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A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.
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- 4 days ago26 min
Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy
Aveilut and Simcha: How Rav Soloveitchik Read Yom Kippur's Hidden Joy, by Rav Yosef Blau Kiyum simcha beYom HaKippurim. No festive meal, no Hallel — so why does Yom Kippur still override mourning like a Yom Tov? Rav Soloveitchik understood aveilut not as a set of external practices but as an inner state — the felt sense of disconnection from Hashem — and understood Yom Tov's simcha similarly, as fundamentally about closeness to Hashem rather than merely festive eating. Because Yom Kippur represents the deepest possible closeness to God (epitomized by the Kohen Gadol entering the Holy of Holies), it cancels aveilut just as other Yamim Tovim do, even without a festive meal — revealing an inner joy beneath its solemnity. This shiur was given in the context of a chug for Bnei Chul at yeshiva: 'Torah and Stories of the Rav' from a close talmid and giant of Jewish education, Rav Yosef Blau. Rav Blau served as the mashgiach ruchani at Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary from 1977 to 2025, before coming on aliya to Israel.
- 4 days ago19 min
Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son
Shabbat Shuva | Teshuva Mei'Yir'a: The Runaway Son, by Rav Eli Weber Why would Chazal choose the "cynical," self-interested model of teshuva for the Shabbat before Yom Kippur? Hoshea 14:2-10, Mikha 7: 18-20, Yoel 2: 15-27 The Haftara of Shabbat Shuva models a modest, even self-interested form of teshuva — returning to God not out of love but out of disappointment that other paths failed — and insists that this lesser teshuva is still fully accepted, the way parents unconditionally welcome home a child who returns only because he has nowhere else to go. Since teshuva mei'ahava (the transformative ideal) is a standard most people can't consistently meet, teshuva mei'yir'a remains a vital, always-available option — one that all of us need, and should choose.
- 1 weeks ago26 min
Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer
Rosh Hashana 5787 | Chana's Silent Prayer, by Rav Eli Weber Chana's silent tears at Shiloh became the model for Jewish prayer. Discover the story. Shmuel Alef 1:1 - 2:10 The Haftara of Chana, read on the first day of Rosh Hashana, tells of a barren woman's anguished, silent prayer at Shilo and Hashem's response through the birth of Shmuel HaNavi. Rav Eli Weber highlights Chana's prayer as the model for all Jewish prayer, and her expression of gratitude when her plea was answered as a lesson for approaching the Days of Awe.
- 1 weeks ago35 min
Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts?
Rosh Hashana | How Did We Get To 30 Blasts? by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Why do we blow 30 shofar blasts from one vague word in the Torah? The answer involves doubt, unity, and Caesarea. This shiur explores the halakhic development of the shofar blowing on Rosh Hashana, tracing the transition from the Torah's vague command of 'Yom Terua' to the established practice of 30 sounds. Rabbi Etshalom analyzes the Sifra's hermeneutic process to identify the shofar as the required instrument and the structure of the blasts. Finally, the lecture examines the Gemara's account of Rabbi Abbahu's takkana, which unified diverse regional customs into the comprehensive sequence of sounds performed today. Source sheet >>
- 1 weeks ago54 min
When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat
When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat, by Eli Weber A topic which is obviously specific to this year, but also a topic with huge implications to the interplay between Deoraita and Derabbanan.
- 1 weeks ago29 min
The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana
The Parasha Pod | 51 | Rosh Hashana, by Rav Menachem Leibtag and Rav Mordechai Rosenberg Rosh Hashana and Listening to the Shofar When we Can't Hear It 00:00 - What is Rosh Hashana without the shofar? 08:50 - How is Rosh Hashana like Har Sinai? 12:50 - The festivals essence and details: Emor and Pinchas 16:55 - How to fulfil Rosh Hashana without the shofar? 20:15 - Why is Rosh Hashana on the first of Tishrei? 25:15 - What is the connection between Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur?
- 2 weeks ago19 min
Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God
Nitzavim - Vayelekh | "Sos Asis" - I Greatly Rejoice in God by Rav Eli Weber The last and sweetest of the seven haftarot of consolation — can love and awe of God actually be the same feeling? Yeshayahu 61:10 - 63:9 Exploring the haftara "Sos Asis," the final and most comforting of the seven haftarot of consolation, the shiur centers on the marriage metaphor for our relationship with God — a bridegroom rejoicing over his bride. Using the Rambam's framework of love and awe, Rav Eli shows how true religious feeling combines longing for closeness with humbled reverence, illustrated through the Akeida and a personal analogy to marriage.
- 3 weeks ago19 min
Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future
Ki Tavo | The Historical and Metaphysical Future, by Rav Eli Weber Why is the haftara for Ki Tavo so uniquely comforting? A look at divine light, historic redemption, and surprising echoes. Yeshayahu 60: 1-22 This shiur examines the haftara for Ki Tavo, Yeshayahu's "Kumi Ori" — the sixth of the seven Haftarot of Consolation. It highlights three themes: a metaphysical shift in which Hashem's own light replaces the sun and moon; a historic reversal in which hostile nations come to serve and admire Israel; and deliberate textual parallels between the haftara and the parasha's Tokhacha, closing with reflection on the redemption's timing ("b'ito" versus "achishena").
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