

Featured Shiurim
Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky
This podcast will post all the shiurim of R’ Aaron Lopiansky that are not part of a regular series. This includes pre-Yom Tov shiurim, interviews, Q&As, guest speeches and more.The shiurim will be released sporadically, as they are given, so be sure to subscribe to get all the latest ones.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 2, 2025 • 39min
Nesias Ol from Afar – Our Achrayos to Acheinu Bnei Yisroel
Delivered for Machon Ora, Passaic, NJ on Motzei Shabbos 3/1/25

Feb 28, 2025 • 1h 3min
Slavery, Freedom, and Technology (with Q&A) – Shapell’s 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
26:01 Attention Span
27:25 Husband and Wife Having Different Standards with Technology
30:05 Americans Making Aliyah
36:14 Daas Torah
43:26 Daas Torah and Different Shitos
52:58 Left Wing Orthodoxy
01:00:43 Baal Teshuva Learning Gemarah

Feb 23, 2025 • 55min
Keeping the End in Mind (with Q&A) – Yishrei 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
#Vayechi
12:35 Learning Hashkafa
13:42 ADHD Medication
15:31 Chumros
18:46 Dreams
20:53 Halacha Based on Science
24:10 R’ Moshe Shapiro
25:54 Responding to People Who Disrespect Yeshiva Bochrim
31:51 Recommended Hashkafa Sefer
33:21 Asking Halacha Questions
34:30 Celebrating Birthdays
36:24 Working on Modesty
38:48 Leaving Yeshiva/Kollel
41:24 Family Members who have Gone Off the Derech
46:05 Gematriah and Bible Codes
50:10 Determining our Tafkid

Feb 16, 2025 • 56min
Q&A – Toras Shraga 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
02:14 Chareidim serving in the army
09:39 Are Israeli Wars a Milchemes Mitzva
18:54 Ben Torah for Life
25:32 Getting a Cheshek for Learning Torah
28:02 Connecting to Tefillah
31:50 Attending a Secular College
37:23 Interacting with Jews with Alternative Lifestyles and Values
41:05 Sports
48:24 Platonic Relationships
53:25 Discussing YGW

Feb 13, 2025 • 58min
Admitting to the Truth (with Q&A) – Shalavim 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
25:53 Growing Standard of Living
34:03 Sacrificing your own avodah for the Klal
39:32 Should yeshiva bochrim learn more halacha in preparation for going to work
43:49 The Challenges on Learning Science
47:25 Going to the Army
50:39 Being connected to the tzaros of Klal Yisroel
54:53 Focus on Growing

Feb 11, 2025 • 58min
Q&A – Reishit (5785)
#Israel Trip 2025
03:25 Vaping and Psychedelics
12:31 The Mitzvah to know Hashem
16:39 The extent of Kibbud Av V’Eim
20:35 Non-Religious relatives
23:42 Modern Orthodox
30:42 Getting married if you are not ready to have children
32:10 The “yeshivish” vs. the “Satmar” view on the State of Israel
36:18 Cults
42:21 Leisure and Bitul Torah
47:44 What and How to learn
51:38 Overcoming the Yetzer Hara

Feb 9, 2025 • 44min
Growing from Our Past Mistakes (with Q&A) – Zeev HaTorah 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
13:37 Downtime
16:31 Incentives to get up for Shachris
20:21 “Ben Yeshiva”
21:53 Staying Inspired
24:15 Doing what’s right even when you don’t feel like it
27:38 Smoking, Drinking, and Smartphones
29:53 WhatsApp
31:56 Age for dating and marriage
35:38 Will dating earlier make people more mature
37:54 “Babying” your kids
41:04 Becoming responsible

Feb 7, 2025 • 1h 3min
Connecting to Life (with Q&A) – Orayta 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
Balancing Torah and Chesed 14:47
Was Shimon strong? 17:38
Technology – causing people to become passive 18:48
Sechel 22:45
College 25:28
Giving rebuke 29:08
Keeping Inspiration 31:45
Focusing and balance in Avodas Hashem 33:27
Living in a place where everyone is different 36:12
Where should a person make an impact 38:33
Mistakes that talmidim make 40:24
Learning in Eretz Yisroel 45:50
Learning Gemorah 47:15
Enjoying Learning 49:03
Learning vs. Teaching 53:51
Reasons to and not learn in yeshiva 55:01
Finding one’s derecho 57:58
Using one’s talents 1:00:24

Feb 4, 2025 • 49min
Q&A – Mevaseret (5785)
#Israel Trip 5785
01:33 Davening in the Yeshiva Minyon
04:25 Yeridas HaDoros
08:02 Interacting with the opposite gender
13:25 Can one know Shas without a good memory
17:21 Reading books of secular subjects and culture
20:21 Smart Phones and Technology
24:55 Becoming a Ben Torah for Life
29:00 Loving Self-hating Jews
32:59 Pursuing a life in chinuch when parents are opposed to it
36:14 Dealing with the various hashkafos in Eretz Yisroel
37:57 Can everyone choose a rebbe<
39:50 Choosing a college
44:31 Learning Rishonim and Achronim
46:26 Why don’t we focus more on Avodas Hashem

Jan 31, 2025 • 1h 7min
Kiddush and Havdallah in Galus (with Q&A) – KBY 5785
#Israel Trip 2025
#Vayechi
13:32 Chareidim’s Commitment to the broader Klal Yisroel
27:11 Kibbush Eretz Yisroel
34:11 Making Aliyah
36:41 The sefer “Ben Yeshiva”
38:48 Machshava
44:15 Subjects that one is enthusiastic about
47:17 Gedolim Biographies
52:41 Family obligations when learning in Yeshiva
55:20 Explaining why tragedies happen
57:18 The decision to dedicated life to Torah
58:32 Learning Bikius/B’Iyun
1:01:21 Aggadatah
1:05:03 Choosing your next yeshiva


