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Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot - Parasha and Parshanut

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Rabbi Helfgot's Parasha Shiur

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Each week Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot will explore the parsha through the medieval commentaries including, but not limited to, Rashi, Ramban and Ibn Ezra. This class is a part of a larger cycle whose theme will change annually to include literary and modern ways to look at the parasha.

Rabbi Linzer's Halakha Shiur

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These Yoreh Deah shiurim are the twice weekly shiurim that R. Linzer delivers to the smicha students during their Yoreh Deah year.  The shiurim cover the area of Kashrut, both theoretically and practically,  The first set of shiurim covers Yoreh Deah, simanim 98-110, and addresses the fundamentals of bittul (nullification), dvarim chashuvim (important objects) and other exceptions to bittul, ta'am (taste), ta'am lifgam (bad taste),  kelim (the use of vessels), and conditions for the transfer of taste.  The second set covers Yoreh Deah, simanim 87-97, and addresses the basics of meat and milk, rabbinic safeguards (e.g., the waiting period), nat bar nat (derivatives of permitted taste), davar charif (sharp objects), transfer through steam and smell, and a host of practical applications, such as sinks, dishwashers, ovens, and microwaves.  The final set of shiurim address a range of practical issues in kashrut including: tvilat kelim, kashering in general and kashering for Pesach, food products and medicines on Pesach, pat, gevina, and bishul nakhri (bread, cheese, and other food products cooked by non-Jews), and finally issues regarding hashgacha of restaurants and the production of food.  All topics are covered through a study of the sugyot in the Gemara, the rishonim, Shulkhan Arukh and its commentators, and traditional and contemporary responsa.

Rabbi Katz's Minchat Chinuch Shiur

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This weekly course explores Minchat Chinuch's perspective on the analytical aspects of various mitzvot. While the primary focus of the class is the Sefer Minchat Chinuch written by Yosef Ben Moshe Babad (1800-1874), opinions of other Achronim are also studied.

Challenges of Modern Orthodoxy - Rabbi Dov Linzer

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This class explores the challenges that modernity and post-modernism present to Orthodox Judaism and the ways these challenges have been and can be addressed.  Topics include: historical responses to modernity, the nature of rabbinic authority, the role of values and public policy in halakha, faith and reason, feminism, and spirituality.  We feature selected lectures from this year-long course taught by Rabbi Dov Linzer, Rosh HaYeshiva and Dean of YCT.