The Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel Plutchok

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Exploring Halacha and Minhag through the lens of history

R Yoel Pluchok


    • Feb 22, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 29m AVG DURATION
    • 230 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from The Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel Plutchok

    Should Sephardim Be Bound by Rabbeinu Gershom?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2026 29:44


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    The Astonishing Tale of Techiyas HaMeisim & a Purim Shailah

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2026 30:28


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    A Life-Altering Messy Divorce — Rabbeinu Gershom Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2026 29:26


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    Is Bribery Ever Allowed? A King, a Rabbi… and a Halachic Dilemma

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2026 31:08


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    Changing a Name: Who Can Do It—and When It Actually Helps

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2026 19:32


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    Keeping Secrets: The Cherem of Rabbeinu Gershom

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2026 29:59


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    From the Qumran Caves to Krias HaTorah: The Mysterious Role of Aseres HaDibros

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2026 32:13


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    The Maharsham and His Astonishing Memory

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2026 16:45


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    When Did Two Names Start?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2026 26:43


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    Can a Name Be Dangerous?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2026 27:08


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    History, Lashon Hara, and Where We Cross the Line

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2026 36:12


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    Bad Names, Bad Mazal?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2026 24:38


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    The Steinsaltz Episode: Is History Necessary?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2026 40:05


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    The Power of a Name: A Parent's Nevuah

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2026 30:02


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    The Name Debate: Rav Moshe Feinstein and the Maharam Schick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2026 24:31


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    The Rogatchover Gaon's Haskamah — Or Did He?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2026 31:04


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    The Gadol Who Didn't Wear a Yarmulka?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2026 26:17


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    Yarmulkas Explained: Why We Wear Yarmulkas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2026 26:49


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    Reb Yisroel's Idea — The ArtScroll Story Revisited

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2026 29:46


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    Heartbreaking Sacrifice and Steadfast Commitment: Jewish Soldiers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2026 24:11


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    Publicly Jewish in Dangerous Times

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2026 29:38


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    Should Translations Be Assur? — The Forgotten Fasts of the Tzadikim

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2025 30:56


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    Draft Evasion: Devastating Consequences

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2025 30:31


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    THE TZANZER ROV'S BOLD SOLUTION TO A KRIAS SHEMA CRISIS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2025 27:47


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    The Golden Menorah of the Mekubalim

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2025 25:29


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    Friendly Fire: A Halachic Analysis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2025 25:52


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    Is Kaddish Worth Fighting Over? – Halacha, History

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2025 28:31


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    Did Yehudis Save All the Jews? – Heroic Women & Chanukah

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2025 35:15


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    A Jewish Army & Chilul Shabbos — The Halachic Battlefield

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2025 35:06


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    The Satmar Rebbetzin's Hesped — Women at Levayos and Cemeteries

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 29:30


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    From the Sultan's Courts to Today: A Mamzer, a Shifcha, and the Secret Halachic Solution.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 27:43


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    Children at Risk: Is There Ever a Time Not to Have Children?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 27:52


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    Women of the Wall – The Legacy of Rashi's Daughters

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2025 31:01


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    Unmasking a Mamzer? The Halachic Blacklist

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2025 29:21


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    The Nusach Wars — Chasidim and Misnagdim Fight Over the Siddur

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2025 32:05


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    Are Bas Mitzvah Parties Catholic? The Halacha and the History

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2025 35:45


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    LIFE ON THE LINE

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2025 20:50


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    Did the Arizal Become the Rashash - Gilgul

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2025 23:28


    The Mechitzah Battles A fraught machlokes: Rav Moshe & Satmar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2025 31:36


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    Double Murder or Lifesaver? The Halachic Debate Behind Modern Heart Transplants

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2025 28:32


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    A Woman's Role in Shul Kaddish, Participation, and the Mesorah of the Beis Knesses

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2025 26:30


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    Halachically Sanctioned Murder?” — The Siamese-Twins Case and R. Moshe Feinstein's Ruling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2025 31:06


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    Nusach Ari - Yiddish, Ladino, and the Kabbalistic Nusach

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2025 29:34


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    “Bais Yaakov+” — Limud Iyun for Women

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2025 31:31


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    The Arizal: His Radiant Light and Its Mark on the Siddur

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2025 33:46


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    Reb Moshe's Stern Rebuke: Is Abortion Ever Mutter?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2025 34:51


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    Are Beis Yaakovs Asur? — Feminism in Halacha, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2025 36:55


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    The Tiny Siddur Tweak That Sparked a Storm

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2025 28:58


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    Are “Moroccan Esrogim” Really Esrogim?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 29:44


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    Why Chabad Doesn't Sleep in the Sukkah

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2025 27:11


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    The Great Esrog Debates — Chavivas HaMitzvos

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2025 30:23


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