Shtark Tank Rav Moshe Feinstein on Torah, Work, and Keeping Torah “Fixed” ft. Rabbi Moshe Kurtz
We’re coming up on the 40th yahrzeit of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, and this episode is a guided tour through Rav Moshe’s Torah on the questions every Ben Torah eventually faces:
How do I build a life where Torah stays central… while I’m working, providing, and living in the real world?
Our guest, Rabbi Moshe Kurtz (rabbi, podcaster, and serious Rav Moshe researcher), just released a new sefer: Me'oros Moshe — a curated collection of Rav Moshe’s divrei Torah on Pirkei Avos, pulling from Igros Moshe, derashos, chidushim, and key writings from talmidim and family.
You will hear: how Rav Moshe frames kollel, parnassah, college, career choices, and what it means to live with “aseh Torascha keva” even outside the beis medrash.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
1) Kollel isn’t “all or nothing”
2) “College” is not automatically the derech ha-parnassah
3) The big idea: “Aseh Torascha keva” is about orientation, not just hours
4) Career choices: Rav Moshe’s lens on medicine and “zero-sum” tradeoffs
5) Rav Moshe’s greatness wasn’t only brilliance — it was care-driven psak
To order Meoros Moshe, click here
Bio: Rabbi Moshe Kurtz
Rabbi Moshe Kurtz serves as the Rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel in Allentown, PA. He is the author of Meoros Moshe (Aleh Zayis, 2025), a Pirkei Avos anthology of scholarship and stories about HaGaon HaRav Moshe Feinstein zt”l. Rabbi Kurtz previously hosted Shu"T First Ask, Questions Later, published Challenging Assumptions (Mosaica Press, 2023), and writes about contemporary halachic issues in forums such as the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society (RJJ Journal), OUTorah, The Lehrhaus, Torah Musings and Jewish Action.
Rabbi Kurtz proudly serves as a member of the Allentown Police Department’s chaplain unit as well as the Allentown School District Superintendent’s Interfaith Council. He also contributes to The Morning Call and was featured on Business Matters, a production of the Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce (WFMZ Studios). Rabbi Kurtz hosts the As I Walk Through the Valley podcast, and is currently writing a book based on his Unpacking the Iggerot column at Tradition. He can be reached at rabbi@sonsofisrael.net.