The Torah Learning on this site is dedicated in memory of Rochel Leah bas R' Chaim Tzvi and R' Yisrael Menachem ben R' Binyamin.
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 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 shiur, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses the various halacha lemaaseh aspects of Shabbat candle lighting, including whether one can fulfill one’s obligation with electric lights. In addition, Rabbi Isaacson analyzes the various opinions regarding whether candle lighting triggers the onset of Shabbat.
In this short Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues to review the laws of tying knots on Shabbat.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen discusses the Jewish Ethical questions regarding Ransom
In this Torah shiur (class) on Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson describes the laws relating to an object whose primary use is prohibited on Shabbat (kli shemelachto l’issur), and an object whose primary function is permitted on Shabbat (kli shemelachto l’heter).
In this shiur, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues with the general laws of Honoring Shabbat, and then begins a discussion of the laws of Candle Lighting
In this short Torah shiur (class) on the practical applications of Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson discusses permitted and prohibited methods of tying knots of Shabbat.
In this Torah class Dayan Shlomo Cohen discusses Deceit in Halacha
In this Torah shiur (class) on Hilchot Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson continues his introduction to the laws of Muktza, focusing on the various categories of Muktza objects and beginning an in-depth discussion of the kli shem’lachto l’issur, an object whose primary use is prohibited on Shabbat.
Rabbi Shimon Isaacson begins his Hilchot Shabbat class by introducing the mitzvah of Kavod Shabbat- honoring the Sabbath.
In this short Torah shiur (class) on practical applications of the laws of Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson introduces the Melacha (prohibited action) of Koshair, tying permanent knots on Shabbat.
In this Torah class on the laws of Shabbat, Rabbi Shimon Isaacson introduces the Rabbinic prohibition of Muktza. Rabbi Isaacson explains why Chazal, our Sages, instituted this gezeira (Rabbinic decree), and what its parameters are.
Dayan Shlomo Cohen starts a new series of classes where he answers Ethical Questions.
