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A Penitent Nazi? Are There Limits to Forgiveness?
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 10, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Geirut,
  
  Teshuvah,
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Machshava:
  
  Teshuva,
  
  Holidays:
  
  Aseret Y'mei Teshuvah,
- Duration: 1 h 1 min
Take Four - Koheles - Perek 3
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 10, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Series:
  
  Nach Yomi
  
  Nach:
  
  Kohelet,
- Duration: 6 min
Take Four - Koheles - Perek 2
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 08, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Series:
  
  Nach Yomi
  
  Nach:
  
  Kohelet,
- Duration: 6 min
Beit Midrash Zichron Dov Tishrei in a Morning 5786- Short Ideas on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot and Simchat Torah
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 09, 2026
- Venue:
  
  YU Torah MiTzion Beit Midrash Zichron Dov
  
  Holidays:
  
  Tishrei,
  
  Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah,
- Duration: 1 h 8 min
Neilas Yom Hakippurim: Shoes On or Off? Locked In or Locked Out?
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 07, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Holidays:
  
  Tishrei,
- Duration: 17 min
Rapid-Fire Insights into the Yamim Noraim: From Selichos to Sukkos
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 06, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Machshava:
  
  Teshuva,
- Duration: 47 min

Top Lectures

Do We Believe in Omens? Approaching the Simanim of Rosh Hashanah
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 29, 2024
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
- Duration: 35 min
Managing the Pesach Diet for Those With Food Sensitivities and Allergies
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Apr 06, 2022
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Gemara:
  
  Pesachim,
  
  Halacha:
  
  Health,
- Duration: 56 min
The Importance of Questioning
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Jan 10, 2022
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Series:
  
  Ten Minute Mussar
  
  Machshava:
  
  Mussar,
- Duration: 15 min
Do We Believe A Dog Is A Man's Best Friend? The Torah Perspective on Pets
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Dec 15, 2021
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Series:
  
  Contemporary Halacha
  
  Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Animals,
  
  Machshava:
  
  Ethics,
- Duration: 38 min
מותר הפסח
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Dec 19, 2019
- Venue:
  
  YU Wilf Campus
  
  Series:
  
  Kollel Elyon Chaburos
  
  Gemara:
  
  Pesachim,
  
  Zevachim,
- Duration: 1 h 58 min
What Not To Say At A Shivah Call
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Feb 05, 2019
- Venue:
  
  YU Wilf Campus
  
  Series:
  
  BMP Shiurim
  
  Halacha:
  
  Aveilut,
  
  Contemporary Issues,
- Duration: 41 min

Is Judaism a Religion of Tolerance? The Parameters of Tochachah (Rebuke)
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: May 24, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Non-Jews,
- Duration: 45 min
Kitniyos Controversies: History and Halacha
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Mar 22, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Minhagim,
- Duration: 30 min
An Open Door Policy? Inviting Non-Observant Jews for a Shabbos Meal
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Jan 18, 2026
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues,
- Duration: 49 min
Our Holy Land (Jewish History Lecture Series) Part 1 - Tzefat: 16th Century Mystics, Messianism, the Semicha Controversy, and the Great Earthquake of 1837
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Oct 29, 2025
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Israel,
  
  Machshava:
  
  History,
- Duration: 51 min
Medicinal or Magical? An Overview of Alternative Medicine in Halachah and Hashkafah
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Jun 15, 2025
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Science & Medicine,
  
  Medicine,
  
  Medical Ethics,
  
  Machshava:
  
  Science & Medicine,
- Duration: 56 min
Praying For the Government: Should we Pray for the Canadian (Or US) Government; Reishit Tzmichat Geulateinu: Has the Redemption Already Begun? The Debate Over the Prayer for the State of Israel
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Mar 16, 2025
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Tefillah,
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Machshava:
  
  Politics,
- Duration: 48 min
Techeiles: The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and its Possible Rediscovery
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Mar 02, 2025
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Israel,
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Tzitzis,
  
  Machshava:
  
  History,
- Duration: 52 min

Chassidim, Misnagdim, and Mussar: The Great Debate (Great Debates and Controversies of Jewish History Part 1)
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Feb 12, 2025
- Machshava:
  
  History,
  
  Chassidut,
- Duration: 1 h 3 min
Can We Daven in English?
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Dec 15, 2024
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Halacha:
  
  Tefillah,
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Machshava:
  
  Hebrew,
- Duration: 45 min
Do We Believe in Omens? Approaching the Simanim of Rosh Hashanah
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Sep 29, 2024
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
- Duration: 35 min
Managing the Pesach Diet for Those With Food Sensitivities and Allergies
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Apr 06, 2022
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Gemara:
  
  Pesachim,
  
  Halacha:
  
  Health,
- Duration: 56 min
Do We Believe A Dog Is A Man's Best Friend? The Torah Perspective on Pets
- Speaker: Rabbi Shmuel Lesher
- Date: Dec 15, 2021
- Venue:
  
  BAYT (Toronto, ON)
  
  Series:
  
  Contemporary Halacha
  
  Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues,
  
  Animals,
  
  Machshava:
  
  Ethics,
- Duration: 38 min

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