All Episodes
The Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel Plutchok — 266 episodes
Queen Victoria’s Deadly Legacy: The Bris Milah Mystery
Outdated Medicine or Ancient Secrets?
Flames in Paris: The Burning of the Talmud
How Many Jews Survived? The Tzfas Earthquake and a Halachic Firestorm
A City in Ruins: Rav Yisroel of Shklov’s Greatest Battle
Kugel: A Holy Food?
The Rambam: Master Physician, Master Posek
The Mekoshesh: A Chassidishe Twist on the First Chillul Shabbos
When Rabbonim Were Doctors: Is Being a Doctor a Mitzvah?
IS GOING TO A DOCTOR ASSUR?
Crisis in Leadership — To Stay or To Go?
Were the Early Rebbes Great Talmidei Chachamim?
From American Consul to Ger Tzedek — The Warder Cresson Saga
Why We Read Rus on Shavuos — The Hidden Story of Dovid HaMelech
Closing the Beis Medrash?! — The Pandemic Debate
Akdamos — The Story, the Halacha, and the Powerful Piyut
Daniel in the Lion’s Den — A Halacha L’maaseh Analysis
Bikkur Cholim — Inside Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s World
Living to Die — The Pursuit of Kiddush Hashem
A Powerful Lag BaOmer Niggun
Typhus Epidemic — A Shailah with No Easy Answer
Metzitza B’Peh — What Did the Chasam Sofer Really Hold?
The Talking Fish: Story, Hoax, or Miracle?
Who Controls Kosher Food? — The Shocking Boycott of 1902
If Tzaraas Exists Today—Who Has It?
Loopholes in Halacha? The Case of Mechiras Chometz
The Chumrah of Being Meikel — A Radical Approach to Unity
Gebrochtz Unpacked: The Great Pesach Debate
Brisker Matzos
The Besamin Rosh: Forgery, Controversy, and Halacha
Dangerous Shidduchim — R Yehudah HaChasid Part 2
The Scary Tzava’ah of Rabbi Yehudah HaChasid
Good Chutzpa
THE FORGERY EXPOSED — Yerushalmi Kodshim (Part 2)
An Epic Forgery — The Mystery of Yerushalmi Kodshim
Haman's Jewish Grandchildren?! The Shocking Twist of Purim History
Should Sephardim Be Bound by Rabbeinu Gershom?
The Astonishing Tale of Techiyas HaMeisim & a Purim Shailah
A Life-Altering Messy Divorce — Rabbeinu Gershom Part 2
Is Bribery Ever Allowed? A King, a Rabbi… and a Halachic Dilemma
Changing a Name: Who Can Do It—and When It Actually Helps
Keeping Secrets: The Cherem of Rabbeinu Gershom
From the Qumran Caves to Krias HaTorah: The Mysterious Role of Aseres HaDibros
The Maharsham and His Astonishing Memory
When Did Two Names Start?
Can a Name Be Dangerous?
History, Lashon Hara, and Where We Cross the Line
Bad Names, Bad Mazal?
The Steinsaltz Episode: Is History Necessary?
The Power of a Name: A Parent’s Nevuah
The Name Debate: Rav Moshe Feinstein and the Maharam Schick
The Rogatchover Gaon’s Haskamah — Or Did He?
The Gadol Who Didn’t Wear a Yarmulka?
Yarmulkas Explained: Why We Wear Yarmulkas
Reb Yisroel’s Idea — The ArtScroll Story Revisited
Heartbreaking Sacrifice and Steadfast Commitment: Jewish Soldiers
Publicly Jewish in Dangerous Times
Should Translations Be Assur? — The Forgotten Fasts of the Tzadikim
Draft Evasion: Devastating Consequences
THE TZANZER ROV'S BOLD SOLUTION TO A KRIAS SHEMA CRISIS
The Golden Menorah of the Mekubalim
Friendly Fire: A Halachic Analysis
Is Kaddish Worth Fighting Over? – Halacha, History
Did Yehudis Save All the Jews? – Heroic Women & Chanukah
A Jewish Army & Chilul Shabbos — The Halachic Battlefield
The Satmar Rebbetzin’s Hesped — Women at Levayos and Cemeteries
From the Sultan’s Courts to Today: A Mamzer, a Shifcha, and the Secret Halachic Solution.
Children at Risk: Is There Ever a Time Not to Have Children?
Women of the Wall – The Legacy of Rashi’s Daughters
Unmasking a Mamzer? The Halachic Blacklist
The Nusach Wars — Chasidim and Misnagdim Fight Over the Siddur
Are Bas Mitzvah Parties Catholic? The Halacha and the History
LIFE ON THE LINE
Did the Arizal Become the Rashash - Gilgul
The Mechitzah Battles A fraught machlokes: Rav Moshe & Satmar
Double Murder or Lifesaver? The Halachic Debate Behind Modern Heart Transplants
A Woman’s Role in Shul Kaddish, Participation, and the Mesorah of the Beis Knesses
Halachically Sanctioned Murder?” — The Siamese-Twins Case and R. Moshe Feinstein’s Ruling
Nusach Ari - Yiddish, Ladino, and the Kabbalistic Nusach
“Bais Yaakov+” — Limud Iyun for Women
The Arizal: His Radiant Light and Its Mark on the Siddur
Reb Moshe’s Stern Rebuke: Is Abortion Ever Mutter?
Are Beis Yaakovs Asur? — Feminism in Halacha, Part 1
The Tiny Siddur Tweak That Sparked a Storm
Are “Moroccan Esrogim” Really Esrogim?
Why Chabad Doesn't Sleep in the Sukkah
The Great Esrog Debates — Chavivas HaMitzvos
The Rivah’s Fast — Suicide?
The 1848 Plague and Rabbi Yisroel’s Extraordinary Psak
A Rosh Hashanah Bidding War
Exotic Shofars—Rhino, Kudu, and Other Horns
Explosive Disagreement, Unbreakable Respect
Kiddush Ban: Rav Heinken’s Uncompromising Stand
The Shofar of Mashiach and Its Confusing Effect
Hafganot: A Method to the Madness
Siyum During the Sadness
A World Transformed: The Hidden Light of Yemos HaMashiach
Where Are the Missing Soldiers? — Unlocking the Secrets of the גורל הגְר״א
A Glimpse into Ikvesa D’Meshicha – Part 1
Mashiach’s ETA: When Should We Expect His Arrival?
Standing Alone: The Unshakable Bravery of אליהו הנביא
Eliyahu’s Final Call: Heralding the Geulah
The Halachic Storm Over Autopsies
Beyond the Grave: Astonishing Stories of Life After Death
Shabtai Tzvi’s Minhag, and Other Duchening Anomalies
A Good Death & Why Does It Matter?
The Yeshivah On Fire
The Gr”a in prison - A Sign from heaven
Can A Tefilla Be inappropriate?
From Ferrara to Brisk: Unraveling a Birchas Kohanim Mystery
Are There Any Real Kohanim in Persia?
A Chosen Death: The Legacy of the Shach’s Mesirus Nefesh
A Match Made in Heaven: Shabbos and the Torah
Who Is Tikkun Leil Shavuos Really For?
Shmuel hanavi’s Yartzeit & קבר שמואל
Echoes of Tzfat’s Golden Era
When קבלה and הלכה clash?
Minhag Miron: A Deeper Look Unpacking the Halachic Debate Surrounding These Minhagim(Repost)
Were Rabbi Akiva’s Talmidim Soldiers? Lag BaOmer Revisited
The story of the זהר הקדוש
In Defense Of The Talmud
Why We Learn Pirkei Avos and Its Connection to Moshe Rabbeinu
The Beis Yosef and His Maggid: Unlocking the Power of Mishnayos
Can Mechiras Chametz Be Just a Halachic Loophole?
An Elusive Dream: Korbanos in Our Time (Repost)
Napoleon‘s Court and the attempts to thwart the minhag Of Kitniyos
Square or Rounded? The Debate Over the Luchot’s Shape
Partnering with evildoers?
The Final Parah Adumah: A harbinger of Mashiach?
Klapping during krias hamegillah: The minhag
Blood money - Can We Accept Reparations from Amalek?
Zayen Adar: A day of significance (Repost)
MEGILLAS HITLER and the hunt for Amalek
Geirus and Mamzerus: A Clash that Divided the Rabanut
Repost: Sabbatai Tzvi & Tu Beshvat: The fascinating b origin story of Tu Beshvat and its unique minhagim
Ben-Gurion's “Shailah”
Fiery protest & Evolving Psakim The Saga Of Ethiopian Jews להלכה Part 2
Hostage Deals In History & Halacha (Reposted for current events)
The Saga Of Ethiopian Jews להלכה
What does גילוי אליהו look like? Eliyahu Hanavi Part 2.
The Vilna Gaon’s מופת & Birchas Habanim
REPOST: Fasts of tzadikim: The 9th of Teves
A fascinating Cure for Mental Illness Eliyahu Hanavi: Part One
Healing Oil - The hidden capabilities of the oil
Repost: Megillas Antiochos: The story about the Megilla we used to lein on Channuka
Repost: The mysterious journey of the menorah and where it stands today
Repost: Nittel Nacht: A night of varying minhagim
A Great Machlokes and its Chanuka implications
Dreams & Halacha
Are Dreams Meaningful? Always, Never, or Sometimes
When Arrogance is needed
Freeing a Agunah through Ruach Hakodesh
Banned(ish) Seforim
Was the Ohr Hachaim written with Ruach Hakodesh
A Phenomenal Purchase Me’aras Hamachpelah & it’s significance
A Modern Day Navi
Reb Moshe’s Frightening Story & Jacob Frank
Dinosaur Bone Wars - Pride In Our Masorah Part. II
The Holy Winter Nights
Afraid of a lion - On animals and men
Darwin, evolution, and the Torah, Our pride in the Mesorah
Repost; The Wondrous World of Aggadata: Literal or Mystical
The Esrogim Are Too Expensive! Boycott time?
Avinu Malkeinu: The Origin, Evolution, and Modern Day Adaptations
HOW THE BAALEI TOSAFOS CHANGED ROSH HASHANAH
Repost: Rosh Hashanah in Yerushalaim 1905: The story of the movement to blow shofar on shabbos
A Heavyweight Battle. Shofar During Elul & Beyond
Everybody Needs Something. A Debate Postscript
A Debate: Rav Chaim Voloziner & The Alter Rebbe
Elul’s Peculiarities Part 1. L’Dovid Hashem Ori
The Shas Wars & Techiyas Hameisim
The Kosel & It’s Secrets
Reb Yochanan Ben Zakkai: The unlikely Nasi and his reverberating impact
Repost; Tzipisah leyeshuah - Part II: The 3 weeks, 9 days and year round
Shabbos in Radin - At the Chofetz chaims table
Repost: Tzipisah leyeshuah: The paradoxical hashkafa of waiting for Moshiach
Upsherens - The minhag the origin and the controversy
Repost; Vav Chukas: From the Paris trials thru Gush Katif
TWA flight 741. Hostages in Halacha continued
Securing The Hostages-How & When
Czar Nicholas & His Cruel Edicts- Part 2
Czar Nicholas & His Cruel Edicts- Part 1
Taking A Stand- Electricity & Hadlakos Neiros
A Shteller Worth Fighting For- Nezirus As A Weapon!
Prague 1693: The tragic story of Shimon Abelles
Was the The Rogatchover Gaon a nazir?
Rav meir shliach tziburs Shavuos gift
A fantastic literary fraud or a lucky find?
When A Song Has A History - Ka Ribon Part 2
Napoleon’s Jews & The Bitter Divide Over The Nodah B’Yehuda’s Psak
Ka Ribon Understood- The Song, The Composer, & The Controversy
The Mekubalim’s Dress Code - An Interesting Debate
A Yiddishe Mamma- The Lag B’Omer Connection
The "Jewish" look. Beards & Profit
Bonus episode; Lag b’omer: Should it be cancelled?
A Forgetters Punishment
Is Gehenim Forever? A Unique Rabbinic Dispute
Repost; The Magen Dovid symbol: An ancient secret or a modern invention?
The Bach’s Gehenim and the Sugya of Chodosh
REPOST; Maos chittim
The Chumrah - One size fits all
A Marranos Pesach- Mexico 1649
A Kosher Evolution- Coca-Cola’s Story
Can a woman become a Posek?
A Korban In Our Times- A Unfulfilled Dream
Shir Hashirim- What Makes it Unique
Korban Pesach- Who’s Bringing and Who’s Waiting
REPOST; Matzoh Wars - Machine matzoh part 2.
REPOST; Matzoh Wars - Machine matzoh part 1.
A Scandalous Purim- The Trial That Shook Jerusalem
A Kabbalistic Prayer For All
A “Masking” dispute - Are Purim costumes ok?
The Greatest Song Ever Composed
Cigarettes Seforim, and other Mishloach Manos alternatives.
The Golem’s Impact on Prague’s Minhag.
Holocaust Remembrance- a Surprising Controversy. Continuing the sugyah of modern calendar additions.
Glasses. Halacha, Mofsim & more
REPOST. The Noam Elimelech: His life and works
The Miraculous Survival of Teveria
The Satan's cloak: Biggdei Shabbos Part 1.
The Tragic Tale of the Tosfos Yom Tov's Imprisonment!! Charting the Many “Purim’s” of the Jewish Calendar. Part 1.
The IDF and frum woman: The rift that never really healed!
The controversial kvittel that divided Galician poskim!!
The "Chasid's" Warning: Erev Shabbos Rosh Chodesh
The Kvitel: The mystery and the magic
The Ropshitzer's secret! : Nail cutting in Halacha & Kabbalah
The Violent Acts of the "Bris Hakanayim" : Civil Disobedience in the Eyes of the Torah
The Chofetz Chaim’s Promise
Shabbos and Hafganos: The gift worth fighting for
Cheftzei tzaddikim Part II: The tumultuous journey of the Great Chabad Library
Cheftzei tzaddikim: Ascribing value to the memorabilia of gedolim
REPOST: Shovavim! When did it start and what does it mean
Exploring the world of Hechsherim - Part I: The opinionated chemist who founded OU Kosher
Shechita in America Part II: The life and history of Rav Yaakov Yosef
Shechita in America Part I: The tumultuous controversies of early America
The Black Shabbos of 2004: The zebu discovery that rocked Eretz Yisroel
Turkey: The great kashrus debate of the new world
The bold movement to ban chassidishe shechita
Shechita controversies Part II: The position of the Torah
Shechita Controversies Part I: The Intriguing Story of the Sridei Aish
The Mediterranean Sea Lizard: The History of the Skinkus Marinus
Sterlit Cavier: The Hungarian fish controversy
Watch what you eat: The history and psakim of Timtum Halev
Beis Din in the Modern Era - Part III: Halacha L’maasah
Beis Din in the Modern Era - Part II: The Moser
Beis Din in the Modern Era - Part I: The Death Penalty
Shabbos in America - Part III: The Satmar Rebbe leaves his mark
Shabbos in America - Part II: The battles and psakim that helped shape Shabbos.
Shabbos in America - Part I: Background and Introduction
The “Shabbos Elevator” Controversy: Part 2
Shabbos Elevators :The “new”/old shailah
Reishis hagez
Ruach Rah and Shaidim l’halacha: The Ger Tzedek of Vilna
The Rama: Posek Of The Generations
Singing in shul: A beautifying edition, or an unnecessary distraction?
The World of Tehillim: Part III
The World of Tehillim: Part II
The World of Tehillim: Part I
Avodah Zara beshituf
East to West Between Sefard and Ashkenaz: Part III
East to West Between Sefard and Ashkenaz: Part II
East to West Between Sefard and Ashkenaz: Part I
Dikduk wars!
The Impossible Shailah: The Riots of York
The Teshuvah odyssey of a Meshumad
Reciting ”Leshem yichud” : A necessary preparation or a presumptuous declaration?