KMTT - the Torah Podcast
Rabbanei Yeshivat Har Etzion · Yeshivat Har Etzion
Show overview
KMTT - the Torah Podcast has been publishing since 2005, and across the 21 years since has built a catalogue of 2,606 episodes. That works out to over 1400 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a several-times-a-week cadence.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 29 min and 37 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Religion & Spirituality show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 35 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2024, with 211 episodes published. Published by Yeshivat Har Etzion.
From the publisher
A 30-40 shiur on a Torah topic, every working day, from Yeshivat Har Etzion and the VBM.
Latest Episodes
View all 2,606 episodesChukat | Now Yiftach the Gil'adite was a mighty man of valour
Korach | 5786 | For the Lord will not forsake His people
Birkat Chatanim | More (or perhaps less) Than You Thought...
Shelach | The Children of Lot, The "Sin of the Spies" and Tish'a b'Av
Beha'alotekha | Sing and rejoice, o daughter of Zion
Naso | Shimson the Nazirite... Indeed?
Why is there a Mitzva to Learn Torah?
Ruth in Stereo: Mikra and Midrash
Geulat haShem: Redemption of a Name in Megilat Ruth
Bamidbar | "Say to your brothers Ammi?"
Yom Yerushalayim | Psalm 122 - "I rejoiced when they said to me"
Behar-Bechukotai | "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord"
Lag ba'Omer | What's Behind the Celebration?
Emor | "They shall enter into my sanctuary"
Emor | "ממחרת השבת" and the Calendar Controversy
Tazria-Metzora | The Unique Opportunity Afforded to the Metzora
Pesach | Miriam's Vital Role in the Redemption
Pesach | Miriam's Vital Role in the Redemption, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom Miriam is a somewhat difficult character to follow in the text; she is first presented anonymously, watching over her baby brother until he is safely brought back home to be nursed by their mother, then appears as the "prophetess, sister of Aharon" who intensifies the Song at the Sea - and then a seeming downfall at the incident of her slander of her brother and the attendant צרעת. But looking back at the nature of fraternal relations in Bereishit, we can discern a key role in her leadership as a sister to the political and spiritual leaders of the people and her role as both catalyst as well as beneficiary of fraternal loyalty - a role that helps this "first family of the nation" lead us from debased enslavement to noble sovereignty. This shiur was lovingly given in honor of the birth of our granddaughter, מרים תהילה, named for my mother, מרים בת יצחק ורבקה ז"ל, a true unifier and inspiration for all of her grandchildren. Source sheet >>
Vayikra | 5786 | "I am first and I am last"
Vayikra | 5786 | "I am first and I am last", by Rav Eli Weber Yeshayahu 43:21 - 44:23 Why do we offer korbanot?
Pekudei | 5786 | Then Shlomo assembled the elders of Yisrael
Pekudei | 5786 | Then Shlomo assembled the elders of Yisrael, by Rav Eli Weber The Inauguration of Beit Hamikdash. 1 Melakhim 7:51 - 8:1-21
Vayakhel | Shemot 35:3 and the Karaites
Vayakhel | Shemot 35:3 and the Karaites, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom What is development of the Karaite-Rabbanite dispute about fire on Shabbat? The opening passage of Parashat Vayakhel includes Moshe's reminder to observe Shabbat and a singular mention of the prohibition of kindling a fire on Shabbat - לא תבערו אש בכל מושבותיכם ביום השבת. This passage became the focal point of a near-millenium long dispute between the Karaites and the rabbinic community as is evidenced from the many comments found in rabbinic literature from the Middle Ages defending and staunchly arguing in favor of the lighting of Shabbat candles. This polemic may lie at the source of a part of Friday night Tefillot. Source sheet >>