KMTT - the Torah Podcast

The Spiritual Rehabilitation of Bat Zion in Eikha 1, by Rav Professor Joshua Berman This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Is Religious Freedom Enough? Early 2nd Temple Polemics - Hagai, Zekhariah, and Ezra, by Rav Gad Dishi This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Yechezkel's Contribution to the Redemption, by Dr. Adina Sternberg This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Competing and Completing Perspectives: Joshua, Yechezkel and our Idolatrous Forefathers, by Atara Snowbell This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Are We Waiting for Mashiach or is He Waiting for Us? Two Models of Redemption, by Rav Alex Israel This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.

Mikra: Gateway to Midrash? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion. Source sheets are available here .

Ma'aseh Avot Siman leBanim - Lessons from Parents and Children in Sefer Bereishit, a conversation with Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein and Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein This shiur was given during the 2019 Tanakh Study Days at Herzog College / Yeshivat Har Etzion.

On Parshat Masei - On the Road Again, Going Places Where I've Never Been, by Rav Ezra Bick

Building Our Middot via Stories by Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital ztl, segments 20-22, by Rav Moshe Taragin, in honor of Harav Amital's yahrzeit 27 Tammuz. #20 The Nicest Jew in Jerusalem; #21 "I Like Kavod-Honor" #22 Rav Amital's Favorite Song and the Search for Emmet and Authenticity in Religion

Building Our Middot via Stories by Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital ztl, segments 16-19, by Rav Moshe Taragin, in honor of Harav Amital's upcoming yahrzeit 27 Tammuz. #16 - Changing His Opinion About Women's Learning and the State of Israel #17 - The Ba'al Shem Tov and His Talmidim about Kavana in Tefillah; There are no "Patentim" in Life #18 - Pig Meat of Human Flesh- Human Impulses in Halachik Decisi...

Building Our Middot via Stories by Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital ztl, segments 12-15, by Rav Moshe Taragin, in honor of Harav Amital's upcoming yahrzeit 27 Tammuz. #12: Hearing the Cry of the ....Chickens #13: My Cow! My Cow! #14: Refusing Anesthesia and the Religious Value of Courage #15: Rav Amital's Last Conversation With His Rebbe During the Holocaust; Rav Amital Joining the Israeli Government

Building Our Middot via Stories by Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital ztl, segments 8-11, by Rav Moshe Taragin, in honor of Harav Amital's upcoming yahrzeit 27 Tammuz. #8: Chassidim or Talmidim? Empowering Talmidim #9: Missionaries in the Chevron Yeshiva - Counter-intuitive Thinking; National Responsibility; Long Term Equations #10: Learning the Art of Speaking Briefly from His Father's Responses #11: Ha...

Building Our Middot via Stories by Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital ztl, segments 5-7, by Rav Moshe Taragin, in honor of Harav Amital's upcoming yahrzeit 27 Tammuz. #5: The Power of Song A) The "Moiser" B) Bridging Purim and Yom Kippur C) The Moshiach Song #6: Mendel and The Shtetl: The Cyclical Nature of Jewish History #7: R. Levi Yitzchak's Ne'ilah - Learning to Daven Like a Child Without Pretense

Building Our Middot via Stories by Moreinu Harav Yehuda Amital ztl, segments 1-4, by Rav Moshe Taragin, in honor of Harav Amital's upcoming yahrzeit 27 Tammuz. #1 The "Rebbe" for Non-Righteous #2 The White Shirt (How this story changed my life) #3 Fires in NY and Jerusalem #4 The Baby Named "Tuvia Iluy" - Ramping Up Expectations in Children (and how this story affected my life)

On Parshat Balak, The Nation that Dwells Alone, by Rav Ezra Bick

Etzion Foundation's Jubilee Conference Panel, April 7, 2019, NYC This is one of 7 panels, the Keynote Discussion of the day. We hope you enjoy them!   KEYNOTE DISCUSSION   THE WORLDWIDE DATI LEUMI COMMUNITY AND THE HAR ETZION INSTITUTIONS: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE:  A DISCUSSION WITH HARAV MOSHEH LICHTENSTEIN, HARAV BARUCH GIGI AND RABBANIT ESTI ROSENBERG.   Introduction by : Rabbi Dr. Seth Grauer...

Etzion Foundation's Jubilee Conference Panel, April 7, 2019, NYC IS INCREASING ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA AND EUROPE A THREAT TO THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF OUR COMMUNITIES? Moderated by: Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph '88, Senior Vice President, Yeshiva University Panel Participants Mr. Moishe Bane '77, President, Orthodox Union Rabbi Dr. Leonard Matanky, Rabbi of Congregation K.I.N.S of West Rogers Park, Dea...

On Parshat Chukat, The Death of Miriam, by Rav Ezra Bick

On Parshat Korach, Why are there Kohanim? by Rav Ezra Bick Today and tomorrow, all donations to this program will be DOUBLED by some very generous donors. If you enjoy KMTT, show your appreciation and donate via TEAM VBM .

48 Kinyanei Torah 21, Machrio Le'Kaf Zechut and Ma'amid Oto al ha-Emet ve'al Ha-Shalom, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb Judging others favorably - in general and in the context of learning; the goal of learning is getting it right, not being right.

On Parshat Shelach: Good Congregations and Bad Congregations, by Rav Ezra Bick

On Parshat Behaalotecha, Leviim: The Service of God, by Rav Ezra Bick

Yom Yerushalayim - The Kedusha of Yerushalayim and Eretz Yisrael, by Rav Binyamin Tabory

On Parshat Bemidbar, Sinai: Mountain and Desert, by Rav Ezra Bick

Likrat Yom Yerushalayim 5779, Defining Yir'at Shamayim and the Challenges of Living in Israel, by Rav Moshe Taragin. This shiur was  delivered at Stenecourt Shul , Manchester, UK.