Semikha Program - Torah Ve-Ahava

Rabbi Haim Ovadia

The Semikha Program is free and open to all. You can listen to and read select lessons and texts at your own pace, from anywhere. Your academic and Judaic background, as well as non-formal classes you attend, will be counted.

  • 47 minutes 59 seconds
    Hive mind: Flexibility, Subjectivity, and Diversity in Halakha
    In this session we discuss the importance of listening to different voices, relying on the common sense of the people, and adjusting halakha to people's needs.
    13 December 2019, 1:05 am
  • 54 minutes 43 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 12: Pikuah Nefesh ch. 328
    chapter 328 of Shulhan Arukh Orah Haim - Saving a life on Shabbat
    20 November 2019, 7:32 pm
  • 52 minutes 12 seconds
    Rosh HaShana laws and practices
    27 September 2019, 9:25 pm
  • 49 minutes 47 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 11: Siman 306 Spirit of Shabbat
    24 September 2019, 1:12 pm
  • 43 minutes 2 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 7:261 Lighting Candles
    Siman 261 in SH. The origin, meaning, and practices of candle lighting
    17 September 2019, 2:43 pm
  • 56 minutes 51 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat8: 269-272 Kiddush
    The laws of Kiddush - Shulhan arukh 269-272
    17 September 2019, 2:43 pm
  • 45 minutes 33 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 9:273-282 Kiddush to Torah Reading
    Here we wrap up the laws of Kiddush and continue into the laws of Shabbat prayers.
    17 September 2019, 2:41 pm
  • 59 minutes 2 seconds
    Semikha 10: 301-302 Tur's Intro
    In chapter 301 the Tur explains his methodology in presenting the laws in the order he did. He speaks about general concepts of Shabbat. Chapter 302 (as well as parts of 301) is dedicated to the care of clothes.
    17 September 2019, 2:39 pm
  • 51 minutes 51 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 6: Food on the Stove and Time issues
    This episode covers chapters 253-261. We discuss the issue of leaving food on the stove before shabbat and the way to determine the beginning of Shabbat.
    13 August 2019, 12:25 pm
  • 48 minutes 17 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 5: 250 - Timers and Delayed action
    Chapter 250 in Shulhan Arukh is the basis for the discussion of using timers or delayed action on Shabbat. You'd be surprised how many things can be done with the help of timers.
    Also, we discuss the term יש אומרים and the different approaches and style of Maimonides, the Tur, and R. Yosef Karo.
    13 August 2019, 12:24 pm
  • 38 minutes 20 seconds
    Semikha Shabbat 4: Transportation cont'd and rules of Pesikah
    A continued discussion of transportation before and during Shabbat. Using bicycle.
    Also - a discussion of the methodology of the Shulhan Arukh and how to determine on your own what to do in a given situation.
    13 August 2019, 12:21 pm
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