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Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

JewishPodcasts.fm·Hosted by Rabbi Kivelevitz and Rabbi Yochanan Meir Bechhofer·1000 episodes

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The Yeshiva of Newark /The Yeshiva at IDT is an on-line institution providing instruction and classes,lectures and dialogue for students of almost any background.  The original school was founded on a broad-minded approach to Jewish studies that still resided firmly within the Mesorah of Orthodox Judaism.With the advent of the Covid epidemic in 2020-the institution refashioned itself to meet the needs and requests of interested parties across the globe which has resulted in well over half a million downloads of episodes in three years.

Why listen

Yeshiva of Newark Podcast is a dense, wide-ranging Orthodox Jewish learning feed with shiurim, interviews, holiday specials, and current-culture conversations from Rabbi Kivelevitz, Rabbi Yochanan Meir Bechhofer, and frequent rabbinic guests. Listeners get a mix of halachic analysis, Torah study, Jewish public affairs, and occasional film or culture criticism, often framed through yeshiva learning and contemporary Orthodox life. It is best for listeners who already enjoy serious Jewish learning and want a feed that moves quickly between sources, personalities, and real-world questions.

Episodes

39 min
Jun 3, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13-Episode 7-Dying on the Sword of Hashkafah-The Magen Dovid-Giyus-Aliyah

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42 min
May 26, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13-Episode 6-The Baal Shem Tov-Still the Mechanech For Our Times

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53 min
May 25, 2026
Decorating Tombstones and Military Enlistment-Actually Celebrating Memorial Day -With Rabbi Kalman Worch

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33 min
May 25, 2026
Memorial Day and Military Sacrifice-Appreciating,Commemorating,Questioning and Honoring with Rav Mayer Schiller

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30 min
May 20, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13-Episode 5-Between the Tactically Wrong and the Morally Indefensible-Kars 4 Kids Deceptions and Yom Yerushalayim Riots

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24 min
May 20, 2026
Emeritus Rex-Giving Shavuos the Yizkor it deserves

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52 min
May 20, 2026
Staying up all night this Shavuos? Understand what you'll be missing- The Psychological Purpose of Dreams with Doctor Samuel Juni

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59 min
May 18, 2026
Shavuos with the Gaonim- Call Me Atzeres !-Bring Matzos at Night and Recite Azharos by Day

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42 min
May 18, 2026
Shavuos' Holy Strangeness and Resisting the Houston Option-with Rav Mayer Schiller

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1 hr 2 min
May 18, 2026
The Two He-Goats of Shavuos- Defending the Alter Rebbe

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56 min
May 15, 2026
Doresh Tzion-Hallel,Suedos, and Shaving on Yom Yerushalayim

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59 min
May 15, 2026
Yom Yerushalayim Special-Is Original Kedusha still present there and on Har HaBayis?

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29 min
May 15, 2026
On Principle-Episode 123-Yom Yerushalayim Special-לב בנים על אבותם-The Overlooked Benefits of Aliyah-with Rav Mordechai Becher

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25 min
May 13, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13-Episode 4-Announcing the Rischa D'Araisa Prizes For Literature and More!

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41 min
May 4, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13-Episode 3-Rabbanim Lecturing and Teaching Women-The Difficulty of a Halachic Standard

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43 min
Apr 30, 2026
On Principle-Episode 122-Shifting Standards-How Tzniyus and Kashrus Hanhagos properly differ between Eretz Yisroel and America -A discussion with Rabbi Michael J. Broyde

The Afterword to the book that Rabbi Broyde references can be found here Afterword to Splitting Hairs To purchase the whole book that is the springboard of this discussion Splitting Hairs: The History, Law and Future of Jewish Laws on Modesty and Women's Head Covering (Ben Yehuda, 2026)purchase on Amazon. To purchase this book in Israel, click Click here Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat Rabbi Michael J. Broyde is professor of law at Emory University School of Law and senior fellow and projects director at the Center for the Study of Law andReligion at Emory University. Broyde's Semicha (yoreh yoreh ve-yadin yadin) was obtained in 1991 from Yeshiva University ,he was a Dayan of the Beth Din of America, where he also served as Menahel . He was the Founding Rabbi of the Young Israel of Atlanta. Rabbi Kivelevitz discusses with Broyde aspects of his newest work Settingthe Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan(co-authored with Shlomo Pill of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion) .The conversation serves as a cogent explication of how the Aruch HaShulchan differs essentially from the Mishna Brurah in aims and methodology. Rabbi Broyde's most recent books are Sex in the Garden: Consensual Encounters Gone Bad in Genesis(Wifpf & Stock, 2019),Sharia Tribunals, Rabbinical Courts, and Christian Panels: Religious Arbitration in America and the West(Oxford Press, 2017) andA Concise Code of Jewish Law for Converts(Urim, 2017). In addition to his many books, Broydehas written more than 250 articles and book chapters on various aspects of law and religion, Jewish law, and religious ethics, as well as an often-cited article on impeachment in theHarvard Journal of Law and Public Policy.He has written on military ethics from a Jewish law view, marriage and divorce in the Jewish tradition, bioethical dilemmas from a religious view, women’s rights in the Jewish tradition, the general relationship between secular and Jewish law in its many different facets. A list of his works may be found on hiswebsite.Broydehas been a visiting professor at

17 min
Apr 29, 2026
Chalakah on Lag BaOmer Night-Psak Halchah from the Munkatcher Rov and Rav Shlomo Zalman

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58 min
Apr 29, 2026
LaG BaOmer Special-Bound to the Totality-Learning a piece of Zohar with Rav Nosson Nota Glick Shlita

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52 min
Apr 28, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13-Episode 2-Bekeshas,Frocks,and Caftans-The Rishon LiTzionov-Do Clothes Make the Mensch?

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33 min
Apr 24, 2026
Rav Nota Tzvi Greenblatt Zatzal Yartzheit Shiur-Amidas HaKohein Od Gmar HaAvodah by Rav Yaakov Eliezer Greenblatt

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22 min
Apr 23, 2026
Sephiras HaOmer-Answering the Noodnik who asks you the day

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59 min
Apr 22, 2026
Counting Early and Often-Sephirah Sfakos and Erev Shabbas Alterations

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25 min
Apr 21, 2026
Death Over Weeks-Minhagei Sephirah

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23 min
Apr 21, 2026
Tantzing at Tzvei Chasunas-Minhagei Sephirah

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25 min
Apr 21, 2026
Minhagei Sephirah-Engagement Parties-Weddings and Shaving

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39 min
Apr 21, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 13 Premiere- כבוד זה לזה-Respect and Honor in the Era of Trump

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31 min
Mar 25, 2026
Rischa D'araisa-Season 12 Finale-To Bring to Kever Yisroel-Pride in Trying-In Memory of Elik Topolosky Z"L

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54 min
Mar 12, 2026
Rischa on the Radio-Zev Brenner Interviews Rabbis Bechhofer and Kivelevitz-Who and What are Leading Us Today?

Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat We thank Zev Brenner and Talkline for allowing us to use the audio from his program. Zev J. Brenner is an Orthodox Jewish radio host and president and founder of Talkline Communications, a Radio/TV network founded in 1981. Brenner graduated from the New York City Technical College of the City University in NY. He married Adena Karen Berkowitz, a lawyer and daughter of William Berkowitz, the national president of the American Jewish Heritage Committee in New York in 1988. He is an ordained Rabbi. The Talkline talk-show is a regularly scheduled talk-s

44 min
Mar 9, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 27-The Iran War-Yetziah Through Mitzrayim with Rabbi Ari Koretzky- Shiites-Sunnis and Sufis-Islam's Historical Relation to Judaism

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24 min
Mar 8, 2026
Emeritus Rex-Operation Shaagas HaAri-The defanging of Iran by the Lion of Israel with the Epic Support of the American Eagle

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23 min
Mar 2, 2026
Emeritus Rex-Back to a Wailing Wall-The Rabbanut's Plans for the Kotel

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44 min
Mar 2, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 26-Hatzolah Call-Rischa's Rapid Response to the Viral Video on Lakewood

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33 min
Feb 24, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 25-All About the Benjamins-Gvirbusters-Speaking Truth to the Power of the Pursestrings

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16 min
Feb 24, 2026
Emeritus Rex-It's Adar and Our Eyes Look Toward Persia Again

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37 min
Feb 19, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 24-Stirring a Delectable Pot of Lomdus and Halacha-A Tribute to Rav Moshe Shternbach for his 100th Birthday

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36 min
Feb 18, 2026
מִי יוֹדֵעַ--אִם-לְעֵת כָּזֹאת Planting the Adar Prime Directive-Discovering and Embracing Your Purpose-based on the ideas of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Zatzal

Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat A lecture/discussion led by The Shliach of Chabad Young Professionals of Newark   Rabbi Avraham Minsky Shlita with comments and questions from Rabbi Kivelevitz.  Based on the writings of  Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson-The Lubavitcher Rebbe זצוק״ל זי״ע entitled  וּמִי יוֹדֵעַ--אִם-לְעֵת כָּזֹאת This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

20 min
Feb 18, 2026
Emeritus Rex-The Marginalization of the Moderates seems Permanent

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40 min
Feb 10, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 23-Zionism-The "Un"definition-Plus a Moderate Mea Culpa

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38 min
Feb 8, 2026
Producing a Super Bowl-An Argument for Perceiving the Divine-a conversation with Rav Mayer Schiller

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54 min
Feb 4, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 22-It's Not What Our Zaides Did-The Thank You Hashem Phenomenon and Its Critics

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23 min
Feb 2, 2026
Piskei Tu be Shevat from Rav Elyashiv and Rav Nissan Karelitz-Fruit Salads-Small Sections of Dried Fruit-Shecheyanu before the HaEitz-Those Naughty Nectarines

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34 min
Feb 2, 2026
Tu BeShevat and BirchasHaPerios-Fascinating and Relevant questions to munch on

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31 min
Feb 2, 2026
Enjoying Tu BeShevat Fruit Responsibly-Understanding the Problem of Insect Infestation and When You Don't Have to Worry-A Shiur by Rav Dovid Cohen of the CRC

Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat It is customary to eat fruit which is grown in Eretz Yisrael  on the 15th of Shevat and to eat fruit which one has not yet eaten that season so that the Shehecheyanu blessing can be recited…… The Book of Our Heritage By Eliyahu Kitov כל מיני פירות שדרכם להתליע בעודם מחוברים לקרקע, לא יאכל עד שיבדוק הפרי מתוכו שמא יש בו תולעת, שאותה תולעת אסורה משום שרץ השורץ על הארץ, וכל שהאיסור מצוי חוששים לו וצריך בדיקה, אף על פי שאינו מצוי ברוב אלא במיעוט, כשם שבודקים את הריאה מפני הסירכות המצויות בה...... .............ולפיכך צריך לבדוק כל פרי ופרי בפני עצמו. אנציקלופדיה תלמודית כרך ב, בדיקת תולעים With the arrival of Tu Be Shevat anticipating the accompanying fruit arrangements and Halachic Questions that will arise The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur Of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT was honored to present a lecture from a leading educator in Kashrus Rabbi Dovid Cohen Shlita Administrative Rabbinic Coordinator  cRc Kosher Mechaber of  Imrei Dovid 8 volumes Seforim on Kashrus topics Who presented a lecture on the common yet serious problem Of Insect Infestation Understanding the Problem of Insect Infestation and When You Don't Have to Worry The Fruit-The Whole Fruit- and Nothing but the Fruit! The Shiur is dedicated לעילוי נשמת האי גברא רבה מצוין בחסדיו ואהבת ישראל מוקיר רבנן קיבל ייסוריו מופלגים באהבה ובשמחה ראש לשלשׁלת מעונד בצדקות ובהברקת אור תורתנו החבר יהודה אברהם בן ר׳ יהושׁע קוטנר זצ'ל Alan Kutner This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and

38 min
Feb 2, 2026
On Principle-Episode 121-ברוך גוזר ומקיים-With Soul,Heart,and Mind-The Maggid on Tefillah-Talking with Rabbi Paysach Krohn about his latest Sefer

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48 min
Jan 29, 2026
On Principle-Episode 120- Roots of Horseshoe Anti-Semitism-The "Synagogue of Satan" and the "Genocidal Zios"-with Professor Ethan Schwartz

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18 min
Jan 28, 2026
Emeritus Rex-Poupko Elected to the Board of Peace

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42 min
Jan 27, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 21-שְׂאוּ־מָר֨וֹם עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם-Klal Yisroel as Guardians of the Environment

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45 min
Jan 22, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 20-138th Yartzheit Special-Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on Medinas Yisroel-Hirsch as Halachist

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27 min
Jan 20, 2026
Emeritus Rex-Violence-Anger-Disappointments- Bondi Beach-Kew Garden Hills-Jackson-Iran-Pittsburgh-Soldier Field

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28 min
Jan 18, 2026
Rischa D'Araisa-Season 12-Episode 19- Dor Shekulo Chayiv?-Protests or Riots?-Presidents or Robber Barons?

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