In this focused 4-minute-40-second deep dive with Rabbi Heschel Greenberg, we unpack one of the most practical and controversial halachos in all of Hilchos Matnos Aniyim: Can someone take pei’ah (the poor man’s corner of the field) on behalf of a specific poor person? And what happens when a gizbar (community treasurer) tries to redirect tzedakah money that was mentally designated for poor people in another city? • Read More, Video

What happens when cutting-edge medicine clashes with ancient rabbinic authority? In this concise yet profound exploration of Rambam’s Hilchos Shechita (Perek 10, Halacha 13), Rabbi Heschel Greenberg unpacks one of the most fascinating tensions in halachic reasoning: the status of a treifah (fatally defective animal or person) and when — or if — we rely on doctors • Read More, Watch

Rabbi Heschel Greenberg unpacks one of the most fascinating technical distinctions in Rambam’s Hilchos Gittin: the rules of shlichus when a get is delivered. What happens when a shliach can’t finish the job? Can he appoint a second shliach? The answer, according to Rambam and the Rishonim, is a razor-sharp “yes… but only sometimes.” This isn’t abstract theory – it’s the practical machinery that determines whether a Jewish divorce is valid or invalid, and it reveals Rambam’s razor-sharp legal brilliance in action • Read More, Watch

Join Rabbi Heschel Greenberg for a Rambam In-Depth shiur, we unpack Hilchos Ishus 10:11 and Hilchos Yom Tov 7:17, explore the pre-Matan Torah pasuk from Bereishis 29 that Lavan told Yaakov (“M’lei sh’vuah zos”), confront the classic question of deriving halacha from events before Sinai, and discover the Rebbe’s profound Likutei Sichos resolution that this is a svara where the pasuk reveals which of two contradictory svaros prevails • Read More, Watch

Can you make a Bracha on food you’re being FORCED to eat against your will? What if that food is Matzah on Seder night? What if you’re sick and the food is medicine? These aren’t just clever riddles — they’re real halachic questions at the heart of Hilchos Brachos, and the Rambam’s ruling opens up one of the most fascinating debates in all of Jewish law. Today, Rabbi Heschel Greenberg goes deep into Rambam Hilchos Brachos Perek Aleph, Halacha Aleph — and what begins as a simple rule about making Brachot for others explodes into a profound exploration of gratitude, desire, and the very meaning of hano’ah in Jewish thought • Watch

In this episode of Rambam In-Depth, Rabbi Heschel Greenberg dives deep into Hilchos Tefillah Perek Yud Aleph, Halachos Yud Bais and Yud Gimmel — two compact but jam-packed halachos about the laws of a shul. We explore the Rambam’s precise language, analyze the classic question and its proposed answers, and then reveal the Rebbe’s breathtaking explanation from Likkutei Sichos on Parshas Terumah that resolves the contradiction in a way that illuminates the entire topic • Read More, Watch