Audio Shiurim about the Jewish Festivals:
PESACH:
- Eating Matza On Erev Pesach
- Eating Matza All 7 Days of Pesach
- Travelling To Egypt
- The Origin and Structure of the Haggada – 2022
- Karpas
- Cosmetics on Pesacha
- Medication on Pesach
- Soft Matza
- Erev Pesach on Shabbat
- Kashrut and Glassware
- Chametz After Pesach – Corporate Conundrums
- Charoset – Mitzva, Minhag or Medicine
- Wine, Grape Juice and Seder Night
- Eliyahu and the Quest for the 5th Cup
- Mixed Marriages and Kitniyot Conundrums
- Ta’anit Bechorot
- Machine Matzot
- Chumra and Pesach – A Meta-halachic Analysis
- Pesach: Matza and Celiac Issues
- Pesach: The Kezayit – A Halachic Biography
- Pesach – Selling Chametz – Torah Mitzvah or Legal Loophole?
- Eating Gebrochts on Pesach
- Eating Kitniyot on Pesach
- Women Leaning at the Seder
- Pesach – Korban Pesach Today – Hashkafic Dream or Halachic Nightmare?
- Pesach – The Structure of the Hagadah (with 2 source sheets)
- Second Day Yom Tov for Visitors to Israel
PURIM:
- The Origins of Ta’anit Esther 2025 shiur
- Women and Megilla Reading
- Purim MeShulash
- Drinking on Purim
- Purim – The Real Kabbalat HaTorah (2020) ?
- Purim – When Was the Torah REALLY Given?
CHANUKAH:
- Chanukah and the Oral Law (2023)
- Chanukah – The Downtown Chanukiah
- You can also watch this shiur on video at https://www.ou.org/torah/machshava/halacha-hashkafa-contemporary-society/downtown-chanukiah/
- Chanukah – An Electric Festival?
- Chanukah – Greek Wisdom and the Inner Light
- Chanukah – Prophets, Greeks and Rabbis – Chanukah and the Oral Law
- Click here to hear a short Chinuch podcast on Chanukah on the website TheFamousAbba.com
YOM HA’ATZMAUT:
- Saying Hallel on Yom Ha’atzmaut (updated 2016)
- Yom Ha’atzmaut – Capturing the Essence of the Day
SHAVUOT:
- How Was The Torah Written and Why Does That Matter Today?
YAMIM NORA’IM:
- The Scales of Tishrei – Finding the Balance of Ahava and Yira
Pesach: - Teshuva – The Rambam on Hilchot Teshuva – Chapter 1
- Selichot – Balancing Ahavah and Yirah
- Tools for Tishrei Without Shul and Community (2020)
- Yom Kippur – Simcha or Affliction?
- Ahavat Hashem – a Practical Guide to Regaining Lost Love
- Succot – Simcha and Ahava in an Anxious World
- Shmini Atzeret – Simchat Torah – Climax, Simcha and a Taste of the Next World
TISHA B’AV AND FAST DAYS:
- Tisha B’Av 2008 – Learning to be Mourners
- Tisha B’Av 2014 – Building Redemption Through Exile
- Tisha B’Av 2016 – Mourning in a World of Rebuilding
- Tisha B’Av 2017 – The Dangers of Machloket LeShem Shamayim
- Tisha B’Av 2018 – Did We Miss Mashiach?
- Tisha B’Av 2020 – Zecher LeMikdash and Zecher LeChurban
- Tisha B’Av 2021 – 9 Av and Nachem
- Tisha B’Av 2022 – The Dangers of Machloket LeShem Shamayim (Updated)
- 10 Tevet
- Tzom Gedaliah
- Tu B’Av