Taking Responsibility for Torah

One Last Step Before Redemption- Part 5

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One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 4

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One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 3

One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 2

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One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 2

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One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 1

Sourcesheet for all five parts is https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/_________________________________________hashkomoh1.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #11 and final

Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf⁠ This series was given memory of Zecharia Haber Hy"d Series in memory of Zecharyah Haber

Psak, Policy, and Inclusion: Birkat Cohanim as an Iconic and Ironic Example

Sourcesheet is /http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/columbia_hillel_policy_pesak_mekorot5__hebeng__april_4_2024.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any cost? #10

Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin's Position - Part 1 Sourcesheet is at ⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf In memory of Zecharia Haber Hy"d

Guest Episode: Rav Elisha Ancselovits on Tereifot and Common Sense Halakhah

Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/12___paskening_responsibly_p1and2.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #9

How should halakhah interact with state security decisions? Three positions post-Rav Ovadiah's Entebbe teshuvah in memory of Zechariah Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #8

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #7

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #6

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at ⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #5

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #4

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Riddle Me This: When Can Halakhah Uproot Torah?

Analyzes and develops the Vilna Gaon's assertion that "Halakhah uproots Torah" is true more often in Parshat Mishpatim than the Talmud says it is true anywhere Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/okeretsourcesheet2.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #3

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #2

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

Ransoming Captives - at any price? #1

In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/ransoming_captives__1_sourcesheet.pdf

Experiencing Halakhah as a Producer: An SBM Infomercial

given at Midreshet Lindernbaum, December 27, 2023

Ethics, Halakhah and Civilian Casualties: with intro by R. Jonathan Ziring

given at Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah, December 24, 2023. Sourcesheet is here

Ethics, Halakhah, and Civilian Casualties: with intro by R. Dr. Elisha Ancselovits

Shiur at Makhon Pardes, December 26, 2023

Halakhah from First Principles: girsat Yeshivat Orayta

Shiur given at Yeshivat Orayta, December 19, 2023

Halakhah from First Principles: girsat Midreshet Migdal Oz

at Midreshet Migdal Oz, December 20, 2023

Rav Shaul Yisraeli on Halakhah and Civilian Casualties

Shiur delivered at Machon Gruss, Israel, December 26, 2023. My article on the material is at https://thelehrhaus.com/commentary/civilian-casualties-in-the-light-of-halakhah-and-ethics-revisiting-rav-shaul-yisraelis-analysis/

The Categorical Imperative and Halakhah: Physician-Assisted Suicide

Last in the 2024 series at YI Sharon

Death and Transplants

Discusses secular and halakhic definitions of death in light of recent developments as reported in NY Times. Can stand alone, or as part 3 of the series on the Categorical Imperative and Halakhah.

The Categorical Imperative and Halakhah: Take 2

Given at YI Sharon November 8, 2023

Halakhic Perspectives on Civilian Casualties Part 2

CMTL Zoom Shiur given לזכות חיילי צה"ל ואנשי כחות הבטחון November 5, 2023 Sourcesheet is here, and same as Part 1

Halakahic Perspectives on Civilian Casualties Part 1

CMTL Zoom Shiur given לזכות חיילי צה"ל ואנשי כחות הבטחון November 5, 2023 Sourcesheet is here

The Categorical Imperative and Halakhah: Part 1

Part of YI Sharon series on Issues at the Intersection of Torah and Culture. Sourcesheet is here

Political Correctness and Onaas Devarim: Part 2 of 2

A discussion in dialogue with Rabbi Moshe Kurtz's RJJ Essay, now part of his book Challenging Assumptions. Sourcesheet is ⁠here⁠

Political Correctness and Onaas Devarim - Part 1 of 2 at YI Sharon

A discussion in dialogue with Rabbi Moshe Kurtz's RJJ Essay, now part of his book Challenging Assumptions. Sourcesheet is here

Six Minutes on Tzelem Elokim, War, and Justice

Dvar Torah for Parashat Bereishit 5784

Political Correctness and Halakhic Speech Ethics: With Rabbi Moshe Kurtz

Rabbi Kurtz is author of the recently released Challenging Assumptions. The sourcesheet is here.

ReCreational Repentance

Approaches of Rambam, Radbaz, Maharsha, Rav Dessler and the Rav to the dispute, or not, about the relative priority of baalei teshuvah and tzaddikim gemurim. Contextualizes the Rav with Rupture and Reconstruction Sourcesheet is here

An Unexpectedly Revolutionary Meiri, or at least Yesh Meforshim in the Meiri

Sources pasted below ברכות כא: רבי יהודה אומר: מברך לפניהם ולאחריהם למימרא דקסבר רבי יהודה בעל קרי מותר בדברי תורה? והאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי: מנין לבעל קרי שאסור בדברי תורה? שנאמר: והודעתם לבניך ולבני בניך, וסמיך ליה: יום אשר עמדת וגו' – מה להלן - בעלי קריין אסורין, אף כאן - בעלי קריין אסורין!? וכי תימא: רבי יהודה לא דריש סמוכים, והאמר רב יוסף: אפילו מאן דלא דריש סמוכים בכל התורה - במשנה תורה דריש, דהא רבי יהודה לא דריש סמוכין בכל התורה כולה, ובמשנה תורה דריש !?  רמב"ם הלכות...

Where do we go from here? Transissues #4 (Finale)

Sourcesheet at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/trans_n4sourcesheet_1.pdf

An Evaluation of Dor Tahpuchot: Transissues #3

SOURCESHEET IS here

Torah Lishmoh and Love of Torah

Second of a three part series at YI Sharon. Covers Rav Chaim Volozhin, Halakhic Man, Homer, and Plato. Sourcesheet is here

Can Surgery Affect Halakhic Sex? The Position of Tzitz Eliezer

Transissues #2 @YISharon July 17, 2023. Sourcesheet is here

Torah Lishmoh and Love of G-d

Analyzes antecedents and descendants of Rav Chaim Volozhin's definition of Torah Lishmoh, and what they tell us about his position. With quite a few surprises. Sourcesheet is here

Transissues#1 - Crossdressing - recording from second microphone

YI Sharon July 10, 2023

Transissues#1 - Crossdressing

SBM 2023 public shiur at YI Sharon July 10, 2023. Sourcesheet available here

Is There Religious Obligation Independent of Halakhah? The Alter of Slobodka on saving Rachav the Canaanitess

also discusses Rav Chaim Dovid Halevi.

Torah Lishmoh and Yeshiva Ideology #6

Rabbi Soloveitchik quotes Rav Chaim Volozhin quoting a midrash quoting Dovid Hamelekh. But the quote changes subtly along the way.

Torah for Torah's Sake and Yeshiva Ideology #5

Does the Ish HaHalakhah actually learn with deveikus?

Torah for Torah's Sake and Yeshiva Ideology: Back to the Sources Part 4

Sourcesheet: איש ההלכה p. 78, רוח חיים לפרקי אבות ו:א, then איש ההלכה p.15

Torah for Torah's Sake: Back to the Sources Part 3

The sourcesheet is p. 78 of איש ההלכה