Rabbi Aharon Kahn: Daf Yerushalmi and the Depths of Machshava

Teaching the Talmud Yerushalmi

Rabbi Aharon Kahn, a longtime maggid shiur at RIETS, is known for a subject less commonly taught in public shiurim: the Talmud Yerushalmi. His "Daf Yerushalmi" series works through the Yerushalmi day by day, beginning with the hakdama and moving into Maseches Berachos. Because the Yerushalmi is studied far less than the Bavli, a clear, sequential guide through it is a genuine resource.

The Yerushalmi has its own language, style, and difficulties, and it rewards a teacher who knows it well. Rabbi Kahn's shiurim open that text for learners who want to engage with it seriously, following the daf-a-day framework that has drawn growing interest. For a committed learner, his series is a way to add the Yerushalmi to a daily learning routine with guidance rather than going it alone.

Machshava and the season of teshuvah

Alongside the Yerushalmi, he teaches machshava and the themes of the Jewish calendar, with a particular focus on Elul and the season of teshuvah. Shiurim on Selichos and on "Teshuvah and Elul" reflect a teacher drawing on deep sources to prepare listeners for the Yamim Noraim — not with slogans but with substantive ideas about return, judgment, and change.

This pairing of rigorous Gemara study with serious machshava is characteristic of the RIETS tradition he comes from, where analytic depth and thoughtful hashkafa sit side by side. His holiday and Rosh Chodesh teaching carries the same weight, treating the moments of the calendar as occasions for real intellectual and spiritual work.

A scholar's depth, made available

What his catalog offers is access to a scholar's depth. These are not lightweight talks; they reflect years of serious learning, made available to anyone willing to follow closely. For an advanced learner, that depth is exactly the draw — a chance to learn a difficult text and demanding ideas from someone who has lived with them.

At the same time, his sequential structure gives a newer learner a way in. Starting from the hakdama of a masechta and building forward is how learning has always worked, and his series recreates that path for a listener at home. Whether one comes for the Yerushalmi or for the machshava, the reward is teaching with genuine substance behind it.

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