Featured Shiurim

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Featured Shiurim

This podcast will post all the shiurim of R’ Aaron Lopiansky that are not part of a regular series. This includes pre-Yom Tov shiurim, interviews, Q&As, guest speeches and more.The shiurim will be released sporadically, as they are given, so be sure to subscribe to get all the latest ones.

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    Pesach 5786 – Finding Personal Yetzias Mitzrayim Today, A Seder for All Ages In a Busy World

    Delivered 3/22/26 at Congregation Ohr HaTorah, Bergenfield, NJ  

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    Pesach 5786 – Reconciling Two Realities (Yesodei HaTorah 0358-0359)

    Delivered 3/22/26 at an Eshel Publications Event in Passaic, NJ

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    Understanding A.I. (with Q&A)

    Delivered over Zoom to a Meeting of Menahalim   30:05 Avoiding A.I. in our personal lives 33:12 Report Card Comments 34:01 Response of some Gedolim to A.I. 36:19 Preventing use of A.I. on schoolwork 40:03 Use of A.I. in Chinuch

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    The Stream of Torah Flowing From the Kodesh Kadashim

    Delivered at the Torah Links building in Lakewood, NJ on 09/16/2025

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    The Power of Ohr

    Delivered in Khal Bloomfield Ave, Passaic, NJ on 1/18/26

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    Exploring Kedushas HaBayis – How to Make Your Home a Haven Within Which our Children Flourish

    Delivered for Machon Ora, Passaic, NJ on Motzei Shabbos 1/17/26. Introduction by R’ Aaron Cohen

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    Secular Dates in Halacha and Hashkafa

    Delivered for the Passaic Clifton Community Kollel Yarchei Kallah 1/1/2026

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    Atzvus (Tanya Perek 27)

    Delivered over Zoom to the YU Community Kollel in Los Angeles 12/17/25.

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    Chanuka 5786 (Ohr Gedalyahu 3)

    From אור גדליהו – מועדים, חנוכה ד, available here

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    Chanuka 5786 – (R’ Moshe Shapiro)

    Delivered 12/16/25 in Baltimore, MD

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    Chanuka 5786 (Ohr Gedalyahu 2)

    From אור גדליהו – מועדים, חנוכה ג, available here      

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    Chanuka 5786 (Ohr Gedalyahu 1)

    From אור גדליהו – מועדים, חנוכה ג, available here

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    Bringing Out Your True Self (with Q&A) – Yishrei 5786

    #IsraelTrip2025(b)   14:46 Choosing a school for your children 17:22 Being grateful for where you are in life 19:24 Yimei HaSinah 22:14 Following politics 23:41 Was Eisav pre-destined to be bad 33:04 Making Aliyah 34:40 Why do we learn Gemorah if we don’t paskin like it 38:30 Why don’t women learn Gemorah 46:18 How should we view less frum Jews 48:08 A healthy rebbe-talmid relationship 49:50 One rebbe or multiple rebbeim 50:59 When should one go to work 52:22 Attitude towards non-Jews

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    Creating a Picture of Kedusha (with Q&A) – Mevaseret (5786)

    #IsraelTrip2025(b)   13:30 Background 17:51 Turning Point 18:55 Ben Yeshiva 24:42 Jewish History 26:42 Female Relationships 30:33 Disconnecting from Phones 35:07 Professional Sports 38:26 Halacha 40:09 Makeup 42:56 Non-religious friend and Shabbos 43:57 Alcohol 49:55 Dimyon 53:06 Lishma 54:48 Confronting someone who wrongs you 56:46 Writing Ben Yeshiva 57:48 Relaxing Activities 58:55 Relationship with Parents 1:01:37 Developing a love for Ruchniyos 1:03:18 Learning in Eretz  Yisroel or America

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    Chanuka 5786 – Seeing the Light of the Oral Torah

    Delivered on 12/11/12 at the Philadelphia Community Kollel. Video available here  

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    Q&A – Reishit (5786)

    #Israel Trip 2025(b)   06:34 Recollections of Rav Jay Marcus 07:53 Challenges of the present and past 12:19 How much of our Emunah is because of parents and how much is because of our own discoveries 17:43 Rise in Atheism and Lack of Religious Affiliation 21:11 Fundamentals of Emunah 26:21 Depths of belief 32:18 Uncertainty in Emunah 34:03 Bitachon and Hishtadlus 39:50 Science and Torah 47:43 Practical advise to strengthen Emunah 50:44 The future of Jewry in the diaspora 55:20 Values of the general society 59:17 When parents have different values 1:01:58 Challenges and Opportunities of the modern world

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    Digging for the Wells of Torah (with Q&A) – Gush 5786

    #Israel Trip 2025(2)   13:44 Mending the rifts between different communities 17:54 Improving your Tefillah 22:43 Improving the world 26:12 Understanding difficult topics 32:47 When to compromise your values 35:19 Chareidi Hashkafa 37:10 Emotional Connection to Hashem 42:47 The Chareidi Draft 43:38 Reviewing vs. learning new material 49:37 Shevet Levi today

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    The Permanence House of Yaakov (with Q&A) – Shalavim 5786

    #Israel Trip 2025(2)   24:12 Maintaining a sense of urgency without getting frustrated or jealous 28:16 Choosing a derech and tafkid 30:32 Lishma 32:13 Achrayis to the community 36:11 Having a rebbe after you leave yeshiva 38:31 Connecting with people from different communities 41:10 Learning machshava while in yeshiva 45:54 Seeing friendship between Rebbeim 47:44 Discussing Torah with non-Jews 53:30 Memories of Rabbeim

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    Vayeitzei – Finding Completion from Within (Mir 5786)

    Delivered in the Mir Yerushalayim 11/24/25 #IsraelTrip

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    Q&A – Machon Yaakov 5786

    Video available here #IsraelTrip     01:44 How does a Ben Torah view world events 05:01 Women wearing wigs 07:44 The role of Ezra in standardizing the Torah 14:32 Balancing Individuality and Community 18:23 The solution to the Chareidi army situation 27:42 The battle against physical and spiritual entropy 31:08 Is there a future for Jews in America 36:26 When a friend is dating a non-Jew 38:18 Devoting every minute our lives to Hashem 41:18 Is Israel the “Flowering of Redemption” 47:09 Fighting Antisemitism 51:56 What should someone is works all day learn 54:22 Relating to Gedolim with language and cultural Barriers 59:55 Moshiach

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    AI – Hashkafa Vaad

    Delivered at the YGW Shabbos retreat Motzei Shabbos Parsha Lech Lecha 5786

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    Hesped for R’ Moshe Hauer

    Delivered in Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion 10/23/2025 Available to watch here

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    Yom Kippur 5786 – Teshuva After Binah, Doing Teshuva Wisely and Effectively (TorahWeb)

    Delivered 9/28/25 in Congregation Bnai Yeshurun, Teaneck, NJ. Available to watch on TorahWeb.org. R’ Aaron begins 05:50

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    Rosh Hashana 5786 – Finding the Root of Our Behavior

    Vaad to Mechanchim from Arie Crown Hebrew Day School, Skokie, IL over Zoom 9/10/25 From the sefer מאמרי המגיח קט”ו

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    Q&A – Yeshivas Mir Summer Camp (5785)

      00:46 Answering Controversial Questions in Public 03:07 Why is the Yeshiva World Still Speaking Yiddish 06:03 Serving Hashem if Hashem has no Feelings 09:42 Getting Inspiration from Non-Jewish Influences 12:40 Focusing Only on the Positive 16:52 The Israeli Army 27:33 Burkas 33:04 Eilu V’Eilu 35:49 Personal Responsibility or Hashgacha Pratis 39:40 Getting Ready for Marriage and Delaying Marriage 43:36 Can Everyone Become a “Gadol” 45:36 Making Kabbalos Last 50:51 Females Fighting their Yetzer Hara without Torah 52:14 Should we Question our Core Beliefs 55:17 Listening to the Gedolim 57:34 Halachos the People Seem to Neglect 1:0047 Honoring Parents when it can Effect the Emotinal Health of the Child 1:02:13 Non-Jewish Style Music 1:04:33 Hashem is here, Hashem is there… 1:06:10 Davening for Yiras Shamayim

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    Stability and Spontaneity in Avados Hashem

    #pinchos Delivered at Kehillas Shaar Simcha, Silver Spring, MA

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    Chinuch Q&A – CoJDS (5785)

    At the Consortium of Jewish Day Schools Principal Think Tank XII July 1 – 2, 2025   00:53 When students ask questions just to argue 02:40 Should a teacher daven at home or with her students in school 04:13 Chutzpah 09:48 Hilchos Kavod 12:50 Reward and Punishment 19:17 Children from Families on Different Levels of Observance 23:59 Educated vs. Happiness

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    Teaching our Students to Connect to Tefillah

    #Consortium of Jewish Day Schools 6/1/26 Video available here.

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    Q&A – Valley Kollel

    At 6/2025 at the Valley Village Community Kollel, LA   00:14 When something is “missing” in my Yiddishkeit 09:33 Is there something wrong with living an opulent lifestyle? 19:18 Giving children a smartphone 26:10 Summer Camp and Friends 28:55 Starting a new shul in a community 33:15 The War with Iran, Moshiach, and trusting in Hashem

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    The War of Gog U’Magog

    Delivered 6/2025 at the Beis Medrash of Hancock Park

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    What’s Our Role? Responding to Personal, Communal, and National Crisis

    Delivered at the YU Community Kollel in Los Angeles 6/22/23. Also available here. R’ Aaron Begins at 03:30

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    Kollel – Havdala and World of Torah

    Delivered at the Jack and Gitta Nagel YU Kollel of LA in Los Angeles June 2025.

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    Tying Yourself to the Torah

    Delivered 6/22/25 in Ohr Mattisyahu, Lakewood, NJ

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    Nachlas Yosef – Perek 3, Pasuk 11-15 (5785)

    Delivered on Shavuos 5785, recorded afterwards

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    Shavuos 5785 – Ohr Gedalyahu

     אור גדליהו – מועדים, לחג שבועות ד  

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    Shavuos 5785 – The Light of Torah

    Delivered on 5/29/25 over Zoom to the St. Louis Community Kollel   Nesivos Olam, Nesiv HaTorah Perek 1

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    Kabbalah and Me, Its History and Relevance

    Delivered 5/16/25 in Denver, CO

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    Shavuos 5785 (Afikei Mayim)

      From the sefer Afikei Mayim from R’ Moshe Shapiro.

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    Entering Har HaBayis

    Delivered in YGW, Memorial Day 2025

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    Torah For The Right Reason

    Delivered 5/23/25 at the Blue Ridge Kollel, Waterbury, CT   ב”ח או”ח מז

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    Pesach 5785 – Ohr Gedalyahu (part 3)

      ליקוטי דיבורים על הגדה של פסח ועניני החג, ב

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    Pesach 5785 – Ohr Gedalyahu (part 2)

      ליקוטי דיבורים על הגדה של פסח ועניני החג, א

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    Pesach 5785 – Ohr Gedalyahu

      ליקוטי דיבורים על הגדה של פסח ועניני החג, א    

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This podcast will post all the shiurim of R’ Aaron Lopiansky that are not part of a regular series. This includes pre-Yom Tov shiurim, interviews, Q&As, guest speeches and more.The shiurim will be released sporadically, as they are given, so be sure to subscribe to get all the latest ones.

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