The Sunday Shiur By Rabbi Yoel Plutchok

Exploring Halacha and Minhag through the lens of history

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Episodes

Sunday Jan 28, 2024

The Brisker Rov’s exemption
Practical or religious expression
 
 

Tuesday Jan 23, 2024

The publishing of the אבני מילוים: The מגיד saves the day 
The optimal time to prepare for shabbos 
Erev shabbos all week 
The Satmar Rebbe’s challah instructions

Sunday Jan 21, 2024

The Turkish Dunmeh and their messianic interpretation
Eating a Esrog or davening for a esrog

Wednesday Jan 17, 2024

Shabbos the protector 
The Chazon Ish’s surprising critique 
Are we causing more chillul shabos 
Fighting for our survival

Sunday Jan 14, 2024

The lawsuit of the Agudas Chassidei Chabad and the purchase of 770 
 
The controversial pillaging of the library, the Rebbe goes public, and the ensuing legal proceedings 
 
Sentimental value in Choshen Mishpat 
 
The legendary healing powers of the Sar Shalom's hands
 
Analyzing the dilemma of purchasing holy artifacts

Sunday Jan 07, 2024

The streimel that sold for 1.8 Million dollars 
 
The Chazon ish, the Steipler, R Aryeh Levin, and R’ Elyashiv: the origin story behind R Chaim’s streimel 
 
Reb yehuda Hanasi’s plea to marry R Elazar Ben R Shimon’s widow 
 
Retiring the artifacts of great people
 
“Chassidishe Genievus”: R shlomo Bobever’s story about the Baal Hatanya’s attempted Murder
 
The Tenke rebbe and R Chaim’s gartel swap
 
“Maklei shel R Meir”: The mikor from the Yerushalmi and many other Talmudic sources
 
The Satmer rebbe’s final request: The obsession with the Divrei Chaim’s possessions
 
The Vietzner Rav’s incredible survival of the holocaust and the Yitav Leiv’s Attarah
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Wednesday Jan 03, 2024

Is fasting the only way?
Are there special aveiros that Shovavim is supposed to address?
Limud HaTorah

Sunday Dec 31, 2023

Jello - The conservative hill to die on 
 
Woman shaving their heads - the origin story of Vaad Arba Hareutzus and their consequential psakim 
 
The Hechsherim in halacha: Charting the progression from Meikel to Machmir
 
Eretz Yisroel in the modern day: R Shmuel Auerbach, R Moshe Sternbuch and the diminishing chezkes kashrus
 

Sunday Dec 24, 2023

The Largest Funeral in NYC History
 
The posthumous Chassid
 
Funding the shechita overhaul: The plumba tax
 
The background of Shechita in Halacha
 
The dynamic laws of animal slaughter in NYC
 
The Weinberg Pen vs the Cincinnati Pen: Animal slaughter in the modern day
 
Shechita Miumedes: R Moshe Shternbuch opines
 
Rabbi Genack and Rabbi Belsky’s letters: The OU responds

Wednesday Dec 20, 2023

The history of yeshu: The book
 
For a related topic see: Nittel Nacht: A night of varying minhagim https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sunday-shiur-by-rabbi-yoel-plutchok/id1686817830?i=1000612988722

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