Ohr Torah Stone: Torah For Our Time

This week's shiur, "Can Teshuva Ever Be Authentic? Do People Really Change?" – A conversation with Rabbi Shlomo Vilk, Rosh Yeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone's Robert M. Beren Yeshivat Hesder Machanaim, and Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes, Director of OTS's International Halakhic Scholars Program. https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, "What Are the Next Glass Ceilings for Women in Orthodoxy?" – A Conversation with Rabbanit Devorah Evron, Director of Ohr Torah Stone's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership at Midreshet Lindenbaum, Rabbanit Sally Mayer, Rosh Midrasha of Ohr Torah Stone's Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program at Midreshet Lindenbaum, and moderated by Judy Hecht Berman, Director of the Global New Business Intake and Information Management department at the international law firm of Shearman & Sterling LL. https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, "LGBTQ Jews and the Orthodox Community: Where Things Stand and Where They're Going" – A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, Dr. Michelle Friedman, Dr. Tuvia Peri, Rachael Fried, and Yitzi Lindenbaum. https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, "Why a Jewish State? Rav Kook and Rav Soloveitchik on Religious Zionism and Modern Orthodoxy" – A Conversation with with Rabbi Dr. Yehudah Mirsky, Professor, Brandeis University Rabbanit Mali Brofsky, Educator and Alumna, Midreshet Lindenbaum Moderator: MK Tehilla Friedman, Attorney, Social Activist, and Alumna, Midreshet Lindenbaum. https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

"This Night CAN be Different -- Transforming Ritual into Inspiration" - with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President and Rosh Yeshiva, Ohr Torah Stone Marc Gerson, Chairman United Hatzalah, Entrepreneur and Author Rabbanit Yael Nitzanim, Fellow at Ohr Torah Stone's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, Presidents and Prime Ministers: The Role of Morality in Leadership” – A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President and Rosh Yeshiva, Ohr Torah Stone and William Daroff, CEO Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, moderated by Miriam L. Wallach, General Manager Nachum Segal Network. https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, "V'Chai Bahem: Halakhic Aspects of Vaccinating," was delivered by Rabbanit Dr. Hannah Hashkes, a fellow in OTS's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL). https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, “Chanukah and COVID-19: Spiritual Responses to the Challenges of the Pandemic” was delivered by Rabbi David Brofsky, author and senior lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum's Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program. https://ots.org.il/torah-insights/torah-for-our-time/

This week's shiur, “Why is the Miracle of the Oil Such a Big Deal? Shedding Light on Why We Light on Chanukah” was delivered by Rabbanit Dena Freundlich Rock, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum's Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program

This week's shiur, “Esau Loves Yaakov: Sibling Reconciliation in the Torah and in the Present” was delivered by Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, Director of OTS's Blickle Institute for Interfaith Dialogue and Beit Midrash for Judaism and Humanity.

This week's shiur, “Yaakov's Neder in Crisis: An Example for the Generations?” was delivered by Rabbanit Yaffa Aranoff, Fellow in OTS's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL).

This week's shiur, “What Kind of Persona Are You? Why the Disputes of Beit Hillel and Shammai Matter”, was delivered by Rabbanit Chamutal Shoval, Fellow in OTS's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL).

This week's shiur, “Ask the Rabbi: Halakha and Mental Health Issues in the COVID-19 Era”, was delivered by Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

This week's shiur, “Jewish Mindfulness: The Messages in the B'rachot we Make”, was delivered by Rabbanit Avigayil Unterberg Nouriel, a fellow in OTS's Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership.

This week's shiur, “After the Apocalypse: Lessons from Noah”, was delivered by Rabbi Alex Israel, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum's Maria and Joel Finkle Overseas Program. Click here to download sources

This week's shiur, “Yom Ha'Kippurim: A Day Hallowed in Fear or Honored in Joy?”, was delivered by Rabbi Dr. Kenneth Brander, President and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone. Click here to download sources

This week's shiur, “Celebration & Trepidation: Rosh Hashanah With and Without the Sounds of the Shofar”, was delivered by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement for the OTS Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Programs. Click here to download sources

This week's shiur, “On Rosh Hashana Our Fate is Inscribed and on Yom Kippur it is Sealed: What Does this Mean?”, was delivered by Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, OTS founder, Chancellor Emeritus and Rosh HaYeshiva.

This week's shiur, “When All Hope Was Lost: Jeremiah's Lament”, was delivered by Rabbanit Rivky Krestt, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

This week's shiur, “The Warnings of Jeremiah: Have Jewish Organizations Strayed from their Mission?”,” was delivered by Rabbi Menachem Leibtag, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

This week's shiur, “Gratitude in the Midst of COVID-19,” was delivered by Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, Senior Faculty member (Ra”m) at Midreshet Lindenbaum.

This week's shiur, “Light Through the Darkness: Teachings for Today from Reb Zadok of Lublin,” was delivered by Rabbanit Dr. Jennie Rosenfeld, graduate of the Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL)

This week's shiur, “Who's Afraid of Biblical Criticism,” was delivered by Rabbi Yoni Rosensweig, Senior Lecturer at Midreshet Lindenbaum

This week's shiur, “Navigating the Halakhic Challenges of a ‘Corona Wedding'” was delivered by Rabbanit Yael Nitzanim, fellow at the Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership (WIHL)

This week's shiur, “Considerations of Right and Wrong: Principles of Fertility Ethics” was delivered by Rabbi Shlomo Vilk, Rosh Yeshiva of the Robert M. Beren Machanaim Hesder Yeshiva, and a member of the Israel Fertility Association's Board of Ethics.

This week's shiur, “Faith in the Darkness: Finding Hope in a Time of Incomplete Redemption” is delivered by Rabbi Chaim Kanterovich, OTS' Senior Rabbinic International Educator, and Director of the OMEK Program

This week's shiur, “Jerusalem the Golden: The Religious Revolution of Shlomo HaMelech,” is delivered by Rabbanit Nomi Berman, Rosh Beit Midrash of Midreshet Lindenbaum.

This week's shiur, “The Sanctity of a Land and the Sanctity of a City: Thoughts for Yom Yerushalayim” is delivered by Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Riskin, Founder, Chancellor Emeritus and Rosh HaYeshiva of Ohr Torah Stone.

This week's shiur, “Merits and Protection of Am Yisrael,” is delivered by Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis, a Fellow at the Susi Bradfield Women's Institute of Halakhic Leadership.

This week's shiur, “Medinat Yisrael – Then and Now,” is delivered by Rabbi David Brofsky, Senior Faculty Member (Ra'm) at Midreshet Lindenbaum.