Taking Responsibility for Torah

Chavot Yair Fall 2026 Shiur #1 06.11.2026 1:27:43 ↓

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SBM 2026 Shiur #18.3 August 8 GRAND FINALE 09.08.2026 44:10 ↓

Emloyment, slavery, and rights-language in halakhah

SBM 2026 Shiur #18.2 AUGUST 8 CONCLUSION 09.08.2026 1:05:11 ↓

The Employment-Slavery Continuum

SBM 2026 Shiur #18.1 August 8 CONCLUSION 09.08.2026 26:08 ↓

Levinas on כי לי בני ישראל עבדים

Privacy and Legal Penumbras in Constitutional Law and Halakhah 06.08.2026 39:52 ↓

August 5 at YI Sharon

SBM 2026 Shiur #17 August 5 06.08.2026 2:01:40 ↓

Discusses articles by R.Drs Itamar Rosensweig/Shua Mermelstein and Dr Benny Porat

Just dunk 'em all? Igrot Mosheh on nonJewish students in community day schools 05.08.2026 1:10:52 ↓

last in a series on American Orthodox history via Igrot Mosheh August 3 2026 at YI Sharon

SBM2026 Shiur 16 August 4 05.08.2026 2:25:37 ↓

Discusses Rabbi Dr, Alex Ozar's article on R. Shimon Shkop

SBM2026 Shiur #15 August 3 03.08.2026 2:24:42 ↓

Robert Cover on rights and duties

SBM 2026 Shiur #14.2 July 30 02.08.2026 1:29:02 ↓

Orthodox Inferility, right to a normal life, continued

SBM2026 Shiur #14.1 July 30 02.08.2026 19:01 ↓

Discusses Rabbi Klapper article on Orthodox infertility and the "right to a normal life"

Democracy, Thearchy, and Jewish Political Theory 30.07.2026 49:15 ↓

Intended to be "Should the Sanhedrin Be Elected?", but many productive digressions later, we didn't quite get there. Third in the series on Jewish political theory. July 29 2026 at YI Sharon

SBM Shiur #13 July 29 29.07.2026 2:08:10 ↓

The right to stay home?

Rabbi Norman Lamm's Theology of Privacy: Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky 29.07.2026 1:47:41 ↓

July 28 at SBM 2026

Cooking over Volcanos and Microwaves on Shabbat 29.07.2026 1:05:23 ↓

Part 3 of the American History via Igrot Mosheh series

SBM 2026 Shiur #12 July 27 29.07.2026 1:56:39 ↓

Discusses Rabbi Norman Lamm's argument that Halakhah recognizes a general right to privacy

How many shuls may one build in Flatbush? 29.07.2026 1:10:23 ↓

Discusses Rav Moshe's application of halakhic competition law to synagogues in Brooklyn. Part 2 of the American History via Igrot Moshe series

SBM 2026 SHiur #11 July 24 24.07.2026 1:48:46 ↓

When Technicalities Prevent the Conversion of a Worthy Candidate

SBM2026 Shiur #10 July 22 24.07.2026 1:41:17 ↓

Is there a right to convert?

SBM 2026 Shiur #9 July 20 20.07.2026 2:03:44 ↓

With new mics to better record converstions in shiur! The Maseit Binyamin on aliyot for the blind, as a first discussion of whether there can be a right to religious experience

SBM 2026 Shiur #8 July 16 17.07.2026 2:21:45 ↓

Rav Zevin vs. Rav Yisraeli on whether human beings own their bodies - does that map onto rights vs. duties discourse, with Rav Zevin recognizing rights only as the space created by duties, and Rav Yisraeli acknowledging rights as having independent existence?

Ventilator Triage: Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier at SBM 16.07.2026 1:41:49 ↓

JUly 14 2026 on Zoom

SBM 2026 Shiur 7.2 July 15 16.07.2026 32:36 ↓

Rav Zevin in Mishpat Shylock argues that human beings do not own their bodies at all. Is his claim meaningful? Are the text he brings as evidence read compellingly? Are they sufficient to prove his point? We discuss the first text he cites, as a model for tomorrow's shiur.

Social Contract as the Basis of Halakhic Political Theory 16.07.2026 46:56 ↓

at YI Sharon July 15 2026

SBM 2026 Shiur #7.1 July 15 16.07.2026 46:11 ↓

Benjamin Friedman's DUTY AND HEALING argues that the "regime of duty" works better than the "regime of rights" for medical ethics consults. Does he succeed in defining the terms in a way that can have a nafka mina?