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.
The Mechaber discusses the reason we sit in sukkot. What are the halachic ramifications of whether our sukkot commemorate the Ananei HaKavod or actual sukkot they used in the desert? Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Many learn that “חג הסוכות תעשה” is an implicit blessing, if you perform the mitzvah of ישיבת סוכה, you will merit to perform it next year as well. Why is the mitzvah of sukkah a segulah for a long life? Why does it say אני ה’ אלקיכם regarding sukkah? Download the mekorot here Shiur provided courtesy […]
Rav Achai Gaon and Rebbi Akiva died on Yom Kippur. Why does Yom Kippur conclude with “ה’ הוא האלוקים”? Why does the parsha of Yom Kippur say what to do and then the date, it should be the reverse! Yom Kippur comes from a different realm. Download the mekorot here Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
The Zohar says that Yom HaKippurim is like Purim. How are these two seemingly polar opposite days similar? Mar berei D’Ravina fasted all year except for 3 days, Erev Yom Kippur, Purim, and Shavuot. What’s the common denominator? Download the mekorot here Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
Why is Elul alluded to in מגילת אסתר in the context of משלוח מנות? Why does Nechemiah specifically tell the nation to send מנות to those who don’t have on Rosh Hashana? What is the connection between Rosh Hashana and Purim? Download the mekorot here Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
The minhag was that everybody fasted on Erev Rosh Hashana and to wake up early before dawn to daven selichot. Why? If someone does teshuva one day a year it’s as if he did Teshuva the whole year. Why specifically on Erev Rosh Hashana? Is it merely because it’s the last day of the year? […]
Unlike other two-day Yomim Tovim, Rosh Hashana is halachically viewed as one long day. What is the deeper significance? Yom Kippur is the one day of the year when the Satan can’t prosecute. Why does he get a day off? How can the Torah command us not to desire something – either you have a […]
The Rambam writes in eight places that the mitzvah is to listen, not to blow the shofar. The Semag, Sheiltot, and Rosh hold that the mitzvah is to blow the shofar. The Avnei Nezer: if the mitzvah is to hear it, why can’t you be yotzei if a minor blows the shofar; if the mitzvah […]
How do we prepare for Selichot? Do we lose any sleep over our sins as we approach Rosh Hashana, the Day of Judgement? Selichot are meant to wake us up. to shake us up. Shiur provided courtesy of Torah Anytime
According to the Levush Selichot are modeled after davening, we begin with Pesukei D’Zimra, then kaddish, then the thirteen middot and selichot (which parallel the amida), followed by Tachanun and full Kaddish. What are the halachic ramifications of this? The minhag is that the one who davens Selichot should daven the rest of the day […]
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