Taking Responsibility for Torah

Torah for Torah's Sake and Yeshivah Ideology: Back to the Sources Part 1 25.05.2023 28:53 ↓

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Eliyahu HaNavi: A Shabbat HaGadol Drashah 31.03.2023 25:37 ↓

addresses themes of extremism and moderation, justice and mercy

Halakhah and Values #15 - Kavod Haberiyot #4 GRAND FINALE 29.03.2023 1:05:36 ↓

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Halakhah and Values #14: Kavod Haberiyot #3 22.03.2023 31:41 ↓

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Halakhah and Values #13: Human Dignity Part 2 15.03.2023 57:42 ↓

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Halakhah and Values #12: Human Dignity Part 1 01.03.2023 59:24 ↓

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What do Angels Look Like? and other questions about Halakhah and Art: Shiur at 2023 Seforim Sale 16.02.2023 57:06 ↓

Based on Chapter 20 of Divine Will and Human Experience

Halakhah and Values #11 - Probability, Rav Shimon Shkop, and Moral Luck 01.02.2023 58:26 ↓

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MIT Hillel Shiur in Lieu of Halakhah and Values 10 - Probability and Normativity 27.01.2023 1:20:30 ↓

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Do Sugyot Have Shapes? 23.01.2023 53:36 ↓

This shiur was given at Midreshet Amudim on 1/15/2023.  Sourcesheet is here

Halakhah and Values class #9: What are the odds that probability is predictive? 04.01.2023 52:42 ↓

Beginning a conversation about how halakhah treats probability and about whether there are things that are wrong but which halakhah chooses not to forbid, which will lead to Rav Shimon Shkop and perhaps the Telzer.  Source sheet is here  

Open Sesame! A Dvar Torah for Chanukah 26.12.2022 14:26 ↓

Delivered at Cong. Etz Chaim, Sharon MA on 8th night Chanukkah 5783

The Halakhic Status of Christianity 25.12.2022 1:33:35 ↓

This shiur is from 2015

Halakhah and Values class#8: Can the moral interests of halakhic persons conflict? 21.12.2022 1:02:58 ↓

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Halakhah and Values Class #7 - Wrapping Up Series on New Rabbinic Legislation 20.12.2022 39:42 ↓

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Vayishlach - Who Won the Duel at Penuel? 11.12.2022 13:08 ↓

Addresses Rashi and Rashbam's understanding of Yaakov's psychology throughout the confrontation with Esav

Halakhah and Values class #6: Prohibition vs. Invalidation, Orignation vs. Rediscovery 09.12.2022 38:06 ↓

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Yeshiva of Newark Shiur in memory of Dr. Jacob Klapper: The Interrelationship of Science and Halakhah as Reflected in Discussions of the Gestation and Birth of Dinah 04.12.2022 1:09:39 ↓

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Halakhah and Values class #5: Instituting New Rabbinic Legislation part 1 02.12.2022 1:07:52 ↓

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Halakhah and Values class #4: Authority for Rabbinic Legislation part 2 23.11.2022 53:39 ↓

What are the types of Rabbinic legislation, and what is their source of authority? Maimonides offers at least five different and apparently inconsistent accounts. Sourcesheet is here .  

Halakhah and Values class #3 - Rabbinic Authority Part 1 - Sources of Authority 16.11.2022 52:46 ↓

Sourcesheet is here .  Discusses when and why and in what way "the rabbis" have legislative authority

Halakhah and Values class#2: Chazokos, Divine Will, and Human Experience 11.11.2022 57:40 ↓

Sourcesheet is here .  This is a recreation, as the recording of the original class was lost. 

Halakhah and Values class#1: Freedom 02.11.2022 55:22 ↓

Given at YI Sharon 11/1/2021.

Why did G-d give the Torah to human beings? A Model Reading of Meshekh Chokhmah 23.09.2022 19:16 ↓

Understanding MC To Devarim 30:14, with methodological remarks 

The "Advice of the Maharsham": Deliberately Creating Situations that Generate Retroactive Marriage Annulments as a Stratagem for Dealing with Cases of Mamzerut or Iggun 16.09.2022 57:07 ↓

The first two essays of my series on this subject can be found at https://moderntoraleadership.wordpress.com/2022/09/08/halakhic-power-and-halakhic-policy-mamzerut-and-iggun-part-1/ and https://moderntoraleadership.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/halakhic-power-and-halakhic-policy-mamzerut-and-iggun-part-2/