Learning Center
Amud Yomi (Daily)
Sundays at 7:25 AM
Monday – Friday at 6:20 AM
Shabbos: 25 minutes before Mincha
Rav Soloveitchik on the Parsha
Shabbos morning at 8:45 AM
Rav Kook on the Parsha
Text-based, interactive, in-depth exploration of Eyn Ayah, Rav Kook’s magnum opus, as it relates to the weekly parsha.
Shabbos afternoon: See shul bulletin for times.
Parsha Class
In-depth, text-based, and relevant exploration of the weekly parsha.
Thursdays at 11:00 AM in the Chapel.
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.
Thursdays at 8:30 PM
Women's Halacha Class
Currently learning about the Kosher Kitchen. An in-depth source-based Halacha class for women. From the Talmud through the Shulchan Aruch through the modern authorities.
Sundays at 8:45 AM
Classes
Sermons
The Courage to be Misunderstood… And Connected Parshas Nasso
Ari, I am going to present to you a scenario about a particular person and you’re going to let me know what you think of him. Okay? Imagine a Chassid, with long peyos, streimel, a bekeshe, the whole nine yards. He wakes up one day and decides to travel to South...
Choosing G-d in a Life We Didn’t Choose – The Inspiring Story of Rabbi Granot_Yizkor Shavuos
For over a decade, every Simchas Torah, a small yeshiva in Petach Tikvah, Orot Shaul, would send its students to the colorful streets of Tel Aviv to bring joy and unity to the masses. One year, the Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Tamir Gronat, was troubled by a number of...
More than America Kept Shabbos Parshas Behar-Bechukosai
The Jewish poet, Achad Ha’am, famously said, “More than the Jewish People kept Shabbos, Shabbos kept the Jewish People.” Today, I’d like to suggest that Shabbos not only kept the Jews, but Shabbos kept the American People. In President Trump’s declaration announcing...
Podcast
Halacha
Laws of the Nine Days 2024
The ‘9 Days’ begin Sunday evening, August 4th at sunset. During this time the following activities are forbidden: Home improvements, laundering, buying or wearing new clothes, eating meat, drinking wine, and bathing for pleasure. We will discuss the details of all...
Laws of the Three Weeks and Nine Days 2023
The Three Weeks of Mourning begin July 6th. It is a time of mournful reflection on the destroyed Bais HaMikdash and subsequent tragedies. In order to instill within ourselves a sense of loss, our Sages instituted numerous restrictions to create a feeling of sadness....
Mishna Yomi and Toilet Paper Rolls (Revisited)
This past summer, Hindy and I visited an art museum in Alexandria, Virginia to see an exhibit titled, a Year In, a retrospective of the pandemic. The first few pictures depicted the loneliness that many experienced during this time; a single chair on a rooftop...