Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. This episode concerns materialhereandhere and here. The facts behind the Greenberg "Psak" are here. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of...

Rabbi Bechhofer surprises Rabbi Kivelevitz with his call for repealing the second amendment. The Rabbis debate the validity of the position staked out by Ben Shapiro and others that had the Jews not been deprived of weapons they might have resisted Kristallnacht and other pre-war horrors. Rabbi Bechhofer has utter disdain for the Saint Louis couple who brandished weapons in the face of rioters app...

Rabbi Francis Nataf is a respected educator, writer and thinker, well known for his ability to find new ways of looking attextandtradition. He is the author of the groundbreaking book on the TorahRedeeming Relevance. The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT is proud to partner with Rav Nataf to help spread his important messages to as wide an audience as possible .In this episode the Rabbi pursues an idea that...

Rabbi Kalman Worch leads the Shiur through selected passages of the Zera Shimshon that shed a whole new light on the holiday season. Rabbi Shimshon Chaim had only one child, a son, who died at a young age. Rabbi Shimshon Chaim decided to dedicate his'Sefarim' to the memory of this child who had no continuity of a family. Hence the name "Zera Shimshon" In the introduction to his work,he promises th...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. This episode concerns material here and here. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an unstanding...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an unstanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and c...

Departing a bit from the heavy somber material discussed over the last few episodes,Rabbi Kivelevitz asks Doctor Juni about issues he himself has dealt with and overcome. Juni describes what it means to be the younger sibling of a gifted older brother and the psychological ramifications of that dynamic. In an almost comedic vein. the Professor recounts his discovering of his color blindness, and d...

RabbiReuben Joshua Poupko has been the Rabbi of Beth Israel Beth Aaron Congregation in Montreal for over 30 years. He is a scion of a venerated Rabbinic family and the son of Rabbi Boruch Poupko, rabbi for over 60 years of Congregation Shaare TorahinPittsburgh. Rabbi Poupko's immenseoratoryskills have for decades allowed peoples of all faiths to understand Judaismand the Orthodox way of understand...

Dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Rav Shemaryahu Yosef Chaim Ben Pesha MiriamThe Sar HaTorah Hagaon Rav Chaim Kanyevski. The fellows mix it up on a wide range of important topics, including the President's Covid-19's infection,the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg,Halacha's stance on abortion,originalism on the Supreme Court,and the continued laxity in the Charedi world to adhere to governmental sug...

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to stud...

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to stud...

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to stud...

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to stud...

The renowned educator and Principal ofSAR High SchoolRabbi Jonathan Kroll and Rabbi Kivelevitz discuss real ways that Jewish students can come to have empathy with the plight of African Americans in the wake of the social unrest that erupted after the death of George Floyd. Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.comFor more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodca...

Charlie Harary internationally known investor, strategic adviser and professor and motivational speaker sits down when his schedule allows with Rabbi Kivelevitz to discuss the interface of Jewish values in the greater western World. Please leave us a review at ravkiv@gmail.comFor more information on this podcast please visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o...

Rabbi Kivelevitz leads a ZOOM class sketching how according to the Mishnah and Talmud the Daled Minim were taken on Shabbas if that was the first day of Sukkos till the Churban occurred. The Rabbi clarifies Rambam's explanation of how that changed resulting in the almost universal not using the lulav on Shabbas in any circumstance. The episode then turns to the custom of bentching lulav in the Suk...

Rabbi Worch-Co host of theChavrusaand acclaimed translator of theBnei Yessascharelaborates on two carefully selected sections from the famed Chasidic Rebbe and scholar,Rav Yehuda Aryeh Lev of Gur,culled from the classic workSefas Emes. Rabbi Worch brings out the important lessons ofAvodas Hashemthat are indicated by the novel interpretations ofChazaland thePesukimthat are suggested in the work. We...

Rabbi Worch-Co host of theChavrusaand acclaimed translator of theBnei Yessascharelaborates on this carefully selected section from the classic Toras Moshe by the Alshich. Rabbi Worch brings out the important lessons ofAvodas Hashemthat are indicated by the novel interpretations ofChazaland thePesukimthat are suggested in the work. We thank the Illinois Center for Jewish Studies for the use of this...

Professor Juni chooses a topic that is close to his heart and that he has written extensively about, spousal abuse and the pathologies involved in the molestation of children. The doctor also rings in on how modern understandings should impact the concept of Kedushei Taus. Rabbi Kivelevitz attempts to clarify the controversies surrounding the use of the heter,despite it being used in a number of p...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. Rabbi Kivelevitz clarifies the somewhat complicated Halachos and Minhagim governing underage children and recent mothers fasting protocol for Yom Kippur. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an im...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. In the course of our personal Neilah prayer, in the paragraph "Ata Nosein Yad LiPoshiim" we twice mention “LeMa’an Nechdal MeOshek YaDeinu--so that we withdraw our hands from theft.”This emphasizes the absolute need for one to “clean-up” his act in financial matters,and disconnect from objects in one's possession that might rightfully b...

A stirring and important message as we approach the holiest day of the year. In a ZOOM teleconference Shiur that took place in the shadow of Yom HaKippurim, Elizabeth's Rabbi Avrohom Herman uses the wisdom of Chazal to provide a clear path to understanding repentance. Rabbi Avrohom Herman has been the Rav and spiritual leader of the The Jewish Educational Center's Elmora Shul since 2005.Along with...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiuron an examination of the severity of actions that are deemed Chilul Hashem. He also discusses whether the Minhag of having two loaves on the table,Lechem Mishnah,applies on one who must eat a meal on Yom Kippur due to health considerations. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing an...

Rabbi Kivelevitz encourages Rabbi Bechhofer to share some of the more striking points from a monograph the latter is preparing to publish in the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society Bechhofer ,appropriately in this era of Covid-19, addresses the Jewish Law's perspective on calculated risks for behaviors deemed dangerous by some authorities yet dismissed by others as benign. Starting with th...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas Devorah. Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiuron an examination of the proper way to eat less than a Shiur and how the laws of Beracha Rishona and Achronah are adapted to this unusual situation. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tune...