YUTORAH: R' Mordechai Torczyner -- Recent Shiurim

Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 13: 3:7 - Why Lebanese Cedar? And the Double Succot - Apr 9, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Why did the Jews bring cedar, and cedar wood artisans, from Lebanon? And why is the story of the first Succot in their new land recorded both here and in Nechemiah 7-8 - or is it?

Medical Halachah: Updating the Determination of Death - Apr 8, 2024 - Doctors in Canada and the US are updating their definitions of death, to focus on brainstem death and to accept "permanent" rather than "irreversible" cessation of function (paving the way for "partial resurrection" for organ donation). How would Halachah view these changes?

Medical Treatment on Shabbat II #23: Diabetes Care, Part 1 - Apr 8, 2024 - Explaining the medical science of diabetes, and looking at testing blood sugar and injecting insulin on Shabbat.

Ezra Mini-Shiur Part 12: 3:3-6 - The First Succot - Apr 8, 2024 - A daily mini-shiur on the book of Ezra, in the merit of the soldiers of the IDF, as well as the hostages and the wounded. Two more reasons why the Jews did not make a beeline for Jerusalem, and the first Succot of the second Beit haMikdash.

Fourteen Centuries #16: Rav Hai Gaon, Part 1 - Apr 7, 2024 - Overview of Rav Hai Gaon's broad impact on every aspect of Torah. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.