

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.
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Feb 11, 2025 • 58min
Q&A – Reishit (5785)
#Israel Trip 2025
03:25 Vaping and Psychedelics
12:31 The Mitzvah to know Hashem
16:39 The extent of Kibbud Av V’Eim
20:35 Non-Religious relatives
23:42 Modern Orthodox
30:42 Getting married if you are not ready to have children
32:10 The “yeshivish” vs. the “Satmar” view on the State of Israel
36:18 Cults
42:21 Leisure and Bitul Torah
47:44 What and How to learn
51:38 Overcoming the Yetzer Hara

Feb 9, 2025 • 44min
Growing from Our Past Mistakes (with Q&A) – Zeev HaTorah 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
13:37 Downtime
16:31 Incentives to get up for Shachris
20:21 “Ben Yeshiva”
21:53 Staying Inspired
24:15 Doing what’s right even when you don’t feel like it
27:38 Smoking, Drinking, and Smartphones
29:53 WhatsApp
31:56 Age for dating and marriage
35:38 Will dating earlier make people more mature
37:54 “Babying” your kids
41:04 Becoming responsible

Feb 7, 2025 • 1h 3min
Connecting to Life (with Q&A) – Orayta 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
Balancing Torah and Chesed 14:47
Was Shimon strong? 17:38
Technology – causing people to become passive 18:48
Sechel 22:45
College 25:28
Giving rebuke 29:08
Keeping Inspiration 31:45
Focusing and balance in Avodas Hashem 33:27
Living in a place where everyone is different 36:12
Where should a person make an impact 38:33
Mistakes that talmidim make 40:24
Learning in Eretz Yisroel 45:50
Learning Gemorah 47:15
Enjoying Learning 49:03
Learning vs. Teaching 53:51
Reasons to and not learn in yeshiva 55:01
Finding one’s derecho 57:58
Using one’s talents 1:00:24

Feb 4, 2025 • 49min
Q&A – Mevaseret (5785)
#Israel Trip 5785
01:33 Davening in the Yeshiva Minyon
04:25 Yeridas HaDoros
08:02 Interacting with the opposite gender
13:25 Can one know Shas without a good memory
17:21 Reading books of secular subjects and culture
20:21 Smart Phones and Technology
24:55 Becoming a Ben Torah for Life
29:00 Loving Self-hating Jews
32:59 Pursuing a life in chinuch when parents are opposed to it
36:14 Dealing with the various hashkafos in Eretz Yisroel
37:57 Can everyone choose a rebbe<
39:50 Choosing a college
44:31 Learning Rishonim and Achronim
46:26 Why don’t we focus more on Avodas Hashem

Jan 31, 2025 • 1h 7min
Kiddush and Havdallah in Galus (with Q&A) – KBY 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
#Vayechi
13:32 Chareidim’s Commitment to the broader Klal Yisroel
27:11 Kibbush Eretz Yisroel
34:11 Making Aliyah
36:41 The sefer “Ben Yeshiva”
38:48 Machshava
44:15 Subjects that one is enthusiastic about
47:17 Gedolim Biographies
52:41 Family obligations when learning in Yeshiva
55:20 Explaining why tragedies happen
57:18 The decision to dedicated life to Torah
58:32 Learning Bikius/B’Iyun
1:01:21 Aggadatah
1:05:03 Choosing your next yeshiva

Jan 31, 2025 • 1h 3min
Dan – Destroying the Lie at the Foundation (with Q&A) – Gush 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
21:13 Propagating our own values
22:29 Western Values that should be debated
25:54 Enlightenment Values
33:04 What comes after Daf Yomi
36:52 Jewish Apologetics
39:32 Relating to Non Jewish Values
47:18 Career in Chinuch
51:47 Torah Values and Halacha
57:58 Approach to Chinuch

Jan 28, 2025 • 39min
Hesped for R’ Moshe Shapiro 5785 (Beis Yisroel)
#Israel Trip 2025

Jan 28, 2025 • 44min
Q&A – Aish Gesher 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
00:14 Exposure to the outside world vs. sheltered in yeshiva
02:35 How to keep enthusiasm for Torah
06:00 Animus towards someone from an enemy country
10:30 Factors in choosing a program after your gap year
11:40 When is it time to leave yeshiva?
12:44 How can a baal teshuva raise children with a geshmak in Yiddishkeit
15:21 How to choose a rebbe
17:14 Things a baal teshuva should keep in mind when choosing a community
20:05 Parents who are not observant
23:21 Keeping motivation when leaving Eretz Yisroel
26:15 Daas Torah
31:38 Earning Olam Habah
40:16 Are different hashkafos mutually exclusive?

Jan 27, 2025 • 12min
Technology and the Geulah from our Internal Slavery
Delivered 1/23/25 in Yeshiva Yesodei HaTorah, Toronto, OT

Jan 27, 2025 • 32min
Learning and Teaching (with Q&A) – Aish Kollel 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
13:51 Actions and Understanding
16:35 Discussing the Aish Kollel
17:59 Leaving the Mir
23:39 Kiruv Krovim vs. Kiruv Richokim
23:35 How does the Kollel movement change our approach to Chinuch/Kiruv?


