Who Rabbi Reingold Is
Rabbi Eliyahu Reingold serves as Rosh Kollel of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he has spent decades teaching and forming serious bnei Torah. He is the kind of rav a community leans on — the address for the practical questions of daily Jewish life, asked in the kitchen, the office, and the shul.
That role shapes everything about how he teaches. His shiurim are not abstract exercises; they are the working notes of a posek who spends his days answering real people about real situations, and who wants his listeners equipped to understand not just the ruling but the reasoning behind it.
Halacha in Small, Steady Doses
Rabbi Reingold’s signature is the short, focused halacha shiur — often around ten minutes, one topic at a time, taken from the sources to the practical bottom line. The format is deceptively modest: those small doses, delivered daily for years, are how his recorded classes have grown into the many thousands.
For the listener, the brevity is the gift. Ten minutes fits a commute, a coffee, or the last stretch before Maariv — and a topic a day, sustained over a year, quietly adds up to a serious working knowledge of practical halacha.
A Clear Path Through Complicated Terrain
Halacha lives in details, and details can overwhelm. Rabbi Reingold’s strength is order: he frames the question, brings the relevant opinions honestly, and lands on guidance a listener can actually use — while being careful to note where practice varies and where one’s own rav should be consulted.
It is teaching built on respect: for the material, which is never flattened, and for the listener, who is trusted to follow a sugya’s structure when it is laid out clearly. Students, baalei batim, and rabbanim alike have found his shiurim a reliable backbone for their own learning.
Building a Family’s Halacha Habit
For a family, short practical halacha is one of the easiest forms of Torah to bring into the home. The topics are concrete — brachos, Shabbos, the seasons of the Jewish year — and a ten-minute shiur over breakfast or in the car turns halacha from a book on the shelf into part of the day’s conversation.
Rabbi Reingold’s calm, methodical voice suits that setting unusually well. There is no showmanship to filter out — just a rebbi walking you through what to do and why, day after day.
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Key takeaways
- Rabbi Eliyahu Reingold is Rosh Kollel of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington in Silver Spring, Maryland.
- His signature is the short, practical halacha shiur — one focused topic, sources to bottom line.
- Thousands of recorded classes grew out of a simple discipline: a clear halacha topic, daily, for years.
- Ten minutes a day of practical halacha compounds into real working knowledge for a family.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.