Taking Responsibility for Torah: Recent Episodes

Aryeh Klapper

Shiurim by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper and CMTL alums

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Sourcesheet for all five parts is https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/_________________________________________hashkomoh1.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf⁠

This series was given memory of Zecharia Haber Hy"d

Series in memory of Zecharyah Haber

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Sourcesheet is /http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/columbia_hillel_policy_pesak_mekorot5__hebeng__april_4_2024.pdf

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Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin's Position - Part 1Sourcesheet is at ⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf

In memory of Zecharia Haber Hy"d

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Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/12___paskening_responsibly_p1and2.pdf

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How should halakhah interact with state security decisions? Three positions post-Rav Ovadiah's Entebbe teshuvah

in memory of Zechariah Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

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Analyzes and develops the Vilna Gaon's assertion that "Halakhah uproots Torah" is true more often in Parshat Mishpatim than the Talmud says it is true anywhere

Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/okeretsourcesheet2.pdf

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d

Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/ransoming_captives__1_sourcesheet.pdf

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given at Midreshet Lindernbaum, December 27, 2023

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given at Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah, December 24, 2023. Sourcesheet is here

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Shiur at Makhon Pardes, December 26, 2023

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Shiur given at Yeshivat Orayta, December 19, 2023

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at Midreshet Migdal Oz, December 20, 2023

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Shiur delivered at Machon Gruss, Israel, December 26, 2023. My article on the material is at https://thelehrhaus.com/commentary/civilian-casualties-in-the-light-of-halakhah-and-ethics-revisiting-rav-shaul-yisraelis-analysis/

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Last in the 2024 series at YI Sharon

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Discusses secular and halakhic definitions of death in light of recent developments as reported in NY Times. Can stand alone, or as part 3 of the series on the Categorical Imperative and Halakhah.

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Given at YI Sharon November 8, 2023

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CMTL Zoom Shiur given לזכות חיילי צה"ל ואנשי כחות הבטחון November 5, 2023

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CMTL Zoom Shiur given לזכות חיילי צה"ל ואנשי כחות הבטחון November 5, 2023

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Part of YI Sharon series on Issues at the Intersection of Torah and Culture. Sourcesheet is here

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A discussion in dialogue with Rabbi Moshe Kurtz's RJJ Essay, now part of his book Challenging Assumptions. Sourcesheet is ⁠here⁠

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A discussion in dialogue with Rabbi Moshe Kurtz's RJJ Essay, now part of his book Challenging Assumptions. Sourcesheet is here

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Dvar Torah for Parashat Bereishit 5784

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Rabbi Kurtz is author of the recently released Challenging Assumptions. The sourcesheet is here.

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Approaches of Rambam, Radbaz, Maharsha, Rav Dessler and the Rav to the dispute, or not, about the relative priority of baalei teshuvah and tzaddikim gemurim. Contextualizes the Rav with Rupture and Reconstruction

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ברכות כא:

רבי יהודה אומר: מברך לפניהם ולאחריהם

למימרא דקסבר רבי יהודה בעל קרי מותר בדברי תורה? והאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי:

מנין לבעל קרי שאסור בדברי תורה?

שנאמר: והודעתם לבניך ולבני בניך, וסמיך ליה: יום אשר עמדת וגו' – מה להלן - בעלי קריין אסורין, אף כאן - בעלי קריין אסורין!?

וכי תימא: רבי יהודה לא דריש סמוכים, והאמר רב יוסף: אפילו מאן דלא דריש סמוכים בכל התורה - במשנה תורה דריש,

דהא רבי יהודה לא דריש סמוכין בכל התורה כולה, ובמשנה תורה דריש !?

רמב"ם הלכות ממרים פרק ב הלכה א

ב"ד גדול שדרשו באחת מן המדות כפי מה שנראה בעיניהם שהדין כך, ודנו דין,

ועמד אחריהם ב"ד אחר ונראה לו טעם אחר לסתור אותו – הרי זה סותר ודן כפי מה שנראה בעיניו,

שנאמר אל השופט אשר יהיה בימים ההם = אינך חייב ללכת אלא אחר בית דין שבדורך.

רדב"ז הלכות ממרים פרק ב הלכה א

ב"ד הגדול שדרשו וכו'.

משמע מדברי רבינו אפי' שאין ב"ד השני גדול מן הראשון בחכמה ובמנין

והא תנן סתמא במשנת עדיות אין ב"ד יכולין לבטל דברי ב"ד חבירו עד שיהיה גדול ממנו בחכמה ובמנין!?

וי"ל דהך מתני' מפרש רבינו בתקנות וגזירות, אבל בדין מן הדינים שלמדו אותן באחת מהמדות - יכול לבטל, דאלת"ה, במה יתקיים קרא דאל השופט אשר יהיה בימים ההם?!

והכי משמע לישנא דלבטל דברי ב"ד חבירו, דבתקנות וגזרות שייך לשון בטול, ודוק:

כסף משנה הלכות ממרים פרק ב הלכה א

בית דין הגדול שדרשו וכו'.

למד כן רבינו ממאי דאשכחן תנאי בתראי דפליגי אקמאי וכן אמוראי בתראי פליגי אקמאי

והא דתנן בפ"ק דעדיות (משנה ה') שאם יראה ב"ד את דברי היחיד ויסמוך עליו שאין ב"ד יכול לבטל דברי ב"ד חבירו עד שיהא גדול ממנו בחכמה ובמנין –

מוקי לה רבינו בשאותו יחיד ואותם רבים נחלקו בגזירה או תקנה,

כלומר שאם ב"ד פסק כדעת היחיד - אין ב"ד אחר יכול לחלוק ולפסוק כדעת הרבים אלא אם היה גדול וכו'

וכמו שיתבאר בסמוך,

אבל אם נחלקו בשזה דורש באחת מן המדות וזה באחרת –

אה"נ שיכול לבטל דבריו, אפילו שאינו גדול כמוהו בחכמה ובמנין.

ואם תאמר:

אם כן, אמאי לא פליגי אמוראי אתנאי, דהא בכל דוכתא מקשינן לאמורא ממתניתין או מברייתא. וצ"ל אנא דאמרי כי האי תנא, ואם לא יאמר כן קשיא ליה, וכפי דברי רבינו, הרשות נתונה להם לחלוק על דברי התנאים?!

ואפשר לומר

שמיום חתימת המשנה קיימו וקבלו שדורות האחרונים לא יחלקו על הראשונים;

וכן עשו גם בחתימת הגמ', שמיום שנחתמה - לא ניתן רשות לשום אדם לחלוק עליה:

בית הבחירה למאירי מסכת ברכות דף כב עמוד א

טבילה זו שתקן עזרא לבעלי קריין ראו הבאים אחריו שלא פשטה תקנתו בכל ישראל ושלא היו רוב צבור יכולין לעמוד בה – ובטלוה

ואף על פי שאין ב"ד רשאי לבטל דברי ב"ד חברו אא"כ גדול ממנו בחכמה ובמנין –

הואיל ולא פשטה גזרתו בכל ישראל, ושאין רוב צבור יכולין לעמוד בה - רשאין הם לבטל, כמו שאמרו אי איכא גוי כלו - אין וכו', ולפיכך בטלוה.

יש מפרשים הטעם שלא נאמר אין ב"ד יכול לבטל וכו' אלא במה שנתקן מחמת גדר,

אבל מה שנתקן ממקראות, והם רואים לפרשם בדרך אחרת – רשאים,

והם מפרשים: מנין לבעל קרי שאסור בדברי תורה? = כלומר מהיכן יצאה לעזרא תקנה זו?

ואף על פי שאמרו עזרא תיקן - כדאמרינן בעלמא = דריש והתקין,

או זו דרש והתקין, והוא דרשה מדכתיב והודעתם לבניך וסמיך ליה יום אשר עמדת; מה להלן בעלי קריין אסורים וכו'

והם באו לדרשם על המלמד את בנו תורה, שהוא כאלו קבלה מהר סיני,

וכיוצא בזה רשאין לבטל, שלא מסרן הכתוב אלא לחכמים שבכל דור ודור

וכבר כתבנו כיוצא בה במס' ע"ז במה שראו לתקן מחמת איסור, ונמצא שאינו, ולפיכך בטלוה.

ומ"מ כדי שלא תעקר מכל וכל - העמידוה על נתינת ט' קבין על גופו, שכך שערו שכל הגוף עולה בהם דרך נתינה, ואח"כ בטלו גם כן נתינה זו. כלל גדול אמרו: אין דברי תורה מקבלין טומאה.

מ"מ טבילה זו קדושה גדולה היא, וכל המחמיר בה - תבא עליו ברכה

ומפני זה נהגו לטבול ערב ר"ה ויום הכפורים, שהם ימי סליחה ותפלה יתרה;

ולא עוד, אלא שכמה פעמים אדם ניצל מעבירה בסיבתה:

בסוגיא זו אמרו: מעשה באחד שתבע את האשה לדבר עבירה. אמרה לו: ריקה, יש לך מ' סאה שאתה טובל בהן!? מיד פירש.

ובתלמוד המערב אמרו: עד שהיו מחזרין, היכן הן טובלים? עברו עוברים ושבים ובטלה העבירה.

ויש פוסקים שנתינת ט' קבין לא נתבטלה לתפלה

ואין הדברים נראין,

ואף על גב דבטלוה לטבילה אמרינן ולא אמרו בטלוה לנתינה - הם הזכירו עיקר התקנה, והרי בכלל אמרו: אין דברי תורה מקבלים טומאה

וכך אמרו: מעשה באחד שהיה מגמגם וקורא, ר"ל שהיה בעל קרי ולא רצה לקרות בביאור ובחתוך לשון, ואמרו "פתח פיך וכו'", שאין דברי תורה מקבלים טומאה, והרי לא היתה שם לא טבילה ולא נתינת ט' קבין:

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Third of 3 on Torah Lishmoh. Sourcesheet is Given at YI here. Sharon July 19, 2023

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Sourcesheet at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/trans_n4sourcesheet_1.pdf

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Second of a three part series at YI Sharon. Covers Rav Chaim Volozhin, Halakhic Man, Homer, and Plato. Sourcesheet is here

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Transissues #2 @YISharon July 17, 2023. Sourcesheer is here

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Analyzes antecedents and descendants of Rav Chaim Volozhin's definition of Torah Lishmoh, and what they tell us about his position. With quite a few surprises. Sourcesheet is here

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YI Sharon July 10, 2023

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SBM 2023 public shiur at YI Sharon July 10, 2023. Sourcesheet available here

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also discusses Rav Chaim Dovid Halevi.

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Rabbi Soloveitchik quotes Rav Chaim Volozhin quoting a midrash quoting Dovid Hamelekh. But the quote changes subtly along the way.

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Does the Ish HaHalakhah actually learn with deveikus?

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Sourcesheet: איש ההלכה p. 78, רוח חיים לפרקי אבות ו:א, then איש ההלכה p.15

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The sourcesheet is p. 78 of איש ההלכה

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addresses themes of extremism and moderation, justice and mercy

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Based on Chapter 20 of Divine Will and Human Experience

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This shiur was given at Midreshet Amudim on 1/15/2023.  Sourcesheet is here

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Beginning a conversation about how halakhah treats probability and about whether there are things that are wrong but which halakhah chooses not to forbid, which will lead to Rav Shimon Shkop and perhaps the Telzer.  Source sheet is here 

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Delivered at Cong. Etz Chaim, Sharon MA on 8th night Chanukkah 5783

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This shiur is from 2015

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Sourcesheet is here. This is intended to conclue the discussion of Chapter 3 of Divine Will and Human Experience

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Addresses Rashi and Rashbam's understanding of Yaakov's psychology throughout the confrontation with Esav

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What are the types of Rabbinic legislation, and what is their source of authority? Maimonides offers at least five different and apparently inconsistent accounts. Sourcesheet is here.  

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Sourcesheet is here.  Discusses when and why and in what way "the rabbis" have legislative authority

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Sourcesheet is here.  This is a recreation, as the recording of the original class was lost. 

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Given at YI Sharon 11/1/2021.  Sourcesheet is here

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Understanding MC To Devarim 30:14, with methodological remarks 

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The first two essays of my series on this subject can be found at https://moderntoraleadership.wordpress.com/2022/09/08/halakhic-power-and-halakhic-policy-mamzerut-and-iggun-part-1/

and https://moderntoraleadership.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/halakhic-power-and-halakhic-policy-mamzerut-and-iggun-part-2/

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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

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first given at ASBI. Sourcesheet is here 

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Given at Congregation Kadima Toras Moshe on July 24, 2022

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Sourcesheet is here.  Given At YI Sharon 7/27/2022

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(how) does halakhah differentiate abortion along the pregnancy timeline, and how might that translate into law for a secular society? Sourcesheet is here 

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Distinguishes between halakhah and ethics, and discusses the relationship between halakhah and law in a secular society.  Sourcesheet is here

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Meshekh Chokhmah relates the prohibition against Avodah Zarah to the verse כי לי בני ישראל עבדים. The shiur plays that connection out in the halakhot of dina demalkhuta dina and employment law, noting parallels in American law and political theory along the way.

Much gratitude to the Yeshiva of Newark Podcast and Rabbi Avrohom Kivelevitz for hosting the shiur.

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given at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi. Also available on YUTORAH here

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Sourcesheet is here. We covered the first 3 of 18!! arguments in Orach Mishpat 21

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Rav Kuk is אורח משפט לא

Rav Levin is פסקי דין - ירושלים דיני ממונות ובירורי יוחסין יד פס"ד המתחיל בעמוד רנ

also at Nafkaminahlabor3.docx 

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Includes literary questions such as: Should Shlomit bat Divri have carried her son to term?

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Based on Igrot Mosheh Even HaEzer 1:101

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Shiur given Feb 22, 2022 at YI Sharon. Partial sourcesheet is at רב.docx.  See also the sourcesheet for the previous shiur in this series.

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Sourcesheet with outline is here.  This shiur rapidly reviews prior constructions of the non/machloket between Rav and Rav Yochanan in the Yerushalmi; discusses whether/how that non/machloket is reflected in the Bavli, which does not cite Rav Yochanan; and how that might be affected by Rav Yochanan's position apparently conflicting with a stam mishnah or another of Rav Yochanan's own klalei horaah

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This concludes the minuunit and ties it back into Hasokher et Haumanin

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לא פלוג vs. משום עיגוא הקילו. Sourcesheet is here

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Discusses how the Shulchan Arukh's position that employees can quit even if they can't immediately repay an advance can work according to both Rav and Shmuel, and how they can have the protections of eved ivri without its constraints.  Sourcesheet is here

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Uses the Netziv's models of halakhah to explain the ongoing dispute, and takes sides.  A written version is available at https://moderntoraleadership.wordpress.com/2017/02/10/devorah-as-shofetet-exception-or-paradigm/ 

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Sourcesheet is here.  Rav Mosheh responds to Rav Shlomo Kahane's heter for a post WWII women

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also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/28122

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given 12/26/2021

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Reading, translating, and discussing Responsa Shoeil Umeishiv 1:185 with specific reference to how it might be translated into contemporary public policy.  The sourcesheet can be found as pp. 10-18 of the 2021 CMTL End-of-Year Reader, available at http://www.torahleadership.org/?_download&_a=&type=pdf&url=/categories/2021draftreader3.pdf

online shiur given 12/26/2021. 

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The moment you've been waiting for all year - the Yerushalmi that everything depends on but that the Bavli does not cite - why?                     

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also available at https://library.yctorah.org/audio/should-moshe-have-looked-away-literary-and-theological-reflections-on-tzeniut-kavod-and-spiritual-risk/

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also available at https://library.yctorah.org/audio/why-does-the-torah-end-before-the-jews-enter-israel-some-thoughts-based-on-ramban/

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SBM alumi shiur

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Archimedean 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

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האם דרשינן טעמא דקרא?

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האם דרשינן טעמא דקרא?

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How to read and not read Yerushalmi, and halakhic implications of those methodological issues. Sourcesheet is at תלמוד ירושלמ1.docx

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Compares Rav Moshe's position to those of Rav Meir Twersky regarding Sefer HaChinnukh and Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik regarding Rambam

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A long-term agunah claims to have received a letter from her brother saying that her husband is dead. Is that enough to permit her immediate remarriage?

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Sourcesheet is at השוכראתהאומניםעםרשיyi3.docx.  This is a gemara-rashi text shiur rather than conceptual.

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originally delivered in 2010 at YI Sharon, but I think it stands the test of time, and I hope you agree!

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This one is straight MIshnah Rashi, with Rashi integrated - the source sheet may be more helpful than usual   השוכראתהאומניםעםרשיyi2.docx

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Igrot Mosheh Yoreh Deah 1:214

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Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1 and #2)

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Explains why Rachel didn't cry, why Dinah was named Dinah, and more! 

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Does the rejection of a literary hava amina mean the rejection of halakhic positions based on that hava amina? Are labor markets halakhically the same as other markets?  What are the differences between onaah and meach taut?

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Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1)

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The Or HaChayyim explains why Avraham believed that he had a right to a hereditary burial site in Chevron

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Sourcesheet is at לא ניתן להאמר podcastmeks1.1.docx

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Given 10/26/2021. Sourcepacket at Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1 and #2)

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Why did G-d find it necessary to tell Avraham in advance? Who ended their conversation?

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Addresses conflicts between what one understands as moral truth and what one understands as halakhic truth 

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Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1)

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given 10/12.  Sourcesheet is at Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx

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Discuss the apparent contradictions in the Talmud as to whether learning shelo lishmoh is encouraged or discouraged, and how many trees were at the center of the Garden of Eden

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Igrot 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

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Delivered for the Beit Shemesh Community Beit Midrash on Nov. 12, 2017.  Sourcesheet at https://www.yutorah.org/download.cfm?materialID=533037

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Igrot Mosheh YD5:2

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Rav Mosheh on when and why one can assume that commercially bought grain is yoshon

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Implications of the lost chemical formula for distinguishing between blood and red dyes

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When having all the evidence isn't good enough

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Rav Moshe models proactove agunah prevention, again

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Is "constructing" halakhic concepts legitimate? Is "privacy" a coherent concept? Discusses critiques by Solovey and Schreiber, defense by Washofsky, and more 

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Sourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgxlcbVaoV_ihPoIK-73V6QvWqOoQQ?e=RJgYkG

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Rabbi Dr. Judah Goldberg's article on truthtelling

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Rav 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

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Gilui Sod, Tzeniut, and Privacy

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Discusses the Chofetz Chayyim and critiques.  With lively discussion with Rabbi Klapper and SBM Fellows

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Igrot Mosheh Even Haezer 4:16

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What is snaky about the Oven of Akhnai, and what can that tell us about the meaning of its story?

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Evaluating Rabbi Lamm's argument for a Torah right to privacy

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Lining Rabbis Lamm and Bleich up with the Supreme Court opinions in Griswold

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Evaluating Rabbi Shenkolovsky's disagreements with Rabbi Dichovsky, moving to the Griswold case

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Rav Dichovsky on the right to a normal life, Chikekei Leiv on opening mail

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also 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

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Uses Rabbi Alex Ozar's article and brief selections

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some Zoom breaks

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Hezek Shmiyah, Privacy, and Strict Liability

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sourchesheet is at ההוא גברא דהוה בעי אחוויי אתיבנא דחבריה5.docx

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היזק ראיה and Eavesdropping part 1

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Bonus: Rambam on Fall, Sin, and Trees

Privacy: Warren-Brandeis and Ba BaMachteret

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Sourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/b/s!AgxlcbVaoV_ihPh5dh8GfsHfADe-lw?e=KO5qQC

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Chatzi Shiur: Mushba veomeid? 

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SBM 2021 - Second Main Shiur July 6

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SBM 2021 Friday July 9

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Shiiruim on Yom Kippur, morality of duty vs. morality of aspiration

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Third Main Shiur - Rav Moshe, Shevet Levi, and Chashukei Chemed on autonomy in education

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Email moderntorahleadership@gmail.com for sources.  Sound quality varies.

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with a prologue on typologies of poskim

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also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/18226

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Sourcesheet is at https://1drv.ms/w/s!AgxlcbVaoV_ihPduPZPoGi5rkPA1Ow?e=qCT9r1.  Also available via Yeshiva of Newark at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/18205 

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Sourcesheet 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

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Welcome to episode 4 of efshar livrurei (take 2).docx

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Outline and Sourcesheet is at Efshar leverurei Episode 5.docx. Look for previous episodes on this site and on the Yeshiva of Newark podcast

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Sourcesheet is at pan.docx.  Also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/17581

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Souresheet 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

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Sourcesheet is at RavMosheefsharepisode 2.docx.  Also available via the Yeshiva of Newark at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/16593.

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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

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Based on Igrot Moshe EH 1:49.  This series is also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/ravmoshetheartofpsak/14744

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Also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/14459.  Sourcesheet is at Bechukotainetziv.q.docx.

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Sourcesheet is here.  This recording and all my weekly parshah shiurim are also featured on the Yeshiva of Newark podcast.   

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This shiur was originally recorded for the Yeshiva of Newark podcast and is also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/13938.

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Sourcesheet is at WexHebEng3.docx

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Gosesyomiyyunmeks.3.docx

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Sourcesheet is at YIVayakhelshiur2021.docx

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Sourcesheet is at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jP_Z_RVHtpik8solz35Imxh0LSWEhXg2/view?usp=drive_web

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/medmetaphor1b_mek0.doc 

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Was 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

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Why does Avraham insist that Yitzchak marry back into the family and culture that G-d ordered him to leave behind?

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The 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.

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Provides philosophic and literary background, presents Rabbi Sacks', and discusses it in the context of Jewish tradition 

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Mekorot are at https://drive.google.com/file/d/15WWgYFo_NElbZyu8wz_qvtsKIMxNZlfn/view?usp=sharing 

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Center 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

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Rabbi Aryeh Klapper establishes halakhic categories of "undeadness" and develops their implications for end-of-life issues. 

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Sourceshhet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage8.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage7sternbuch.pdf

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Sourcesheer is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomkavannahmeks_2_3.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/triage_4_3.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomkavannahmeks_1.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage6rsza.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/triage_4_j1.pdf

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Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage3_2.pdf

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http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage2_1.pdf

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Sourcesheet at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage2_1.pdf

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The sourcesheet is here.  The next shiur will discuss the special case of kaddish derabannan.

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Also known as "Halakhic Man Enters the Matrix" - 

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If 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. 

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Part 3 of Halakhah: A User's Manual.

Part 2 is How is Halakhah Decided

Part 1 is How is Halakhah Organized

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Part 2 of Halakhah: A User'a Manual.  Part 1 is "How is Halakhah Organized?"

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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

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This is Part 1 of Halakhah: A User's Manual.

The sourcesheet is available here

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Rabbi 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

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The sourcesheet (Hebrew) is at here