The Weekly Torah Controversy

Join The YU Torah Mitzion Kollel as they explore a fascinating torah-based controversy, its historical context and contemporary spiritual applications each week.

The Perfection of the Patriarchs: A Philosophical and Educational Debate with Rabbi Yair Lichtman 08/04/2024

Chalav Yisrael vs Chalav Stam with Rabbi Ephraim Wiesenberg 07/28/2024

To Wear or Not to Wear (תכלת) with Rabbi Yitzy Weiss 07/21/2024

Flags in Shul with Rabbi Yehuda Rosenberg 07/14/2024

Do We Need a New Nusach for Nachem? with Rabbi Yair Lichtman 07/07/2024

Betting, Gambling, and Playing the Lottery with Rabbi Ephraim Wiesenberg 06/30/2024

Are they Jewish? The Beta Israel Controversy with Rabbi Yehuda Rosenberg 06/23/2024

Challenging Hashem 05/26/2022

Sefirat Haomer, the Sudducees and the Nation of Israel 05/12/2022

Make Yom Haatzmaut a Controversy 05/03/2022

Hand Matzah or Machine Matzah? 03/31/2022

Is Veal Kosher? 03/24/2022

The Purim Shpiel 03/15/2022

Ascending Har Habayit Today 03/10/2022

The Mechitza 03/03/2022

Halachik Subterfuge? The Heter Mechira Debate with special Guest, Rabbi Daniel Feldman 02/24/2022

The International Date Line 02/17/2022

Tzitz & Choshen The Evolution of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l 02/10/2022

The Keruvim 02/03/2022

Sarah Schenirer, the Chafetz Chaim and Talmud Torah for women 01/13/2022

Rav Menachem Ziemba zt"l Hy'd's role in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 01/06/2022

Moshe Rabbeinu and the Question of Our Perfection 12/23/2021

A New Look at the Brain Death Debate 12/16/2021

The Emden - Eybeshutz Controversy 12/09/2021

The Debate Over Secession: Frankfurt Am Main 11/25/2021

The Dignity of Difference 11/18/2021

The Manhattan Eruv 11/11/2021

The Caveman Speech 11/04/2021

Rav Kook’s “Hesped” for Herzl 10/28/2021

Assisted Reproductive Technologies 10/21/2021