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Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold

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The Students of Rabbi Akiva

May 11, 2017, by

Is it possible that all 24,000 of Rabbi Akiva’s students committed the exact same sin? Why do we mourn over these students if they didn’t even learn from their rebbe’s most famous teaching?

Yom Ha’atzmaut 5773: From Vilna to Yerushalayim

April 14, 2013, by

From Vilna to Yerushalayim: No other country’s Independence Day is more powerful than Israel’s. Trivializing the day is ingratitude to God’s outpouring of kindness to His people. Parshat Hashavua from Yerushalayim presented by Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold. Recorded at the Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults.  

Eliyahu HaNavi and Yom Ha’Atzmaut

April 26, 2012, by

The two faces of Eliyahu HaNavi: We are presented with two diametrically opposed pictures of Eliyahu HaNavi (one in Tanach and one in Chazal). How do we reconcile the two opposite personalities? How did he change? Parshat Hashavua from Yerushalayim presented by Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold. Recorded at the Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults. […]

Purim: The Religious Significance of a Flat Tire

March 7, 2012, by

When Esther takes the 1st step to save the Jews is when God began the redemption process just like when I took the first step towards fixing my own flat. Parshat Hashavua from Yerushalayim presented by Rabbi Dr. Sholom Gold. Recorded at the Avrom Silver Jerusalem College for Adults.

If I Forget Thee Jerusalem

May 18, 2006, by

If I Forget Thee Jerusalem – presented by Rabbi Sholom Gold, Rabbi Emeritus of Young Israel of West Hempstead and the Rabbi of Beit Knesset Zichron Yaakov in Har Nof. This shiur is part of the OU’s Torah Dimensions series focusing on Jerusalem.