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

Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 43: 10:3-4 - Matrilineal Descent? - May 22, 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 didn't Ezra promote conversion for the non-Jewish women who married Jewish men? And why did Ezra remove the children of those marriages, but not of marriages of Jewish women and non-Jewish men?

Bava Metzia 83 - May 21, 2024 - Exaggeration, liability for workplace accidents, Lifnim mishurat hadin, working hours, policing Jews on behalf of the government and much more!

Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 42: 10:1-4 - Shechanyah to the Rescue - May 20, 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. Shechanyah ben Yechiel urges Ezra to act!

Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 41: 9:8-15 - Ezra's Prayer, Part 2 - May 20, 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. The rest of Ezra's prayer to Hashem, upon hearing the news of Jewish intermarriage.

"I Seek My Brethren": Dealing with Pro-Palestinian Jews - May 19, 2024 - How do we deal with Jews who are pro-Palestinian, especially if they are friends or family members? Are we aggressive because they are endangering the Jewish community? Are we supportive because we endorse their compassion? Or a third approach, based on an idea of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein?

Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 40: 9:3-7 - First Reaction - May 16, 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. Ezra's initial reaction to news of Jewish men marrying non-Jewish women - rites of avelut, and admitting guilt before Hashem.