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The Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost: Sabbatai Tzvi & Tu Beshvat: The fascinating b origin story of Tu Beshvat and its unique minhagimThe Turkish Dunmeh and their messianic interpretation Eating a Esrog or davening for a esrog 2025-02-1130 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokREPOST: Fasts of tzadikim: The 9th of TevesThe history of yeshu: The book   For a related topic see: Nittel Nacht: A night of varying minhagim https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sunday-shiur-by-rabbi-yoel-plutchok/id1686817830?i=1000612988722 2025-01-0837 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost: Megillas Antiochos: The story about the Megilla we used to lein on ChannukaRabbi Shaul Lieberman: The conservative rosh yeshiva who wrote a Pirush on the entire Tosefta   The history of the Karaim: Iraq circa 800   Turkey, Year 1500: The Psak of the R'em regarding Kariam    The origin of Megillas Antiochos: R Saadia Goan's quest to immortalize the Chashmonaim   Are we allowed to study the Book of the Maccabees? "Seforim chatzonim" in Halacha     2024-12-3029 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost: The mysterious journey of the menorah and where it stands todayThe depictions on the Arch of Titus: What happened next?   The Peroiches and the Tzitz: R’ Shimon’s testimony   The  Radziner Rebbe’s Oddysey to find the Menorah: The Visigoths and King Alaric I   The Menorah swap theory: A child's fable that gained traction   The conscientious story behind the real gold menorah by the Kosel today    Reb Akiva Eiger’s chassideshe Eidem and his Leichter   The iconic angled menorah of Chabad: The Rambam’s depiction   2024-12-2934 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost; The Wondrous World of Aggadata: Literal or MysticalThe Sukkah shel Levyason The origins of the polarizing sefer "Meor Einayim" and the Maharal's criticism The Rambam's 3 categories The Nodeh Beyehuda's elaborate mashul   2024-10-1436 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokAvinu Malkeinu: The Origin, Evolution, and Modern Day AdaptationsThe story of the Ancient Machzor of Vermaiza (Worms)  Tach Vetat - The last 9 Avinu Malkeinus The scope of dying "Al Kiddush Hashem" R' Moshe Shtenbach on the Sh"tz vs the Tzibbur   2024-10-0634 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokHOW THE BAALEI TOSAFOS CHANGED ROSH HASHANAH2024-09-2932 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost: Rosh Hashanah in Yerushalaim 1905: The story of the movement to blow shofar on shabbosThe Psak from the Rif, and the precedent of the Maasah Rav The fascinating history of Reb Akiva Yosef Schlesinger including: -His migration to Eretz Yisroel -The Zionists attempt to claim him as one of their own - His polarizing quest to blow shofer on shabbos 2024-09-2636 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Heavyweight Battle. Shofar During Elul & Beyond2024-09-2229 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokEverybody Needs Something. A Debate Postscript2024-09-1707 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Debate: Rav Chaim Voloziner & The Alter Rebbe2024-09-1528 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokElul’s Peculiarities Part 1. L’Dovid Hashem Ori2024-09-0823 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Shas Wars & Techiyas Hameisim2024-08-1437 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Kosel & It’s Secrets2024-08-1135 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokReb Yochanan Ben Zakkai: The unlikely Nasi and his reverberating impactReb Yochanans connection to Malchus Bais Dovid and his meeting with Vespasian   The Monumental takanos of Reb Yochanan Ben Zakkai   Reb Yochanan's fascinating letter to the Jews of Rome regarding the rising movement of one Yeshu Hanotzri  2024-08-0428 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost; Tzipisah leyeshuah - Part II: The 3 weeks, 9 days and year roundThe forgotten tribe of Yemen and their strange customs Operation flying carpet Tikkun chatzos…..During the day 2024-07-2325 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShabbos in Radin - At the Chofetz chaims table2024-07-2122 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost: Tzipisah leyeshuah: The paradoxical hashkafa of waiting for MoshiachThe approach of the Chofetz Chaim Do we just wait or should we force the yeshuah? The Chasam Sofer and the fantastical tale of Reb Yosef Delerana The Rambam's torah and his practical advice     2024-07-1729 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokUpsherens - The minhag the origin and the controversy2024-07-1429 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost; Vav Chukas: From the Paris trials thru Gush KatifThe mock trial of the Balei Tosfos and burning of the Talmud  The history of burning seforim to prevent further bizayon The Gush Katif "disengagement" and the dilemma with it's shuls  R Moshe and R Hutner on bringing tefillin into a typhus ward   2024-07-0931 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokTWA flight 741. Hostages in Halacha continued2024-07-0724 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokSecuring The Hostages-How & When2024-07-0426 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokCzar Nicholas & His Cruel Edicts- Part 22024-07-0318 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokCzar Nicholas & His Cruel Edicts- Part 12024-06-3026 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokTaking A Stand- Electricity & Hadlakos Neiros2024-06-2620 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Shteller Worth Fighting For- Nezirus As A Weapon!2024-06-2327 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokPrague 1693: The tragic story of Shimon Abelles  Killing Children Bishas Shmad: the Clifford's Tower Massacre   The Chasam Sofer on the rationale of killing a Ben Sorer Umorah - Should you kill a baby Hitler?   Capitol Punishment in the eyes of the Torah: R Moshe's Teshuva to the Governor of New York 2024-06-1930 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokWas the The Rogatchover Gaon a nazir?2024-06-1626 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRav meir shliach tziburs Shavuos gift2024-06-1021 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA fantastic literary fraud or a lucky find?2024-06-0929 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokWhen A Song Has A History - Ka Ribon Part 22024-06-0523 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokNapoleon’s Jews & The Bitter Divide Over The Nodah B’Yehuda’s Psak2024-06-0228 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokKa Ribon Understood- The Song, The Composer, & The Controversy2024-05-2922 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Mekubalim’s Dress Code - An Interesting Debate2024-05-2630 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Yiddishe Mamma- The Lag B’Omer Connection2024-05-2120 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe "Jewish" look. Beards & Profit2024-05-1927 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokBonus episode; Lag b’omer: Should it be cancelled?2024-05-1635 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Forgetters Punishment2024-05-1521 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokIs Gehenim Forever? A Unique Rabbinic Dispute2024-05-1229 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRepost; The Magen Dovid symbol: An ancient secret or a modern invention?Understanding the symbol The jailing and narrow escape of the Reyatz (the 6th Lubavitcher Rebbe) The mystical menorah inside Dovid Hamelech's shield The sefiras haomer connection 2024-05-0828 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Bach’s Gehenim and the Sugya of Chodosh2024-05-0535 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokREPOST; Maos chittimCharity or tax? Pesachdig alcohol? 2024-04-2113 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Chumrah - One size fits all2024-04-1717 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Marranos Pesach- Mexico 16492024-04-1427 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Kosher Evolution- Coca-Cola’s Story2024-04-1146 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokCan a woman become a Posek?2024-04-0920 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Korban In Our Times- A Unfulfilled Dream2024-04-0726 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShir Hashirim- What Makes it Unique2024-04-0222 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokKorban Pesach- Who’s Bringing and Who’s Waiting2024-03-3126 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokREPOST; Matzoh Wars - Machine matzoh part 2.Arrival in Galicia Controversy erupts  Families torn apart Understanding the rationale 2024-03-2737 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokREPOST; Matzoh Wars - Machine matzoh part 1.From invention to acceptance Early rabbinic approval Understanding the political climate in 19th Century Poland  An unsolved murder in Lemberg? 2024-03-2529 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Scandalous Purim- The Trial That Shook Jerusalem.   2024-03-2129 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA Kabbalistic Prayer For All2024-03-1916 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokA “Masking” dispute - Are Purim costumes ok?2024-03-1728 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Greatest Song Ever ComposedRav Shlomo Alkabetz and his enduring contribution. 2024-03-1324 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokCigarettes Seforim, and other Mishloach Manos alternatives.2024-03-1027 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Golem’s Impact on Prague’s Minhag.2024-03-0621 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokHolocaust Remembrance- a Surprising Controversy. Continuing the sugyah of modern calendar additions.2024-03-0328 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokGlasses. Halacha, Mofsim & more2024-02-2822 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokREPOST. The Noam Elimelech: His life and worksMystical secrets and guaranteed protection? Sefer Raziel Hamalach - a comparison? 2024-02-2726 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Miraculous Survival of TeveriaThe strange “Purim’s” of the Jewish calendar, how they got there, and who had the authority to establish them. 2024-02-2529 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Satan's cloak: Biggdei Shabbos Part 1.2024-02-2118 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Tragic Tale of the Tosfos Yom Tov's Imprisonment!! Charting the Many “Purim’s” of the Jewish Calendar. Part 1.2024-02-1825 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe IDF and frum woman: The rift that never really healed!2024-02-1436 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe controversial kvittel that divided Galician poskim!!2024-02-1131 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe "Chasid's" Warning: Erev Shabbos Rosh Chodesh2024-02-0724 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Kvitel: The mystery and the magicThe origin and significance of the kvitel The tzadik's tefillah  A revenue source 2024-02-0428 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Ropshitzer's secret! : Nail cutting in Halacha & Kabbalah2024-01-3119 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Violent Acts of the "Bris Hakanayim" : Civil Disobedience in the Eyes of the TorahThe Brisker Rov’s exemption Practical or religious expression     2024-01-2831 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe  Chofetz Chaim’s PromiseThe publishing of the אבני מילוים: The מגיד saves the day  The optimal time to prepare for shabbos  Erev shabbos all week  The Satmar Rebbe’s challah instructions 2024-01-2420 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShabbos and Hafganos: The gift worth fighting forShabbos the protector  The Chazon Ish’s surprising critique  Are we causing more chillul shabos  Fighting for our survival 2024-01-1723 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokCheftzei tzaddikim Part II: The tumultuous journey of the Great Chabad LibraryThe lawsuit of the Agudas Chassidei Chabad and the purchase of 770    The controversial pillaging of the library, the Rebbe goes public, and the ensuing legal proceedings    Sentimental value in Choshen Mishpat    The legendary healing powers of the Sar Shalom's hands   Analyzing the dilemma of purchasing holy artifacts 2024-01-1433 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokCheftzei tzaddikim: Ascribing value to the memorabilia of gedolimThe streimel that sold for 1.8 Million dollars    The Chazon ish, the Steipler, R Aryeh Levin, and R’ Elyashiv: the origin story behind R Chaim’s streimel    Reb yehuda Hanasi’s plea to marry R Elazar Ben R Shimon’s widow    Retiring the artifacts of great people   “Chassidishe Genievus”: R shlomo Bobever’s story about the Baal Hatanya’s attempted Murder   The Tenke rebbe and R Chaim’s gartel swap   “Maklei shel R Meir”: The mikor from the Yerushalmi and many ot...2024-01-0729 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokREPOST: Shovavim! When did it start and what does it meanIs fasting the only way? Are there special aveiros that Shovavim is supposed to address? Limud HaTorah 2024-01-0336 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokExploring the world of Hechsherim - Part I: The opinionated chemist who founded OU KosherJello - The conservative hill to die on    Woman shaving their heads - the origin story of Vaad Arba Hareutzus and their consequential psakim    The Hechsherim in halacha: Charting the progression from Meikel to Machmir   Eretz Yisroel in the modern day: R Shmuel Auerbach, R Moshe Sternbuch and the diminishing chezkes kashrus   2023-12-3127 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShechita in America Part II: The life and history of Rav Yaakov YosefThe Largest Funeral in NYC History   The posthumous Chassid   Funding the shechita overhaul: The plumba tax   The background of Shechita in Halacha   The dynamic laws of animal slaughter in NYC   The Weinberg Pen vs the Cincinnati Pen: Animal slaughter in the modern day   Shechita Miumedes: R Moshe Shternbuch opines   Rabbi Genack and Rabbi Belsky’s letters: The OU responds 2023-12-2431 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShechita in America Part I: The tumultuous controversies of early AmericaThe historic Spanish Portuguese synagogue of 1648: the Brazilian Jews of New York City   Yaakov Abram’s shechita : the investigation of R Shmuel Kreiser    “Hashgacha”: the great American innovation    The monumental shechita lawsuit: Leveraging trademarks to enforce Kashrus   Bleeding the Cows: The fiery halachic controversy of 1850   The Shoel Umashuv’s harrowing and prophetic teshuva    2023-12-1731 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Black Shabbos of 2004: The zebu discovery that rocked Eretz Yisroel  The gourmet mesorah dinner: A gathering to consume a smorgasbord of rare kosher food   A cattle made for the Israeli landscape: In pursuit of the Zebu   Understanding the consequential shitas haShach: the Chachmas Adam the Pri Migadim and the ensuing  machlokes between the Chazon Ish and R Herzog   Reb Elyashiv's psak and modern day distiction 2023-11-2627 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokTurkey: The great kashrus debate of the new worldMenashe Ben Israel, the origins of the Indians and the Aseres hashvatim   Anshei India from Moshe Rabbeinu    The genomes of modern day birds    Turkey in Europe: The Heter of the Netziv   The descendants of the Shlah, The Kamenetskys etc.           2023-11-2331 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe bold movement to ban chassidishe shechitaThe anatomy of the shechita knife   The legend of the Mezeritcher Maggid’s shechita knife    The Tzemach Tzeddek and Yankel am Haaretz : The grand bechina between the shochet and the rav    The end of the battle: The Industrial Revolution revolutionizes Shechita   Lubavitcher Shechita: The Baal hatanya’s passionate and detailed teshuva regarding shechita   The Lubavitcher bachurim of Shanghai          2023-11-1930 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShechita controversies Part II: The position of the Torah  R Chaim’s famous grasshopper   The Piyuttim of R Eliezer Hakalir [Beribi]   How high is the Rekiyah? The machlokes Talmud Bavli and Yerushalmi   לצרף בריותיו - The Rambam on Shechita, Eiver Min Hachai and Tzar Balei Chayim   The letter from the Ramban: An animals ultimate will   The dichotomy of Shaul Hamelech’s rachmanus 2023-11-1233 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShechita Controversies Part I: The Intriguing Story of the Sridei Aish  Rav Chaskel Sarna’s dramatic burial intervention   The Munkatcher chassunah of 1933   Predecessor to the Nuremberg laws: The Nazi ban against shechita    R Chaim Ozer’s self-insertion and the comprehensive retrospective review    Dr S.D.  Rosen and Dr Temple Gandin - Animal rights activists exonerate shechita   HaRav Hanazir Dovid Cohen: Rav Kook’s disciple's case for Veganism   The Shver and the Eidem: The Din Torah classifying meat between the Bach and Taz 2023-11-0537 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Mediterranean Sea Lizard: The History of the Skinkus Marinus  The Fish Matzeiva: The story of the hielige fish of Vienna   The Palestinian Avoda Zara   The Tosfos Yom Tov’s dilemma and Chazal’s eventual vindication      Shliya/Tench: The unique psak of the Baal Shem      2023-10-2930 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokSterlit Cavier: The Hungarian fish controversyThe Ramban’s definition and experiment  The Nodeh Beyehuda’s grand heter Ahron Charaner and the “Tik Fish” controversy  Reb Yitzchok Grishiver , the Nodeh Beyhuda’s “chazara” and R Shmuel Landau’s fiery response  The ensuing controversy and motives revealed When emes is sheker and sheker is emes - Reb Akiva, the Chassam Sofer,   and Reb Yaakov Kamanetsky   2023-10-2239 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokWatch what you eat: The history and psakim of Timtum HalevIntentional vs inadvertent - The Monsey shechita fraud of 2006   The  story of the Baal Hatenya’s geziera and the incredible discovery of R Akiva Eiger   The Chasam Sofer’s psak halacha on the physical difference between a Jew vs non Jew    Blood transfusions from a non Jew: the psak of the Chelkas Yaakov, and the extraordinary story with Ponevezher rav’s transfusion in Mount Sinai NYC    Eating fish on shabbos d’oraisah? The Tzemach Tzedek’s boycott     2023-10-1534 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokBeis Din in the Modern Era - Part III: Halacha L’maasahDISCLAIMER: CONSULT WITH YOUR RAV BEFORE ACTING UPON MATTERS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE.   The  Tannah Reb Elazar collaborating with local authorities   When mesira is a mitzva: the opinion of the Rashba   Reb Elyashiv's teshuva to the Badei Hashulchan on Mesira "Lesheim tikkun olam"   Killling Terrorists as Mosrim   Next episode (coming on Wednesday): The story of the movement to blow shofar on shabbos       2023-09-1028 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokBeis Din in the Modern Era - Part II: The MoserMutilation vs killing   The Chazon Ish’s progressive psak   Moser - the great exception   The Czar Nikolai investigation that led to the Ruzhiner’s lengthy imprisonment    Coming next week: Part III - The Rabbanim that sit on the Israeli Supreme Court 2023-09-0325 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokBeis Din in the Modern Era - Part I: The Death Penalty- Beis din and their diminished power - The Mesora from the Geonim - The woeful story of Yannai Hamelech - Shimon Ben Shetach's unique rule and grand rectification   Coming Next Week: Beis Din in the Modern Era - Part II   2023-08-2731 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShabbos in America - Part III: The Satmar Rebbe leaves his markNightfall in Halacha  The background and machlokes The minhag through the generations and the minhag today America the melting pot Elevating Shabbos 2023-07-0931 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShabbos in America - Part II: The battles and psakim that helped shape Shabbos.Reb Shlomo Eiger's poignant missive to deal with the Reform movement and the dissenting opinion from the Aruch La-ner The psak of the Roshei Yeshivos.  Reb Moshe sets the enduring policy 2023-07-0229 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShabbos in America - Part I: Background and IntroductionThe “psak” of the Akeida Setting a precedent Aveira vs. rationalization From Munkatch to Berlin to New York City R Moshe's landmark approach 2023-06-1835 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe “Shabbos Elevator” Controversy: Part 2Peeling back a layer  The battle over Reb Shlomo Zalman's legacy   Trains, trolleys, bikes and umbrellas 2023-06-1127 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokShabbos Elevators :The “new”/old shailahUnderstanding the core issues Zilusah dishabatta Long-standing precidents? 2023-06-0430 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokReishis hagezSeeking out obscure mitzvos Performing mitzvos in the public eye 2023-05-2926 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokRuach Rah and Shaidim l’halacha: The Ger Tzedek of VilnaDo Shaidim still exist today? Can Halacha change? The famous melody of Mesirus Nefesh 2023-05-2127 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Rama: Posek Of The GenerationsUnderstanding some כללי הפסק The anatomy of a קולא Why his success was not a given? 2023-05-1533 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokSinging in shul: A beautifying edition, or an unnecessary distraction?The epic battle over song  Seforim of the Reform movement  Rabbi Ahron Choriner and his innovations The Chasam Sofer charts the course 2023-05-1530 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe World of Tehillim: Part IIITehillim as a song  Songs of davening The early Reform Understanding the shiras haliviim 2023-05-1533 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe World of Tehillim: Part IIThe most potent tefillah The sword of King David Understanding tikkun haklali and its power 2023-05-1429 minThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel PlutchokThe World of Tehillim: Part ITehillim vs. fasting 100x? As a Seder halimud Rabbi Yizchok Alfiah and WWII Rabbi Yaakov Abuchatzeirah 2023-05-1431 min