All Episodes
Jewish Thought and Halacha — 117 episodes
Introduction to Maggid Meisharim Part 3
Introduction to Maggid Meisharim Pt. II
Introduction to Maggid Meisharim Part 1
Introduction to Aruch Hashulchan Part 2
Introduction to Aruch Hashulchan Part 1
Rav Nissim Gaon's Introduction to Talmud Part 2
Rav Nissim Gaon's Introduction to Talmud Part 1
Rebbetzin Chaya Yentil's Introduction to Sefer Bnei Tzion
Introduction Series: Sefer Hachinuch 2
Introductions Series: Sefer Hachinuch 1
Korban Pesach Today
Traveling to and Living in Egypt
Washing Before Davening
Matanos L’Evyonim Across Time Zones & Different Purim Days
Understanding the Mitzvah to Build the Bais Hamikdash
Calling up a Bar Mitzvah Boy for the Four Parshiyos
Kiddush Levana
שובבי״ם - Origins and Sources
Using Jewish Names
Blessing Children on Friday Night
Women and Girls Lighting Chanukah Candles
Why Do We Start ותן טל ומטר on December 4?
Above It All?
Eliezer at the Well: Nichush (Omens and Signs)
Bikkur Cholim
Free Will VI: Izbitz and Lublin Contd.
Free Will V: Izbitz and Lublin 1
Free Will IV: Rabbeinu Chasdai Crescas and Determinism
Free Wil III: Ralbag and Beyond
Free Will II: Understanding Rambam
Free Will Series I: Rambam Pt. 1
Music & Zecher L'Churban
Missing Years Series Coda: My View
Missing Years Series IV: Later Resolutions
Missing Years Series III: Resolutions
Missing Years Series II: Exploring the Sources
Missing Years Series I: Introducing the Issue
Kuzari Series VI: Conclusion - Kuzari's Impact on Jewish Thought
Debate on Techeiles at Yeshiva Ohr Reuven
Kuzari Series V: Eretz Yisrael
Kuzari Series IV: The Role of Mitzvos
Kuzari Series III: Are Jews Special?
Kuzari Series: I - Background and Opening
What Day of the Week was Pesach in 4682? The Calendar Crisis of 921-923
Parah Adumah: Past, Present, Future
Purim Sheini: Halachah and History
Where is the Aron HaBris Today?
Slavery in Jewish Thought and Practice
Mysticsm and the Siddur: Kabbolas Shabbos
Zohar and the Siddur: כגוונא
Zohar and the Siddur: The בריך שמיה Controversies
Zohar Controversy Continued: On Substance
Repost - What Did the Menorah Really Look Like?
Zohar Origin Controversy
Rambam and Kabbala
Rambam's Understanding of Anthropomorphism (Human Attributes) In Tanach
How Did Rambam Know? Proofs Against Corporealism
Avraham and Idols Pt. II: Why Was Rambam Banned?
Why Did Avraham Smash the Idols? Pt. I
Haircuts, Shaving, & Nails on Rosh Chodesh
Should Hoshanos Follow Shacharis or Mussaf? Halacha and Beyond
Eruv Tavshilin: Purpose & Practicalities
Must One Hear 100 Shofar Blasts on Rosh Hashanah?
ביומו תתן שכרו - Paying Employees and Service Providers On Time
Harry Potter in Halachah: Performing and Attending Magic Shows
Does the Torah allow Dolls, Statues, and Sculptures?
Tearing Keriya for Yerushalayim and the Kosel
Leaving One's House Unfinished זכר לחורבן
ירושה ברבנות - Hereditary Authority in Halachah
הן עם כלביא יקום - How Important is Sof Kman Kerias Shema?
Erev Shabbos Chukas - The Fast Without a Date
Halachic Status of a Baal Machlokes
Bakery or Homemade? Erev Shabbos Challah in Halachah
Dairy on Shavuos: Why, What, When?
Trees and Flowers on Shavuos: Origins & Controversy
Haircuts on Friday Preceding Sunday Lag BaOmer
Eating Before Shacharis: Coffee, Cake, Meatboard?
Ba'Omer, La'Omer, Both, or Neither? בעומר לעומר
On the Origins of "Stealing" the Afikoman
The (Missing) Beracha on a Solar Eclipse
Handmade? The Machine Matza Controversy
Guess Who? Purim Costumes in Halacha
The Halachic Origins of Cholent
Do I Need Mevushal Wine?
Purim Katan and the Enigmatic Conclusion of Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim
Coffee, Kiddush, Shalosh Seudos in Shul?
“Half” Hallel and Its Beracha
Is ’ה אנכי a Commandment? The Philosophy Debate
How Many Challos Does One (Really) Need?
Out of Order? Tefillin of Rashi, Rabbenu Tam, and a Few More
הנותן תשועה: History of the Jewish Prayer for Local Government
Siblings With Similar Names - Yes or No?
לא יסור שבט מיהודה: Can a Kohen be a Rabbi?
Early Shabbos to End Asara B'Teves?
Shechem, Sdom, and Gaza: Collective Punishment in Halacha
Thanksgiving in Halacha and Hashkafa
Tehillim on Shabbos
Battle on Shabbos in Halachah and History
Is Amalek Still Around?
Avram in Egypt and Israel at War: When is it (Halachically) Acceptable to Leave Eretz Yisrael?
Cheshvan, Marcheshvan, or Mar-Cheshvan?
To Whom Do We Pray? The Machnisei Rachamim Controversy
One or Two? The Question of Berachos on Tefilin
לדוד ה' אורי During Elul and Tishrei
Saying Nachem in 2023
HaGomel After Airplane Travel
מה טובו - Origins and Meaning of an Ancient Prayer
טלית שכולה תכלת - What We Presently Do and Do Not Know About Techeiles
Is The Israeli Flag Jewish?
Rashbi’s (F)Ire: Sefira and Lag BaOmer
Nothing New! The Yoshon Conundrum
Tefilin on Chol Hamoed: Halacha Meets Kabbala
Is Coffee Kitniyos?
אץ קוצץ - The Great Piyut Controversy
A Hidden Parsha and the Triennial Keriyah Cycle
What Did the Menorah Really Look Like?
Can We Offer a Korban Pesach in 2023?