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Kriyat Shema - The Second Chapter

2026/07/31

Dvar Halakha at Or Torah on 16 Menachem Av 5786 Why do we learn Halakha daily, and why specifically during bein hashemashot ? Divrei Halakha and Hashkafa related to the second parsha of Kriyat Shema

Finding Light When the House Goes Dark

2026/07/20

A Shiur for NILI Yarchei Kallah on Torat Chaim: Bringing Torah to Life's Greatest Challenges" at Congregation Or Torah on 5 Av 5786

Do We Wear Shabbat Clothes on Shabbat Chazon? And what if there is a Simcha During the 9 Days?

2026/07/17

משנכנס אב ממעטין בשמחה שו״ע או״ח תקנ״א:א Dvar Halakha 1 Av 5786

A Study in Darkness - Learning about the 3 Weeks as a Halakhic Obligation

2026/07/15

Why does the mishna in Masechet Taanit tell us the five reasons for each of Shiva Asar bTammuz and Tisha Bav ? The halakhic lesson of Rav YD Soloveitchik, and how learning about this time period fulfills Takanat Moshe. Dvar Halakha 29 Tamuz 5786

Seeing the Miracles From the Window of an Airforce Jet and at a Special Seder - On Yom Haatzmaut 5786

2026/04/22

Drasha at Congregation Or Torah on Leil Yom Haatzmaut, 5 Iyar 5786 - April 21, 2026 Click here for Rav Rimon's New Verses for Dayenu https://files.constantcontact.com/1bebfe4e101/0d49c354-93ec-4727-91d2-00a7719a71d7.pdf?rdr=true

The End of Haman A Shiur for Purim 5786

2026/03/02

The Four Kingdoms and the Seven Nations - and the role of Haman at the end... (Based on Pachad Yitzchak Purim 2)

May We Celebrate Purim This Year?

2026/03/02

The joy of Purim challenged by missile attacks on our brothers and sisters in Medinat Yisrael - may we celebrate Purim?

Al HaNisim Bazman Hazeh - Chanuka Shiur 5786

2025/12/15

l'ilui nishmat Chava Bracha bat Ben Zion Halevi z"l

Brito Shel Avraham Avinu and the Legacy of Rav Moshe Hauer ztl

2025/11/03

OU Daily Tehilim Chizuk Call of 12 Marcheshvan 5786 l'ilui nishmat Harav Moshe Yisrael ben Harav Binyamin zt'l

What Only Those in the Sea Can See - On Yom Haatzmaut 5785

2025/05/01

Drashat Leil Yom Haatzmaut 5785 at Or Torah

Tefilot & Nigunim To Remember - OT Yom Hashoa Commemoration 5785

2025/04/24

Or Torah commemorates Yom Hashoa, remembering the six million, HY'D.

Matza and the Machine - On Technology and Torah

2025/03/27

What is the nature of the mitzva of ushmartem et ha'matzot? What happened when a matza baking machine was invented? What meaning does this all have for us today? This guest shiur was delivered at Congregation KINS on 26 Adar 5785 - 03/25/25 as part of their Great Jewish Debates series.

May the Name of the God of Yaakov Protect Us on Chanuka

2024/12/23

The Chayalim of David Hamelech, the Chashmonaim, and of Tzahal all look to an earlier warrior who fought to defend Am Yisrael in Eretz Yisrael: Yaakov Avinu. From the OU Daily Tehilim Call on 23 Kislev 5785 / 12232024

Setting the Table and the Tefila for Pesach 5784

2024/04/22

How the Torah guides us to set up our table for Pesach - literal and spiritual- to enjoy it as a time of simcha, despite the difficulties of the moment. (Presented at Or Torah after Mincha on 14 Nisan.)

Seder Messages For This Year

2024/04/12

Themes and Divrei Torah for Pesach This Year