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In this series of classes on Jewish law, listeners can choose from a comprehensive selection of classes spanning a wide range of topics in halacha. Courses include Jewish Law and Ethics which discusses business ethics and Jewish monetary law including employer-employee relations, borrowed and rented property, business partnerships and client relationships, copyright issues, and overcharging..Classes on the laws of human interaction include Chofetz Chayim: Laws of Proper Speech and Ahavat Chesed which encourage self-awareness and self-improvement in the areas of mitzvot bein adam l’chavero (human relations). Students can also explore numerous classes on the laws of Shabbat ranging from beginners to advanced levels. Topics include the laws of honoring Shabbat and the laws of prohibited activity on Shabbat, cooking and reheating food on Shabbat, benefiting from a prohibited activity on Shabbat, and the melachot of dosh (grinding), memachek (erasing), shechita (wringing), libun (washing), and kotev (writing).
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson relates more examples of the Melachot (prohibited activities) of Kotev (writing), and Mochek (erasing). This class utilizes actual items, and discusses permitted and prohibited methods of doing so.
In this Torah shiur (class) on Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Isaacson introduces the complex laws of amira l’akum, asking a non-Jew to perform a melacha, an activity forbidden to Jews, on behalf of a Jew on Shabbat.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen continues to discuss the topic of Suicide in Halacha
Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses the obligation to cover the Challah during the recitation of Kiddush, whether Lechem Mishna is a Torah or Rabbinic obligation, and whether Lechem Mishna involves taking two loaves or cutting two loaves.
In this Torah class Dayan shlomo Cohen discusses the aspects of Suicide in Halacha
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson introduces the Melachot (prohibited activities) of Kotev (writing) and Mochek (erasing), and demonstrates practical ramifications of this prohibition. This class utilizes actual items that one may want to use on Shabbat.
In this Torah shiur (class) on the laws of Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson completes the topic of Muktza items, with a survey of the methods one may use to move a Muktza item, under specific conditions. This class primarily focuses on various ways one can utilize ’tiltul min hatzad’, indirectly moving an object.
In this shiur on Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses the laws of Kiddush B’Makom Seudah, and whether one can fulfill the obligation of Kiddush with whiskey.
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses more practical examples of the Melacha (prohibited activity) of Korei’a (tearing), the flip-side of the Melacha of Tofer (sewing). This class utilizes actual items that one may want to tear on Shabbat for a constructive purpose, and discusses permitted and prohibited methods of doing so.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Chen continues discussing the subject of Shechitah
In this Torah shiur (class) on Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson presents an overview of the halachot regarding items that are usually discarded, such as garbage, bones, egg shells, etc.
Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses the various halachot that pertain to a cup upon which a bracha is made: the procedure for drinking the wine, and how much must be consumed.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen discusses the Halachic Issue of a Stumbling – Block in the Torah
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson relates more examples of the Melacha (prohibited activity) of Tofer (sewing). This class utilizes actual items that one may want to attach to each other on Shabbat, and discusses permitted and prohibited methods of doing so.
In this Torah shiur (class) on the laws of Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues his overview of the laws of Muktza. Rabbi Isaacson introduces the concept of ‘basis l’davar ha’assur,’ a base on which one puts an object that it muktza machmat gufo.
Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues his analysis of the mitzvah of Kiddush and moves into an explanation of the various customs associated with it.
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson introduces the Melacha (prohibited activity) of Tofer (sewing), and demonstrates practical ramifications of this prohibition. This class utilizes actual items that one may want to attach to each other on Shabbat, and discusses permitted and prohibited methods of doing so.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Chen continues discussing the subject of Shechitah
In this Torah shiur (class) on the laws of Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues his overview of the laws of Muktza, objects which may not be moved on Shabbat. This session focuses on items classified as Muktza Machmas Gufo, an object whose innate function makes it muktza on Shabbat.
Rabbi Shimon Isaacson provides a discussion of the components of Kiddush that are D’oraita and the components that are D’rabanan.
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues to demonstrate permitted and prohibited methods of tying on Shabbat. Upon completing this topic, Rabbi Isaacson begins a discussion and demonstration of the Melacha of Matir, untying.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen starts discusses the history and background of Shechitah
In this Torah shiur (class) on the laws of Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues his overview of the laws of Muktza, objects which may not be moved on Shabbat. This session focuses on items classified as Muktza Machmas Gufo, an object whose innate function makes it muktza on Shabbat.
In this Hilchot Shabbat class, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses the requirement to add time to Shabbat on Friday evening.
In this Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues to demonstrate permitted and prohibited methods of tying on Shabbat. This class utilizes actual items that one may want to tie on Shabbat (such as a man’s tie, lace-up shoes, etc.), and shows exactly how one may tire them on Shabbat.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen continues discussesing the cases of Aguna in Halacha
In this shiur (Torah class) on Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses the laws pertaining to moving expensive or valuable objects on Shabbat, Muktza machmas chisaron kis.
Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues with his class in Hilchot Shabbat. This week he discusses the laws of hadlakat nerot.
In this Torah shiur (class) on practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson demonstrates various situations relating to the prohibition of Koshair (Tying). This class utilized actual items that one may want to tie on Shabbat (such as a garbage bag, woman’s headscarf, etc.), and shows exactly how one may tie them on Shabbat.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen starts the discussion of Agonut in Halacha
