

Featured Shiurim
Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky
This podcast will post all the shiurim of R’ Aaron Lopiansky that are not part of a regular series. This includes pre-Yom Tov shiurim, interviews, Q&As, guest speeches and more.The shiurim will be released sporadically, as they are given, so be sure to subscribe to get all the latest ones.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Dec 16, 2025 • 26min
Chanuka 5786 (Ohr Gedalyahu 2)
From אור גדליהו – מועדים, חנוכה ג, available here

Dec 16, 2025 • 26min
Chanuka 5786 (Ohr Gedalyahu 1)
From אור גדליהו – מועדים, חנוכה ג, available here

Dec 16, 2025 • 55min
Bringing Out Your True Self (with Q&A) – Yishrei 5786
#IsraelTrip2025(b)
14:46 Choosing a school for your children
17:22 Being grateful for where you are in life
19:24 Yimei HaSinah
22:14 Following politics
23:41 Was Eisav pre-destined to be bad
33:04 Making Aliyah
34:40 Why do we learn Gemorah if we don’t paskin like it
38:30 Why don’t women learn Gemorah
46:18 How should we view less frum Jews
48:08 A healthy rebbe-talmid relationship
49:50 One rebbe or multiple rebbeim
50:59 When should one go to work
52:22 Attitude towards non-Jews

Dec 15, 2025 • 1h 9min
Creating a Picture of Kedusha (with Q&A) – Mevaseret (5786)
#IsraelTrip2025(b)
13:30 Background
17:51 Turning Point
18:55 Ben Yeshiva
24:42 Jewish History
26:42 Female Relationships
30:33 Disconnecting from Phones
35:07 Professional Sports
38:26 Halacha
40:09 Makeup
42:56 Non-religious friend and Shabbos
43:57 Alcohol
49:55 Dimyon
53:06 Lishma
54:48 Confronting someone who wrongs you
56:46 Writing Ben Yeshiva
57:48 Relaxing Activities
58:55 Relationship with Parents
1:01:37 Developing a love for Ruchniyos
1:03:18 Learning in Eretz Yisroel or America

Dec 12, 2025 • 49min
Chanuka 5786 – Seeing the Light of the Oral Torah
Delivered on 12/11/12 at the Philadelphia Community Kollel.
Video available here

Dec 7, 2025 • 1h 7min
Q&A – Reishit (5786)
#Israel Trip 2025(b)
06:34 Recollections of Rav Jay Marcus
07:53 Challenges of the present and past
12:19 How much of our Emunah is because of parents and how much is because of our own discoveries
17:43 Rise in Atheism and Lack of Religious Affiliation
21:11 Fundamentals of Emunah
26:21 Depths of belief
32:18 Uncertainty in Emunah
34:03 Bitachon and Hishtadlus
39:50 Science and Torah
47:43 Practical advise to strengthen Emunah
50:44 The future of Jewry in the diaspora
55:20 Values of the general society
59:17 When parents have different values
1:01:58 Challenges and Opportunities of the modern world

Dec 7, 2025 • 1h 2min
Digging for the Wells of Torah (with Q&A) – Gush 5786
#Israel Trip 2025(2)
13:44 Mending the rifts between different communities
17:54 Improving your Tefillah
22:43 Improving the world
26:12 Understanding difficult topics
32:47 When to compromise your values
35:19 Chareidi Hashkafa
37:10 Emotional Connection to Hashem
42:47 The Chareidi Draft
43:38 Reviewing vs. learning new material
49:37 Shevet Levi today

Dec 1, 2025 • 1h 1min
The Permanence House of Yaakov (with Q&A) – Shalavim 5786
#Israel Trip 2025(2)
24:12 Maintaining a sense of urgency without getting frustrated or jealous
28:16 Choosing a derech and tafkid
30:32 Lishma
32:13 Achrayis to the community
36:11 Having a rebbe after you leave yeshiva
38:31 Connecting with people from different communities
41:10 Learning machshava while in yeshiva
45:54 Seeing friendship between Rebbeim
47:44 Discussing Torah with non-Jews
53:30 Memories of Rabbeim

Nov 30, 2025 • 30min
Vayeitzei – Finding Completion from Within (Mir 5786)
Delivered in the Mir Yerushalayim 11/24/25
#IsraelTrip

Nov 27, 2025 • 1h 6min
Q&A – Machon Yaakov 5786
Video available here
#IsraelTrip
01:44 How does a Ben Torah view world events
05:01 Women wearing wigs
07:44 The role of Ezra in standardizing the Torah
14:32 Balancing Individuality and Community
18:23 The solution to the Chareidi army situation
27:42 The battle against physical and spiritual entropy
31:08 Is there a future for Jews in America
36:26 When a friend is dating a non-Jew
38:18 Devoting every minute our lives to Hashem
41:18 Is Israel the “Flowering of Redemption”
47:09 Fighting Antisemitism
51:56 What should someone is works all day learn
54:22 Relating to Gedolim with language and cultural Barriers
59:55 Moshiach


