Rabbi Ezra Balsam All Shiurim Podcast

Sunday Halacha Shiur: Making Early Shabbos Pt. 3 13.02.2024 45:05 ↓

Can one make Kiddush and eat the meal before nightfall? What should I do if I miss Mincha before Plag at the early Minyan? Can one start the meal within 30 minutes of Zman Kriyas Shema? Download the source sheet here: https://tr.ee/tZYFRFGxZt Find our other in-depth Halacha Shiurim on a variety of other relevant topics on our designated Halacha podcast. Just search for “The Source Halacha” in your...

Sunday Halacha Shiur: Making Early Shabbos Pt. 1 13.02.2024 39:00 ↓

Understanding the two opinions of the Zman for Mincha and Maariv and the Machlokes of whether or not one can switch opinions within a given day or from one day to the next. Download the source sheet here: https://tr.ee/tZYFRFGxZt Find our other in-depth Halacha Shiurim on a variety of other relevant topics on our designated Halacha podcast. Just search for “The Source Halacha” in your podcast app...

Mussar: Achieving Menuchas Hanefesh Through Shabbos 12.02.2024 23:07 ↓

How Shabbos activates Bitachon which then helps us reach true Menuchas Hanefesh. This mode of being models what Menuchas Hanefesh should look like the rest of the week.

Parsha: Mishpatim - Building A Love For Truth 08.02.2024 44:02 ↓

Exploring the motives behind why we lie, why the Torah tells us to “distance ourselves” from falsehood, and what it means to love and seek truth.

Woman’s Shiur: Parshas Mishpatim With Raina Balsam 08.02.2024 25:05 ↓

Practical takeaways of the Parsha with Raina Balsam.

Hilchos Shabbos: Choraish Pt. 6 - Watering Soil 08.02.2024 18:20 ↓

Watering soil on Shabbos. Is it a problem?

Business Halacha: Acceptable Marketing Pt. 1 07.02.2024 41:36 ↓

What marketing strategies are allowed in business and what are not allowed?

Laws of Learning Torah: What a Designated Space For Learning Should Look Like 05.02.2024 35:05 ↓

What a person can and cannot do in a Beis Medrash.

Hilchos Shabbos: Choraish Pt. 5 05.02.2024 24:42 ↓

Sweeping floors on Shabbos and levelling ground

Mussar: Menuchas Hanefesh Pt. 3 04.02.2024 24:57 ↓

How Shabbos is meant to be “National Menuchas Hanefesh Day”.

Guest Speaker: Rabbi Greenwald on Honoring Parents 04.02.2024 22:59 ↓

Rabbi Greenwald is the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivah Tiferes Jerusalem.

Parsha: Yisro - Honoring Parents Is About Connecting To Your Greater Mission 01.02.2024 39:22 ↓

Exploring the deeper concepts behind the commandment to honor your parents, why this commandment is on the “wrong side” of the Luchos, and why the reward is a long life.

Hilchos Shabbos: Choraish Pt. 4 29.01.2024 24:57 ↓

Digging and playing in a sandbox on Shabbos

Hilchos Shabbos: Choraish Pt. 3 24.01.2024 24:57 ↓

Digging in a sandbox.

Business Gemara Sugya: G'neivas Da'as Pt. 4 - Cheating On Tests 23.01.2024 40:10 ↓

Is it G'neivas Da'as to cheat on tests?

Hilchos Shabbos: Choraish Pt. 2 18.01.2024 24:10 ↓

Walking with high heels or a cane that will dig holes into the ground. Applications of P'sik Reisha.

Business Gemara Sugya: G'neivas Da'as Pt. 3 17.01.2024 33:21 ↓

Do you have to correct someone who makes false assumptions of someonething you did for them?

Halacha: Can Women Learn Torah? Pt. 2 15.01.2024 28:38 ↓

Why the Beis Yaakov movement started and the opinion of YU vs. the Yeshivish world.

Parsha: Ve'eira - Freedom Is a Choice, Use It Or Lose 11.01.2024 29:12 ↓

Exploring the argument of the Rambam vs. the Seforno, the power of habit, and how true freedom lies in our ability to overcome our natural habits and tendencies.

Parsha: Shemos - Greatness Is In The Minutiae 05.01.2024 43:46 ↓

How Hashem knew Moshe Rabbeinu was holding by greatness. How psychology plays into our intentions in doing Mitzvos, and why Shifra and Puah are given that name when they did much greater things in life?

Business Gemara Sugya: Gneivas Da'as Pt. 2 04.01.2024 33:11 ↓

Is it permitted to take credit for doing someone a favor when you really did it for alternative reasons?

Halacha: Practical Halachos of Ribis - Guest Speaker R' Mordechai Gerendasi 03.01.2024 23:27 ↓

Practical applications of the laws of Ribis in today's business world.

Hilchos Shabbos: Choraish Pt. 1 02.01.2024 25:59 ↓

Applications of P'sik Reisha

Halacha: Can Women Learn Torah? Pt. 1 01.01.2024 37:57 ↓

What Chazal say about women learning Torah and a look at the various women who were known for learning Torah.

Business Gemara Sugya: Gneivas Da'as Pt. 1 29.12.2023 38:43 ↓

Exploring the source of the prohibition of tricking people in business and it's basic parameters.