Rabbi Akiva Teichtal: Amud HaYomi Gemara and the Haggadah Companion Series

Daily Gemara on the Amud HaYomi cycle

A core part of Rabbi Akiva Teichtal's teaching is daily Gemara learning that follows the Amud HaYomi cycle of the Dirshu program. For learners keeping that schedule, a shiur tied to the same daily amud turns a solo learning goal into something guided, with the sugya opened up rather than left to be pieced together alone.

Across more than seven hundred recordings, Talmud and Gemara sit at the center, which gives the collection real depth for anyone committed to a daily page. The consistency of a cycle-based shiur is exactly what helps a daily learning habit hold over the long run.

The Haggadah Companion series

Rabbi Teichtal is well known for his Haggadah Companion series, a set of shiurim built to walk alongside the Pesach Seder. Rather than one long lecture, the series offers focused pieces a family can bring to the table, on ideas like Dayenu and whether each step really would have been enough.

The Pesach material ranges from a short vort on how the sea split to deeper looks at the Haggadah's structure, including the theme of the number three and the light that runs from Avraham and Sara through the story. It is preparation aimed at making the Seder itself richer.

Machshava and the Yamim Tovim

Beyond the daf, Rabbi Teichtal teaches across the Yamim Tovim and into machshava, drawing out the ideas behind the moments on the Jewish calendar. The holiday shiurim tend to pair a clear source with a takeaway a listener can actually carry into the day.

This blend, rigorous Gemara on one side and accessible machshava on the other, is what gives his library its range. A learner can spend the morning on a sugya and return for a Yom Tov idea, both from the same teacher.

Finding kosher Torah video for your family

Lehallel is a kosher video service built for Jewish families — every single video is approved against one written standard before it can appear, with no open feed, no comments, and no surprises. It is a calm, safe place to look for the Torah and Jewish music you love.

If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Akiva Teichtal, search Lehallel for the speakers and topics that matter most to you. With a daf yomi shelf, a weekly parsha shelf, topic shelves, audio-only listening for the car, and a kids mode with a PIN, kosher Jewish video is easy to reach — and the approved catalog keeps growing every day.

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Latest from Rabbi Akiva Teichtal on Lehallel

As of today, Rabbi Akiva Teichtal has 1,146 approved videos on Lehallel, strongest in Daf Yomi, Mussar & Chizuk, Parsha.

Newest approved: “Makkos 16b Amud Yomi Shiur” (54 min) · “Kiddushin 2b Amud Yomi Shiur” (43 min) · “Bava Metzia 41b Amud Yomi” (55 min).