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Divrei Hashkafa by Rav Mayer Twersky — 134 episodes
This is Not the World I Grew Up In
Ahavas Torah. Simchas Hachaim. (Shloshim of Jonathan Cohen.)
Ish Hahalacha: A Person Chooses What He Will Do & Who He Will Be
Ish Hahalacha: Teshuva, Mesorah, & the Reality of Nitzchiyus - Past, Present, & Future
Ish Hahalacha: Teshuva: Reframing the Past and Changing its Future Reverberation
Ish Hahalacha - Keeping Halacha - an Act of Creation
Ish Hahalacha: Chiddushei Torah. Creativity. To'hu Va'vo'hu.
Goy Kadosh
Ish Hahalacha: Halacha is the Reality of the Ish Hahalacha, and Dictates His Behavior At All Times
What is the Utopia of Mashiach, and How Do We Bring Mashiach? Noble, Exalted Deeds vs. Noble, Exalted People.
Ish Hahalacha: Kitzur lashon, Tznius. Being driven by sechel. Applicability of ma'aseh rav.
The Place of Belief in Yemos Hamosiach in Avodas Hashem.
Kol Dodi Dofek: Can't Escape Being a Jew & Part of Klal Yisroel
Ish Hahalacha: Patience & Understanding vs. Superficiality in Religious Experience
Medinas Yisroel: Halachic Significance, Messianism.
Ish Hahalacha: Individuality, Halacha, and Chiddush
Rav Mayer Twersky - Insulation and Integration: Balancing Withdrawing From, and Navigating Within, Society
Mitzvas Sippur Yetzias Mitzrayim
Ish Hahalacha: Equanimity of the Ish hahalacha. The Mussar Movement.
Pesach: Lir'os / L'har'os: Translating the Mindset of Appreciating Freedom Into Action
Chovos Halevavos: Freedom is Sechel Ruling Over Emotion
Ish Hahalacha: The Ideal World of Halacha Was Designed for Olam Hazeh, & That's Affirming.
Chovos Halevavos: Elevating Sechel Over Feelings
Chovos Halevavos: Purifying Emunah From Emotion
Ish Hahalacha: This World is a Natural Fit for a Live of Avodas Hashem
Chovos Halevavos: Understanding Hashem & His Yichud
Ish Hahalacha: Torah is Grounded in this World, Including Knowing the Halacha Even When it's not L'Maaseh
Ish Hahalacha: Objective Norms for Religiosity
Reflections on Current Realities in Chinuch, Mesorah, and Eretz Yisroel
Iyunim B'Hilchos De'os
Bitachon Mei'Hishtadlus Al Pi Halacha
Two Paths to Simcha, One Profound Truth
Q&A at Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Ish Hahaclacha: Halacha Objectifies Spirituality
Ish Hahaclacha: Connecting to, and Creating, Kedusha
Chovos Halevavos: Levels of Yichud Hashem
Chovos Halevaos: Mutually Indispensable Parts of Avodas Hashem
Chovos Halevavos: Talmud Torah & Focus on Hashem
Ish Hahalacha: Physical & Transcendental
Chovos Halevavos: Hashem & Elokim
Machlokes & Ahavas Yisroel
Chovos Halevavos: Sha'ar Hayichud. Intelectually-Based Awareness.
Chovos Halevavos: Developing a Sense for What the Torah Wants is Critical
Chovos Halevavos: Goal, Audience, and Priority of the Sefer
Chovos Halevavos: The Gift of Life. More on the Sequence of the Sefer.
Ish Hahalacha: Halacha Relates Specifically to This World
Ish hahalacha: R’ Chaim’s Derech Halimud & Ish Hahalacha
Chovos Ha;evavos: Chochmo Bagoyim. Yichud -> Bechina -> Avoda -> Bitachon.
Chovos Halevavos: 1) R' Bachya's Modesty 2) The Need fir Brevity 3) Each Discipline Has it's Own Type of Logic
Chovos Halevavos: Sequence is Critical in Talmud Torah and in all Aspects of Avodas Hashem
Chovos Halevavos: Natural Progression. Overcome Inhibitions to Pursue Truth.
Chovos Halevavos: Wholeheartedness in Mitzvos
Chovos Halevavos: Relationship Between Chovos of Levavos & Eivarim
Ish Hahalacha: Internalized Halachic Thinking & Intuition
Chovos Halevavos: Reasons for Chukim. Focus on Shleimus.
Ish Hahalacha: Man's Role in Torah
Chovos Halevavos: Using Sechel. Sechel Guided & Bounded by Mesorah
Ahavas Yisroel, Humility, Divisions Within, & Divisiveness
ChovosHalevavos: Knowing and/vs. Understanding Chovos Halevavos
Chovos Halevavos: Are Chovos Halevavos Expressed as Mitzvos? Definition of "Mitzvah".
Ish Hahalacha: Halacha/Torah Tells Us How to Think
We Exist and Serve Hashem as Part of Klal Yisroel
Chovos Halevavos: Attitudes and Reactions are Independent of External Circumstances
Chovos Halevavos: Letter & Spirit of Mitzvos
Chovos Halevavos: Attitudes Underlying Mitzvos Sichliyos
The Gain from the Pain (רמב"ם הל' תלמוד תורה ג.ו)
Ish Hahalacha: Halacha is an Ideal System Given to Us in Olam Hazeh
Chovos Halevavos: Middos, Chovos Halevavos, and Mitzvos
Chovos Halevavos: The Nature of Post-Talmud Seforim
Chovos Halevavos: The Necessity of Understanding for Belief.
How to React To the NYC Mayoral Election Result
Ish Hahalacha: Halacha is a World of Ideas, Part 2
Ish Hahalacha: Halacha is a World of Ideas
Current Events in Eretz Yisroel: the Draft, etc.
Chukim, Mishpatim, and Sevara
Sources of Mistakes in Sevara
Sevara, Truth, and its Distortion
Hakdama : Opinions re: Shelo Lishma
The Realities of Antisemitism and of Slef-Hating Jews
Hakdama to Sefer Chovos Halevavos, part 1
Simchas Beis Shoeiva, 5786: Definition of Tzaddik. Simcha on Sukos / in the Mikdash.
Yohrtzeit Shiur for Rav Twersky's father: Meis B'Teshuvaso
Chovos haLevavos, Sha'ar haTeshuva: Perek 5: Yiras haOnesh & Kabbolas ol Mitzvos. Regret, Objectifying Teshuva.
יום שימת אהבה ורעות - How is Achdus Possible?
Hilchos Teshuva: Environment of Sin. Before Hashem.
What We Know & Can't Know About Hashem
Teshuva: Focused on the Past, Focused on the Future.
Elements of Teshuva
Assur and/vs Wrong. Work Required to do Teshuva.
Achieving Kedoshim Tihiyu Through Consistency
Ish HaHalacha: Perek 1, #3: Knowledge, Understanding, and their Limits
Ish HaHalacha: Perek 1, #2: Scientific vs. Religious Attitude Towards the Unknown.
Things a Sinner Must Know in Order to Do Teshuva.
Sechel vs. Desires. Cheshbon HaNefesh. Awareness of HKB"H and the Magnitude of Sin.
Types of Teshua.
Changing the Middah Which Caused Sin. Regret Without Change.
The Substane of Teshuva. Kabbolas Ol Malchus Shomayim.
Elul: Focus on Year-Round Avodah, Part 2
Elul: Focus on Year-Round Avodah, Part 1
Chovos halevavos: The Level of a Baal Teshuva vs a Perfect Tzaddik
Chovos Halevavos: Hakdama to Sha’ar Hateshuva. Teshuva is a Chessed.
Ish Hahalacha, Perek 1
Kinnos 2025
Avos 1:18 - Definition of Shalom. Extent of Emmes.
3:10-12 - Hana'ah from divrei Torah. Results of systemic lack of financial support. Definition of hashmada.
Hilchos Talmud Torah, Halacha 3:6 - Pas balelech. Al Tomar. Anava.
Hilchos Talmud Torah, Halacha 3:6 - Pas balelech. Al Tomar. Anava.
Torah vs. Other Mitzvos. Shelo Lishma. Love of Torah.
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #7
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #6
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #5
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #4
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #3
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #2
Rambam, Hilchos Chametz U'Matza #1
Further Reflections on and Reactions to a Student Club for "LGBTQ"
Reflections on and Reactions to a Student Club for "LGBTQ"
Hamas' (and Iran's) Depravity: When Our Enemies Know No Limits, Should We? Do We Need to Act Morally When Dealing With an Immoral Enemy?
Pirkei Avos 8: 1:4, 1:6
Pirkei Avos 7: Perek 1, Mishna 2 and 3.
Kevias Ittim: Setting a Rendezvous with the Melamed Torah
Zechiras Amalek: Always Remember that Our Choices Count
Chochmo V'Chassidus: Siyum & Yahrtzeit Shiur for Rav Twersky's Mother
Ramban #38: Zachor, Megillah, & Mitzvos d'Rabbanan
Pirkei Avos 6: Va'asu Syag laTorah
Becoming Deeper People. Q&A.
Ramban #37: Hakdama to Parshas Terumah
Thursday Shiur: Pirkei Avos 5: Ha'amidu Talmidim Harbeh.
Lifnim Mishuras Hadin
Thursday Shiur: Pirkei Avos 4: Halacha L'Moshe MiSinai.
Thursday Shiur: Pirkei Avos 3: The Cheftza of Torah sheBiksav
Thursday Shiur: Pirkei Avos 2: Writing Down B’al Peh
Thursday Shiur: Pirkei Avos 1: Torah b’Ksav & B’al Peh
Q&A at Sha'alvim (Feb. 10, 2025)