KMTT - the Torah Podcast

The Weekly Mitzva - Vayeshev, Fasting in the Wake of a Bad Dream, by Rav Yair Kahn The shiur deals with the unique halacha of a "taanit chalom" and discusses how this fast circumvents the standard requirement of accepting a personal fast on one's self the previous day and why it is permitted to fast a "taanit chalom" on Shabbat.

Topics in Practical Halakha #4, Amira LeAkum, by Rav Mordechai Friedman

Am Levadad Yishkon #6: A World Almost Destroyed, by Rav Asher Haber

Parshat Vayishlach - Beit El, written by Rav Ezra Bick When Ya'akov finally returns to Beit-El after leaving the land of Israel for twenty years, some things have changed, while others remain the same. What role does Ya'akov's second visit to Beit-El play in his own personal narrative and the narrative of the nascent nation of Israel?

The Weekly Mitzva - Vayishlach, The Significance of a Ketuba, by Rav Yair Kahn

Parshat Vayetze - The Covenant of Separation, written by Rav Ezra Bick The covenant that Ya'akov and Lavan forge over the pile of stones is highly unusual in many ways. What is the meaning of this covenant, and what can it teach us about the nature of Ya'akov's continuing journey?

Am Levadad Yishkon #5: The Goal of Creation, by Rav Asher Haber

The Weekly Mitzva - Vayetze, Yaakov Avinu Established the Evening Prayer, by Rav Yair Kahn

Opening Food on Shabbat, by Rav Mordechai Friedman

KMTT - Parshat Toldot - Yitzchak's Blindness, written by Rav Ezra Bick