Virtual Beit Midrash

Join Rabbi Karlinsky’s twice-weekly Zoom Gemara Chabura for alumni. Build on the skills you developed at Shapell’s, deepen your learning, and explore meaningful Torah topics in a lively and challenging environment.

Sundays and Wednesdays, 6:00pm IST

Join Rabbi Schoonmaker’s weekly Zoom Vaad on Middos and Avodas Hashem. Through thoughtful discussion, practical exercises, and personal reflection, deepen your self-awareness and work toward meaningful personal and spiritual growth.

Sundays, 5:00pm IST

Explore deep Hashkafic principles embedded in Rav Moshe Shapira zt”l’s teachings on Moshiach and Geula in the remarkable new sefer of his shiurim that is, for Rav Moshe, comparatively easy reading. Says Rav Hirshfeld, “As I truly feel that Moshiach is in the air, this sefer is very timely.”

Sundays, 8:30pm IST

This Chabura for men will revolve around a topic from the Rambam’s writings, such as the disputes between Raavad and Rambam. You’ll learn how commenators resolve seeming contradictions from the Rambam Responsa.

Sundays, 7:15pm IST

Enjoy recordings from various alumni events that have previously taken place.

Experience the wisdom and inspiration that guides our talmidim from inside the Beit Midrash.

Each Rosh Chodesh, our talmidim have the pleasure of learning from individuals who have balanced learning and working in the world outside of yeshiva/kollel walls. Enjoy their vorts here.

Join Rabbi Silverberg for new daily updates on halacha of various topics.

Never go into Shabbat unprepared again! Each week enhance your Shabbat preparations with a basic outline of the parsha with Rabbi Fischer followed by a deep dive into one idea that is sure to inspire.

Listen to our Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky and Rabbi Simi Lerner debate foundational Jewish topics.

Enjoy a variety of world-class speakers sharing their expertise with our talmidim in the Beit Midrash. Updated regularly so check back often!

Learn about some of the most important Gedolim from our history in weekly, five minute installments.

Enjoy various shiurim that do not have a particular category, but are great insights of the shiurim from inside the Beit Midrash.

Netzach Yisrael, written by Rabbi Yehuda Loew (the Maharal of Prague) in 1599, paves the way to a clear understanding of the unique status of the Jewish people and their collective nature. At a time when oppression was great, this colossal work gave the Jewish people an understanding of their exile and inevitable redemption.

Join us for a journey through this timeless work, calling to both our philosophical and emotional sides, to build up our hashkafik lens of how to be a Jewish person in the modern world.

We are committed to ensuring that the memory and lessons of the Holocaust remain an integral part of Jewish education. Explore recordings of lectures and programs from distinguished speakers who have addressed this vital topic.

This is a written correspondence between a Rabbi and a student in doubt as to the meaning and value of his Jewish identity. Rabbi Hirsch tackles the issues of assimilation, secularism, modernity, reform, and the difference between a self-centered world-view vs. a God-centered world-view.

Deepen your understanding of the 13 Principles of Faith, based on the teachings of HaGaon Rav Moshe Shapiro ztz”l.

Here’s a great opportunity to encounter the rich world of the Acharonim – from the 1500s to the present day. Open to all levels, we always learn a halachic piece related to Parshat Shavua.

What is the Ikar? & Naaseh Venishma

Learn this class Chassidic sefer on the teachings of the 2nd Sochachover Rebbe, Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain.

In this 4-part series, we will explore the extraordinary life and impact of Rav Abraham Isaac Kook, the intellectual founder of Religious Zionism.a

A Grandson’s Lens

In this weekly podcast, Rabbi Shurin will take you on a personal journey into the philosophy and teaching methodology of his grandfather and 20th-century Gadol HaDor Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky.

Explore Rav Moshe Shapira zt"l's shiurim on Hilchot De'ot of the Rambam. Rav Hirshfeld will provide you with an incredible opportunity to gain access to the brilliance of the Rambam and Rav Moshe Shapira, leading to growth in your own character development.

Aggadah and Its Place in Torah

A concise study of Ein Yaakov, a 16th-century compilation by Rabbi Yaakov ibn Habib of aggadic material from the Talmud—featuring stories, parables, and ethical teachings drawn from across Shas.

For many years, Rabbi Anthony Manning has been giving shiurim at the OU Israel Center on Contemporary Halachic and Hashkafic Issues. Here are the audio recordings and source sheets for those shiurim, grouped according to categories.

For over 45 years, Rabbi Yitzchak Shurin has guided thousands of talmidim at Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel v’Chaya through the often complicated journey of teshuva. A grandson of Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l and a master teacher in his own right, Rabbi Shurin brings warmth, nuance, and Torah wisdom to questions of Jewish law, relationships, identity, and spiritual growth.

In each short episode, a student or alumna poses a real-life question — and Rabbi Shurin’s answers might surprise you!

with Rabbi Dovid Schoonmaker

Here’s a great opportunity to encounter the rich and diverse world of the responsa literature - She'eilot Uteshuvot – from the Geonim, Rishonim, Acharonim, until the present day. Open to all levels, in every session we learn a selection from the responsa literature.