Taking Responsibility for Torah
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Shiurim by Rabbi Aryeh Klapper and alumni of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, spanning halakhah, Talmud, Tanakh, ethics, and Modern Orthodox thought.
Shiurim
- Psak and Probability: Second in the series "How Halakhah Learns About Reality"
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Discusses what Halakhic treatment of the category "majority" tells us about Halakhic epistemology generally
- Triage in Halakhah Part 4
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/triage_4_j1.pdf
- Efsharlevrurei2 (take 2) - Must one check to see whether a shechted bird is a treifah?
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is at RavMosheefsharepisode 2.docx . Also available via the Yeshiva of Newark at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/1659 3 .
- Torah for Torah's Sake and Yeshiva Ideology: Back to the Sources Part 4
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet: איש ההלכה p. 78, רוח חיים לפרקי אבות ו:א, then איש ההלכה p.15
- The Impeachment of Rabban Gamliel
Rav Aryeh Klapper
given at Yeshivat Eretz Hatzvi. Also available on YUTORAH here
- Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #5 HaSokeher et HaUmanin Shiue at YI Sharon
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Does the rejection of a literary hava amina mean the rejection of halakhic positions based on that hava amina? Are labor markets halakhically the same as other markets? What are the differences between onaah and meach taut?
- Holiness: Reintroducing the Rav Episode 1
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- Halakhah from First Principles: girsat Yeshivat Orayta
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Shiur given at Yeshivat Orayta, December 19, 2023
- Lo Nitan LeHeiamer #13: Do Dishwashers Need to be Kashered?
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- Does the Shaarei Yosher believe in an Ethic Independent of Halakhah? SBM 2021 Friday July 16
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Uses Rabbi Alex Ozar's article and brief selections
- Ransoming Captives - at any price? #6
Rav Aryeh Klapper
In memory of Zechariah Pesach Haber Hy"d Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/yiwedeinpodinmeks4.pdf
- The Honeymooners
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Reading Yirmiyah as a Religious Zionist Part 2
- SOTAH 2025 Iyyun Shiur #7 AUDIO
Rav Aryeh Klapper
March 24, 2025
- Halakhah and Values #15 - Kavod Haberiyot #4 GRAND FINALE
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- Iyyun Shiur Sotah #14 AUDIO semester finale
Rav Aryeh Klapper
December 3, 2024
- Iyyun Shiur Sotah #6 AUDIO
Rav Aryeh Klapper
October 21, 2024
- What the "Goses" Category Can Teach us About Halakhah - Yom Iyyun Recording
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Gosesyomiyyunmeks.3.docx
- Halakhic Employer-Employee Law #19: Cheshbon
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Shiur given Feb 22, 2022 at YI Sharon. Partial sourcesheet is at רב.docx . See also the sourcesheet for the previous shiur in this series.
- Sotah Iyyun Shiur #1 VIDEO
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Given online Monday September 9 2024. To participate in this shiur live-on-ZOOM, please email moderntorahleadership@gmail.com
- A Conspiracy of Silence Ends With A Loud Curse: Rereading the Story of the Mekallel
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Includes literary questions such as: Should Shlomit bat Divri have carried her son to term?
- Efshar Leverurei Episode 15 - Psak, Probability, and Reality
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Igrot Moshe YD5:4. The difference between a shechitah knife that can't nbe checked because it was lost, and one that can't be checked because ti was damaged
- Guest Episode: Rav Elisha Ancselovits on Tereifot and Common Sense Halakhah
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/12___paskening_responsibly_p1and2.pdf
- SBM 2026 Shiur #5 July 13
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Horayot 13a, triage, and the relative value of different kinds of human being
- SBM 2026 Shiur #4 July 9 (recreated, summarized)
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Does halakhah recognize a political right to serve Hashem in accordance with one's own religious priorities?
- May One Eat in the Sukkah on Simchat Torah?
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Mekorot are at https://drive.google.com/file/d/15WWgYFo_NElbZyu8wz_qvtsKIMxNZlfn/view?usp=sharing
- Thinking Briskly: Body, Mind, and Soul Part 2
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheer is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomkavannahmeks_2_3.pdf
- Temurah Rashi Spring 2026 #1 Wednesday
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is at https://www.torahleadership.org/categories/temurah_sugya1_2.pdf
- The Relationship Between Halakhah and Ethics: 3 Case Studies
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper brings cases from labor law, family law, and foreign policy to illustrate the complicated relationship between what Jewish law requires and what Judaism thinks the right thing to do is
- The Difference Between Doubt and Ignorance - Efshar Leverurei Episode 12
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Implications of the lost chemical formula for distinguishing between blood and red dyes
- Halakhah and Values #11 - Probability, Rav Shimon Shkop, and Moral Luck
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- Parshanut Puzzler Vayechi - התחת אלקים
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Why would the commentator say that?
- Independence Day Shiur - Democracy and Equal Protection in Jewish Theology, Political Theory, and Halakhah
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Meshekh Chokhmah relates the prohibition against Avodah Zarah to the verse כי לי בני ישראל עבדים. The shiur plays that connection out in the halakhot of dina demalkhuta dina and employment law, noting parallels in American law and political
- Torah Lishmoh and Love of G-d
Rav Aryeh Klapper
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
- Torah Lishmoh and Love of Torah
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Second of a three part series at YI Sharon. Covers Rav Chaim Volozhin, Halakhic Man, Homer, and Plato. Sourcesheet is here
- MIT Hillel Shiur in Lieu of Halakhah and Values 10 - Probability and Normativity
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- What do Angels Look Like? and other questions about Halakhah and Art: Shiur at 2023 Seforim Sale
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Based on Chapter 20 of Divine Will and Human Experience
- Halakhic Employer-Employee Law #23
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- Efsharlevrurei Episode 7: A Tangent on Techumin
Rav Aryeh Klapper
with a prologue on typologies of poskim
- SBM 2021 - Twelfth Main Shiur July 22
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Evaluating Rabbi Lamm's argument for a Torah right to privacy
- Iyyun Shiur Sotah #12 AUDIO
Rav Aryeh Klapper
December 9, 2024
- Triage in Halakhah part 6: The Position(s) of Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Auerbach
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is at http://www.torahleadership.org/categories/zoomtriage6rsza.pdf
- Can Surgery Affect Halakhic Sex? The Position of Tzitz Eliezer
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Transissues #2 @YISharon July 17, 2023. Sourcesheet is here
- One Rishon's Radical Position about Kavod haBeriyot: Can It Fit Into the Bavli?
Rav Aryeh Klapper
This shiur was originally recorded for the Yeshiva of Newark podcast and is also available at https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/13938.
- SBM 2021 - Second Main Shiur July 6
Rav Aryeh Klapper
SBM 2021 - Second Main Shiur July 6
- One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 3
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Listen to One Last Step Before Redemption - Part 3 by Rav Aryeh Klapper, from Taking Responsibility for Torah.
- Lifnim Mishurat Hadin, or: The Limits of Law
Rav Aryeh Klapper
If Halakhah represents G-d's Will and the proper balance/Golden Mean among conflicting values, how can Judaism praise those who go beyond it? Rabbi Aryeh Klapper explores various models for resolving this conundrum.
- Equity and Equal Protection
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Part 2 of SBM 2024 Series on DEI at YI Sharon. Sourcesheet is here
- The Ouroboros and the Oven SBM2021 Aggada #3
Rav Aryeh Klapper
What is snaky about the Oven of Akhnai, and what can that tell us about the meaning of its story?
- Riddle Me This: When Can Halakhah Uproot Torah?
Rav Aryeh Klapper
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.
- Halakhic Employer/Employee Law: Shiur #2 HaSokher et HaUmanin Shiur at YI Sharon
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Laborlawchaburahtrymeks1.4.docx (same as for Shiur #1)
- One Last Step Before Redemption- Part 5
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet
- Nightmare on Almond Street
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Reading Yirmiyahu as a Religious Zionist Part 1 July 14, 2025 at YI Sharon
- Halakhic Employer-Employee Law #13: Hasoker Et Haumanin YI Sharon
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Sourcesheet is here
- Reversing Lekha Lekha: Avraham, Yitzchak, and Intermarriage
Rav Aryeh Klapper
Why does Avraham insist that Yitzchak marry back into the family and culture that G-d ordered him to leave behind?
- Iyyun Shiur #8 - Sotah: AUDIO
Rav Aryeh Klapper
November 11, 2024. New sugya! In dialogue with Professor Halivni z"l's Mekorot uMesorot