Hilchot Aveilut Prep
Taught by Rabbi Uri Cohen, this Halacha Mastery Program course is an optional but highly recommended review and prep course for Rabbi Brofsky’s “Hilchot Aveilut” course.
These sessions will provide you with an opportunity to review the material learned as well as prepare the upcoming mekorot (sources). While attendance is not mandatory, WebYeshiva.org has created this course as an opportunity to enhance your experience in the Halacha Mastery Program.
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Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 10-29-24
Aninut, Part 1 (pp. 1-4 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 11-5-24
Aninut, Part 2 (pp. 5-7 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 11-12-24
Aninut, Part 3 (pp. 8-10 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 11-19-24
Kevurah and Halanat HaMet, Part 1 (pp. 1-3 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 11-26-24
Kevurah and Halanat HaMet, Part 2 (pp. 4-6 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 12-3-24
Kevurah and Halanat HaMet, Part 3 (pp. 7-9 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 12-10-24
Kevurah and Halanat HaMet, Part 4 (pp. 10-12 of source sheet)
Burial Customs & Kriah, Part 1 (pp. 1-2 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 12-17-24
Burial Customs & Kriah, Part 2 (pp. 3-7 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 12-31-24
Aveilut (The Obligation and For Whom), Part 1 (pp. 1-4 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 1-14-25
Aveilut (The Obligation and For Whom), Part 2 (pp. 5-10 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 1-21-25
Aveilut (The Obligation and For Whom), Part 3 (pp. 10-11 of old source sheet)
The Beginning of Aveilut, Part 1 (p. 1 of new source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 1-28-25
The Beginning of Aveilut, Part 2 (pp. 2-4 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 2-4-25
The Beginning of Aveilut, Part 3 (pp. 5-7 of source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 2-11-25
The Beginning of Aveilut, Part 4 (p. 8 of old source sheet)
Prohibitions During Shiva, Part 1 (pp. 1-3 of new source sheet)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 2-18-25
Prohibitions During Shiva, Part 2 (pp. 4-6 of source sheet)
= Kevisah and Tashmish
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 2-25-25
Prohibitions During Shiva, Part 3 (pp. 9-12 of source sheet)
= Issur Melakhah, Davar HaAved, Avodot BaBayit, and beginning of Talmud Torah
(Neilat HaSandal on pp. 7-8 is not being covered in the prep class.)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 3-18-25
Prohibitions During Shiva, Part 4 (pp. 16-17, 19-20 of source sheet)
= She’elat Shalom (not the beginning), Gifts & Mishlo’ach Manot, Sitting & Sleeping on the Ground, Covering Mirrors, and Visitors Sitting
(Pages 13-15, 18, and 21-22 are not being covered in the prep class.)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 3-25-25
The House of the Mourner (Beit HaAvel)
= some/most of these topics: Decorum in the Beit HaAvel, Nichum Avelim, Leaving the Beit HaAvel, Prayers in the Beit HaAvel
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 4-29-25
Shabbat Mourning (pp. 1-4)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 5-6-25
Shloshim (pp. 1-3)
Shabbat Mourning (p. 5)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 5-20-25
Getting Married During Shloshim (pp. 4-6)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 5-27-25
Mourner’s Kaddish
(including Women Saying Kaddish)
Hilchot Aveilut Prep: 6-10-25
Rabbi Uri Cohen has been teaching at Midreshet Moriah since 2005. He learned at Yeshivat Shaalvim and Yeshivat Hamivtar, and received Semikhah from RIETS (YU) and Yeshivat Hamivtar. He also holds Masters degrees in Medieval Jewish History and Jewish Education from Yeshiva University. For two years, he was an ATID Fellow. Through Torah MiTzion, he and his wife Dr. Yocheved Engelberg Cohen served as the first members of the Syracuse Kollel, and later as the first couple of the Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus (JLIC) at Princeton University. They now live in Ramat Beit Shemesh. His eclectic lecture topics have included Talmudic Misogyny in Context, Harry Potter and the Value of Fantasy, Contemporary Orthodox Responses to Homosexuality, and How Not to Do Outreach.