Featured Shiurim

Creating Our Own World of Kedusha

@Norfolk, VA 5/4/24

My Co-worker was Wondering – Mid-Atlantic Business Halacha 2024 (Q&A with R’ Yaakov Hopfer)

#q&a at the Mid-Atlantic Business Halacha Conference in Baltimore, MD, 5/23/24. Posted and available to watch on TorahAnytime 16:33 How to deal with an employer who speaks with coarseness? 21:19 Attitude and treatment to those who commit fraud 36:42 Supporting Local Mosdos 49:31 Modesty in the workplace 57:18 Commissions for Fundraising 01:02:02 Approach to Anti-Semitism

Lag B’Omer 5784 – Yom Asher Barachta

At YGW

Pesach 5784 – Uprooting from Mitzraim (Neilas Hachag)

Recorded Later

Pesach 5784 – Galus of Dibbur

Delivered at Igra Dipirka in Baltimore, MD 4/16/24. Available to watch here.

Pesach 5784 (Sfas Emes)

Delivered in Baltimore, MD 4/16/24

Pesach 5784 (Yad Mitzrayim)

Walking the Tightrope, Hishtadlus and Bitachon in Shidduchim (with Q&A)

Delivered Motzei Shabbos 2/17/24 at Bais Yaakov Machon Ora 21:27 Shidduch Photos 27:13 Going out just to please the shadchan 29:11 Choosing a seminary based on shidduchim 32:30 Not giving up on ideals or being too picky 35:20 Support 37:06 Singles Events 38:58 Bashert 44:17 Allowing a younger child to go out before an older one 47:08 Essential criteria to give a yes 47:27 Family backgrounds in shidduchim 51:50 Taking a break from dating 53:05 Being tolerant of vices 55:48 Considering a shidduch based on future growth 57:39 Becoming a professional to support your husband vs. being home with the children 58:08 Saying no because of a smartphone 1:00:59 Pre-nuptial agreement 1:03:04 Parents pushing their child to meeting professional shadchanim 1:06:04 Closing Remarks

Purim 5784 – The Power to Restart Again (Mesibah)

Delivered Purim night at the YGW Purim Mesiba

Purim 5784 (R’ Tzadok)

From the sefer רסיסי לילה

Making Sense of What is Going On in Israel (with Q&A)

Delivered 3/16/24 at Melava malka for Northeast Kollel, Bnai Israel Ohev Zedek, and Chelkeinu Initiative in Northeast PA 16:48 Civilians in Gaza 22:10 Balancing Obligations 26:50 Different Values in a Community 34:35 What/Should Those in Yeshiva do in Solidarity for Eretz Yisroel 41:02 Engaging with Anti Semitism 46:53 Mental Health – Rav or Therapist 52:35 Chinuch – Responding with Love or Putting Your Foot Down 56:43 Relationship with Your Child’s School 59:41 Jewish Unity

The Jewish Family

Delivered 2/18/24 at The JFS Breakfast, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ. Video of the program available here.

Q&A – Toras Shraga 5784

#Israel Trip 2024 02:06 Staying Motivated To Do Things That We Don’t Understand 05:46 Other Hashkafos 08:04 Army 11:13 Chassidus 16:49 Learning Sifrei Chassidus on Your Own 18:38 Cheshek in Torah 22:05 Sports 26:54 Orthodox Professional Athletes 29:22 Ben Torah in the Workplace 34:21 Getting Up for Shachris 36:17 Platonic Relationships 40:12 Giving Reasons Why Things Happen 44:04 When Gedolim Give Reasons for Why Things Happen 46:05 Philosophy and Emunah Pshuta 51:01 Other Religions 52:53 Da Mah Shetashiv 54:25 Chovos HaLevavos Shaar Yichud 55:21 Is Emunah the Natural Position 59:44 In Emunah Conditioning

Presenting the Big Picture of Torah (with Q&A) – Yishrei 5784

#Israel Trip 5784 #Mishpatim 18:22 Dressing “Yeshivish” 21:26 Conflict Between Bein Adam LaMakom and Bein Adam LaChaveiro 24:40 How You Gain From Yeshiva 26:33 Advising Who Are Less Observant 27:38 Chumros 31:21 Music 34:52 Yetzer Hara in Mashiach Times 37:07 Noach Lo Sheloh Nivra 40:09 Emunah Based on Logic 46:11 Evidence of Hashem 47:37 Working on Ahavas Yisroel While in Yeshiva 50:45 Growing a Beard

Reaching Understanding Through Action (with Q&A) – Reishit 5784

#Israel Trip 2024 #Mishpatim 13:24 Chumros 18:42 Washington Rally 25:26 The Israeli Army 32:02 Smoking 35:23 Biggest Mistake Boys with Modern Background Make 39:16 Choosing a Profession 42:11 Honoring Parents 47:24 Chabad 51:59 Top Lessons 56:40 Contradictions Between Torah and Science 1:00:32 Struggle with Belief in Hashem and Torah 1:03:47 Three Questions About Learning 1:09:55 What Mussar/Machshava Seforim Should a Bachur Learn

Emunah – Logic and Hakarah

Delivered at Netiv Aryeh #Israel Trip 5784

Q&A – Machon Yaakov 5784

Video available here 02:31 Bring Sechel into Emotional Emunah 10:27 Bitachon in Big Life Decisions 14:03 Difference Between a Rebbe and a Rav 18:20 Balance Jewish and Secular Education 23:11 Heter to Avoid Certain Mitzvos on the Path to Observance 24:26 What Parts of Torah are Metaphorical 29:22 What Are the Hardest Parts of Judaism to Reconcile 32:32 What Are the Biggest Issues Facing the Jewish Community 36:11 Other Challenges 39:31 Children Who Are Homosexual 44:26 The Holocaust 48:02 Break in the Mesorah 51:58 Mesorah in Kabbalah 54:22 Medical Guidance in the Talmud 57:59 Living in Eretz Yisroel

Developing a Love for Torah (with Q&A) – KBY 5784

#Israel Trip #Mishpatim 10:09 Going to College 17:09 Being Drawn to Philosophy 19:32 Pro-Israel Rally in Washington D.C. 28:23 Machokes in Hashkafa 31:32 Limudim Other than Gemorah 34:59 Learning Post-Yeshiva 35:40 How to Determine if You Are Shevet Levi 38:51 The Future of American Jewry 44:40 Making Aliyah 48:41 Hakaras HaTov to America 50:43 Army 53:02 Raising Children

The Give and Take in Ruchniyos (with Q&A) – Mevaseret 5784

#Israel Trip 2024 #Mishpatim 14:01 Following Professional Sports 20:12 Joining the Army 23:04 How to Empathize with those in Pain 26:29 Chareidi Neighborhoods 28:30 External Changes 32:18 Guns 36:05 Growing Without Losing Our Personality 39:08 Relationship with Rebbeim 43:56 Jewish History Recommendation 52:26 Lack of Spiritual Feelings 54:48 Bridging Spiritual and General Knowledge 56:16 Discipline 58:15 Interacting with Different Jewish Cultures 01:00:41 Influence of Friends

Mishpatim Before and After Kabbalas HaTorah (with Q&A) – Gush 5784

#Israel 2024 #Terumah 11:51 Reaction to the Simchas Torah Tragedy 5784 16:38 Influence of Rebbeim 20:42 Sifrei Maharal 21:34 Learning as a Zchus for Others 23:06 The Sins of the Avos 26:49 Chareidim 28:29 Gemorah Building Character 36:00 Happiness 45:36 Inspiration 46:39 Why Jews Go Off the Derech 50:42 The Challenges of our Generation 53:37 Yeridas HaDoros 55:39 When Torah Conflicts with Our Moral Basis 01:00:20 Torah Umadah 01:02:15 Value of Science 01:04:00 Yisroel L’Amim