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Orthodox ConundrumDoes the Torah Demand Independent Thought? Rabbi Aryeh Klapper on Gedolim, Authority and Halacha (277)Check out Orthodox Conundrum Commentary on Substack and get your free subscription by going to https://scottkahn.substack.com/ - and paid subscribers get this and other episodes of the Orthodox Conundrum Podcast ad-free and with early access and additional bonus content! One of the most difficult questions in religious life is also one of the most basic: how do we show genuine respect for Torah and its teachers while still taking responsibility for our own moral and halachic decisions? At what point does kavod, or respect, become healthy reverence, and at what point does it...
2026-01-191h 00
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastParshas Toldos and the Morality of Suspense-or Deciphering Yitzchak's Adventures in Gerar-with Rabbi Aryeh Klapperhttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Klapper leads a ZOOM Shiur on a much ignored and surprisingly fascinating text,the struggles of Yitzchak and Avimelech.
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program and a member of the Boston Beit Din.Rabbi Klapper is a widely published author in prestigious Hebrew and English journals. He is frequently consulted on issues of Jewish law from representatives of all streams of Judaism and responds from an explicit and uncompromised Orthodox stance.
The...
2025-11-2059 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastChukas-Confidence Building Among Our Enemies-with Rabbi Aryeh KlapperPlease click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
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Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program and a member of the Boston Beit Din. Rabbi Klapper is a widely published author in prestigious Hebrew and English journals. He is frequently consulted on issues of Jewish law from representatives of all streams of Judaism and responds from an explicit and uncompromised Orthodox stance. The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT is...
2025-07-0142 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastShelach-Losing Your Shadow-with Rabbi Aryeh KlapperPlease click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
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Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program and a member of the Boston Beit Din.
Rabbi Klapper is a widely published author in prestigious Hebrew and English journals. He is frequently consulted on issues of Jewish law from representatives of all streams of Judaism and responds from an explicit and uncompromised Orthodox stance.
The Yeshiva...
2025-06-2046 min
The Jewish Drinking ShowRabbi Yair Ḥayim Bacharach on Jews Drinking Gentile Wine, featuring Rabbi Aryeh Klapper [The Jewish Drinking Show, episode #178]IntroductionA recurring topic on The Jewish Drinking Show is that of gentile wine. Having initially discussed it on episode #71 of the show on early rabbis on gentile [libation] wine, episode #135 of the show on how the rabbis of the Talmud perceived gentiles as compulsive libaters, and episode #83 of the show on Medieval rabbis on gentile wine, we also discussed it on episode #84 on Rabbi Moshe Isserles' infamous responsum on the Jews drinking gentile wine. For the 178th episode of The Jewish Drinking Show, we read of a duo of responsa on the matter by Rabbi...
2025-06-1744 min
Taking Responsibility for TorahAre Gated Communities Halakhically Acceptable? Opening shiur on Bava Basra 7bBy Rabbi Aryeh Klapper for Center for Modern Torah Leadership , September 15, 2024. To join this weekly inperson shiur in Riverdale, please email moderntorahleadership@gmail.com
2024-09-1652 min
On PrincipleCivilian Casualties and Rebuilding -Understanding Medinas Yisroel's Responsibility Towards the Gazans-with Rabbi Aryeh KlapperRabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program and a former member of the Boston Beit Din.
Rabbi Klapper is a widely published author in prestigious Hebrew and English journals. He is frequently consulted on issues of Jewish law from representatives of all streams of Judaism and responds from an explicit and uncompromised Orthodox stance.
2023-12-1451 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastOn Principle-Episode 94-Civilian Casualties and Rebuilding -Understanding Medinas Yisroel's Responsibility Towards the Gazans-with Rabbi Aryeh KlapperRabbi Klapper is a widely published author in prestigious Hebrew and English journals. He is frequently consulted on issues of Jewish law from representatives of all streams of Judaism and responds from an explicit and uncompromised Orthodox stance.
2023-12-1451 min
Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later9. The Limits of Pikuach Nefesh - Feat. Rabbi Aryeh KlapperPikuach Nefesh, the imperative to preserve life, is one of the most supreme Torah commandments, as it has the power supersede almost any other mitzvah. But are there limits? Our guest Rabbi Aryeh Klapper provides a close reading of a responsum of the Noda B'Yehudah (Y.D. 210) to shed light on this critical issue.
Want to learn more from Rabbi Klapper?
Check out his podcast, “Taking Responsibility for Torah”:
https://open.spotify.com/show/3cVKvBl0ZjtNLGaVVFPsP3?si=5f211268a509436e
Book:
https://www.amazon.com/Divine-Will-Human-Experience-Explorations/dp/1667851438/ref=monarch_sidesheet
We...
2023-11-2736 min
Orthodox ConundrumThe Meaning of Amalek for Orthodox Jews Today, with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper (Originally released in March, 2022)In preparation for Parashat Zachor, the Orthodox Conundrum is rereleasing an episode from last year with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, dealing with questions surrounding Amalek. How should Orthodox Jews relate to the mitzvah of wiping out Amalek - a Torah law that might seem immoral? What are we remembering when we think of Amalek, and is there a message within that resonates with committed Torah Jews living in the 21st century? We hope this episode will give you food for thought as we move toward Parashat Zachor and Purim. Please listen to and share this podcast, and let...
2023-03-0228 minTaking Responsibility for TorahYeshiva of Newark Shiur in memory of Dr. Jacob Klapper: The Interrelationship of Science and Halakhah as Reflected in Discussions of the Gestation and Birth of DinahSourcesheet is here
2022-12-041h 09
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastTshuvos and Poskim- The interrelationship of science and Halakhah as they concern The Gestation and Birth of Dinah-a shiur dedicated to the memory of Doctor Jacob Klapper A"h-presented by his son Rabbi Aryeh Klapperוְאַחַ֖ר יָ֣לְדָה בַּ֑ת וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמָ֖הּ דִּינָֽה.
דינה – פירשו רבותינו: דנה בעצמה, אם זה זכר, לא תהא רחל אחותי כאחת השפחות, ונתפללה ונהפך לנקבה.
רש'י בראשית ל':כ'א
As the Jewish people readied themselves to read the Parsha that details the birth of 11 of the men who founded the Shivtei Kah
and the angst and prayers that preceded them
The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh
Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT
was honored to feature
the renowned author, educator and Posek
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper
Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership,
author of
Divine Will and Human Experience: Explorations of the Halakhic System and its Values
To presen
2022-12-021h 09Taking Responsibility for TorahHalakhah and Freedom: SBM Fellows discuss Chapter 1 of Rabbi Klapper's "Divine Will and Human Experience"SBM 2022 Fellows discuss Chapter 1 of Rabbi Klapper's new book, available on Amazon and many other sites. They address freedom from vs. Freedom to, slavery in halakhah, and many other issues
2022-08-1543 min
Orthodox ConundrumThe Meaning of Amalek in 2022 with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper (Bonus Episode)How should Orthodox Jews relate to the mitzvah of wiping out Amalek - a Torah law that might seem immoral? What are we remembering when we think of Amalek, and is there a message within that resonates with committed Torah Jews living in the 21st century? Join Scott as he talks with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper about Amalek, and what Parashat Zachor and Purim mean for Jews today. Please listen to and share this podcast, and let us know what you think on the Orthodox Conundrum Discussion Group on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/432020081498108). Thanks to all of our Patreon...
2022-03-1527 min
Taking Responsibility for TorahHalakhic Employer-Employee Year: Shiur #10 HaSokher et HaUmanin YI SharonArchimedean points, issues in learning Yerushalmi, Halakhah as it is vis a vis how it ought to be - I think this is an excellent way in if you haven't been following the shiur, or haven't heard a Rabbi Klapper gemara shiur before
2021-12-1556 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 15 - Psak, Probability, and RealityIgrot Moshe YD5:4. The difference between a shechitah knife that can't nbe checked because it was lost, and one that can't be checked because ti was damaged
2021-09-1215 minTaking Responsibility for Torah"IN THE PLACE WHERE PENITENTS STAND, TZADDIKIM CANNOT STAND" - Where exactly is that place?Delivered for the Beit Shemesh Community Beit Midrash on Nov. 12, 2017. Sourcesheet at https://www.yutorah.org/download.cfm?materialID=533037
2021-09-1051 min2021-09-0324 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 13 - HeChadash Asur Min HaTorahRav Mosheh on when and why one can assume that commercially bought grain is yoshon
2021-08-2715 minTaking Responsibility for TorahThe Difference Between Doubt and Ignorance - Efshar Leverurei Episode 12Implications of the lost chemical formula for distinguishing between blood and red dyes
2021-08-2022 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 11: The Flatbush EruvWhen having all the evidence isn't good enough
2021-08-1515 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 10: May One Presume That Marriages In Communist Russia Had No Halakhic Validity?Rav Moshe models proactove agunah prevention, again
2021-08-0613 minTaking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Sixteenth and final Main Shiur July 27Is "constructing" halakhic concepts legitimate? Is "privacy" a coherent concept? Discusses critiques by Solovey and Schreiber, defense by Washofsky, and more
2021-07-301h 29Taking Responsibility for TorahThe Fluid Boundaries of "Religious" Today: Directions and Implications. Eliyana Yashgur, SBM 2021 Guest ShiurSourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgxlcbVaoV_ihPoIK-73V6QvWqOoQQ?e=RJgYkG
2021-07-292h 27Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Fifteenth Main Shiur July 28Rabbi Dr. Judah Goldberg's article on truthtelling
2021-07-291h 42Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Fourteenth Main Shiur July 27Rav Aviner and Tosafot Yom Tov on toelet for oneself and gilui sod; Tif'eret Yisroel; Rav Aviner on confidentiality of Kibbutz membership votes; Chelkat Yaakov on truthtelling to patients
2021-07-271h 43Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Thirteenth Main Shiur - July 26Gilui Sod, Tzeniut, and Privacy
2021-07-261h 50Taking Responsibility for TorahRabbi Jonathan Ziring: Toelet and Lashon HoraDiscusses the Chofetz Chayyim and critiques. With lively discussion with Rabbi Klapper and SBM Fellows
2021-07-252h 24Taking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 9 - Reliable evidence for unreliable divorces, and vice versaIgrot Mosheh Even Haezer 4:16
2021-07-2324 minTaking Responsibility for TorahThe Ouroboros and the Oven SBM2021 Aggada #3What is snaky about the Oven of Akhnai, and what can that tell us about the meaning of its story?
2021-07-2356 minTaking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Twelfth Main Shiur July 22Evaluating Rabbi Lamm's argument for a Torah right to privacy
2021-07-231h 39Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Eleventh Main Shiur July 21Lining Rabbis Lamm and Bleich up with the Supreme Court opinions in Griswold
2021-07-221h 36Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Tenth Main Shiur - July 19Evaluating Rabbi Shenkolovsky's disagreements with Rabbi Dichovsky, moving to the Griswold case
2021-07-211h 54Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Ninth Main Shiur - July 19Rav Dichovsky on the right to a normal life, Chikekei Leiv on opening mail
2021-07-201h 58Taking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 8 - Review plus toveling dishes of uncertain originalso available as two separate epsiodes from the Yeshiva of Newark
Rav Moshe-The Art of Psak with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper-Episode 8-Chazarah is called for-A concise and cogent
Rav Moshe-The Art of Psak with Rabbi Aryeh Klapper Episode 7-Population Assumptions on Tevilas Keilim
2021-07-2017 minTaking Responsibility for TorahDoes the Shaarei Yosher believe in an Ethic Independent of Halakhah? SBM 2021 Friday July 16Uses Rabbi Alex Ozar's article and brief selections
2021-07-161h 29Taking Responsibility for TorahRabbi Jonathan Ziring Lashon Hora Without Human Involvement SBM 2021 July 15some Zoom breaks
2021-07-162h 37Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Eighth Main Shiur - July 15Hezek Shmiyah, Privacy, and Strict Liability
2021-07-161h 23Taking Responsibility for TorahWhy Rav sent Rav Kehana to Israelsourchesheet is at ההוא גברא דהוה בעי אחוויי אתיבנא דחבריה5.docx
2021-07-151h 01Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Seventh Main Shiur - July 14היזק ראיה and Eavesdropping part 1
2021-07-151h 52Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Sixth Main Shiur - July 13Bonus: Rambam on Fall, Sin, and Trees
Privacy: Warren-Brandeis and Ba BaMachteret
2021-07-142h 04Taking Responsibility for TorahStatutory Intepretation in Halakhah: Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Zuckier at SBM 2021Sourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/b/s!AgxlcbVaoV_ihPh5dh8GfsHfADe-lw?e=KO5qQC
2021-07-131h 192021-07-121h 46Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Second Main Shiur July 6SBM 2021 - Second Main Shiur July 6
2021-07-121h 50Taking Responsibility for TorahHalakhic Morality: Law and Ethics in Rav Soloveitchik's EssaySBM 2021 Friday July 9
2021-07-121h 23Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - Fourth Main Shiur July 8Shiiruim on Yom Kippur, morality of duty vs. morality of aspiration
2021-07-081h 56Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM2021ThirdMainShiurJuly7Third Main Shiur - Rav Moshe, Shevet Levi, and Chashukei Chemed on autonomy in education
2021-07-082h 04Taking Responsibility for TorahSBM 2021 - First Main Shiur July 5Email moderntorahleadership@gmail.com for sources. Sound quality varies.
2021-07-061h 59Taking Responsibility for TorahEfsharlevrurei Episode 7: A Tangent on Techuminwith a prologue on typologies of poskim
2021-07-0231 minTaking Responsibility for TorahChukat - Confidence-Building Measures in Ethnic Politicsalso available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/18226
2021-06-2039 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfsharlevrurei Episode 6: The Brain Death Controversy invertedSourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgxlcbVaoV_ihPduPZPoGi5rkPA1Ow?e=qCT9r1. Also available via Yeshiva of Newark at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/18205
2021-06-2018 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfsharlevrurei Episode 3 - Shatnez checkingSourcesheet is at RavMosheefsharepisode 3.docx. Also available at https://player.fm/series/yeshiva-of-newark-podcast/rav-moshe-the-art-of-psak-with-rabbi-aryeh-klapper-episode-3-asking-and-assuming-trusting-gynecologists-selling-shaatnez
2021-06-1517 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfshar Leverurei Episode 4 - GelatinWelcome to episode 4 of efshar livrurei (take 2).docx
2021-06-1113 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfsharlevrurei Episode 5: Two Lenient Teshuvot Involving IntermarriagesOutline and Sourcesheet is at Efshar leverurei Episode 5.docx. Look for previous episodes on this site and on the Yeshiva of Newark podcast
2021-06-1116 minTaking Responsibility for TorahShlach: Was Peter Pan a Canaanite?Sourcesheet is at pan.docx. Also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/17581
2021-06-0455 minTaking Responsibility for TorahB'Haalotkha - Mosheh and Yitro debate whether the Torah's promise of "one law for the naturalized and the born citizen" means that converts must have hereditary land in IsraelSouresheet is at אֵ֛לֶּה מַסְעֵ֥י בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לְצִבְאֹתָ֑ם וַיִּסָּֽעוּ.docx. Audio is also at https://player.fm/series/yeshiva-of-newark-podcast/rabbi-aryeh-klapper-on-behaaloscha-voice-at-the-table-moshes-offer-to-yisro-was-it-enough-to-get-him-to-stay
2021-05-2838 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfsharlevrurei2 (take 2) - Must one check to see whether a shechted bird is a treifah?Sourcesheet is at RavMosheefsharepisode 2.docx. Also available via the Yeshiva of Newark at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/16593.
2021-05-2521 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEfsharlevrurei2 - Must one check to see whether a shechted bird is a treifah?Sourcesheet is at RavMosheefsharepisode 2.docx. Also available via the Yeshiva of Newark at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/16597.
2021-05-2421 minTaking Responsibility for TorahWhose Emotions Does Prophecy Express? (Hosheia 1-2, Haftarat Bamidbar)Sourcesheet is at הושע א-ב2.docx. Also available at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rabbi-aryeh-klapper-on-haftoras-parshas-bamidbar-hoshea/id1472242330?i=1000521660645
2021-05-141h 02Taking Responsibility for TorahEfsharLivrurei Eposode 1: The Agunah and Her LetterBased on Igrot Moshe EH 1:49. This series is also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/ravmoshetheartofpsak/14744
2021-05-1222 minTaking Responsibility for TorahBechukotai: Netziv's Theology of ChosennessAlso available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/14459. Sourcesheet is at Bechukotainetziv.q.docx.
2021-05-0757 minTaking Responsibility for TorahEmor: Can just anyone make a chillul Hashem?Sourcesheet is here. This recording and all my weekly parshah shiurim are also featured on the Yeshiva of Newark podcast.
2021-04-3044 minTaking Responsibility for TorahOne Rishon's Radical Position about Kavod haBeriyot: Can It Fit Into the Bavli?This shiur was originally recorded for the Yeshiva of Newark podcast and is also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/13938.
2021-04-2333 min2021-04-2358 minTaking Responsibility for TorahWhat the "Goses" Category Can Teach us About Halakhah - Yom Iyyun RecordingGosesyomiyyunmeks.3.docx
2021-03-142h 42Taking Responsibility for TorahVayakhel: The World Recreated, AgainSourcesheet is at YIVayakhelshiur2021.docx
2021-03-1259 minTaking Responsibility for TorahRav Henkin z"l on contributing to the rebuilding of torched churchesSourcesheet is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jP_Z_RVHtpik8solz35Imxh0LSWEhXg2/view?usp=drive_web
2021-02-091h 04Taking Responsibility for TorahShould Poskim be Doctors of the Soul? Medical Metaphors for Law in MaimonidesSourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/medmetaphor1b_mek0.doc
2021-01-2251 minTaking Responsibility for TorahHarry Potter and the Plague of DarknessWas Mitzrayim invaded by dementors? Did Bnei Yisroel carry Hands of Glory? J.K. Rowling's accounts of occult darkness are used to illuminate readings from Jewish tradition
2021-01-221h 02Taking Responsibility for TorahReversing Lekha Lekha: Avraham, Yitzchak, and IntermarriageWhy does Avraham insist that Yitzchak marry back into the family and culture that G-d ordered him to leave behind?
2020-11-1359 minTaking Responsibility for TorahLekh Lekha - When Relationship and Religious Growth ConflictThe shiur is in English and translates all sources. An all-Hebrew sourcesheet is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gU4uTB61wmoEHP2yi2YGhzgmvO3ur_1y/view?usp=sharing.
2020-10-301h 07Taking Responsibility for TorahRabbi Sacks' reading of the Tower of Babel story in Dignity of DifferenceProvides philosophic and literary background, presents Rabbi Sacks', and discusses it in the context of Jewish tradition
2020-10-231h 04Taking Responsibility for TorahMay One Eat in the Sukkah on Simchat Torah?Mekorot are at https://drive.google.com/file/d/15WWgYFo_NElbZyu8wz_qvtsKIMxNZlfn/view?usp=sharing
2020-10-091h 04Taking Responsibility for Torah5 Minutes on Parshat Shelach - Equality under the lawCenter for Modern Torah Leadership Dean Rabbi Aryeh Klapper explores the Torah's insistence that the law be the same for born and naturalized citizens, via the commentary of Netziv
2020-06-1904 minTaking Responsibility for TorahGoses, Treifah, ZombieRabbi Aryeh Klapper establishes halakhic categories of "undeadness" and develops their implications for end-of-life issues.
2020-05-1946 minTaking Responsibility for TorahTriage and Halakhah #8: The Position of Rav Asher Weiss, Rav Herschel Schachter, and some directional notes of my ownSourceshhet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage8.pdf
2020-05-181h 40Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage and Halakhah # 7: The Positions of Rabbi Moshe Sternbuch and His CorrespondentsSourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage7sternbuch.pdf
2020-05-181h 15Taking Responsibility for TorahThinking Briskly: Body, Mind, and Soul Part 2Sourcesheer is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomkavannahmeks_2_3.pdf
2020-05-121h 04Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage in Halakhah part 5: The Position of Rabbi Zalman Nechemyah GoldbergSourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/triage_4_3.pdf
2020-05-101h 11Taking Responsibility for TorahThinking Briskly: Are mitzvot performed by the body, the mind, or the soul?Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomkavannahmeks_1.pdf
2020-05-101h 08Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage in Halakhah part 6: The Position(s) of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman AuerbachSourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage6rsza.pdf
2020-05-101h 17Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage in Halakhah Part 4Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/triage_4_j1.pdf
2020-05-031h 29
The TosafistsJudaism and Modernity: Rabbi Aryeh KlapperRabbi Aryeh Klapper is the head of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership and the Summber Bet Midrash; we discuss Judaism's message for mankind, Jewish law vs. Public Policy, the meaning of Modern Orthodoxy, the role of rabbis in the Modern Orthodox and Haredi societies, and more.
2020-05-021h 33Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage in Halakhah: Part 3Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage3_2.pdf
2020-04-281h 10Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage in Halakhah: Basic Principles 2http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage2_1.pdf
2020-04-261h 17Taking Responsibility for TorahTriage in Halakhah: Basic PrinciplesSourcesheet at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage2_1.pdf
2020-04-231h 09Taking Responsibility for TorahLost Wages from a Pandemic Shutdown Part 2: Outline and AgendaThe sourcesheet is here
2020-04-031h 07Taking Responsibility for TorahLost Wages During a Pandemic Shutdown: Why A Din Torah Shouldn't Follow Din TorahThe sourcesheet is here
2020-04-021h 212020-04-011h 20Taking Responsibility for TorahCan one form a minyan via ZOOM?The sourcesheet is here. The next shiur will discuss the special case of kaddish derabannan.
2020-03-3101 minTaking Responsibility for TorahThe Rav and Rav Shagar walk into a holosuite bar . . . : Virtual and other realities in light of recent experienceAlso known as "Halakhic Man Enters the Matrix" -
2020-03-291h 072020-03-2743 min2020-03-271h 21Taking Responsibility for TorahLifnim Mishurat Hadin, or: The Limits of LawIf Halakhah represents G-d's Will and the proper balance/Golden Mean among conflicting values, how can Judaism praise those who go beyond it?
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper explores various models for resolving this conundrum.
2020-03-271h 13Taking Responsibility for TorahWho Decides Halakhah?Sourcesheet is here.
Part 3 of Halakhah: A User's Manual.
Part 2 is How is Halakhah Decided
Part 1 is How is Halakhah Organized
2020-03-261h 04Taking Responsibility for TorahHow is Halakhah Decided?The sourcesheet is here.
Part 2 of Halakhah: A User'a Manual. Part 1 is "How is Halakhah Organized?"
2020-03-261h 02Taking Responsibility for TorahHow Radically Can Halakhah Change in a Sh'at Hadchak?Essential listening for those interested in evaluating halakhic approaches to the current crisis! The sourcesheet is available at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoom_how_radically_can_halakhah_change_in_a_sh___at_hadchak_sourcwsheetdraft11.pdf
2020-03-241h 01Taking Responsibility for TorahHow is Halakhah Organized?This is Part 1 of Halakhah: A User's Manual.
The sourcesheet is available here
2020-03-241h 05Taking Responsibility for TorahThe Relationship Between Halakhah and Ethics: 3 Case StudiesRabbi Aryeh Klapper brings cases from labor law, family law, and foreign policy to illustrate the complicated relationship between what Jewish law requires and what Judaism thinks the right thing to do is
2020-03-231h 18Taking Responsibility for TorahHow Many Parshiyot Should We Lein the Shabbat After Quarantine?The sourcesheet (Hebrew) is at here
2020-03-231h 09