We discuss the various stages that one goes through in life. It’s important to accept them. There are physical and spiritual thresholds of development that we pass as we live. We strive to grow in each of these moments in time. This class was given at a private home on 11/2/25.
This is a throwback episode given on 10/26/08 at the Phoenix Community Kollel.
We explain the Gemara in Avodah Zara (19a) that a person should always study what they desire. This is a rendition of a class given at the HaTurim Congregation on Shemini Atzeres 5786.
We discus the essence of Moshe’s name and its significance.
This Drasha was given at the Ohr HaTorah Congregation of Phoenix, Arizona on Yom Kippur. We discuss the greatness of the Jewish people and their continuity.
Throwback episode. This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 9/1/10.
We discuss the meaning of us being created in the Image of God as a simile. Just as Hashem is the Actor of and upon the world so to we are actors in the world. It is God’s will that we should know this fact and embrace it. We then use the plot of A Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde as an analogy to this idea. This class was given at a private home on 9/14/25.
Throwback episode. We relate three responses regarding the issue of the Safer Torah being burnt or destroyed. This class was given at Ahavas Torah of Scottdale on 8/26/10.
Throwback episode given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 9/7/11.
This was an in-depth analysis of the relationship between rov and chazakah. We explained the Shev Shmattah’s probe on whether a rov can be used in place of chazakah when there are two diametrically opposed testimonies from two sets of witnesses. This was a holiday iyun shiur at the Sha’arei Tefilah Congregation in Lawrence, NY on Labor Day 2025.
This is was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 8/24/11.
We spoke about the basics of many interesting Torah issues. It was recorded on 7/10/25.
We discuss a seeming contradiction in the Maharal’s writings regarding women’s spiritual proclivities. This call was given at the Ohr HaTorah Congregation of Phoenix on 8/6/25.
Retro episode 7-21-10
This class was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 7/25/12
We discuss how Judaism is under attack on all fronts from the Talmud, the Yeshiva world, Israelis and Jews in general. The author of the Kinna is forming a parable to the city of Jerusalem being a woman distraught and crying over her travails propagating a profanations of God’s name. We discuss how as a people we are ready for God’s Name to be sanctified and that we are unified . To signify that unification we sing this kinna together.
Throwback episode of a class that was given at the Phoenix Community Kollel on 7-23-08. It deals with the laws of immersion of vessels.
Speech at our son’s Sheva Brachos in Lakewood, NJ on 6/3/25.
My speech at the Phoenix Community Kollel 25th Anniversary celebration. We discuss how Torah learning has a metaphysical power to transform not only on a cosmic but also on a communal level. These remarks were delivered at the PJCC (Phoenix Jewish Community Center) on 5/25/25.
We discuss how Hashem is orchestrates not only the salvation but also the tribulation. This class was given at the Ohr HaTorah Congregation of Phoenix on 5/15/25.