Guest Speakers
Rebbetzin Sarah Felsen and Rebbetzin Gitty Goldstein:
for women
Rosh Chodesh Elul Lecture on Relationships in Marriage and with Hashem
August 23, 2017
Why Learning Gemara is so Important
Rav Hartman
- Introduction by Rav Menachem Levine
The Oral Law: Tradition or Invention?
Rabbi Mordechai Becher
January 24, 2016
Rabbi Mordechai Becher, originally from Australia, is an instructor in Jewish history and thought at Yeshiva University’s James Striar School and is Senior Lecturer of the Gateways Organization. He taught at Ohr Somayach-Tanenbaum College and Neve Yerushalayim in Jerusalem for 15 years, served in the Israel Defence Forces and taught in a number of Rabbinic training programs. Rabbi Becher has answered thousands of questions on the Ask-the-Rabbi website, his latest book, Gateway to Judaism, published by Shaar Press/Artscroll, is now in its seventh printing. Rabbi Becher presents a Talmud class, Dimensions of the Daf, on Shalom TV, has taught in Canada, the United States, England, Israel, South Africa, Australia and Russia and has conducted tours in Europe, Israel, China and Africa.
1. Speech by Rabbi Becher
(Introduction by Rabbi Menachem Levine)
2. Q & A by Rabbi Becher
Contemporary Kashrus Issues
Rabbi Levy Zirkind
Rabbinic Administrator for Sunrise Kosher/Vaad of Northern California
October 14, 2015
Parshas Chayei Sarah: Priorities in Shidduchim
HaGaon Rav Hillel David
the Rav of Khal Shaarei Torah in Brooklyn, NY
November 13, 2014
Working on Interpersonal Relationships
Rabbi Benjamin Jacoby
1. Introduction by Rabbi Levine
2. Speech by Rabbi Jacoby
The Mitzvah and Intricacies of Shatnez
Rabbi Yosef Sayagh
A special PowerPoint presentation on the mitzvah and intricacies of Shatnez was made on March 23, 2014 by Rabbi Sayagh of Lakewood, NJ.
Rabbi Sayagh is one of the foremost Shatnez experts in the world, co-director of the National Committee of Shatnez Testers and Researchers.
1. Introduction by Rabbi Levine
2. Speech By Rabbi Sayagh
3. Q & A with Rabbi Sayagh
Top Ten Issues at The Star-K Kosher Hotline
Rabbi Zvi Goldberg
Kashrus Administrator for the Star-K
November 13, 2013
Insights into the Haggadah
Rabbi Boruch Noy
of Meira Academy, Palo Alto, CA
March 18, 2013
Upgrading Your Kashrus: De-bugging your produce.
Rav Yosef Eisen
Rabbi Yosef Eisen, Rav of Kollel Bnai Torah in Brooklyn and the Rabbinic Administrator of the Vaad Hakashrus of the Five Towns & Rockaway is an internationally acclaimed expert on Bedikas Toyloim (Checking for Insects) who was the primary author of the OU Guide to Fruits and Vegetables.
Rabbi Eisen has spent Shabbos Parshas Beshalach, January 25-26, 2013 at Am Echad, where he gave an extensive seminar entitled "Upgrading Your Kashrus: De-bugging your produce."
January 25-26, 2013
1. Introduction by Rabbi Menachem Levine
2. Rabbi Eisen. Up-to-Date Information and Relevant Halachos
THE HEAVENS DIVIDED - The Second Day of Creation
Rabbi Yaakov Marcus
January 27, 2011
5. Rabbi Eisen. How to Properly Inspect and Clean Produce, Part 1
6. Rabbi Eisen. How to Properly Inspect and Clean Produce, Part 2
7.Rabbi Eisen. How to Properly Inspect and Clean Produce, Part 3
Rabbi Chaim Eisen: September 11
10 Years Later -- Lessons Learned from September 11th
September 11, 2011
The Chosen People - Chosen From or For Whom?
September 11, 2010
Maamad Har Sinai - Practical Lessons for Eternity
Rabbi Avi Stewart
June 5, 2011
THE HEAVENS DIVIDED - The Second Day of Creation
Rabbi Yaakov Marcus
January 1, 2011
