Join now to watch your latest lessons and questions and continue watching series' of lessons right from the time you left them.

Recent Lessons

iyar 8 5781 | Yaakov Asher Sinclair
Seasons of the Moon Respect For Others
Nineteen hundred years ago, the twenty-five thousand pupils of Rebbe Akiva all died in the days of the Omer between Pesach and Shavuot. This was a punishment for not treating each other with enough respect. The majority of the days Omer are in the month of Iyar. Thus Iyar is a time for us to work on improving respect for others.
Lag Ba'omer
3 min
Iyar 8 5781 | Rabbi Shlomo Katz
Chassidic Tales with Rav Shlomo Katz Are We Still Beautiful?
An inspiring story of the time when Reb Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev summoned the whole city of Berditchev to the shul to receive blessings and a broken-hearted woman's plea inspired Reb Levi to plea to Hakadosh Baruch Hu on behalf of Am Yisrael..
Chassidic Tales
0 min
Iyar 7 5781 | Rabbi Berel Wein
Our Obligation to Be Good
One question which has challenged Judaism throughout the ages is why do we need so many commandments to fulfill our obligation to be good, kind, and faithful?
Kdoshim Achrei Mot
Iyar 7 5781 | Rabbi Berel Wein
Counting the Omer
We are now in the middle of the counting of the Omer, I have always been somewhat perplexed by the general explanation, that this count is meant to represent the longing of the Jewish people and their preparation for the acceptance of the Torah on Mount Sinai after their freedom from the bondage of Egypt.
The Meaning Sefirat Ha'omer
Iyar 7 5781 | Rabbi Ephraim Schreibman
Daf Yomi - Yoma 8
Yoma
40 min

Popular Lessons

Erev Pesach 5753 | Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
Yes, We're to Blame!
The Intifada. History. A Determined Stance. On Seder Night.
Understanding Circumstances
Adar 5773 | Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
Playing Scrabble on Shabbos
Writing is counted among the melachos prohibited on Shabbos. Permanent writing is prohibited min haTorah, while temporary writing is prohibited only miderabbanan. Bringing together two complete letters does not constitute writing.
Laws of Shabbat
Rabbi Daniel Mann
Shehecheyanu, Clothes, and Renovations During Sefira
Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions
5764 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
Mourning Customs During the Omer
The days between Passover and Shavuot are marked by pain; twenty-four thousand of Rabbi Akiva’s students died therein. Consequently, it is customary to observe mourning practices during this period - weddings, haircuts, and dancing are all forbidden.
The Laws of Sefirat Ha'omer The Meaning Sefirat Ha'omer
tamoz 5761 | Rabbi Eliezer Melamed
The Minor Fasts and Their Laws
Did Jews fast over the destruction of the First Temple when the Second Temple stood? Must pregnant and nursing women abstain from eating and drinking on minor fasts? Rabbi Eliezer Melamed addresses these and other important questions.
The 17th of Tamuz Various Subjects

The media lessons on the site are dedicated by the Green family to the souls of their loved ones

Beit Midrash Jewish Laws and Thoughts Ein Aya

Ein Aya Shabat Chapter A Paragraph 25

Why Must Synagogues Be Tall?

The Halacha that synagogues should be higher than all houses in town, but not from buildings built just for decoration expresses the idea of the central place of holiness in Judaism. This value is not only decorative but applies to real life.

Rabbi Ari Shvat5770

Ein Aya

172

מוקדש לעלוי נשמת

רוברט חי בן מרים

Click to dedicate this lesson

Rabbi Ari Shvat

Lectures at various yeshivot, michlalot and midrashot. Has published many books & Torani articles and is in charge of Rav Kook’s archives.

We're Not Out to Produce 'Space Cadets' Nissan 25 5781

35 min

The Miztva of Learning Torah

Clothing Nissan 5 5781