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Pre Selichot Shiur

Pre-Selichot shiur:  September 29, 2024    Rabbi Rothwachs and Rabbi Feld 

 

Elul

 

Date Title   Audio File
September 9 Signed, Sealed, Delivered

 

September 16 A Work in Progress

 

September 23  

 

September 30  

 

October 14  

 

October 21  

 

 

 

Shabbos in the Modern World

 

Date Title   Audio File
July 10 Add to Cart?

 

July 17 Press Play?

 

July 24 Bring the Heat

 

July 31 Pop the Lid

 

August 7 Caught on Camera

 

August 14 Shabbos Goy

 

 

 

 

 

In Search of Freedom, Preparing for Pesach and Beyond

 

4/2/2024

Echoes of Exodus: The External Tale of Maggid and Jewish History

 

4/8/2024

The Three Semesters of Makkos

 

4/15/2024

Liberation from Within: The Journey of Sefiras Ha'omer

 

 

Torah Demystified

 

1/4/2022

Getting off on the right foot

 

1/11/2022

While you were sleeping

 

1/18/2022

Wow, that's wild

 

 

Moving On or Moving Forward? (Shabbat Shuva 5782)

 

9/11/2021   

 

 

Sharing Thoughts and Prayers 

 

Title Date File

Scheduled Spontaneity and Shaky Structures: Confronting the Paradox of Jewish Prayer

11/30/2020

 

  

Taking in the View - The Extraordinary Landscape of Jewish Prayer 12/7/2020

What the Siddur Can Teach us About the History, Faith and Spirit of the Jewish People 12/14/2020

Giving and Receiving: The Foundational Relationship of Sacrifice and Prayer 12/21/2020

 

 

 

 

 
Morning, Afternoon, and Night - The Three Gateways of Prayer 12/28/2020

Please Confirm Receipt: How Do I Know If My Prayers Have Been Answered?  1/11/2021

 

 

Torah from Rabbi Rothwachs

Pre-Pesach Planning Shuir  click here

 

Capitol Offenses: In Search of a Torah Inspired Response

 

Lost in Communication (Parshas Vayechi)

 

The Beginning of the End: Reflections on Asara B'Tevet 

 

אדם לעמל יולד: The Torah Imperative of Self-Improvement

 

"Zos Chanukah": Chanukah's Climactic Finale

 

The Making of a Name (Parshat Vayishlach)

 

Piece of Mind: Dreams in Halacha and Hashkafa  

 

Needs or Wants? (No, They're Not the Same), Parshat Vayeitzei 

 

Face Value: The Power of Empathy (Parshas Toldos) 

 

Succos Question and Answers (October 5) Rabbi Rothwachs Click here

Shabbos Shuva 5781

Shabbos Shuva Drasha: What 5780 Taught Us About Ourselves

 

Elul Be Prepared

 

Title Date File
From Low Spirits to High Holidays: Anxiously Awaiting 5781 9/1/2020

 

     
     
     
     

 

Torah during self isolation

Peasach- Erev Erev Shavous

 

Name Title Date Audio Link   Video Link
R' Gedalyah Berger A Machlokes to End All Machlokes : The Mysterious Splitting of Hallel at the Seder 3/25/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/DkxQn9otmOo
R' Baruch Simon Matza and Humility: A Spiritual Vaccine 3/26/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/MFh-y4CDoKY
Tzippy Staum Can Distancing Bring Us Closer?: Exploring Some Examples Through Tanach 3/28/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/6C_1Fttl8pI
Yaacov Metzger Beginner's Pesach Origami 3/30/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/QHF41HV1Lec
Rabbi Sam Frankel Mindfulness and Tefillah 3/31/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/5ZFZ-35r1MA
CB Neugroschl Seder Insights for Chinuch that Apply All Year 4/1/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/LijjcNXg_5k
Gabriel Geller Pesach Wine Review 4/2/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/4yYhRuN5KNs
R' Sason Gabay Learn to Lead Your Family to Redemption on Seder Night 4/5/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/3rgYXMQt97w
R' Sason Gabay Shivti - Say Again? Same Story, Different Year: Examining the Mitzvah of Sippur Yetziyas Mitzrayim 4/5/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/w7gts5yrrN8
Chanani Sandler & Binyamin Ginzberg Pre-Pesach Kumzitz 4/12/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/-IhMnQoq6jg
Rivka Herzfeld In the Midnight Hour I will Feel Your Power - ויהי בחצות הלילה 4/12/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/6ME6BeyCSiw
R' Binyamin Yablok Jews in the Great War - 100 Years Ago 4/19/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/SUVsJPZX0Es
Shera Dubitsky The Wizard of Maggid: Comparing The Wizard of Oz and Maggid, and the Lessons We Can Learn from Each 4/21/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/fCcyD5mv3jM
Nechama Pudell Yashar Lachayal Introductory Meeting 4/26/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/YgLvzRtr98c
Moshe Markovitz Witnessing the Birth of the State of Israel 4/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/drpRsjerY4E
R' Sason Gabay Shivti: Don't Forget! The Halachot of Remembering to Count Each Night of Sefirat HaOmer 5/3/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/3YtIKMVEk10
R' Michael Belgrade Profane Approaches to Holiness: Understanding Parshat Emor in a Contemporary Context 5/7/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/4zQEP4fmloQ
Miriam Pascal Cooking Demo 5/10/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/Nh-ecjrZZ5U
R' Larry Rothwachs From Parks to Schools and Golf Courses to Shuls: Preserving Health and Protecting Life While Pursuing Torah u'Mitzvot 5/11/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/n6HReXPCojE
Shannon Gononsky, RD & Devora Wechter, RD Healthy Nutrition During These Challenging Times 5/12/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/LQslwosz708
R' Larry Rothwachs וחי בהם: The Halachic Imperative of Personal Health Management 5/3/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/x-xYqTdXIKs
R' Larry Rothwachs Five Unhealthy Habits of Orthodox Jews 5/5/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/zw197qCpsoA
R' Binyamin Yablok Mostly Yerushlayim Recent Acquisitions 5/28/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/kp0nhzd8Jf4
R' Scott Hoberman The Impact of Archaeological Findings on the Halachic Process 5/19/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/GGMEfJSP9l4
R' Michael Belgrade Sukkah Matza & Cheesecake.  What is the real mitzvah of Shavous  

 

  https://youtu.be/eNz60t9pIAU

 

Erev Erev Shavous - now

 

Name Title Date Audio Link   Video Link
R' Larry Rothwachs BA Shavouos Promo 5/27/2020     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8JuW66YfWY&feature=youtu.be
Sholly Fisch Mincha and Siyum Tanach 5/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/7lw87ACVvvo
Tzippy Staum  Find our Path Through the Flags of Bamidbar & Journey of Ruth 5/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/f8Gc4boI2JA
Rachel Frazer BeDibur Echad 5/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/W9OHiPnhxNA
Jason Cyrulnik Unmasking the Holiday - The Untold Story of the Shavuot Festival 5/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/vgXZcrxmhCY
R' David Bashevkin Lessons from Late Night - Amira, Dibbur, and Conan 5/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/sYMii4Amz6g
R' Larry RothwRabbi Buchwaldachs Plaguing Questions A Sampling of the Most Fascinating COVID-19 Halachic Questions 5/27/2020

 

  https://youtu.be/LGY0Hs27RXM
R' Larry Rothwachs Outdoor Minyamin.  When will they start and what will they look like 5/31/2020

 

   
R' Larry Rothwachs    

 

  https://youtu.be/HM6PEHIhqO4
Rabbi Buchwald The Baal Teshuva Movement: A revolution losing momentum”   

 

  https://youtu.be/MUSFy2bCPlQ
           
R' Larry Rothwachs Embrace Uncertainty: The Six Most Important Takeaways from the COVID Crisis (Part 1)  

 

   
R' Larry Rothwachs Home Rediscovered: The Six Most Important Takeaways from the COVID Crisis Part 2  

 

   
R' Larry Rothwachs In the Distance: The Six Most Important Takeaways from the COVID Crisis (Part 3)  

 

   
R' Larry Rothwachs
Open for Questions: The Six Most Important Takeaways from the COVID Crisis (Part 4)
 

 

   
R' Larry Rothwachs
What a Wonderful World: The Six Most Important Takeaways from the COVID Crisis (Part 5)  

 

   
R' Larry Rothwachs
Less is More, More or Less: The Six Most Important Takeaways from the COVID Crisis (Part 6)    

 

   
R' Neil Lauer The Other Sheva Brachot  

 

   
R' Michael Belgrade  All for the Gory - Lessons in Jewish Leadership  

 

   
R' Larry  Rothwachs Right on the Money - Bilam, Reb Yossi, and the Pursuit of Wealth  

 

   
Yaakov Metzger Origami  

 

   
Sorole Levine Shiur     https://youtu.be/ZfxOeT2hM38    

 

Shabbos Hagadol Drasha 2020

4/4/2020     

video: Click here

Audio: Click here

Bishul B'Shabbos

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
November 11             
  
November 18

 

 

November 25

 

December 9

 

December 16

 

     

Elul

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
September 3 

 

September 10

 

 

September 17

 

September 24

 

October 7

 

     

 

 

Special Pesach Shuirim

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
April 3 

 

April 10

 

 

April 17

 

 

 

 
     
     

 

 

Sefer Yonah - Models of Teshuva & Profiles of Prayer

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
August 29 

 

September 5

 

 

September 12

 

September 17

 

     
     

 

 

Parental Guidance Suggested

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
November 28 
December 5

 

December 19

 

January 2

 

January 9    
January 14

 

 

 

Halachic Mythbusters

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
February 6 
February 13
February 27
March 6
March 13
     

Lectures at Beth Aaron

 Rena Ariel - 9/14/2016 
The mother of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, the 13-year-old girl who was murdered in her sleep in a terrorist attack at her home in Kiryat Arba in late June, spoke at the shul on “Having Emunah after the Unfathomable."


 

 Dov Lipman - 9/12/2016 
Former Knesset Member Dov Lipman represented Nefesh B'Nefesh


 

 Rabbi Senter 11/24/2016

 

 

 The Department of Synagogue & Community Services of the Orthodox Union presents

RABBI DR. TZVI HERSH WEINREB

Executive Vice President Emeritus, Orthodox Union

"Heroes to Inspire Us: A Personal List"

He will discuss one historical figure from American Jewish history, one Hero of the Holocaust who was a prominent Religious Zionist, and the recently deceased Ben Zion Shenker, whose “heroic” songs will be heard. 

Rabbi Weinreb 12/4/2016


 Rebbetzin Chana Reichman 3/22/2017

 


Rabbi Jacob Steinmetz -“No Artscroll Necessary: Who Says We Have to Understand What We Learn?”


On Sunday, July 16, at 6:45 p.m., Meylekh Viswanath discussed a Shabbat he recently spent with the Bnei Noah of Vishakapatnam on the eastern coast of India. Most of the Bnei Noah are former Christians who were dissatisfied with the contradictions they see in the Christian understanding of Biblical sources and look instead to the Hebrew Bible and to the Jewish view of the obligations of Gentiles.

 

 

Daf HaShavua

I am thrilled to inform you that there have already been over 35 respondents to the sign-up sheet for more Torah study during the year ahead.  I am confident that there are many more who would gain immensely by committing to more Torah study, particularly the daf hashavua program. At 9:05 PM on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings (to end in time for the 9:30 maariv), a brief shiur, presenting approximately 1/3 of that week's daf, will be given in the beis medrash.  Needless to say, individuals are certainly encouraged to prepare with a chavrusa (for which we are happy to arrange), review the daf and explore teh daf in even greater depth. However, even if one can only commit to a total of one hour a week, this is an incredible opportunity to participate in an international learning project, which enables one to reach new heights and milestones in personal Torah growth.  Please follow the link below to sign up for this exciting initiative.  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepXd_6oiTHhR_L3SUKAotbNSKy9dn7YkkHgiKkfehvDuim-Q/viewform

If you are looking for additional review (or if you miss a shiur), I would be honored if you considering listening to my shiur that will be featured 4x a week on the OUTorah website.  

https://www.ou.org/torah/gemara/#?post_terms.gemara-series.name.unanalyzed=Daf%20Hashavua

A brand new masechta, maseches beitzah begins this coming week!   Now is the perfect opportunity to join this effort.  Please join me and at least 35 of your fellow members in this great undertaking.   

For those who will be in Teaneck for the first days of sukkos, I will be giving the opening shiur on Beitzah 2a on Tuesday, following the 6 pm mincha.  

Looking forward to celebrating with you at the siyum on maseches beitzah in 9 months!

Resouces on Mesechet Beitza

OU Torah will be hosting audio shiurim, marei mekomot, vocabulary and bechinot on a dedicated page and more resources will be available online. Please share this link with your synagogue membership.

Kinnos 5776

 Kinnos 5776, Presented by Rabbi Rothwachs on August 14, 2016 at Beth Aaron

Reflections of the Mourning Light - Mourning and Consolation in Jewish Law & Thought 

 

Date Listen Source Sheet
May 2
May 9
May 16
May 23
June 6    
     

Serving our Creator with a Healthy Body, Mind and Soul

 
Date Listen Source Sheet
November 24
December 1
December 8
December 15
December 29
January 5
January 12    
February 2    

Insights into the Tefilot of the Yomin Noraim

 

  Listen Source Sheet
September 8  
September 15
September 22    
September 29    
   
Sun, December 8 2024 7 Kislev 5785