Ezra to read from the Torah of Moshe publicly on Rosh HaShanah.