YUTorah Online

Fourteen Centuries #4: Rav Achai, the Non-Gaon

Speaker:: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
Date:: December 24 2023

00:00 / 00:00

1.0x

speed

Update Required To play the media you will need to either update your browser to a recent version or update your Flash plugin.

Length:: 31min 50s
Downloads:: 0

Views:: 773
Comments:: 0

Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

History:

8th - 10th Centuries CE

Collections: R' Torczyner Fourteen Centuries

Description

Why Rav Achai left Bavel for Israel, and the origin and nature of the Sheiltot. Note: The history is more overview than granular, and certainly not academic.

More from this:

SPEAKER
CATEGORY

NEW
Saving Your Brother Is Different: Leah, Yaakov and the Draft
- Speaker: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
- Date: Today
- Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park
  
  Halacha:
  
  Bein Adam l'Chaveiro
  
  Machshava:
  
  Religious Zionism
  
  Parsha:
  
  Vayeitzei, Vayishlach
- Duration: 8 min
NEW
Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 55: 9:3-9 - A Revelatory Search for Donkeys
- Speaker: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
- Date: Yesterday
- Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park
  
  Nach:
  
  Shmuel
- Duration: 11 min
Torat Chayim: Vayishlach 5786
- Speaker: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
- Date: Dec 3, 2025
- Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park
  
  Parsha:
  
  Vayishlach
- Duration: 0 min
- Download
- Read Later

Megillah 6a-6b
- Speaker: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
- Date: Dec 2, 2025
- Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park
  
  Gemara:
  
  Megillah
  
  Machshava:
  
  Reward and Punishment
- Duration: 46 min
Shemuel I Mini-Shiur Part 54: 9:2 - Shaul's Fine Qualities
- Speaker: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
- Date: Dec 2, 2025
- Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park
  
  Nach:
  
  Shmuel
- Duration: 11 min
Practical Medical Halachah Whatsapp #51 - Gelcaps
- Speaker: Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner
- Date: Dec 2, 2025
- Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kashrut, Medicine
- Duration: 10 min

Three or Four Erev Yom Kippur To-Dos, and a Taste of Chol ha-Moed
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Sep 30, 2025
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: YU High School for Boys
  
  Gemara:
  
  Yoma
  
  Halacha:
  
  Bein Adam l'Chaveiro, Chol Hamoed, Chukat Akum, Orach Chaim, Shechitah, Supernatural, Tzedakah, Yom Kippur
  
  History:
  
  10 - 15th Centuries CE, 8th - 10th Centuries CE
  
  Machshava:
  
  Ahavat Hashem, Chol Hamoed, Rambam, Spirituality, Tefillah, Teshuva, Yirat Hashem, Yom Kippur
  
  Mishna:
  
  Avot, Yoma
  
  Holidays:
  
  Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah, Taaniot (fasts)
  
  Parsha:
  
  Emor
- Duration: 39 min
Once the Mezuzos Are Up: Checking, Taking Away and Takeaways | Hilchos Mezuza #21 [Yoreh Deah 291:1-2]
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Sep 16, 2025
- Series: BCBM
  Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Avoda Zara, Bava Metzia, Megillah, Shabbat
  
  Halacha:
  
  Mezuzah, Non-Jews, Orach Chaim, Tfillin, Yoreh Deah
  
  History:
  
  8th - 10th Centuries CE
  
  Machshava:
  
  Philosophy of Halacha, Rambam, Spirituality
  
  Mishna:
  
  Yoma
- Duration: 56 min
נכנסין ויוצאין, ולימוד בשעת קרה״ת, שיעור ב׳ [סתירת גמ׳ סוטה וברכות וז׳ יישובים, קרה״ת כחובת יחיד או ציבור] | Megilla shiur #17 (sugya & summer finale)
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Aug 7, 2025
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: NCSY Kollel
  
  Gemara:
  
  Berachot, Megillah, Sotah
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kriyat HaTorah, Orach Chaim, Torah
  
  History:
  
  10 - 15th Centuries CE, 8th - 10th Centuries CE
  
  Machshava:
  
  Mesorah, Yirat Hashem
  
  Nach:
  
  Ezra & Nechemia
  
  Parsha:
  
  Yitro
  
  Personalities:
  
  Rambam
- Duration: 1 hr 12 min

קרה״ת ותרגום בזה״ז, שיעור ג׳ | Megilla shiur #9 (sugya finale)
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jul 20, 2025
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: NCSY Kollel
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Megillah
  
  Halacha:
  
  Israel, Kriyat HaTorah, Minhagim, Rabbinic Laws, Shavuot, Tefillah, Yom Tov
  
  History:
  
  8th - 10th Centuries CE, Bayit Sheni, Roman Period
  
  Machshava:
  
  History
  
  Mishna:
  
  Megillah
  
  Nach:
  
  Ezra & Nechemia
- Duration: 54 min
קרה״ת ותרגום בזה״ז, שיעור ב׳ | Megilla shiur #8
- Speaker: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
- Date: Jul 17, 2025
- Series: Daily Shiur
  Venue: NCSY Kollel
  
  Gemara:
  
  Aggadeta, Megillah
  
  Halacha:
  
  Israel, Kriyat HaTorah, Shavuot, Tefillah, Yom Tov
  
  History:
  
  8th - 10th Centuries CE, Bayit Sheni, Roman Period
  
  Machshava:
  
  History
  
  Mishna:
  
  Megillah
  
  Nach:
  
  Ezra & Nechemia
- Duration: 35 min
Ner Mitzvah 3: Rav Moshe Shapiro on Galus Yishmael During the Second Intefada
- Speaker: Rabbi Tzvi Benoff
- Date: Mar 12, 2025
- Venue: Riverdale Jewish Center
  
  Halacha:
  
  Brit Milah
  
  History:
  
  16th - 18th Centuries CE, 20th Century CE, 8th - 10th Centuries CE
  
  Machshava:
  
  Akeidas Yitzchak, Avraham, Galut, Geulah, History, Israel, Kabbalah, Maharal, Midrash
  
  Nach:
  
  Daniel
  
  Parsha:
  
  Balak, Chayei Sara, Lech Lecha, Toldot, Vayeira
  
  Personalities:
  
  Arizal
- Duration: 1 hr 4 min

Comments
0 comments Leave a Comment

Fourteen Centuries #4: Rav Achai, the Non-Gaon

Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

History:

8th - 10th Centuries CE

Collections: R' Torczyner Fourteen Centuries

Description

Additional Materials

Contact Us

About Us

Feedback

Feedback

Fourteen Centuries #4: Rav Achai, the Non-Gaon

Venue: Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park Eitz Chaim of Dogwood Park

History: 8th - 10th Centuries CE

Collections: R' Torczyner Fourteen Centuries

Description

Additional Materials

Contact Us

About Us

Feedback

Feedback

History:

8th - 10th Centuries CE