Learning Torah with Rabbi Sariel Malitzky

Va’ani Tefilla #120: True Mesirus Nefesh and Your Davening 03.07.2026 10:41 ↓

The Belzer Rebbe and the Imrei Emes teach us what Mesirus Nefesh looks like. You don't have to actually give up your life to be moser nefesh. What are examples related to davening?

Three Weeks & Nine Days: Halacha, Minhag, and Misconception 02.07.2026 40:54 ↓

So many halachos so much confusion Join us as get clarity!

Your Opportunity To Help Rebuild The Beis Hamikdash 01.07.2026 35:40 ↓

What are we mourning? Why was the Bsis Hamikdash detroyed? How can we rebuild it?

Kibbud Av Va'em #17: Can a Convert Say Kaddish for a Non-Jewish Parent? 01.07.2026 4:59 ↓

A convert's parent passes away. Do they say Kaddish? Are they allowed to? Are they obligated to?

Va’ani Tefilla #119: What If Tonight's Maariv Were Kol Nidrei? 01.07.2026 9:52 ↓

Do you daven at the block minyan for Kol Nidrei? What if it's raining? What would Shabbos look like if this was your only one? How to create a feeling of Hischadshus in davening and Avodas Hashem

Va’ani Tefilla #118: Don't Just Think It. Live It. 01.07.2026 7:32 ↓

We are not just recounting stories. We have to live them

Va’ani Tefilla #117: Yerushalayim is the Heart 26.06.2026 8:34 ↓

Rav Wolfson shares shorter thoughts on Tefila

Kibbud Av Va'em #16: Must a Convert Honor Their Non-Jewish Parents? 25.06.2026 6:50 ↓

In Halacha, a convert is like a new born baby and not connected halachickally to their non-Jewish parents. Would they still be obligated to honor their non-jewish parent? Why or why not?

Kibbud Av Va'em #15: Must You Honor Wicked Parents? 25.06.2026 5:31 ↓

We generally do not honor Reshaim. However, a parent is a parent regardless of level of observance. Must you honor a parent who is a Rasha? Why or why not? How do we pasken?

Va’ani Tefilla #116: Mind Matters With Korbanos and Tefilla too 24.06.2026 8:08 ↓

In what do our Tefilos resemble Korbanos?

Va’ani Tefilla #115: Completing Our Understanding of Modim Derabanan 23.06.2026 8:29 ↓

We finally have an asnwer to our Modim Derabanan question

Kibbud Av Va'em #14: Your Personal Chumra Vs. Kibbud Av Va'em 23.06.2026 5:22 ↓

Many young men and women return from their year in Eretz Yisrael wanting to take on new chumros. What happens when a parent objects and tells their child not to adopt a particular chumra? The child feels strongly that the chumra is meaningful and will help them grow in their avodas Hashem. Must they listen to their parent, or may they nevertheless choose to adopt the chumra?

Va’ani Tefilla #114: Be Smart Enough to See The Miracles of Daily Life 21.06.2026 9:59 ↓

Open your eyes!

Kibbud Av Va'em #13: Father or Mother: Whose Honor Takes Precedence 18.06.2026 4:49 ↓

Who comes first- father or mother? Why? Hear the kasha asked to Rav Chaim Brisker on this halacha and his sharp answer

The Fire of Machlokes—and How to Extinguish It 17.06.2026 38:37 ↓

how does machlokes evolve? How do we end them?

Va’ani Tefilla #113: Opening Our Eyes to Daily Miracles 17.06.2026 7:19 ↓

We thank Hashem in our davening for the miracles that he performs for us every day. Are there miracles that happen every day? What should we be thinking about when we say that tefilla?

Kibbud Av Va'em #12: Visting Other Graves When Visiting the Grave of a Parent 17.06.2026 3:41 ↓

Where does that minhag come from?

Kibbud Av Va'em #11: Hareini Kaparas Mishkavo Twelve Months and Kaddish for Only Eleven 16.06.2026 4:11 ↓

Why do we say הרני כפרת משכבו for the full 12 months while Kaddish is only recited for 11 months? Should one say זכרונו לברכה or the full statement of the Gemara?

Va’ani Tefilla #112: A Thousand Reasons to Say Thank You 12.06.2026 8:00 ↓

A Thousand Reasons to Say Thank You

Kibbud Av Va'em #10: A Child's Final Act of Honor- The Meaning of Hareini Kaparas Mishkavo 11.06.2026 6:44 ↓

Why does a child say הרני כפרת משכבו? What is the meaning of it? Why do some people not say it?

Who Told You You're a Grasshopper? Lessons From The Meraglim 10.06.2026 32:21 ↓

The Meraglim say: וְשָׁ֣ם רָאִ֗ינוּ אֶת־הַנְּפִילִ֛ים בְּנֵ֥י עֲנָ֖ק מִן־הַנְּפִלִ֑ים וַנְּהִ֤י בְעֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ כַּֽחֲגָבִ֔ים וְכֵ֥ן הָיִ֖ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ we saw the Nephilim there—the Anakites are part of the Nephilim—and we looked like grasshoppers to ourselves, and so we must have looked to them.” How did they know how they were viewed? Why was that such a bad sin?

Va’ani Tefilla #111: Keep Thanking Hashem 10.06.2026 10:44 ↓

Continue learning the צוואה of the יסוד ושורש ועבודה and his approach to thanking Hashem

Kibbud Av Va'em #9: Are We Required to Stand for Our Parents Today? 10.06.2026 5:59 ↓

What is the source that you have to stand up for your parents? Why don't we do it today?

Va’ani Tefilla #110: Thanking Hashem For Everything, Literally Everything 09.06.2026 10:46 ↓

Is this where Rav Avigdor Miller learned his approach? Sounds like it! Learn how to thank Hashem for EVERYTHING

Kibbud Av Va'em #8: Please Do Me The Favor In Honor Of My Father 09.06.2026 4:54 ↓

We contunue learning Kibbud Av Va'em and understand a new aspect of the Mitzvah