YUTORAH: R' Ari Kahn -- Recent Shiurim

The First Philosopher - Oct 8, 2026 - The serpent in Gan Eden is among the Torah’s most enigmatic figures: Who is he, what does he want, and what is he really saying? A close reading of his conversation with the woman opens unexpected questions about the opening chapters of Bereishit—and the nature of temptation.

I Did the Hokey Pokey, But I Turned Myself Around - Multiple Perspectives on Teshuva: Heaven, Community, and Self - Sep 17, 2026 - A lecture that sets three perspectives on teshuva—God’s, the individual’s, and the community’s—against one another, exposing the fault lines where divine forgiveness, personal memory, and public trust do not line up.

Not Blowing the Shofar - Listening to Angels - Sep 10, 2026 - If the shofar can save us in a time of judgment, how do we remain silent when Rosh Hashanah falls on Shabbat?

Erasure - Sep 3, 2026 - Hester panim is not a new idea at the end of Devarim. It has an antecedent — and it belongs to a larger topic of hiding, and of erasing, the other. Sometimes erasure punishes. Sometimes it heals.

Perpetual Acceptance - Aug 27, 2026 - A single unprecedented Hebrew verb at Arvot Moav — "you became a nation," in the past tense — raises the question of whether Israel's covenant was broken by the Golden Calf or simply renewed, and whether "today" ever really means today.