A rosh yeshiva at Ner Yisroel
Rabbi Yissachar Frand is a maggid shiur and rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore, and one of the most widely heard darshanim in the Torah world. For decades his weekly parsha shiur has been distributed to hundreds of locations, and his pre-Rosh Hashanah Teshuvah Drasha is an annual fixture for large audiences. He is, in short, a genuinely public teacher of Torah.
Within the yeshiva, Rabbi Frand is known for his shiurim in Choshen Mishpat — the area of Jewish civil law that governs money, property, and dealings between people. That combination is distinctive: rigorous halachic learning for his talmidim, alongside a gift for hashkafa and mussar that reaches a broad public. His name carries weight in both settings.
Parsha, mussar, and Choshen Mishpat
Rabbi Frand's best-known Torah is his weekly treatment of the parsha, where he draws a practical, character-focused lesson out of the reading — the kind of insight a listener can carry into the week. His parsha material has been collected into widely read books, a sign of how much it has resonated. Mussar and everyday ethics run through this side of his teaching.
Alongside the parsha, his Choshen Mishpat shiurim show the other half of his Torah — careful analysis of the halachos of business and interpersonal obligation. That range, from the analytic depth of civil law to the warmth of a parsha drasha, is part of why he is so widely respected. He speaks with clarity and a natural storyteller's touch that keeps serious material accessible.
Torah for the Jewish family
Rabbi Frand's strength is speaking to ordinary Jews about ordinary life — raising children, guarding one's speech, dealing honestly with others — through the lens of the parsha and mussar. That makes his Torah well suited to a family: the lessons are practical, the delivery is warm, and the ideas are easy to bring to the Shabbos table and talk over together.
His annual Teshuvah Drasha shows the same quality on a larger scale — a serious, searching talk that many families make part of their preparation for the Yamim Noraim. Torah that speaks to character and daily conduct, delivered clearly and with feeling, is exactly the kind a household can learn from together across the year.
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Key takeaways
- Rabbi Yissachar Frand is a maggid shiur and rosh yeshiva at Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore.
- His weekly parsha shiur is distributed to hundreds of locations, and his pre-Rosh Hashanah Teshuvah Drasha draws large audiences each year.
- He teaches Choshen Mishpat — the halachos of money and dealings between people — to his talmidim.
- His parsha and mussar teaching, collected into widely read books, is practical and family-friendly.
- Search FilteredTube for kosher, approved Torah video — the catalog grows every day.