Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

Challenges of Disability in the FamilyRabbi Kivelevitz engages Dr. Juni in a wide-ranging analysis of the experiences of individuals with developmental andpsychiatric Issues, and the effects these have on them and their families. Juni stresses the marked overlap between developmental limitations and emotional maladjustment of the family. Individuals (or victims, as he refers to them) are keenly aw...

This episode is dedicatedלעילוי נשמתרושֶׁל בֶּן בּרוך ע"ה תנצבצ"הMr. Roshel Shamalov on the occasion of his fifth YartzheitMay his Neshama ascend ever higher in Gan Eden. A Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance! The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program. Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last f...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the salient Talmudic passages,through the codification of theShulchan Oruch, clarifications of the Chida,Psakimof Rav Betzalel Shtern, guidelines of Rav Nissim Karelitz and practical directives of Rav Yitzchack Yosef. Rabbi...

Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz presents appreciations ofGedolei Deahand Halacha-Leaders in Torah andAvodahthat have passed away during the Corona Pandemic. This episode is meant to serve as anappreciation of Rav Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz Zt"l. As this ZOOM Shiur took place on Rosh Chodesh Elul,a time proscribed from delivering eulogies,Kivelevitz shared with his listeners a Drash delivered by the Nif...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the salient Talmudic passages,through the codification of the Shulchan Oruch,Psak of the Ben Ish Chai and the guidelines of Rav Nissim Karelitz on the thorny issue of requesting favors and accepting service from your parent...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the salient Talmudic passages of who must bear the expense burden for a parent's needs through the statements of the Rashba that requests that do not directly enhance your parent's physical comfort are not part of the Mitzv...

Rabbi Kivelevitz welcomes Doctor Sam Juni and Rabbi Shmuel Skaist to discuss the sea of change that has occurred in the greater society at large of the acceptance of a gay lifestyle. The attitudinal shift has been generating a crisis in the Orthodox world for close to two decades as more of its members are "coming out" or confronting the difficulty of living secreted in the midst of a society that...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages,through the chakirah of the Minchas Chinuch on the nature of the Mitzvah to honor one's parents with many practical differences dependent on how one rules. The Rabbi presents an in depth anal...

RabbiUri Topolosky has been the Rabbi of Kehilat Pardes – The Rock Creek Synagogue in Rockville, Maryland since August of 2013. He also serves as the Rav HaKehillah of theBerman Hebrew Academy..Rav Uri was the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in New Orleans for six years where he helped revitalize a community shattered by Hurricane Katrina. He is the President of the Washington Board of Rabbis, a...

This episode is dedicatedלעילוי נשמתיעקב בן ישראל משה ע"ה תנצבצ"הMr. Jerry PascherMay his family discover comfort from their great loss. A Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance! The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program. Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been. AsKlal Yis...

Rabbi Ysoschor Katz,Chair of the Talmud department of Yeshiva Chovevei Torah updates Rabbi Kivelevitz on what five months of teleconferencing instruction has taught him regarding student retention and pedagogy. Katz has also garnered many new insights into how deeply technology has ingrained itself in our society and how that might impact our approach to Halacha,altering heretofore assumptions con...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages,important Rishonim to the words of theBeis Yosefand the Psak in theShulchan Oruchand Psakim of Rav Moshe Shternbach on the nature ofKerias HaTorah. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last...

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 hurls a challenge."Po...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages to the words of theBeis Yosefand the Psak in theShulchan Oruchon whether one ever is able to engage in their own learning while the Tzibur is engaged in Kerias HaTorah. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevi...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages to the words of the Beis Yosef and the Psak in theShulchan Oruchon whether we subject children to an examination to determine if they have achieved Halachic majority. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz...

Rabbi Kivelevitz presented a ZOOM Shiur that fleshes out the subtle complex relationship the Leviim have with the rest of Klal Yisroel. From the Shulchan Oruch's ruling on Krias HaTorah, in a case of no Kohein present,Kivelevitz draws conclusions regarding the nature of the special Kedusha of this tribe post the Churban,and in diaspora life. Please leave us a review or email us at ravkiv@gmail.com...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz delineates the parameters of the Machlokes Rishonim concerning having a child be considered the 10th member of the prayer quorate,allowing all Devorim shebekedusha and Krias HaTorah to proceed with a quorum of ten. Kivelevitz connects the psa...

"Do you have to be Crazy to be Religious?"Under questioning from Rabbi Kivelevitz,Doctor Juni gives voice to his startling conception of what constitutes markers for mental illness. Bucking the usual liberal bias against rigorous religious practices,the professor cogently explains how aberrant thinking is highly relative to the milieu the individual was raised and lives in. The most stringent sect...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz develops the principles of articulating Devorim Shebekedushawith a quorum of ten. He then delineates the Halachic injunction of praying with a Tzibur,and indicates the distinctions between the Rambam and the Tur in this crucial aspect of Avod...

This episode is dedicatedלעילוי נשמת רייזע גיטל בת זאב ע"ה תנצבצ"הMrs. Rita Epstein -May her family discover comfort from this great loss. A Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance! The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program. Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been. AsKlal Y...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz traces the origins of this fundamental disagreement on how the Parshios of Tefillin need to be arranged in the Shel Rosh. From the Talmud with Rashi and Tosfos ,Kivelevitz leads this ZOOM Shiur to theRambam,Beit Yosef,Shulchan Oruch,Mishna Br...

Inspired by the sobering statements from the Daf Yomi of Shabbas 151-152.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 visity...

"Hiding behind Nachmanides position on Yishuv HaAretz"Rabbi Kivelevitz presented a ZOOM Shiur that reads salient passages from a lower court ruling from Tel Aviv which granted unprecedented power to a spouse who bolted to Eretz Yisroel, penned by Rav Chaim Gedaliah Zimbalist. The episode concludes however with the points made by Rav Elyashiv and the Higher court in overturning the decision,many of...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahRabbi Kivelevitz reads and explains passages from the responsa ofRav Shlomo Aviner,Shlita. 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,...

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahStarting with the Rambam in Hilchos Melachim,Rabbi Kivelevitz develops the halachic basis for Israeli citizens to tour the world or visit relatives outside of Eretz Yisroel. The ZOOM Shiur goes through salient passages in a Tshuva from HaRav Shmuel Vozner Zt"l and the Psak issued last year from Rav Yitzchack Yosef,the Rishon LaTzion-Chief...