A contemporary rav and maggid shiur
Rabbi Yaakov Trump is a contemporary rav and maggid shiur whose recorded classes lean toward machshava — Jewish thought — and emunah. The catalog's own subjects bear this out: philosophy, the moadim, emunah, halacha, and hespedim. His is the kind of teaching that treats ideas as its main material, working through concepts of faith and meaning rather than only the mechanics of a text.
The recorded titles sketch his range. A multi-part study of the Sefiros, including an introduction and a class on Hod, shows a taste for structured hashkafa; "Meeting the Minds" shiurim on the Ramban al haTorah and the Rambam's introduction to the Mishneh Torah show him reading the great rishonim closely. A shiur on "blowing the horns of distress" points to his drawing timely meaning from the calendar.
The ideas his shiurim work through
Machshava asks what the mitzvos mean and how a Jew is meant to see the world, and Rabbi Trump's classes sit in that space. Studying the Sefiros as a framework, or the Ramban's overarching view of the Torah, is a way of building a coherent picture of emunah rather than collecting isolated insights. That thematic bent makes his shiurim well suited to a listener who wants the reasoning behind practice.
His hespedim and calendar-tied talks show a second side — Torah brought to bear on the moment, whether a loss, a fast, or a Yom Tov. Reading the Rambam's introduction to the Mishneh Torah, in the same collection, turns toward the foundations of halachic literature itself. Across more than fifty recorded shiurim, the mix keeps the thought grounded in real texts and real occasions.
Machshava that a family can sit with
Ideas of emunah and meaning are the parts of Torah most worth pausing over, and recorded shiurim make that possible. A class on the Sefiros or on the Ramban's worldview can be paused, replayed, and thought about between listenings — the pace of reflection rather than the pace of a live room. For a listener drawn to the deeper questions, that control matters.
Hashkafa also travels well into family conversation. A shiur on emunah or on the meaning of a Yom Tov gives parents language for questions their children already ask, and shared listening turns a recorded class into a discussion at the table. A collection this size gives a household a steady supply of such starting points across the year.
Finding kosher Torah video for your family
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If your family enjoys teachers like Rabbi Yaakov Trump, search FilteredTube 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.
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Rabbi Yaakov Trump is a contemporary rav and maggid shiur whose recorded classes favor machshava and emunah.
- A multi-part study of the Sefiros and "Meeting the Minds" shiurim on the Ramban and Rambam show his textual range.
- His work includes hespedim and calendar-tied talks that bring Torah to the moment.
- More than fifty recorded shiurim give a listener enough to settle into his way of thinking.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.