A maggid shiur in practical halacha
Rabbi Dovid Y. Waldman is a maggid shiur whose recorded classes concentrate on halacha — the practical, source-based details of how a Jew is meant to act. His shiurim tend to start in the Gemara and Shulchan Aruch and work outward toward real situations, so a listener comes away not just with a ruling but with a sense of where it comes from. The topics he returns to — ribbis, Shabbos, mezuzah, honoring parents — are exactly the areas where everyday life meets Jewish law.
What gives his shiurim their character is patience. Rather than rush to a bottom line, he lays out the machlokes and the reasoning, then shows how the halacha lands in a case a person might actually face. He also draws the hashkafic thread through the halacha, connecting the mechanics of a mitzvah to the ideas behind it. For someone who wants to understand Jewish law rather than simply memorize it, that combination is the appeal.
An in-depth series on hilchos ribbis
The centerpiece of Rabbi Waldman's library is a long, numbered series on hilchos ribbis — the laws that govern lending, borrowing and interest between Jews. This is one of the more intricate corners of Choshen Mishpat, and he treats it with the seriousness it needs, moving through the sugyos step by step across many classes. Titles like "Returning Ribbis Which Was Already Paid" show how granular the series gets.
The later shiurim tackle genuinely difficult questions: an inheritance that includes money taken as ribbis against halacha, or how someone who becomes a baal teshuvah repays interest he took before he changed course. These are not theoretical puzzles — they are the kind of dilemmas that arise in business and in family finance. By working through them carefully, Rabbi Waldman turns a daunting area of halacha into something a serious listener can actually follow.
Mezuzah, Shabbos and kibbud av va'em
Beyond ribbis, Rabbi Waldman teaches across the halachos of daily life. His class on mezuzah looks at the mitzvah from both angles — the halachic requirements and the hashkafah behind placing Hashem's name on the doorpost. It is a good example of how he refuses to separate the how from the why, treating a familiar mitzvah as something worth understanding fully.
His two-part "Hakhel Hilchos Shabbat for Women" addresses the practical Shabbos questions that come up most often in running a home, presented with that audience in mind. He also teaches on the Yamim Tovim and on kibbud av va'em, the mitzvah of honoring parents. Across these subjects the method stays the same: clear sources, honest treatment of the hard cases, and a steady link between the law and the life it shapes.
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Key takeaways
- Rabbi Waldman is a halacha maggid shiur who teaches from the sources toward real cases.
- His numbered hilchos ribbis series works through the laws of interest and lending in depth.
- Later ribbis shiurim tackle inheritance and repayment questions faced by a baal teshuvah.
- He also teaches mezuzah, hilchos Shabbos for women, the Yamim Tovim and kibbud av va'em.
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