Articles

These articles are a collection of writings by Rabbi Klapper on the topics included below, particularly Halakhah, Hashkafa, Israel, Social Policy, Tanakh, and The Study of Torah. They have appeared in Text & Texture, Milin Havivin, Tablet Magazine, and Jewish Values Online.

The series of weekly Divrei Torah are divided up by the book of the Torah. Audio and video articles are found here, along with sourcesheets specifically produced to accompany the shiurim. Most of the proceedings of the Summer Beit Midrash, including summaries written by the fellows, are found on the audio and video page. The topic Acharayut K'Tuvah, CMTL, and SBM Proceedings includes the articles stemming from the learning done about the Summer Beit Midrash topics.

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Acharayut K'tuvah Cmtl And Sbm Proceedings
Title Type Date Language
Thought on Sukkah mats word Sep 29, 2010 english
Bamidbar
Title Type Date Language
B'ha'alotkhaCushit pdf May 28, 2010 english
BalakTMK pdf Jun 25, 2010 english
Bamidbar 5773 pdf May 09, 2013 english
Bamidbar Mishnah pdf May 13, 2010 english
Bamidbar Torah Temimah pdf May 22, 2009 english
Bamidbarrabbah pdf May 27, 2011 english
Behaalotekhalhakenaf pdf Jun 10, 2011 english
Behaalotkha pdf Jun 12, 2009 english
ChukatAbravanel pdf Jun 15, 2010 english
GedalyahMatos pdf Jul 17, 2009 english
Korach's wife pdf Jun 26, 2009 english
Mas'ei pdf Jul 09, 2010 english
MeishivDavarChukat pdf Jul 03, 2009 english
Naso 5773 pdf May 17, 2013 english
Naso Head Covering pdf Jun 05, 2009 english
Nasolaachoto pdf Jun 03, 2011 english
PinchassonsofKorach pdf Jul 02, 2010 english
Shelach Or HaChaim pdf Jun 23, 2009 english
Shelachkanfei pdf Jun 17, 2011 english
ShelachLashonHora pdf Jun 15, 2012 english
Shlach Karo pdf Jun 04, 2010 english
Bereshit
Title Type Date Language
BereshitTorahBlueprint pdf Oct 12, 2012 english
Breishistam pdf Oct 21, 2009 english
ChannukkahTalmud pdf Dec 18, 2009 english
Chayei Sarah 5773 pdf Nov 09, 2012 english
ChayyeiSarahOrhHaChayyim pdf Nov 13, 2009 english
ChayyeiSarahRadak pdf Oct 29, 2010 english
ChayyeiSarahWhomcanonetrust pdf Nov 18, 2011 english
ChristianityVayigash pdf Dec 25, 2009 english
Lekh Lekha 5733 pdf Oct 26, 2012 english
lekhIbnEzra pdf Oct 30, 2009 english
LekhLekha1 pdf Nov 04, 2011 english
Lekhyishmael pdf Oct 13, 2010 english
MeshekhChokhmahbereishis pdf Sep 29, 2010 english
Miketz5773 pdf Dec 14, 2012 english
MiketzLichtenstein pdf Dec 04, 2010 english
MiketzSerious readers pdf Dec 23, 2011 english
Motzilaazmeks pdf Dec 31, 2009 english
Noach5773 pdf Oct 19, 2012 english
Noachritva pdf Oct 07, 2010 english
Open Book - Miketz word Dec 03, 2010 english
Open Book - Miketz word Dec 03, 2010 english
Open Book - Vayigash word Dec 09, 2010 english
Open Book: Chayyei Sarah word Oct 28, 2010 english
Open Book: Lekh Lekha word Oct 13, 2010 english
Open Book: Toldot word Nov 04, 2010 english
Open Book: Vayera word Oct 21, 2010 english
Open Book: Vayeshev word Nov 26, 2010 english
Open Book: Vayetze word Nov 09, 2010 english
RashbamVayeshev pdf Dec 10, 2009 english
RKToldot pdf Nov 19, 2009 english
Sermon Vayeshev pdf Nov 30, 2010 english
Should Halakhic speech and writing be censored pdf Nov 19, 2010 english
Toldot mediation pdf Nov 25, 2011 english
ToldotNetziv pdf Nov 05, 2010 english
ToldotPaltiel pdf Nov 16, 2012 english
Vayechi 3 pdf Dec 17, 2010 english
Vayechi2012miteref pdf Jan 06, 2012 english
Vayechi5773 pdf Dec 28, 2012 english
Vayeitzei 5773 pdf Nov 23, 2012 english
Vayeitzeitur pdf Nov 27, 2009 english
VaYera 5773 pdf Nov 02, 2012 english
Vayera Tosafot pdf Nov 05, 2009 english
Vayeradinademalkhuta pdf Nov 11, 2011 english
VayeraMalbim pdf Oct 21, 2010 english
VayeraStamyeynamlinzerpsak pdf Dec 30, 2010 english
Vayeshev 5773 pdf Dec 06, 2012 english
Vayeshevreasonmysticism pdf Nov 26, 2010 english
Vayeshevvayimaein pdf Dec 16, 2011 english
Vayetze2 pdf Nov 11, 2010 english
Vayetzehatachatelokim pdf Dec 02, 2011 english
Vayigash5773 pdf Dec 21, 2012 english
Vayigashbraindeath1 pdf Dec 09, 2010 english
VayigashWeinstein pdf Dec 30, 2011 english
Vayishlach 5733 pdf Nov 30, 2012 english
Vayishlachhakezonah pdf Dec 09, 2011 english
VayishlachRashbam pdf Dec 03, 2009 english
Biblical And Rabbinic Personalities
Title Type Date Language
pdf Jul 11, 2010 english
A Spiritual Biography of Eliyahu HaNavi pdf Mar 29, 2009 english
A Spiritual Biography of Eliyahu HaNavi - Essay html Jun 04, 2008 english
Amnon and Tamar: A Case Study in Allusions pdf May 04, 2011 english
Joseph the Righteous pdf Nov 10, 2009 english
So Long . . . or: Thanks for the Fish? A New Reading of Sefer Yonah word Jun 04, 2008 english
Teaching Halakhah Proceedings - Part 1 word Sep 13, 2008 english
Devarim
Title Type Date Language
DevarimMidkashdisad pdf Jul 16, 2010 english
Devarimvenishmartem pdf Jul 24, 2010 english
Eikeveiluv'eilu pdf Jul 30, 2010 english
Haazinulodavarreik pdf Sep 28, 2012 english
In the heart of Yerushalayim pdf Aug 24, 2012 english
Ki Tavo 5722 pdf Sep 06, 2012 english
Kitavohasket pdf Aug 27, 2010 english
Kitavoseventylanguages pdf Sep 16, 2011 english
KiTetzeibensorer2 pdf Sep 09, 2011 english
KiTzeiteiben pdf Aug 28, 2009 english
Korach 5722 pdf Jun 22, 2012 english
KorachMaharsha pdf Jun 08, 2010 english
MeishivdavarKiTavo pdf Sep 05, 2009 english
Nitzavim MeshekhChokhmah pdf Sep 13, 2012 english
Nitzavimdaatzkeinim pdf Sep 03, 2010 english
Nitzavimlobashomayim pdf Sep 09, 2009 english
Pele Yoetz Devarim pdf Jul 24, 2009 english
Ralbagvezot pdf Oct 11, 2009 english
Re'eh Lo Titgogedu pdf Aug 16, 2009 english
Reehcentralization pdf Aug 06, 2010 english
RH article Reform Yale pdf Sep 28, 2011 english
RoshH pdf Sep 08, 2010 english
RoshHashannahSaadia pdf Sep 16, 2009 english
Shabshuv09 pdf Sep 24, 2009 english
Shoftim Zygud pdf Aug 23, 2009 english
Sukkahhiddur pdf Sep 30, 2009 english
Sukkahmats pdf Sep 22, 2010 english
Teitzekillelattalui pdf Aug 18, 2010 english
VaEtchanan pdf Jul 30, 2009 english
Vayelekh pdf Sep 23, 2011 english
Vayelikhmetaphors pdf Sep 21, 2012 english
YefatToarShekhem pdf Aug 31, 2012 english
YK3 pdf Sep 16, 2010 english
YKSiach Yitzchak pdf Oct 07, 2011 english
Diversity And Uniformity
Title Type Date Language
A brief conference report pdf Aug 19, 2011 english
Halacha
Title Type Date Language
A Conceptual Approach to Hilkhot Niddah html Mar 09, 2011 english
Are Workers More than Wage Slaves? Toward a Halakhic Labor Ethic - Audio audio Aug 19, 2008 english
Choosing Supreme Court Justices: A Jewish Perspective html Apr 09, 2010 english
DNR Orders in Halakhah - E/H Sourcesheet word Jul 22, 2008 english
Is there a Halakhic Obligation to Prevent Genocide? (Kol Hamevaser 12/17/2007) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Is there a Halakhic Obligation to Prevent Genocide? (Kol Hamevaser 12/17/2007) - Sourcesheet html Jun 04, 2008 english
Is there a Mitzvah to Prevent Genocide? html Jun 03, 2008 english
Mamzerut and DNA (a version is in Beit Yitzchak #39) word Jun 04, 2008 english
May women get their hair cut on chol hamoed pdf Mar 23, 2010 english
Must a Diasporan Observe Yom Tov Sheni in Israel? pdf Sep 30, 2012 english
Must a Diasporan Observe Yom Tov Sheni in Israel? (Beit Yitzchak #37) - Sourcesheet html Jun 04, 2008 english
Review Essay: MetaHalakhah by Moshe Koppel (Tradition: in pay archive) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Toward a Halakhic Approach to End of Life Issues word Oct 06, 2008 english
Hashkafa
Title Type Date Language
A Religious Perspective on 9/11 (Harvard Crimson 9/20/2001) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Charisma pdf Feb 19, 2010 english
Conviction without Fanaticism (YNET html Jun 04, 2008 english
Fostering Modern Torah Leadership (Conversations Winter 2009) pdf Feb 12, 2009 english
Halakhah, Change, and Moral Vision: A Dialogue (Harvard Mosaic Summer 2001) html Jun 04, 2008 english
On Beit Shemesh The Unconscionable pdf Jan 12, 2012 english
Praying for Others' Repentance pdf Sep 11, 2012 english
Repentance: From or Toward? word Sep 11, 2012 english
Review Essay: Rational Rabbis by Menachem Fisch (Dinei Yisroel 23) word Jun 04, 2008 english
Revisiting “Confrontation” After 40 Years html Jun 03, 2008 english
Revisiting “Confrontation” After 40 Years (Boston College conference presentation) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Role of current rabbinic and intellectual leadership pdf May 28, 2009 english
The Holy and the Good Part 1: Amalek and Eden pdf Apr 18, 2012 english
The Holy and the Good Part 2 - Sexuality pdf Apr 18, 2012 english
The Necessity and Impossibility of Religious Zionism html Jun 04, 2008 english
Three Models of Repentance word Sep 11, 2012 english
Three Models of Repentance pdf Sep 11, 2012 english
Wexner Holiness pdf Apr 22, 2012 english
Yizkor should repent from pdf Sep 11, 2012 english
YK truth and teshuvah pdf Sep 25, 2012 english
Israel
Title Type Date Language
Is War Ever Holy? (Mayim Acharonim #7) word Jun 04, 2008 english
Is War Ever Holy? (Mayim Acharonim #7) - Sourcesheet html Jun 04, 2008 english
The Necessity and Impossibility of Religious Zionism word Sep 16, 2008 english
Leadership
Title Type Date Language
Fostering Modern Torah Leadership html Dec 26, 2012 english
Nach
Title Type Date Language
Dubner Magid Kohelet pdf Oct 05, 2012 english
Newsletters
Title Type Date Language
CMTL Fall 09 Newsletter pdf Sep 16, 2009 english
Not Categorized
Title Type Date Language
RHonlineletter pdf Sep 08, 2010 english
Sbm Administration
Title Type Date Language
Medical Authorization word Nov 01, 2010 english
SBM application 13 word Nov 22, 2011 english
SBM brochure 2012 pdf Nov 02, 2010 english
Sbm Publications
Title Type Date Language
Introducing 2009 SBM fellows pdf Jun 12, 2009 english
Introducing 2011 SBM Fellows pdf May 30, 2011 english
Introducing 2013 SBM fellows pdf May 17, 2013 english
Introducing SBM Fellows 2010 pdf May 23, 2010 english
SBM '04 Responsa word Jan 18, 2009 english
SBM '05 Responsa word Jan 18, 2009 english
SBM '07 Responsa word Jan 18, 2009 english
SBM'09 Sh'eilah pdf Aug 03, 2009 english
The 2012 Aryeh Klapper Reader pdf Dec 25, 2012 english
The 2012 Aryeh Klapper Reader word Dec 25, 2012 english
Sbm2011shiur
Title Type Date Language
Summary SBM Fellows pdf Aug 12, 2011 english
Summary Week 5 pdf Aug 05, 2011 english
Shemot
Title Type Date Language
B05773 pdf Jan 19, 2013 english
Bechayei Pekudei pdf Mar 20, 2009 english
Beshalach pdf Feb 05, 2009 english
Beshalachchokmishpat pdf Jan 29, 2010 english
Beshallach pdf Feb 03, 2012 english
Beshallach 5773 pdf Jan 27, 2013 english
BeshallachRabbah pdf Jan 13, 2011 english
Bo Akeidat Yitzchak pdf Jan 28, 2009 english
BoKaspi pdf Jan 22, 2010 english
BoZevachim pdf Jan 07, 2011 english
Commandedness5712 pdf Mar 02, 2012 english
In the current issue of the Jewish Week pdf Jan 27, 2012 english
Ki Tissa 5773 pdf Mar 01, 2013 english
kitisaart pdf Mar 09, 2012 english
kitissarabbahmenachot pdf Mar 05, 2010 english
Linzerbraindeath2 pdf Jan 21, 2011 english
May Women Have their Hair Cut on Chol Hamoed pdf Mar 24, 2010 english
Mishpatim 2012 pdf Feb 15, 2012 english
Mishpatim 5773 pdf Feb 08, 2013 english
Mishpatim Meshekh pdf Feb 19, 2009 english
Mishpatimacharei pdf Jan 28, 2011 english
Mishpatimrashba pdf Feb 10, 2010 english
Netziv Tetzaveh pdf Mar 06, 2009 english
Netziv's Introduction to Exodus pdf Jan 28, 2009 english
PekudeiMikdashAbravanel pdf Mar 04, 2011 english
Shadal Ki Tisa pdf Mar 12, 2009 english
Shemot 5773 pdf Jan 04, 2013 english
Shemotrashiplus1 pdf Dec 24, 2010 english
ShmotRamban pdf Jan 07, 2010 english
Terumah Kedushat Levi pdf Feb 26, 2009 english
Terumah5773 pdf Feb 15, 2013 english
Terumahcrowns pdf Feb 24, 2012 english
TerumahEgyptunrest pdf Feb 04, 2011 english
Tetzaveh 5773 pdf Feb 22, 2013 english
Tetzaveh commandedness pdf Feb 10, 2011 english
Vaeira5773 pdf Jan 10, 2013 english
VaeiraMeshekh Chokhmah pdf Jan 20, 2012 english
Vaera Kaspi pdf Jan 28, 2009 english
Vaerabravefrogs pdf Jan 13, 2010 english
Vayakhel - Netziv pdf Feb 25, 2011 english-hebrew
Vayakhel-Pekudei 5773 pdf Mar 08, 2013 english
vayakhelabstraction pdf Mar 12, 2010 english
Yitro 5773 pdf Feb 01, 2013 english
Yitro Ramban pdf Feb 11, 2009 english
Yitro12 pdf Feb 09, 2012 english
YitroRashi2 pdf Feb 04, 2010 english
Zachorantisemitism pdf Mar 18, 2011 english
ZakhorAmalek1 pdf Feb 23, 2010 english
Social Policy
Title Type Date Language
Conversation: Ethics and warfare (Meorot Shevat 5767) html Jun 04, 2008 english
The Moral Cost of Day School Tuition pdf May 14, 2012 english
Toward a Jewish Perspective on the Role of Corporate Money in Politics pdf Mar 15, 2013 english
Talmud
Title Type Date Language
HaZakein haMamrei keGibbor haMassoret (Beit Yitzchak #26) html Jun 04, 2008 hebrew
HaZakein haMamrei keGibbor haMassoret (Beit Yitzchak #26) - Sourcesheet word Jun 04, 2008 english
Limmud Torah and Bittul Torah as Expressions of Aveilut: In Memoriam Rabbi Shlomo Klapper zt”l (Mayim Acharonim 5) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Tanakh
Title Type Date Language
"The Canaanites were then in the Land": Ibn Ezra, Post-Mosaic Editorial Insertions, and the Canaanite Exile from the Land html Oct 13, 2010 english
Always Listen for Angels pdf Sep 11, 2012 english
Always Listen for Angels (Kol Chovevei Torah 11/10/2006) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Amnon and Tamar: A Case Study in Allusions pdf May 04, 2011 english
Eikhah Chapter 1 with Commentary word Jul 29, 2009 hebrew
Excerpts from Rut Rabbah pdf May 28, 2009 english-hebrew
How Tanakh Should be Taught in Day Schools html Mar 03, 2013 english
In honor of the wedding of Jonathan and Ora pdf Jun 07, 2011 english
Jeremiah 2 - An Interpretive Essay word Jul 29, 2009 english
Predictive Prophecy and Free Will (UPenn Roots Haggadah; Mayim Acharonim 2) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Reclaiming Holiness (Wexner Foundation Newsletter) word Jun 04, 2008 english
Review Essay: Abraham’s Promise by Michael Wyschogrod (Tradition; in pay archive) html Jun 04, 2008 english
Rut Rabba excerpted translation pdf May 14, 2013 english
Sefer Iyov - An Interpretive Essay word Jul 29, 2009 english
Shavuot and translation pdf May 28, 2009 english
Shir HaShirim pdf Apr 01, 2009 english-hebrew
Shir HaShirim word Apr 01, 2009 english-hebrew
So Long . . . But Thanks for the Fish: A New Reading of Sefer Yonah - Article word Oct 08, 2008 english
So Long . . . or: Thanks for the Fish? A New Reading of Sefer Yonah - Sourcesheet word Jun 04, 2008 english

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