Virtual Beit Midrash

Join our beloved Rebbetzin Shurin as she gives you wisdom and insight from Sefer Divrei Hayamim for your everyday life.

Tuesdays at 8:30 PM Israel Time | 1:30 PM EST

Enhance your textual learning skills with Rabbi Francis Nataf’s in-depth Chumash series on Parashat Vayechi. Designed for intermediate and upper-level learners, this conceptual, text-based course takes a deep dive into the conclusion of Sefer Bereshit, giving students a rare opportunity to study this fundamental parasha in detail.

Sundays at 8:30 PM Israel Time

For over 45 years, Rabbi Yitzchak Shurin has guided thousands of talmidim at Shapell’s and Midreshet Rachel v’Chaya through the often complicated journey of teshuva. A grandson of Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l and a master teacher in his own right, Rabbi Shurin brings warmth, nuance, and Torah wisdom to questions of Jewish law, relationships, identity, and spiritual growth.

In each short episode, a student or alumna poses a real-life question — and Rabbi Shurin’s answers might surprise you!

In this weekly podcast, “A Grandson’s Lens”, Rabbi Shurin will take you on a personal journey into the philosophy and teaching methodology of his grandfather and 20th-century Gadol HaDor Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetsky.

Join our beloved Rebbetzin Shurin as she gives you wisdom and insight from Tanach for your everyday life.

Alumnae and friends now have the opportunity to hear the weekly shiur on this classic sefer, given to current students by MRC’s Director of Education, Yaffa Moskowitz.

In this 4-part series, Rabbi Manning explores the extraordinary life and impact of Rav Abraham Isaac Kook, the intellectual founder of Religious Zionism.

Never go into Shabbat unprepared again! Each week enhance your Shabbat preparations with a basic outline of the parsha with Rabbi Fischer followed by a deep dive into one idea that is sure to inspire.

Source, Symbolism, & Significance

This class explores the Jewish months and how to use the Jewish calendar for self-improvement and growth.

For intermediate and upper-level MRC alumnae who want to keep their skills in practice. This conceptual, skills-based class meets live on Zoom every week.

MRC prioritizes Holocaust education as an essential part of our educational programming. Here you will find some of the speakers who have helped deepen our students’ understanding of the Holocaust, its lessons, and its enduring relevance to Jewish life today.

For many years, Rabbi Anthony Manning has been giving shiurim at the OU Israel Center on Contemporary Halachic and Hashkafic Issues. Here are the audio recordings and source sheets for those shiurim, grouped according to categories.

Take a dive into our women's beit midrash and learn into this sefer by Rav Hirsch. This is a written correspondence between a Rabbi and a student in doubt as to the meaning and value of his Jewish identity. Rabbi Hirsch tackles the issues of assimilation, secularism, modernity, reform, and the difference between a self-centered world-view vs. a God-centered world-view.

Find the learning and inspiration of past alumni events through these recordings of shiurim, panels, and special programs.

Enjoy a variety of world-class speakers sharing their expertise with our talmidim in the Beit Midrash. Updated regularly so check back often!

Enjoy various shiurim that do not have a particular category, but are great insights of the shiurim from inside the Beit Midrash.

A skills-based participatory analysis for intermediate and upper-level alumnae who want to keep their skills in practice.