Israel-Related Issues

The existence of the State of Israel has created new issues for modern Rabbis to grapple with. Here are audio shiurim about just a few of them:

  1. The Israeli Flag

  2. Leaving Eretz Yisrael

  3. Shemita Part 1 – Foundations

  4. Shemita Part 2 – Historical Background

  5. Shemita Part 3 – Heter Mechira

  6. Shemita Part 4 – Otzer Beit Din

  7. Shemita Part 5 – Shemita in the Kitchen

  8. Shemita Part 6 – Zman Bi’ur

  9. Using Electricity on Shabbat in Israel

  10. Tearing Kriya in Yehuda and Yerushalayim

  11. Kedushat Ha’Aretz

  12. Land for Peace (2021) – Part 2

  13. Land for Peace (2021) – Part 1

  14. Israel, Zionism and Redemption – Part 3: Zionism without Geula in the thought of Rav Soloveitchik

  15. Israel, Zionism and Redemption – Part 2: Teshuva and Geula

  16. Israel, Zionism and Redemption – Part 1: Kibbutz Galuyot – The Ingathering of the Exiles

  17. Women in the IDF – Part 2

  18. Women in the IDF – Part 1

  19. Medinat Yisrael – Redemption, Confusion and Mashiach Ben Yosef

  20. Is There a Mitzva to Live in Eretz Yisrael?

  21. The Historical Controversies of Shmita

  22. Terumot and Maaserot

  23. Land For Peace (2015)

  24. Going Up To Temple Mount – single shiur:

    – abridged source sheet:

  25. Going Up to Temple Mount – extended 2-part shiur:

    Part 1: Part 2:

  26. Going Onto Har HaBayit – Updated 2022 2-part shiur:

    Part 1: Part 2:

  27. Yerushalayim – A Tale of Two Cities

The longer version of this shiur was given at the OU Center in May 2017, in anticipation of the 50th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem.

This shorter shiur was given to the Emunah Women of Jerusalem in anticipation of Yom Yerushalyim 2012, to mark the 45th Anniversary of the Reunification of Jerusalem.