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Ein Yaakov with Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

Ein Yaakov with Rabbi Chaim Fogelman

Written by: Rabbi Chaim Fogelman
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 A weekly shiur on the Ein Yaakov, the classic collection of the aggados of the Talmud: the stories, parables and teachings woven through every masechta of the Gemara. Each week Rabbi Chaim Fogelman reads the Gemara inside with Rashi, the Maharsha and the commentaries printed alongside it, and draws out what Chazal are teaching about Hashem, the soul and how a person should live. The podcast follows the shiur masechta by masechta, starting with Kesuvos. Every past shiur, with a summary and chapters, is at einyaakovshiur.com. Judaism Spirituality
Episodes
  • Ein Yaakov on Kesuvos – Shiur 7: A Tear on Erev Yom Kippur

    Ein Yaakov on Kesuvos – Shiur 7: A Tear on Erev Yom Kippur
    Nov 10 2026
    How long a talmid may leave home to learn, and what it costs the wife who waits. A sigh breaks half the body, yet the Jew walking with a gentile kept his pace. Then Rav Rechumi, who came home once a year on Erev Yom Kippur, until the year he stayed learning and his wife's tear brought down the roof; Yehuda the son of Rabbi Chiya and the pillar of fire; the power of a tzaddik's words, with the Rav's memory of the Rebbe's heart attack for Rosh Chodesh Kislev; and Rebbi's match for his son. Key ideas: • Learning Torah away from home must not come at the expense of one's wife; her tear has great power. • A sigh breaks the body, but a Jew who is used to hardship keeps going. • The words of a tzaddik have the power to bring about what they say, for good even more than for bad. • Be home on the days that matter. Kesuvos 61b–62b. Summary and chapters: https://www.einyaakovshiur.com/kesuvos/7
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    52 mins
  • Ein Yaakov on Kesuvos – Shiur 6: Tzedakah at all times, and feeding those who serve

    Ein Yaakov on Kesuvos – Shiur 6: Tzedakah at all times, and feeding those who serve
    Nov 3 2026
    "Oseh tzedakah b'chol eis": supporting one's own small children as tzedakah given at every moment, the levels of giving, and why tzedakah never leaves the giver poorer. Chazal's warning against changing an inheritance among one's children, and how Avraham could give everything to Yitzchak. A husband's obligations to his wife, how long a mother nurses, and why Adam called his wife Chava. Then the stories of the waiter and the king's food, and why those who serve a meal must be given a taste. Key ideas: • Supporting one's own small children is counted as tzedakah given at every moment. • Tzedakah is like light and like Torah: giving it never leaves the giver with less. • Chazal warn against changing an inheritance among one's children, even from a less worthy child to a better one. • Whoever serves food must be given a taste of it, as the stories of the waiter and the king's food show. Kesuvos 50a–61b. Summary and chapters: https://www.einyaakovshiur.com/kesuvos/6
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    52 mins
  • Ein Yaakov on Kesuvos – Shiur 5: Give no more than a fifth, and start at six

    Ein Yaakov on Kesuvos – Shiur 5: Give no more than a fifth, and start at six
    Oct 27 2026
    Why a person who incurs a greater punishment doesn't also pay damages, Yaakov's fear for Binyamin and the teaching that everything is in Heaven's hands except cold and heat, and how the four deaths of beis din still come after the Churban. The warning against going about as a gossip and guarding one's thoughts by day, a husband's obligations to his wife, and the father who will not support his children. Then the takanah of Usha not to give more than a fifth to tzedakah, and Rav's instruction to take a child into the class from six and "stuff him like an ox." Key ideas: • Everything is in Heaven's hands except cold and heat, which a person must guard himself from. • Guard your thoughts by day, and don't go about talking about others. • The takanah of Usha: a person should not give more than a fifth of his means to tzedakah. • From age six, take a child into the class and fill him with learning. Kesuvos 30a–50a. Summary and chapters: https://www.einyaakovshiur.com/kesuvos/5
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    51 mins
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