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YUTORAH: R" Mordechai Torczyner -- Recent Shiurim

Torczyner, Rabbi Mordechai

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7:21

Simchat Torah, October 7, and the Jew Who Starts Again

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2026/09/29

Simchat Torah, October 7, and the Jew Who Starts Again - Sep 29, 2026 - Derashah for Shemini Atzeret 5787. Dealing with the third yahrtzeit of October 7th and the monotony of the bad news, by learning from the way we start from Bereishit each Simchat Torah.

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9:30

Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Akiva on a Succot Cruise

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2026/09/24

Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Akiva on a Succot Cruise - Sep 24, 2026 - Derashah for the beginning of Succot 5787. How do we understand the debate of Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Akiva about building a succah on a ship? Is it about the definition of a succah and meaning of Succot? Or is it about their different approaches to dealing with Rome (and today's anti-semitism)?

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7:15

Yom Kippur and Nikanor's Missing Door

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2026/09/20

Yom Kippur and Nikanor's Missing Door - Sep 20, 2026 - Derashah for Kol Nidrei on Yom Kippur 5787. Chizuk from the miracle of Nikanor's Gate, which becomes the entrance for metzoraim to purify themselves.

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11:37

Yom Kippur and $100,000 Worth of Empathy

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2026/09/18

Yom Kippur and $100,000 Worth of Empathy - Sep 18, 2026 - Derashah for Yizkor on Yom Kippur 5787. The pain of abandonment, our halachic duty of empathy, and the prescription of the baalei mussar for achieving it.

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58:38

Ahavat Hashem, Ahavat Yisrael: 100 Ways to Fall in Love

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2026/09/15

Ahavat Hashem, Ahavat Yisrael: 100 Ways to Fall in Love - Sep 15, 2026 - Shabbat Shuvah Derashah 5787. Using the mitzvah of 100 berachot to build a narrative that Hashem and other people are on my side and trying to help me, to enable love for them and to avoid falling into the trap of nirganut in which we see others' actions and speech in negative ways.

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11:10

Rosh Hashanah: A Day of Divine Vulnerability?

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2026/09/08

Rosh Hashanah: A Day of Divine Vulnerability? - Sep 8, 2026 - Derashah for Rosh Hashanah 5787. The teruah cry of the shofar as a blend of our cry and Hashem's cry. How should this shape our Rosh Hashanah davening?Based on Rav Klonymus Kalman Shapira, and SY Agnon's 1947 Petichah leKaddish for members of the Jewish Underground killed by the British (which is based on Rav Simcha Bunim of Peshischa).

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25:21

The Kabbalist’s Teshuvah: A Unique Partnership with...

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2026/09/05

The Kabbalist’s Teshuvah: A Unique Partnership with Hashem - Sep 5, 2026 - The Ari z”l’s tefillah for Hashem to accept a third party’s teshuvah, and how that developed into a tefillah for Hashem to “help” someone do teshuvah. How does this fit with free will? What is the basis for asking Hashem to help with someone else’s teshuvah?

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14:15

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 190: 22:6-8 - Shaul moves...

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2026/09/04

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 190: 22:6-8 - Shaul moves from jealousy to fear - Sep 4, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Dovid moves into Yehudah, leading to Shaul's fear of him - and the destruction of Nov. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

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5:25

Becoming a Gavra Rabbah

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2026/09/03

Becoming a Gavra Rabbah - Sep 3, 2026 - Derashah for Parshiyot Netzavim-Vayelech 5786. The Ostrovtzer's explanation of a גברא רבה as someone who looks out for others. The Netziv on the role of each individual in Klal Yisrael.

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12:04

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 189: 22:5 - Why does Hashem...

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2026/09/03

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 189: 22:5 - Why does Hashem want Dovid in Yehudah? - Sep 3, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. The prophet Gad tells Dovid to move from Moav to Yehudah. Why? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

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25:27

Early American Rabbis - Brave and Bold: Rabbi Avraham...

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2026/09/02

Early American Rabbis - Brave and Bold: Rabbi Avraham Yudelovitch, Part 2 - Sep 2, 2026 - Concluding an "America 250" series on the Torah of early American rabbis. Thoughts on derashah content, a sample derashah, and a teshuvah on above-ground burial (mausoleum) by the remarkably prolific Rav Avraham Aharon Yudelevitch. Part 2 of 2.

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45:16

Megillah 15a-b

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2026/09/01

Megillah 15a-b - Sep 1, 2026 - Derashot on the fifth perek of Megillat Esther.

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9:43

Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #73 - Davening...

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2026/09/01

Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #73 - Davening for the Terminally or Chronically Ill - Sep 1, 2026 - A weekly 5-10 minute Medical Halachah Whatsapp. This installment: How should one daven for people when doctors say they are unable to heal them? Note: Please consult your doctor for medical advice, and your halachic authority for halachic advice. To sign up for the whatsapp go to http://tiny.cc/wamedical

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13:25

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 188: 22:1-4 - Dovid's...

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2026/09/01

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 188: 22:1-4 - Dovid's Rabble? Aid from Moav? - Sep 1, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Why does the text describe the socioeconomic status of Dovid's allies? And is Dovid really seeking aid from Moav? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

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31:08

Yehoshua #25: 6:21-25 - Yericho in Ruins, Rachav...

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2026/08/31

Yehoshua #25: 6:21-25 - Yericho in Ruins, Rachav Saved, Yehoshua in Trouble? - Aug 31, 2026 - If Yehoshua was the one to ban the spoils of Yericho, was that a bad decision? And was marrying Rachav a bad decision?

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43:11

Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, Perek 3

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2026/08/30

Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, Perek 3 - Aug 30, 2026 - A basic read-and-translate of the third chapter of the Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, as an aid for our shul's Hilchot Teshuvah siyum.

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12:23

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 187: 22:1-4 - Awkward Allies

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2026/08/30

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 187: 22:1-4 - Awkward Allies - Aug 30, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Dovid gains allies: Miserable people, and Moav? To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

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32:24

Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, Perek 2

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2026/08/28

Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, Perek 2 - Aug 28, 2026 - A basic read-and-translate of the second chapter of the Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, as an aid for our shul's Hilchot Teshuvah siyum.

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11:04

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 186: 21:13-16 - Dovid;s...

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2026/08/28

Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 186: 21:13-16 - Dovid;s further descent - Aug 28, 2026 - A daily mini-shiur delivered via Whatsapp, on the book of Shemuel, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF. Dovid pretends to be insane, to save his life among the Plishtim. To join the Whatsapp, go to http://tiny.cc/washemuel

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16:51

Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, Perek 1

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2026/08/27

Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, Perek 1 - Aug 27, 2026 - A basic read-and-translate of the first chapter of the Rambam's Hilchot Teshuvah, as an aid for our shul's Hilchot Teshuvah siyum.

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