YUTORAH: R' Ari Kahn -- Recent Shiurim

Axis of Evil - Jun 25, 2026 - What if Bilam is not a new character at all? What if the struggle in Parashat Balak is simply a later chapter of a much older confrontation—one that never really ended? The text begins to suggest that the alliances formed against Israel, the language used to describe them, and even the methods employed to defeat them, are part of a script that precedes this moment and continues long after it.

The Unfinished Symphony - Jun 18, 2026 - The Torah introduces a shirah—yet something about it feels unfinished, almost out of tune. What emerges from a close reading is not just a missing element in the song, but a deeper shift in how miracles themselves are heard.

The Truth of Distorted Reality - Jun 11, 2026 - When a people condemned to die in the desert look at the Mishkan, the priesthood, and their own leadership, what they see is filtered entirely through the lens of their death sentence.

Goin Home - Jun 4, 2026 - The buildup that led to the sending—and the failure—of the spies

Loco-Motion - May 28, 2026 -

Yom Yerushalayim: Tears and Laughter - May 14, 2026 -

Sins of the Father - May 7, 2026 - This lecture explores the hidden structure of the Tochacha in Parashat Behar–Bechukotai, reframing it not as a catalogue of punishment but as the unraveling—and restoration—of a relationship. Tracing the dual pillars of sacred time (Shabbat) and sacred space (Mikdash), it follows their expansion from the Mishkan to the Land of Israel, and their collapse through relational indifference (keri).

A Second, Second Chance - Apr 30, 2026 -

Echoes of Holiness - Apr 23, 2026 -

Spiritual Conductivity - Apr 16, 2026 -

Tzav, Chatzot and the Afikoman - Mar 26, 2026 -

Economics, Gender, Cover‑Up, and Responsibility: The Multifaceted World of the Korban Ḥatat - Mar 19, 2026 -

The Passion to Stop - Mar 12, 2026 - the strategy employed in building the Mishkan

The Blessing of the Calf - Mar 5, 2026 - How did the sin help?

Follow the Thread - Feb 26, 2026 - from the kohen to tziztit to Korah to Haman

The Second Fall of Man - Feb 19, 2026 -

Servitudes - Feb 12, 2026 - The connection between Mishpatim and the Ten Commandments

Divine Choreography - Feb 5, 2026 -

Don’t Look Back - Jan 29, 2026 -

Judgement Day - Jan 22, 2026 - Understanding the significance of the korban pesach