Rabbi Daniel Glatstein currently serves as the Rav and Morah D"asra of Kehilas Ahavas Yisroel, a vibrant and bustling young Kehilla where he offers daily shiurim and guidance to more than 100 young families. Previously, he spent five years building up and reviving the oldest Orthodox shul in Kew Gardens Hills from a dwindling membership to a vibrant center of Torah learning for the entire Queens community, attracting dozens of new members of all ages. Among his many weekly shiurim, Rabbi Glatstein delivers a popular weekly shiur to Bnei Torah, Baaleh Batim and college students on Parshas HaShavua and other timely topics in his own shul as well as in Rabbi Oelbaum's shul, K'hal Nachlas Yitzchak, through the Agra-Dpirka shiur network. He is often invited to serve as a guest speaker in Yeshivos and Torah Institutions across the Tri-State area and his shiurim have been received enthusiastically by audiences of all backgrounds and affiliations. Rabbi Glatstein has semicha from the Rabbinical Seminary of America,Yeshiva Chofetz Chaim as well as from Harav Noach Isaac Oelbaum.
Why did the 24,000 students of Rebbi Akiva specifically stop dying on Lag BaOmer? Why do we recite Tehillim 67 after counting the Omer? Why is the verse “יודוך עמים אלקים יודוך אלקים כולם” repeated? Why is the number five associated with gratitude? (Rav Yosef Engel brings nine examples) What is the connection between Lag […]
Belzer Rebbe: Hillel’s source for eating the Korban Pesach in a sandwich (Korech) is not from the Parsha of Korban Pesach (Shemot 12), it’s from the Parsha of Pesach Sheni! Regarding Pesach Rishon it says: צלי אש ומצות. על מרורים יאכלוהו! Some hold there is a misprint and the pasuk quoted should be the one […]
The Tur writes that we celebrate Lag BaOmer because that is the day the students of Rebbe Akiva stopped dying. Why is that a reason to celebrate – they stopped dying because there were none left! Why don’t we make a shehechiyanu on Sefirat HaOmer? Why does the Torah mention Shabbos and the Omer in […]
What is the thematic connection between Rosh Chodesh, David HaMelech, and the Davidic dynasty? Why do we read this haftarah just because it begins with the phrase “Machar Chodesh”? An answer from Rav Shimon Schwab. Like Shaul we notice that Dovid is missing (i.e. Moshiach hasn’t come) and we ask why hasn’t Ben Yishai Come? […]
If someone forgets יעלה ויבא in bentching on Rosh Chodesh one doesn’t repeat bentching, the Yerushalmi rules he has to repeat bentching (because it holds having a seudah is obligatory on Rosh Chodesh). Why is it obligatory? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
In the story told in the Haggadah about the Seder in Bnei Brak Rebbe Elazar ben Azarya says he was never able to prevail over the chachamim regarding the requirement to remembering Yetziat Mitzrayim at night until now. Why wasn’t Rabban Gamliel present with the rest of the leaders of the generation? What changed at […]
The Rambam emphasizes that if you didn’t say the bracha on Sefirat HaOmer you don’t need to repeat sefirah with a bracha. Rav Moshe Shapiro asks in אפיקי מים: Of course – a bracha is never מעכב? The Machzor Vitry rules that if you counted without a bracha you can repeat sefirah with a bracha. […]
The Navi describes the Korban Pesach brought by King Yoshiyahu as unparalleled. Rav Yonasan Eibeshutz asks what made this Korban Pesach different from other ones brought such as the ones brought in the days of David and Shlomo? Download the mekorot Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
The haftarah of the seventh day of Pesach is the song of David HaMelech to parallel Az Yashir/Shirat HaYam in the Torah Reading. The last verse of the haftarah (Shmuel II 22:51) reads: “מגדול ישועות מלכו ועושה חסד למשיחו לדוד ולזרעו עד עולם” This pasuk is repeated almost word-for-word in Tehillim (ch. 18) where the […]
Why do we begin the Haggadah by expounding a pasuk that seems to minimize the importance of the Seder night by saying that we have to remember Yetziat Mitzrayim every day! The 3 differences between סיפור and זכירה. What is the etymology of the word Haggadah? Why was it essential that the first three makkot […]
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