The Halacha Mastery Program is a special track of study for students seeking advanced learning. For more info CLICK HERE. To apply CLICK HERE.
In order to complete the WebYeshiva.org Halacha Mastery Program, participants are required to pass 6 courses. Three of the topics are required and three may be chosen from our list of electives.
Required Topics
Kitchen & Kashrut – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: A comprehensive study of the laws of meat and milk, mixtures, foods produced by non-Jews, hechsher keilim, and other important topics in kashrut. Available live October 2026.
Kitchen & Shabbat – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: An overview of laws of cooking and reheating food on Shabbat, with an emphasis on the underlying principles of Shabbat melachah. Available via archived recordings.
Hilchot Niddah – A comprehensive study of Hilchot Niddah, including separate tracks for men, with Rabbi Dovid Fink, and women, with Rabbanit Fran Miller.The body of this course will consist of a careful, word-by-word study of the principle texts from the Mishna, Talmud, Rishonim, and modern authorities on the laws of family purity that apply today. Available live October 2025.
Elective Topics
The Foundations of Halakhic Literature – With Rabbi Johnny Solomon: Explore the language and conceptual framework of halakhic literature through the study of key terms, principles, and modes of reasoning found in the Talmud, halakhic codes, and responsa. Along the way, we will analyze a variety of fascinating halakhic rulings in which these foundational concepts play a central role. Available live October 2026.
The House & the World – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: The continued establishment of a Jewish home throughout the year requires knowledge of certain practical halachot which maintain the relationship between the house and the the world around us. Explore this bond with a view towards clarifying the practical halachot for today’s modern world. Topics will include: mezuzah, muktzeh, eiruvin, maake, blended families, interacting with non-Jews and other religions, workplace halacha, dina de-Malchuta, and more. Available via archived recordings.
Jewish Lifecycle Events With Rabbi Gidon Rothstein: Take an in-depth, source based journey through Jewish lifecycle events and learn the practical halacha associated with these ceremonies. Topics include: Blessings after giving birth, brit milah, pidyon haben, bar/ bat mitzvah, marriage (engagement, the wedding, sheva brachot) and more. Available via archived recordings.
The Moadim– With Rabbi Dovid Fink: Journey through the Jewish calendar learning the principal halakhic issues of each Mo’ed. From Tishrei to Elul, understand the practical halachic thinking to age old questions and modern challenges. Available via archived recordings.
Technology & Halacha– With Rabbi Dovid Fink: Challenge your halachic mind by exploring modern practical halachic issues involving technology, learning the halachic process from the Talmudic sources down through today’s leading poskim. Available via archived recordings.
Mashgiach Kashrut – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: An in depth study of the mashgiach’s job, kashrut in larger settings such as hotels and restaurants, non-Jews working in the kitchen, and other issues that may arise which are different from in the home. Available via archived recordings.
World of Prayer – With Rabbi David Brofsky: The world of prayer encompasses many important practical daily halachic topics including: Is tefilah a Torah or a Rabbinic commandment, women and tefilah, minyan, mechitza, kavanna, and more. Available via archived recordings.
Medical Ethics & Halacha – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: A survey and in depth study of major medical halachic and ethics issues which are important for our time. Available via archived recordings.
Shabbat & Technology – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: Muktzah, electricity, an overview of laws of medical treatment and pikuach nefesh. Available via archived recordings.
Hilchot Aveilut(Laws of Mourning) – With Rabbi David Brofsky: Topics include those of practical importance: aninut, burial, beginning of the seven days of mourning (shiva) and its laws and customs, the shloshim and twelve month periods of mourning, kaddish and yahrtzeit. Our primary text will be the Shulchan Arukh (Yoreh De’ah), but will we begin each topic from its Talmudic source and trace its development throughout the centuries until the modern era. Available via archived recordings.
*Scheduling and other information for these courses is subject to change.
Optional Courses
Halacha Mastery students are invited to partake in the following completely optional recorded courses. These courses are not required and do not count towards graduating the Halacha Mastery Program.
Mikveh Mechanics – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: What are the specifications for a halachic mikveh? Is any body of water such as a pond, river, or spring enough to fulfill the mitzvah of tevilah? Examine the mechanics of the mikveh and what practical specifications are needed for it to be kosher. Available live June 2026
World of Responsa – With Rabbi Gidon Rothstein: Through this in depth survey, we hope to understand more about the sources respondents relied on to reach their decisions, the kinds of logic they found convincing, and the process of bringing halachah from the Beit Midrash to real life. Available via archived recordings.
Laws of the Land – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: A comprehensive study of important halachot for when living in Eretz Yisrael including: Truma, Ma’aser and Shmita. Available via archived recordings.
Intensive Gemara Seminar Shabbat – With Rabbi Jesse Horn: Learn to rigorously read and dissect the text of Tractate Shabbat, to ask major questions, and to develop and analyze the answers and approaches offered. Available via archived recordings.
Aveilut and Happiness – With Rabbi Dovid Fink: An overview of how Jewish law deals with the conflict between the laws of mourning and times of happiness. Available via archived recordings.
Intensive Gemara Seminar: Beitza – With Rabbi David Brofsky: In this course, we will explore the most fundamental, and practical laws of holiday topics as they appear in Masechet Beitza. Available via archived recordings.