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Amud Yomi (Daily)

Starting Meseches Sukkah on Monday, October 12!

  • Sunday – Friday: 25 minutes before Shacharis
  • Shabbos: 25 minutes before Mincha

Also available daily at HERE

Women's Halacha Class

 

First Sunday of every month at 8:45 AM 

The Chabura

 

For single men and women under 35

Mondays at 8:30PM at the Motzens

Semichas Chaver Program

In-depth study of pertinent Halachos, with tests, and certification upon completion.  For men.  Registration is required.  Please contact Rabbi Motzen at yisrael.motzen@gmail.com. 

Tuesday evenings at 8:15 PM 

Parsha Class

In-depth, text-based, and relevant exploration of the weekly parsha.

Thursdays at 11:00 AM in the Chapel. 

Also available at HERE

Rav Soloveitchik on the Parsha

Shabbos morning at 8:45 AM

Rav Kook on Aggadah

Shabbos: Between Mincha and Maariv

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Sermons

A Team with No MVPs Parshas Noach

Imagine for a moment that instead of sending a dove, Noach sent an oriole out of the Teivah. The oriole would have started out, full of promise and hope, “this is the year I will be successful,” and then halfway through its journey, it would basically shut down. It...

Not Holding On to the High Yizkor Shmini Atzeres

30 seconds. That is the amount of time it would have taken for our national consciousness to have been plunged into the deepest state of mourning. Flight 1073 was 14,000 feet from the ground, dropping at 33,000 feet a minute. Thirty more seconds is all it would have...

Ozempic, Esrogim, and the Jewish Pursuit of Beauty

There are two things Jews seem willing to spend an extraordinary amount of money on this time of year: Esrogim and Ozempic. People spend hundreds of dollars to buy a beautiful esrog for sukkos. And hundreds of dollars to fit in their suit or dress for sukkos. 13% of...

Halacha

Laws of Shabbos-Erev Pesach 2025

The search for Chametz is done on Thursday night after nightfall (8:21 PM). The burning of chametz is done Friday by 12:02 PM (Baltimore, MD).  Although you may eat chametz until Shabbos morning at 10:56 AM, the sale of chametz takes place on Friday morning. Any...

Kashering the Kitchen for Pesach

Sink: One cannot kasher their sink unless it is made of stainless steel. 1) Clean sink thoroughly. 2) Do not use hot water in the sink for 24 hours prior to kashering. 3) Boil water. 3) Pour boiling water directly on every surface of one’s sink. Allowing the water to...

When Erev Pesach falls out on Shabbos (2025)

The search for Chametz is done on Thursday night after nightfall (8:21 PM). The burning of chametz is done Friday by 12:02 PM (Baltimore, MD).  Although you may eat chametz until Shabbos morning at 10:56 AM, the sale of chametz takes place on Friday morning. Any...

Videos

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