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This week, we will learn that when a father dies and leaves older sons and younger sons, they split the estate’s gain. If they want, they can divide the estate at the beginning, and then each son keeps his own gain. We will also learn about the concept of Shushvinut (like a groomsman), when a friend of the groom brings a gift to the wedding, the groom is obligated to reciprocate the gift at the fr...

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This week we will learn that when a person is on their deathbed, their statements are taken seriously. Therefore, if they say “Give my estate to Reuven”, we listen to him and it doesn’t need to be written in a contract. We will also learn that a father can give his land to his son and retain rights to the produce while he is alive. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Join Rosh Yeshiva ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rabbi Chaim Brovender⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠https://webyeshiva.org/course/rabbi-brovender-parsha-shiur-5785/

Geulah: In this episode the prayer for redemption is not for the ultimate messianic redemption — because we pray for that later in the amida. Rather it is for personal redemption and national redemption while in exile. In this class we look at some examples of suffering and redemption from suffering, to gain a deeper understanding of the blessing of redemption — geulah For the original course page...

we will learn that a person has the right to gift his possessions to whomever he chooses. But he can only bequeath his inheritance to those who are eligible to inherit him. A father is believed to say that someone is his son and that he is the firstborn. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://webyeshiva.org/course/daf-yomi-1-week-at-a-time-bava-batra/

This week we will learn that the firstborn son gets a double portion of his father’s estate. He gets double of whatever we in his father’s possession when he died. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://webyeshiva.org/course/daf-yomi-1-week-at-a-time-bava-batra/

Join Rosh Yeshiva ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rabbi Chaim Brovender⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit https://webyeshiva.org/course/rabbi-brovender-parsha-shiur-5785/

Selichah: In this episode the sixth blessing of the Amida is for atonement. We ask “Selach Lanu” — forgive us our Father. In this class I ask the following questions, and answer some of them: Why do we switch between “Our Father” and “Our King”? What is the difference between “sinned” and “transgressed”? Repentance on Yom Kippur takes a whole month and an entire day. How can we sincerely ask for r...

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Teshuvah: In this episode the fifth blessing is for repentance. However, the blessing raises several deep theological questions. In this class, we will attempt to answer some of the following questions: Why does the blessing say “cause us to return” to the Torah, rather than “come to the Torah”? Why does it say “bring us near” and not bring us all the way? And most fundamentally, Repentance is up...

This week we will learn in what order family members inherit their father’s estate. We will then learn the story of the Daughters of Tzlofchad and how they inherited their father’s portion in the Land of Israel. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://webyeshiva.org/course/daf-yomi-1-week-at-a-time-bava-batra/

Da’at: In this episode we move from sacred to profane (in the words of Rav Kook, based on the Talmud), from kedusha to chol. We look at the importance of knowledge to distinguish between holy and profane, between Shabbat and weekday. The Talmud connects knowledge to the creation of fire (reminiscent of Prometheus, the fire-giver who’s name means “forethought.”) Knowledge means morality, knowing ri...

This week we will learn that when a person sells a field “with its borders”, he means approximately. Therefore, if he errs in his measurement by less than a sixth, it's a valid sale. If it's more than a sixth, the buyer must pay for the extra land or return it. We will then begin Chapter 8 which discusses the laws of inheritance. We will learn who takes precedence over whom when a family member pa...

The Yamim Noraim, the High Holidays, start with Rosh Hashanah and end with Sukkot. Initially, while the focus of our prayers the month preceding Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur are on teshuvah, the Hoshanat prayers of Sukkot go back to temple times and focus on protecting the natural world from humans to plants, and so on. Join  ⁠⁠Rabbi Yehoshua Geller⁠⁠  as he explores the significance of Hoshan...

Kedushat ha-Shem: In this episode when reciting the kedusha prayer, should we look upwards or downwards? Eyes open or closed? Where is G-d’s “place”? And what is holiness anyway? For the original course page please visit https://webyeshiva.org/course/the-shemoneh-esrei-in-depth/

This week we will learn about someone who owns a cistern on someone else's property. He has the right to access it during the day but not at night. If someone has a public path through his field, he cannot decide to move that path. If he does, he loses the rights to the original and new paths. We will also learn how people were buried in the time of the Mishna and Gemara and what rights people had...

Join Rosh Yeshiva ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Rabbi Chaim Brovender⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion. For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://webyeshiva.org/course/rabbi-brovender-parsha-shiur-5784/

Join  ⁠⁠ Rabbi Dovid Ebner ⁠⁠  for this special Yeshivat Hamivtar alumni series: A close reading of selected chapters covering all 5 sections of Rambam’s Sefer HaMada (Book of Knowledge). The goals are pedagogical in terms of actually plumbing the depths of Rambam’s thought through a close reading of the text. For example, what does it mean to command the love of God or of our fellow man… or what...

This week we will learn that when a person buys produce, he accepts a certain percentage of impurities in the sale. When the buyer says he wants to buy wine for cooking, he is really telling the seller that it must last for a long time.  If a person sells wine and later on it is spoiled, the seller isn’t responsible For more info or to visit the main shiur page please visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://weby...

Gevurot: In this episode the second blessing describes God as God of nature and the One who resurrects the dead. In this class we look at the relationship between rain (nature) and resurrection. And consider whether the prime focus of this prayer was initially against the belief of the Sadducees. For the original course page please visit https://webyeshiva.org/course/the-shemoneh-esrei-in-depth/

Join  ⁠ Rabbi Dovid Ebner ⁠  for this special Yeshivat Hamivtar alumni series: A close reading of selected chapters covering all 5 sections of Rambam’s Sefer HaMada (Book of Knowledge). The goals are pedagogical in terms of actually plumbing the depths of Rambam’s thought through a close reading of the text. For example, what does it mean to command the love of God or of our fellow man… or what is...

Join  Rabbi Dovid Ebner  for this special Yeshivat Hamivtar alumni series: A close reading of selected chapters covering all 5 sections of Rambam’s Sefer HaMada (Book of Knowledge). The goals are pedagogical in terms of actually plumbing the depths of Rambam’s thought through a close reading of the text. For example, what does it mean to command the love of God or of our fellow man… or what is the...

 Avot: In this episode focuses on Avot, the first blessing of the Amida. We look at why we begin with the patriarchs, how they received blessings from God, and how each of them perceived God in his own way. For the original course page please visit https://webyeshiva.org/course/the-shemoneh-esrei-in-depth/

Is it really prohibited to sleep during Rosh Hashanah? Does the prohibition apply to both days? Is there room for any leniency? Join  Rabbi Dovid Fink  as he explores sleeping on Judgement Day. For the original course page please visit https://webyeshiva.org/course/sleeping-on-rosh-hashanah-day/