Sep 30, 2025
Rav Soloveitchik on Teshuva (12): How To Free Ourselves from Our Fears, by Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Most people are beset by many fears: fear of dying, fear of poverty, fear of loneliness, etc. Surprisingly, if we internalize one specific - and big - fear of Heaven we can free ourselves from all of our other fears.
Sep 29, 2025
The Glory of "Teshuva Gedola", Shabbat Shuva 5786, derasha by Rav Moshe Taragin
Sep 17, 2025
Nitzavim | The Devarim "Revolution", by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
What are we to make of Moshe's "Teshuva speech" in Devarim 30:1-10? The "Parashat haTeshuva" (Devarim 30:1-10) seems to double back on itself, introducing Teshuva and then - introducing it again. Based loosely on a wonderful shiur by Rav Baruch Gigi,...
Sep 17, 2025
Sefer Yonah | Chapter 3, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
Why did the king of Nineveh respond so quickly and so forcefully to Yonah's declaration?
As we continue our study of Sefer Yonah, we note the many peculiarities of the narrative in chapter 3. In only 10 verses, it tells us of Yonah's immensely successful prophetic...
Sep 17, 2025
Sefer Yonah | Overview, Introduction and Chapter 1, by Rav Yitzchak Etshalom
In this opening shiur of a three-part series, we explore the historic background of both Yonah and the Assyrian Empire and its impending conquest of Samaria. We then analyze the first chapter of the story - Yonah on the boat - looking for...