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
Finding the Light Within Shabbos Nachamu
This past Sunday, a woman from the shul called me to ask me a shaila, but before she began, she asked me if my family in Canada was alright. Aside from a lousy economy and rabid antisemitism, I told this woman that my family in Canada was doing just fine. “Why do you...
Peace Is Not Soft Parshas Pinchas
Mazel Tov Eli on your Bar Mitzvah! You did a fantastic job reading the second to longest parsha in the Torah. Does anyone know how many pessukim there are in this week’s parsha? Wrong. There are 167 and a half pessukim. There is one word in this week’s parsha that has...
Belief in G-d, Belief in Man: When Redemption Takes a Detour Parshas Korach
In Parshas Korach, a portal to hell opens up in the ground. I could only imagine the shock of the onlookers, watching as this portal sucked in everything and everyone in its vicinity. The noise! The ground shaking, the screams; it must have been so frightening and...
Podcast
Halacha
Laws of Lulav and Esrog
Who can think of Sukkos? We haven’t even celebrated Rosh Hashana! The Talmud instructs us to study the laws pertaining to a holiday 30 days before the holiday. It’s less than 30 days to Sukkos and the laws of Lulav and Esrog are complicated and many. So let’s begin!...
Laws of the Sukkah
A few Halachos pertaining to building a Sukkah: - One must first build the walls and then place the s’chach. Placing the s’chach first and then building the walls would invalidate the Sukkah. - One must make sure there is no overhang (roof, leaves, etc.) over the...
Laws of Tisha B’av and the Day After
The following activities are forbidden on Tisha B’av: – Eating and drinking (If one has any medical concerns please contact me before the fast) – Intimacy – Studying Torah that does not pertain to Tisha B’av – Washing oneself in any way. This includes a...