Rav Asher Weiss: Contemporary Halachic Insight from the Author of Minchas Asher

One of today's leading poskim

Rav Asher Weiss is among the most widely followed poskim of the current generation and the author of the Minchas Asher series of seforim on the Chumash, the moadim, and halacha. He heads Machon Minchas Asher in Jerusalem, where his shiurim and written responsa reach a broad international audience.

His collection here runs to hundreds of recorded shiurim across Torah, the Yamim Tovim, halacha, machshava, and Rosh Chodesh. What stands out is the way he binds close textual analysis to a clear, decided practical bottom line, the mark of a teacher who is both a lamdan and a posek.

Halacha for the modern world

Rav Weiss is especially known for applying halacha to questions the classic texts never named directly. His shiur on innovative technology on Shabbos in Parashas Yisro is a good example, taking a live contemporary issue and working it out through the sources rather than around them.

Other classes show the same method at work: reading the Tanach itself as a halachic source in Parashas Shoftim, the principle of hamotzi mechavero alav hara'ayah in Mishpatim, and the hard case of transgressing to save a friend. These are practical shiurim grounded in serious lomdus.

Moadim, Tisha B'Av and machshava

Alongside the halachic material, Rav Weiss teaches widely on the Jewish calendar and on questions of Jewish thought. His shiur on Tisha B'Av and the churban brings the weight of the day into focus, connecting the mourning to its meaning rather than treating it as history alone.

The machshava and moadim shiurim, including material from Aish yarchei kallah gatherings, show a teacher comfortable moving between law and idea. For a listener, that range means one voice can guide both a halachic she'eilah and a deeper look at what a day on the calendar is really about.

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 Rav Asher Weiss, 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.

Watch on Lehallel

Real, approved videos from Rabbi Asher Weiss — tap any card and it plays filtered, with nothing unapproved around it.

The Mitzvah of Ve'ahavta L'reyacha Kamocha | Agudah Shiur By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (57840:09Value Your Learning - Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a @ Yeshivas Ohr HaChaim, Queens22:35Hidur B'Ner Chanukah | Weekly Shiur by Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (Mikeitz 5786)68:28The Aveilus of Tisha B'av | Agudah Shiur By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (5786)33:28

Latest from Rabbi Asher Weiss on Lehallel

As of today, Rabbi Asher Weiss has 1,914 approved videos on Lehallel, strongest in Daf Yomi, Halacha, Mussar & Chizuk.

Newest approved: “Kinyan 9: Simcha” (13 min) · “Drasha on the Three Weeks at Congregation Shomrei Emunah Baltimore | By Rav Asher Weiss (5786)” (39 min) · “Communal Perspectives and an Insight Into War-Time Shailos | With Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a” (46 min).