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?

In Parshat Nitzavim God says that after he brings us back he will increase us and bless the land. The State of Israel is clearly a manifestation of this.

The 3 sets of the makkot can be categorized according to the 3 principles of Sefer HaIkkarim. Each set was intended to teach Pharaoh a different lesson.

Rabbi Sholom Gold discusses the haftarah of Shabbat Chol Hamoed Pesach (Ezekiel 37), Yechezkel’s vision of the valley of the Dry Bones, and how it is being fulfilled in our days. Delivered at the OU Israel Center

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.  

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. […]

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 – 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.