A veteran rosh yeshiva and rav
Rabbi Michael Taubes is a longtime rosh yeshiva at RIETS, the rabbinical school of Yeshiva University, and has spent decades as a rebbe shaping students — including many years teaching high-school-age talmidim. Alongside his yeshiva work he serves as the rav of a community shul, making him both a classroom teacher of Torah and a practical halachic authority for a kehillah.
That dual role gives his shiurim a distinctive grounding. A teacher who both learns Gemara at depth with students and fields real halachic questions from a community tends to teach with one eye on the sources and the other on how they apply in practice. Rabbi Taubes's classes reflect that balance — careful textual analysis paired with a clear sense of the practical bottom line.
Halacha and Gemara across a broad range
Rabbi Taubes is known for shiurim that span a wide range of halachic and Talmudic topics. He is comfortable moving from the give-and-take of a sugya to the practical laws that govern daily Jewish life, and he addresses subjects across the breadth of the Shulchan Aruch. The result is teaching that covers a great deal of ground while staying anchored in careful reading.
His approach favors thoroughness. Rather than skimming, he tends to work through a topic methodically, laying out the sources and the differing views before arriving at conclusions. For a learner, that means shiurim that don't just deliver an answer but show how the answer is reached — a real education in how halacha and Gemara are studied.
Clarity built for real learners
Clarity is a hallmark of Rabbi Taubes's teaching. Long years in the classroom with students at many different stages have honed an ability to make complex material followable, breaking a difficult topic into orderly, logical steps. A listener does not need to be a scholar to benefit — the shiurim are structured so that a motivated learner can genuinely keep pace.
For a family, that accessibility matters. A parent looking to strengthen their own learning, or an older student seeking serious but clear Torah, will find in Rabbi Taubes a reliable teacher — one whose shiurim combine the depth of the beis medrash with the order and patience of a seasoned educator. It is substantial learning made reachable.
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Key takeaways
- Rabbi Michael Taubes is a veteran RIETS rosh yeshiva and a community rav.
- His shiurim span a broad range of halacha and Gemara topics.
- He teaches methodically, showing how conclusions are reached, not just the answers.
- Years in the classroom give his shiurim real clarity and structure.
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