Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kivelevitz
Rabbi, dayan, and teacher across North American communities — bringing sharp halachic analysis and a scholar's memory to every debate.
Rischa D'Araisa · The Heat of Battle
The Yeshiva of Newark Podcast
Where ancient wisdom argues with the modern world. Rigorous Torah scholarship colliding with American history, culture, and the great questions of our day — led by Rischa D'Araisa.
- Episodes
- 2,700+
- Years on air
- 7
- First episode
- 2019
About the show
A beis medrash without walls
The Yeshiva of Newark / Yeshiva at IDT is an online house of study — lectures, classes, and unfiltered dialogue brought to a worldwide audience. Its flagship, Rischa D'Araisa (“the heat of battle”), is a no-holds-barred Torah conversation.
Halacha & Lomdus
Deep dives into Jewish law, rabbinic thought, and the texts that shape them.
The American Spirit
The Hebraic roots of revolution, constitution, and the nation's founding ideals.
Fearless Debate
Contemporary culture and the questions most are too cautious to ask aloud.
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