Q&A – Interviews – Shiurim of Rav Aaron Lopiansky

#Israel Trip 2025   00:14 Exposure to the outside world vs. sheltered in yeshiva 02:35 How to keep enthusiasm for Torah 06:00 Animus towards someone from an enemy country 10:30 Factors in choosing a program after your gap year 11:40 When is it time to leave yeshiva? 12:44 How can a baal teshuva raise children with a geshmak in Yiddishkeit 15:21 How to choose a rebbe 17:14 Things a baal teshuv...

#Israel Trip 2025   13:51 Actions and Understanding 16:35 Discussing the Aish Kollel 17:59 Leaving the Mir 23:39 Kiruv Krovim vs. Kiruv Richokim 23:35 How does the Kollel movement change our approach to Chinuch/Kiruv?

Video available here #IsraelTrip 2025   04:26  What is the biggest Yetzer Hara of the Generation? 09:47 Should a Baal Teshuva Prioritize Kiruv? 10:27 Chareidim in the Army 18:12 Family Members with Alternate Lifestyles 20:09 How Should we be a “Light Unto the Nations” 24:48  Awareness of Hashem through Tefillah 26:31  Extra-curricular Activities for kids 28:55  Supplementing Secular Studies 3...

Q&A with R’ Eliyahu Reingold at YGW alumni event in Baltimore , MD 12/21/24    01:11 Tuition and the number of children 20:26 Focus of Chinuch 35:26 School Rules 50:30 Israeli Army

Q&A with R’ Eliyahu Reingold at YGW alumni event in Silver Spring, MD 12/22/24   00:13 What is one thing a parent focus on? 13:25 What is one thing a husband focus on? 25:04 Technology in our home 31:31 Balancing Learning, Working, and Parenting 44:15 Struggles in Emunah for one no longer in yeshiva 59:51 Being Inconspicuous Because of Anti-Semitism

  Delivered to the Rochester N’Shei 12/14/24   24:20 Accepting to do Chesed 25:51 Financial Comfort and Ruchniyus Values 33:25 Focus on the War in Eretz Yisroel 35:10 American Politics 36:13 Filter on a Spouse’s Phone 39:02 Working on Bitachon

  00:18 Simcha and Teaching Halacha 06:18 Teaching Students to do Things that are Difficult 07:23 Teaching Different Opinions in Halacha 09:03 Teaching the Mishna Berurah 11:35 Halacha over Minhag 13:03 Davening with a Minyan 15:32 Balancing the Needs of Talmidim and the Rebbe’s Own Needs 17:20 Prizes 21:18 Competition 27:16 Loving Talmidim 32:11 Teaching how to Read Gemarah 40:56 Age vs. Mat...

Delivered to Rebbeim in HALB 11/18/24   12:37 Forcing Students to do Mitzvos 14:34 Boys who have a hard time with a long shiur 17:41 Learning other topics 18:28 Teaching Emunah 21:14 The yeshivas role for time outside yeshiva 25:31 Talmidim who are not interested in davening 29:11 Rebbeim using AI 31:08 Should a rebbe hide his chomros 32:12 Playing ball with talmidim 34:08 Fantasy Sports 37:3...

Available to watch here   18:11 Comparing chinuch in American and Eretz Yisroel 19:52 Compromising for a “frum” curriculum 25:54 Giving general studies importance 31:49 Should a rebbe get involved with an incompetent teacher 33:45 Preferring Kollel Yungerlite to teach general studies 35:50 Encouraging Kollel Yungerlite to teach general studies 41:41 Preference in hiring frum teacher 42:59 Sho...

Available to watch here   01:42 Chinuch in an age when children are less resilient 09:14 Gender and Identity 18:35 Challenges of Technology

  00:45 Father learning with his son 06:11 Teaching our children to love learning 13:24 Teaching our children to daven 16:35 Kids in shul 18:02 Giving teenagers the discretion to make their own decisions 22:09 Preparing children for marriage

Delivered at Mevaseret, #Israel Trip 2023   26:45 Most pressing challenge facing yeshiva bochrim 30:54 Catching up when you didn’t learn that much in high school 32:26 Connecting to Hashem through Tefilla 38:28 Limudim in addition to Gemarah 39:43 Building Excitement for Learning 44:20 Parents and Giving Children Independence 48:23 Yiridas HaDoros 53:54 Does one still need a rebbi

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Delivered at Kehillat Haela, in Ramat Beit Shemesh, 8/22/24   09:23 Speech begins 43:08 Achdus in a time of war 49:09 Public statements by Gedolim 57:45 Respecting Rabbanim who make hurtful statements 01:02:53 Chareidim serving in the army 01:15:24 Bochrim who are not learning joining the army

00:56  Gedolim in their youth, The Making of a Gadol 06:30 How does someone get and choose a rebbe? Following a rebbe. 14:30 When to compromise halacha for Darchei Shalom 16:31 Enjoying the summer while a war is going on? Relating to the tragedy of October 7 th 23:00 Sitting and learning and having bitachon that Hashem will take care of you 27:13 How should one use Bein Hazmanim 30:43 Kedusha 38:1...

Interview on the Shtark Tank podcast 6/3/24

Delivered on 7/25/24 in Torah Links, Lakewood, NJ. Available to watch here .   #Balak

Together with Rabbi Eliyahu Reingold, Rosh Kollel in YGW.   00:13 R’ Moshe Wolfson 22:04 Switching Yeshivas 25:00 Gateway Seforim to Chassidus and Machshava 33:49 Tehillim for Eretz Yisroel 45:50 Statements from Gedolei Yisroel 52:15 Different Shitos 01:11:43 Roles of Different Yeshivos 01:16:41 Hashem’s “Emotions” 01:19:13 What is a Neshama? 01:22:48 7 Mitzvos B’nei Noach 01:29:03 Thinking i...

Published by the Seforim Chatter podcast 06.23.24. Available here .     To purchase Ben Yeshiva go to eshelpubliations.com

In the home of R’ Efrem Goldberg to the students of Yeshiva of South Florida   00:01:08 Engaging in positive things when one is not learning full time 00:05:56 How to do mitzvos with hislahavus 00:09:15 Lessons from those who were saved on October 7 th 00:17:54 October 7 th and Simchas Torah 00:19:32 How to feel for Jews who are not observant 00:26:06 Political Advocating of Jewish Valu...

At the YGW Yeshiva Retreat Summer 2024

Delivered in Shomrei Emunah, Baltimore, MD 6/10/24   03:38 What is the function of Torah? 10:06 Why is Torah the most important pillar of the world? 14:18 Torah Lishma 19:52 The purpose of Torah She’Baal Peh 27:48 What is Kavod HaTorah? 31:28 Talmidei Rebbe Akiva 38:59 Referring to Rebbeim in the third person 42:32 Having proper respect for Rabbanim and Talmidei Chachamim 50:28 How to respect...

Delivered in Milwaukee, WI 6/4/24   17:00 Children who are “off the derech” 20:30 Pushing a child to go to shul 24:15 Showing affection in front of children 28:29 Balancing our time between our spouse and our children 31:03 Time between multiple children 32:21 Different Families 34:57 Being different than your neighbors 37:09 Speaking to children about tragic events

At Yeshiva Elementary School in Milwaukee, 6/4/24   00:57 What place does professional sports have in an out-of-town middle school? 08:58 Discussing and saying Tehillim for the tragedies happening in the world today 12:26 Teaching about anti-Semitism 17:40 General Studies Teachers 20:00 Seminary in Eretz Yisroel 25:59 Disabilities and pushing children to work harder 32:06 Working in a class w...

Delivered to talmidim of Heichal HaTorah , Teaneck, NJ 5/10/24 #Acharei Mos   10:13 Should Jews in America lay low or stand up 14:50 Has advocacy gone too far 16:13 How to stay strong in belief when bad things happen? 18:33 Strive to be better or be happy with what you are? 20:44 When parents tell you to be “normal” 22:32 Self confidence 26:59 Being separate from the outside world 30:19 When...