YUTORAH: R' Mordechai Torczyner -- Recent Shiurim Torczyner, Rabbi Mordechai

Makkot 8a-8b - Jun 25, 2024 - Overview of the roles of a goel hadam; going to the ir miklat for murder committed in pursuit of a mitzvah; and more.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 24: 7:72 - Wrapping up the census - Jun 25, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Last notes on the census discrepancies, and introducing a new problem: Tishrei.

Medical Ethics: Genetic Screening - Jun 24, 2024 - This was meant to be a session on Genetic Screening and Intervention, but we ran out of time for the Intervention. Discussion was about whether genetic screening is prohibited, permitted, or required, and about what to do with the information from genetic screening.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 23: 7:6-68 - Why is this list different? - Jun 24, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Four approaches to the question of why Nechemiah's list of olim in Nechemiah 7, which says it's the original list from Ezra 2, is different from that original list.

Fourteen Centuries #22: Rabbi Moshe ben Klonymus - Jun 23, 2024 - Introducing the 10th century Italian Jewish community, with Rav Moshe ben Klonymus, who moved from Lombard to Germany. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 22: 7:4-7 - The Challenge of Jerusalem - Jun 23, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Why don't people want to live in Jerusalem?