Best Rav Klapper Podcasts (2024)

Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf⁠ This series was given memory of Zecharia Haber Hy"d Series in memory of Zecharyah Haber

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Psak, Policy, and Inclusion: Birkat Cohanim as an Iconic and Ironic Example 52:50

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Sourcesheet is /http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/columbia_hillel_policy_pesak_mekorot5__hebeng__april_4_2024.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any cost? #10 1:11:55

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Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin's Position - Part 1Sourcesheet is at ⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf In memory of Zecharia Haber Hy"d

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Guest Episode: Rav Elisha Ancselovits on Tereifot and Common Sense Halakhah 1:17:24

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Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/12___paskening_responsibly_p1and2.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #9 1:03:54

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How should halakhah interact with state security decisions? Three positions post-Rav Ovadiah's Entebbe teshuvah in memory of Zechariah Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/postravavodiahredeemingcaptives2.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #8 1:01:29

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #7 36:02

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at ⁠⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #6 1:08:32

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at ⁠http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #5 56:25

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #4 55:30

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Riddle Me This: When Can Halakhah Uproot Torah? 35:13

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Analyzes and develops the Vilna Gaon's assertion that "Halakhah uproots Torah" is true more often in Parshat Mishpatim than the Talmud says it is true anywhere Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/okeretsourcesheet2.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #3 57:49

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #2 52:12

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf

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Ransoming Captives - at any price? #1 1:02:19

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In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/ransoming_captives__1_sourcesheet.pdf

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Experiencing Halakhah as a Producer: An SBM Infomercial 15:13

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given at Midreshet Lindernbaum, December 27, 2023

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Ethics, Halakhah and Civilian Casualties: with intro by R. Jonathan Ziring 1:28:09

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given at Yeshivat Migdal HaTorah, December 24, 2023. Sourcesheet is here

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Ethics, Halakhah, and Civilian Casualties: with intro by R. Dr. Elisha Ancselovits 1:24:09

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Shiur at Makhon Pardes, December 26, 2023

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Halakhah from First Principles: girsat Yeshivat Orayta 1:01:54

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Shiur given at Yeshivat Orayta, December 19, 2023

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Halakhah from First Principles: girsat Midreshet Migdal Oz 1:00:05

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at Midreshet Migdal Oz, December 20, 2023

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Rav Shaul Yisraeli on Halakhah and Civilian Casualties 1:19:14

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Shiur delivered at Machon Gruss, Israel, December 26, 2023. My article on the material is at https://thelehrhaus.com/commentary/civilian-casualties-in-the-light-of-halakhah-and-ethics-revisiting-rav-shaul-yisraelis-analysis/

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The Categorical Imperative and Halakhah: Physician-Assisted Suicide 32:26

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Last in the 2024 series at YI Sharon

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Death and Transplants 1:04:39

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Discusses secular and halakhic definitions of death in light of recent developments as reported in NY Times. Can stand alone, or as part 3 of the series on the Categorical Imperative and Halakhah.

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The Categorical Imperative and Halakhah: Take 2 58:43

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Given at YI Sharon November 8, 2023

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Halakhic Perspectives on Civilian Casualties Part 2 1:01:23

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CMTL Zoom Shiur given לזכות חיילי צה"ל ואנשי כחות הבטחון November 5, 2023 Sourcesheet is here, and same as Part 1

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Halakahic Perspectives on Civilian Casualties Part 1 1:10:00

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CMTL Zoom Shiur given לזכות חיילי צה"ל ואנשי כחות הבטחון November 5, 2023 Sourcesheet is here

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The Categorical Imperative and Halakhah: Part 1 1:03:47

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Part of YI Sharon series on Issues at the Intersection of Torah and Culture. Sourcesheet is here

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Political Correctness and Onaas Devarim: Part 2 of 2 1:02:23

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A discussion in dialogue with Rabbi Moshe Kurtz's RJJ Essay, now part of his book Challenging Assumptions. Sourcesheet is ⁠here⁠

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Political Correctness and Onaas Devarim - Part 1 of 2 at YI Sharon 56:01

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A discussion in dialogue with Rabbi Moshe Kurtz's RJJ Essay, now part of his book Challenging Assumptions. Sourcesheet is here

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Six Minutes on Tzelem Elokim, War, and Justice 6:22

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Dvar Torah for Parashat Bereishit 5784

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Political Correctness and Halakhic Speech Ethics: With Rabbi Moshe Kurtz 58:22

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Rabbi Kurtz is author of the recently released Challenging Assumptions. The sourcesheet is here.

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ReCreational Repentance 40:30

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Approaches of Rambam, Radbaz, Maharsha, Rav Dessler and the Rav to the dispute, or not, about the relative priority of baalei teshuvah and tzaddikim gemurim. Contextualizes the Rav with Rupture and Reconstruction Sourcesheet is here

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An Unexpectedly Revolutionary Meiri, or at least Yesh Meforshim in the Meiri 21:10

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Sources pasted below ברכות כא: רבי יהודה אומר: מברך לפניהם ולאחריהם למימרא דקסבר רבי יהודה בעל קרי מותרבדברי תורה? והאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי: מנין לבעל קרי שאסור בדברי תורה? שנאמר: והודעתם לבניך ולבני בניך, וסמיך ליה: יום אשר עמדת וגו' – מה להלן - בעלי קריין אסורין, אף כאן - בעלי קריין אסורין!? וכי תימא: רבי יהודה לא דריש סמוכים,והאמר רב יוסף: אפילו מ…

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Where do we go from here? Transissues #4 (Finale) 1:33:25

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Sourcesheet at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/trans_n4sourcesheet_1.pdf

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An Evaluation of Dor Tahpuchot: Transissues #3 1:10:07

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SOURCESHEET IS here

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Torah Lishmoh and Love of Torah 52:07

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Second of a three part series at YI Sharon. Covers Rav Chaim Volozhin, Halakhic Man, Homer, and Plato. Sourcesheet is here

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Can Surgery Affect Halakhic Sex? The Position of Tzitz Eliezer 1:11:06

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Transissues #2 @YISharon July 17, 2023. Sourcesheet is here

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Torah Lishmoh and Love of G-d 55:26

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Analyzes antecedents and descendants of Rav Chaim Volozhin's definition of Torah Lishmoh, and what they tell us about his position. With quite a few surprises. Sourcesheet is here