The Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel Plutchok

Klapping during krias hamegillah: The minhag 11.03.2025 34:11 ↓

Shul decorum  Music….talking  Amsterdam…a Purim miracle

Zayen Adar: A day of significance (Repost) 05.03.2025 33:43 ↓

The death and burial of Moshe Rabbeinu  Marking a yahrtzeit when there is no known day of death  Chevrah Kadisha and their secret traditions Why the IDF marks the day

Repost: Sabbatai Tzvi & Tu Beshvat: The fascinating b origin story of Tu Beshvat and its unique minhagim 11.02.2025 30:10 ↓

The Turkish Dunmeh and their messianic interpretation Eating a Esrog or davening for a esrog

REPOST: Fasts of tzadikim: The 9th of Teves 08.01.2025 37:56 ↓

The history of yeshu: The book   For a related topic see: Nittel Nacht: A night of varying minhagim https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sunday-shiur-by-rabbi-yoel-plutchok/id1686817830?i=1000612988722

Repost: Megillas Antiochos: The story about the Megilla we used to lein on Channuka 30.12.2024 29:24 ↓

Rabbi Shaul Lieberman: The conservative rosh yeshiva who wrote a Pirush on the entire Tosefta   The history of the Karaim: Iraq circa 800   Turkey, Year 1500: The Psak of the R'em regarding Kariam    The origin of Megillas Antiochos: R Saadia Goan's quest to immortalize the Chashmonaim   Are we allowed to study the Book of the Maccabees? "Seforim chatzonim" in Halacha    

Repost: The mysterious journey of the menorah and where it stands today 29.12.2024 34:45 ↓

The depictions on the Arch of Titus: What happened next?   The Peroiches and the Tzitz: R’ Shimon’s testimony   The  Radziner Rebbe’s Oddysey to find the Menorah: The Visigoths and King Alaric I   The Menorah swap theory: A child's fable that gained traction   The conscientious story behind the real gold menorah by the Kosel today    Reb Akiva Eiger’s chassideshe Eidem and his Leichter   The iconi...

Repost: Nittel Nacht: A night of varying minhagim 24.12.2024 39:02 ↓

Napoleon's wars and their effect on the Jews of his time Nittel through the eyes of the Chasam Sofer  The pros, the antis, and the in-betweeners Nittel - a moving target understating the calendar changes