Taking Responsibility for Torah

Halakhic Employer-Employee Law: Shiur #9 HaSokher et HaUmanin YI Sharon 08.12.2021 1:04:14 ↓

How to read and not read Yerushalmi, and halakhic implications of those methodological issues. Sourcesheet is at תלמוד ירושלמ1.docx

"Lo Nitan Leheamer Clal" in Igrot Moshe, Episode 5: Can Rationales for Mitzvot Affect Halakhah? 06.12.2021 17:14 ↓

Compares Rav Moshe's position to those of Rav Meir Twersky regarding Sefer HaChinnukh and Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik regarding Rambam

"Lo Nitan l'He'amer Clal" in Igrot Mosheh, Episode 4: Social Changes and their Effects on Halakhah, Agunah Edition 03.12.2021 17:48 ↓

A long-term agunah claims to have received a letter from her brother saying that her husband is dead. Is that enough to permit her immediate remarriage?

Halakhic Employer-Employee Law: Shiur #8 HaSokher et Haumanin at YI Sharon 01.12.2021 56:15 ↓

Sourcesheet is at השוכראתהאומניםעםרשיyi3.docx .  This is a gemara-rashi text shiur rather than conceptual.

Eight Minutes on Parshat Vayeshev: A Thanksgiving Sermon 25.11.2021 8:25 ↓

originally delivered in 2010 at YI Sharon, but I think it stands the test of time, and I hope you agree!

Halakhic Employer-Employee Law: Shiur #7 Hasokher et HaUmanin at YI Sharon 24.11.2021 58:26 ↓

This one is straight MIshnah Rashi, with Rashi integrated - the source sheet may be more helpful than usual    השוכראתהאומניםעםרשיyi2.docx

"Lo Nitan L'heamer Klal" in Igrot Moshe, Episode Three: His money or your life? 19.11.2021 18:55 ↓

Igrot Mosheh Yoreh Deah 1:214

Halakhic Employer-Employee Law: Shiur #6 Hasokher et HaUmanin at YI Sharon 17.11.2021 49:26 ↓

Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1 and #2)

"Lo Nitan L'heamer Klal" in Igrot Moshe, Episode Two: Defining "zonah" 16.11.2021 15:48 ↓

Sourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/w/s! AgxlcbVaoV_ihP4VoUS2zPGIteRaTA?e=OOgW0K

Leah, Rachel, and Dinah: A Midrashic Speculation 16.11.2021 9:45 ↓

Explains why Rachel didn't cry, why Dinah was named Dinah, and more! 

Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #5 HaSokeher et HaUmanin Shiue at YI Sharon 10.11.2021 56:02 ↓

Does the rejection of a literary hava amina mean the rejection of halakhic positions based on that hava amina? Are labor markets halakhically the same as other markets?  What are the differences between onaah and meach taut?

Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #4 Hasokher et Haumanin Shiur at YI Sharon 03.11.2021 1:05:01 ↓

Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1)

Six Minutes on Chayyei Sarah - Political Halakhah Must Treat Jews and Non-Jews Identically 29.10.2021 5:56 ↓

The Or HaChayyim explains why Avraham believed that he had a right to a hereditary burial site in Chevron

"Lo Nitan L'heamer Klal" in Igrot Moshe, Episode 1: Can a consensual sexual act be permitted to one party and forbidden to the other? 28.10.2021 21:59 ↓

Sourcesheet is at לא ניתן להאמר podcastmeks1.1.docx

Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #3 HaSokher et HaUmanin Shiur at YI Sharon 27.10.2021 1:06:16 ↓

Given 10/26/2021. Sourcepacket at Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1 and #2)

Thoughts of A Losing Defense Attorney: Avraham after Sodom 24.10.2021 40:08 ↓

Why did G-d find it necessary to tell Avraham in advance? Who ended their conversation?

Five Minutes on Parshat Vayera - The Akeidah and Halakhah 22.10.2021 4:18 ↓

Addresses conflicts between what one understands as moral truth and what one understands as halakhic truth 

Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #2 HaSokher et HaUmanin Shiur at YI Sharon 20.10.2021 1:04:25 ↓

Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1)

Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #1, HaSokher Et HaUmanin, YI Sharon 13.10.2021 1:05:22 ↓

given 10/12.  Sourcesheet is at Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx

Learning Shelo Lishmoh: A Risky Shiur 03.10.2021 50:20 ↓

Discuss the apparent contradictions in the Talmud as to whether learning shelo lishmoh is encouraged or discouraged, and how many trees were at the center of the Garden of Eden

Efshar Leverurei Episode 15 - Psak, Probability, and Reality 12.09.2021 15:05 ↓

Igrot Moshe YD5:4.  The difference between a shechitah knife that can't nbe checked because it was lost, and one that can't be checked because ti was damaged

"IN THE PLACE WHERE PENITENTS STAND, TZADDIKIM CANNOT STAND" - Where exactly is that place? 10.09.2021 51:13 ↓

Delivered for the Beit Shemesh Community Beit Midrash on Nov. 12, 2017.  Sourcesheet at https://www.yutorah.org/download.cfm?materialID=533037

Efshar Leverurei Episode 14 - The Unknown Shochet 03.09.2021 24:58 ↓

Igrot Mosheh YD5:2

Efshar Leverurei Episode 13 - HeChadash Asur Min HaTorah 27.08.2021 15:51 ↓

Rav Mosheh on when and why one can assume that commercially bought grain is yoshon

The Difference Between Doubt and Ignorance - Efshar Leverurei Episode 12 20.08.2021 22:34 ↓

Implications of the lost chemical formula for distinguishing between blood and red dyes