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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

Mission Day 1 - Sowing with Tears in Tel Aviv

2024/02/13

Our tefila that Hashem bring back those in captivity -- and the abiding faith despite the anxiety

Mission Day 1 - Harvesting with Joy in the Fields Outside Rishon

2024/02/13

How farming in Eretz Yisrael can be holy work

Mission First Night - This Forgotten Day in Jewish History

2024/02/12

3 Adar is an important, if overlooked day for our moment.

P Mishpatim - We Will Do, We Will Hear--and We Will Win

2024/02/09

שמות פרק כד, ז (ז) וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְקֹוָק נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע:

פ משפטים תשפד - נעשה ונשמע וננצח

2024/02/09

P Yitro - Telling Our Story Through Hard Times

2024/02/02

שמות פרק יח, ח-ט (ח) וַיְסַפֵּר מֹשֶׁה לְחֹתְנוֹ אֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְקֹוָק לְפַרְעֹה וּלְמִצְרַיִם עַל אוֹדֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל אֵת כָּל הַתְּלָאָה אֲשֶׁר מְצָאָתַם בַּדֶּרֶךְ וַיַּצִּלֵם יְקֹוָק: (ט) וַיִּחַדְּ יִתְרוֹ עַל כָּל הַטּוֹבָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְקֹוָק לְיִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִצִּילוֹ מִיַּד מִצְרָיִם:

Jumping Into a Sea of Challenge - Magen David Adom at Or Torah

2024/01/26

Joel Gorenstein and Dr. Shafir Botner share reflections about their work in Eretz Yisrael, and descrive the ongoing, lifesaving efforts of Magen David Adom under incredibly challenging circumstances