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

The Migrant Crisis Meets Gezel HaGer - Jun 14, 2024 - Derashah for Parshat Naso 5784. Judaism can be insular and off-putting for outsiders, including those who convert. But Gezel haGer reminds us that Hashem is the protector of gerim, and they have a claim upon our hearts. Also, we need to learn from gerim.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 15: 5:6-13 - Nechemiah, Releaser of Debts - Jun 14, 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. Nechemiah compels Jewish lenders to release the debts owed to them - including his own loans to others?

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 14: 5:1-5 - Abuse by the 1% - Jun 11, 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. Nechemiah learns that Jews are oppressing other Jews financially, and he is outraged.

Helping a Nation of Bitter Naomis - Jun 10, 2024 - Derashah for Shavuot 5784. Why Naomi refuses help and refuses to act for herself, and how Boaz's chesed enables Naomi to take charge. Relevant in our own time of grief and sense of unworthiness.

Nechemiah Mini-Shiur Part 13: 4:9-17 - Defense Strategies - Jun 10, 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. Nechemiah's system for defending the walls of Jerusalem during the construction project.

Fourteen Centuries #21: After the Gaonim - Jun 9, 2024 - An orientation to where Jews lived at the conclusion of the gemara, and introducing the Savoraim. What led to the decline of the yeshivot and the rise of independent Torah centers outside of Bavel?