YUTORAH: R' Hershel Schachter -- Recent Shiurim Schachter, Rabbi Hershel

Megillah Shiur#26 YCQ - Jun 4, 2024 - Why would a Jewish leader die before his time? Why does a tenai not work on a blessing or curse? Can one make a tenai on chalitza? How can a father's longevity negatively impact his children's status? Why would Yiztchak's brachos apply to Yaakov, if they were given to Yaakov by mistake? Why do we not wear tefillin all day long? Why did Rav Moshe paskin in Russia to say a blessing when placing tefillin, even before alos hashachar? What leniency applies in a beis midrash but not in a shul? How can a metzora get his thumbs sprinkled, if he is not permitted in to the temple? Can a wedding take place in a synagogue? Can a playroom be situated above a synagogue? What is the source of kedusha for a synagogue?

Megillah Shiur#25 YCQ - May 28, 2024 - How did certain rabbis acquire longevity? How many times per day are kohanim obligated in birchas kohanim? Does a kohen who recited birchas kohanim in his early musaf minyan, recite it again with a bracha, if drafted to a later musaf minyan? Are men holier than women? Why is there no birchas hamitzvah for birchas hamazon? Does one need to repeat kriyas shema, if one davened maariv early? How much of kriyas shema is biblical? How did Rav Chayim's inaugural shiur go at Volozin? Why were Malki Zedek's children not kohanim? How should one bless others? When can a kohen be mochel on getting the first aliya? Which laws apply to a beheima or chaya? Why, in chutz la'aretz, do we not give the zeroah, lechayim and keiva to kohanim? Are kohanim today considered safek kohanim because of no sefer yichus? Why do Jews not believe in the Christian idea of turning the other cheek? What is meant by Hashem being echad? What is unique with the final eight pasukim of the torah?

Megillah Shiur#24 YCQ - May 23, 2024 - Define biblical ribbis and rabbinic ribbis. How many levels of rabbinic ribbis are there? Is paying back a loan with interest incorporated in installments, biblical ribbis? Can one do a friend a favor, and charge way less than the interest of a bank, so that the friend can grow his business and become wealthy? Is one required to return the interest received? Are inheritors required to return the interest that their late father received? Can one be mekadesh a woman using the interest received from a loan? Why did the Rambam not include returning interest, in his 613 count? Can companies or societies charge interest? If one pledges to donate to a shul, can one back out? Who owns a shul? Is ribbis bein adam lamakom or bein adam lechaveiro? Why are the laws of ribbis in yoreh deah and not in choshen mishpat? Can one lend ribbis to a mumar? Does one need to return the lost object of a mumar? Why did the maskilim praise the Vilna Gaon as open minded? Why are there so many convoluted cases of ribbis in perek eizehu neshech? What is the theme of the sugya asking rabbis- in what merit did you live a long life? Should one have a mission in life? Should one choose one mitzva to excel in?

Katz Kollel Kiddushin 77b-78a: ליקוטי עניינים - May 22, 2024 -

Megillah Shiur#23 YCQ - May 14, 2024 - Define yachid and rabim in regards to charity, oaths, and nedarim? How can a girl be a orphan while her father is alive? Define meisis and mediach. How was Yehoshua fooled? When can a worker quit mid work? Can a rebbi quit mid semester? How can one make something hefker? Define public owned. Was the kohen who burned the red heifer totally tahor? When can kohanim eat trumah? Can humans be as holy as Hashem? Does the torah quote individuals verbatim? Are shemita fruits hefker on their own? Can a person violate bal yeraeh chametz on someone else's chametz or on chametz shel hefker? Can one be podeh the birds of a metzorah? What are the four types of ribis?

Megillah Shiur#22 YCQ - May 8, 2024 - Define chumash? How many times did the Rav make a siyum? Why are there multiple gradations of holiness? Is kedushas beis keneses biblical? Which objects that when sold, transfer it's properties to the money? Is there a difference in law, between a sefer torah owned by a synagogue versus privately owned? Is the violation of taking interest bein adam lamakom or bein adam l'chaveiro? Why would a beis midrash be holier than a shul? Why are bimahs elevated in shuls but not in batei midrashim? Why should one lain the haftorah from a klaf? Define oath taken in public? Can a potential employee back out of an agreement with a shul board?