Feb 21, 2024
On the Importance of Friendship, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Torah sources supporting the "secular" roles of friendship, as well as the "religious" benefits. Bookended by two mishnayot in Pirkei Avot.
A shiur in practical halakha given at Kehillat Haela, Ramat Beit Shemesh.
Nov 17, 2022
Rabbenu Yonah's Four Kitot 4: Moshav Leitzim in Avot and Shulchan Arukh, by Rav Gidon Rothstein
A further way to understand leitzim in general, from Pirkei Avot and the Shulchan Arukh.
Jun 10, 2020
Pirkei Avot 7 - "Pas B'Melach Tochal" - Is Money Really Incompatible with Torah? (Avos 6:4), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
This shiur was initially given gearing up to Shavuot.
May 11, 2020
Pirkei Avot 6 - How Should We Relate to Money? (Avot 5:10), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
What should our attitude towards money be? The mishna outlines and evaluates 4 different approaches, ranging from extremely generous to extremely stingy and everything in between.
May 4, 2020
Pirkei Avot 5 - The Reward for a Mitzva is a Mitzva - Really? (Avot 4:2), by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
In what way is a mitzva the reward for doing a mitzva? And how does that relate to the idea of "mitzva goreret mitzva"?