In the Beis at Yeshivat Orayta
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Rav Yitzchak Blau - Self Incrimination in Jewish Law
Rav Yitzchak Blau - Radical Skepticism
Rav Yitzchak Blau - Why Are There No Mitzvot on Shavuot?
Rabbi Yitzchak Blau- Did the Avot Keep the Torah?
Rabbi David Aaron - The Kabbalah of Purpose
Rav Blau- Ethics and Halakha
Ep 155Rav Blau - Hallel [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 154Rav Gavriel - Tzafun [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 153Rav Judah - Maror, Korech, Shulchan Orech [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 152Rav Binny Davis - Motzi Matza [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 151Rabbi Aaron - V’hi She’amda [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 150Rav Binny - The Four Sons [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 149Rav Moish - Dayenu & Hakarat Hatov [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 149Rav Josh - Arami Oved Avi [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 148Rav Dovid - The Mystery of the Bikurim [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 147Rav Dovid’l - Avadim Hayinu [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 146Rav Noam - Ma Nishtana [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 145Rav Adi - Karpas [Getting Ready for the Seder]
Chodesh tov! We’re excited to share insights into the Haggadah from our staff as we prepare for Seder night.
Ep 144Rav Yitzchak Blau - The Relationship Between Shabbat and the Mishkan
R' Blau gives a parsha shiur for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.Chapters:
Ep 143Rav Yitzchak Blau - Can We Control Emotions?
Ep 142Rav Yitzchak Blau - Women and Judaism Part 2
Ep 141Rav Yitzchak Blau - Five Themes in Megillat Esther
Rav Blau gives a shiur just in time for megillah reading. Chag purim sameach!
Ep 140Rav Moish Kornblum - Vashti, Zeresh and Esther: The Women of the Megilla, A Profile of Differences
R' Moish gives a shiur in advance of Purim for Illuminate, Orayta's adult virtual beit midrash.
Ep 139Rabbi David Aaron - Living a Joyous Life
Rabbi Aaron gives a shiur in advance of Purim for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.
Ep 138Rav Yitzchak Blau - Women in Judaism
Ep 137Rav Dovid'l Weinberg - Three Things that Reveal Who You Are on Purim
R' Dovid'l gives a shiur in advance of Purim for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.
Ep 136Rav Yitzchak Blau - The Power and Beauty of Prohibitions
Ep 135Rav Binny Davis - Why Are We So Grateful if Hashem Sent Us Down to Egypt to Be Slaves?
R' Binny Davis gives a shiur for Illuminate, Orayta's adult virtual beit midrash.
Ep 134Rav Yitzchak Blau - Is the Monarchy a Mitzvah?
Ep 133Rav Josh Botwinick - A Tale of Two Benchings: Why Birkat Hamazon Isn’t About The Food
R' Josh gives a shiur on Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.
Ep 132Rav Gavriel Singer - The Halachos of Coffee
Shiur for alumni back in yeshiva this winter break, January 2026.
Ep 131Rav Moish Kornblum - Why Do We Call Moshe, Rabbeinu?
R' Moish gives a shiur on parsha for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.
Ep 130Rav Binny Freedman - K’Heref Ayin: Just One Moment
Shiur for alumni back in yeshiva this winter break, January 2026.
Ep 129Rav Noam Himelstein - Shemot: From Family to Nation
R' Noam gives a shiur on parsha for Illuminate, Orayta's adult virtual beit midrash.
Ep 128Rav Noam Himelstein - The Mitzvah of Yibum vs. the Story of Yibum in Bereshit: The Torah’s Chiddush
Shiur for alumni back in yeshiva this winter break, January 2026.
Ep 127Rav Dovid’l Weinberg - How to Learn Gemara Like a Lamdan, a Halakhist, a Chassid, and a Mystic
Shiur for alumni back in yeshiva this winter break, January 2026.
Ep 126Rav Adi Krohn - A Look Ahead to Sefer Shemot: Transition and Transformation
R' Adi gives a parsha shiur for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.
Ep 125Rav David Silverstein - A Brief Thought on Maoz Tzur, Today
Ep 124Rabbi David Aaron - Life in the Light of Chanukah
Rabbi Aaron gives a shiur to help us prepare for Chanukah on Illuminate, Orayta's adult virtual beit midrash.
Ep 123Rav Yitzchak Blau - Rav Kook on Character Growth
Ep 122Rav David Silverstein - Why Did Chazal See Eisav as Such a Bad Person?
R' Dovid gives a parsha shiur for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual beit midrash.
Ep 121Rebbe Panel Discussion - Divine Providence
Ep 120Rav Yitzchak Blau - Does Judaism Believe in Demons?
Ep 119Rav Adi Krohn - Yaakov, Man of Truth?
R' Adi gives a shiur on Parashat Toldot for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash.
Ep 118Rav Gavriel Singer - Laws of Interest Pt. 1
Ep 117Rav Yitzchak Blau - The Clash Between Peace and Truth
Ep 116Rav Yitzchak Blau - Justifying Belief
R' Blau gives a shiur on the 5786 Desert retreat.
Ep 115Rav Josh Botwinick - Parashat Vayera
Meet R' Josh Botwinick, the newest addition to Orayta's staff! R' Josh gives a shiur for Illuminate, Orayta's adult virtual beit midrash.
Ep 114Rav Yitzchak Blau - A Jewish Sexual Ethic [Issues in Jewish Thought]
Ep 113Rav Yitzchak Blau - Was the Tower of Bavel a Sinful Endeavor?
R' Blau gives a shiur for Illuminate, Orayta's virtual adult beit midrash, as part of our new 'Parshiot' series.