Our Programs
Find out about upcoming events via e-mail!
To receive our weekly and/or special events e-mails, send an e-mail to pc.kollel@verizon.net with your request.
To see a Learning Schedule for Fall-Winter 2011, click here.
To see the program pages from our most recent dinner journal, follow this link: Program Pages 2011-12.
All Programs take place at the Kollel unless noted otherwise.
To receive our weekly and/or special events e-mails, send an e-mail to pc.kollel@verizon.net with your request.
To see a Learning Schedule for Fall-Winter 2011, click here.
To see the program pages from our most recent dinner journal, follow this link: Program Pages 2011-12.
All Programs take place at the Kollel unless noted otherwise.
| Nightly Beis Medrash
Every weeknight, the Kollel's Beis Medrash is bustling with activity as countless men from the Greater Philadelphia area gather to study Torah in groups or one-on-one chavrusa learning. Followed by Maariv at 9:55 p.m. Sunday - Thursday 8:15-9:55 p.m. |
Kollel Boker
Rabbi Yirmiyohu Bauminger leads an early morning Gemora chabura at Congregation Rayim Ahuvim now at Aish Hatorah. This dedicated group of early risers is presently studying Meseches Makkos. M, Th--Shacharis 6:15 T,W, & F--Shacharis 6:25 Mon.- Fri. 7:00-7:45 a.m. at Cong. Rayim Ahuvim at Aish Hatorah, 50 E. Montgomery Ave., Bala Cynwyd | 
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| Daf Hayomi
Join thousands of Jewish men around the world in "learning the Daf", the daily quota of one folio of Gemora. Stay in the Kollel after Maariv and join the Kollel's Daf Yomi group, presently led by Rabbi Yisrael Schwartz. The group has already completed many mesechtos, but gladly accepts newcomers at any time. Sunday - Thursday 10:15 - 11:00 p.m. Shabbos: one hour before Mincha. (Friday, no shiur) |
Dirshu Daf Yomi B'Halacha Program
Jewish men in locations around the globe have been enrolling by the thousands in Dirshu's Daf Hayomi B'Halacha program and attending daily shiurim. Join today! Become knowledgeable in Halacha and bring Hakadosh Baruch Hu into your daily life. Rabbi Uri Greenspan leads the Greater Philadelphia branch of this international Halacha program. Get to know halacha by learning it from the original sources. The shiur will explain relevant issues for today's times and meets four times a week. If you miss a shiur you can make it up by listening to the recording. Can't make it to the shiur in person? Listen in via teleconference or skype. Sunday-Wednesday from 8:25-9:00 PM. | 
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| Rav Hutner's LettersRav Yitzchok Hutner, z"l was described as "A creator of Torah masterpieces and molder of leaders of men." Of his multi-volumed writings, the letters stand out amongst the rest. It aroused an unusual degree of interest in the Torah world. Come discover some of that beauty and depth presented by Rabbi Prupas on a weekly basis at the Kollel. Click here for a flyer.
Sunday evening's at the Kollel at 9:00-9:55 pm. |
Tefillah: Understanding Our Deepest Connection to GodCome explore some of the background and deeper meaning of our daily connection with Hashem. This class will help you navigate your way through the siddur and become more familiar with it, instilling new meaning into your tefillah. Click here for a flyer.
Presented by Rabbi Barzeli Goldfarb this new class is held Tuesday evening's at the Kollel, 9:00 pm, in the Conference Room downstair. | .jpg)
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| Kollel Erev
The Kollel Erev Chabura for the advanced learner meets regularly at the Philadelphia Community Kollel, where they are learning Meseches Beitza. In addition, they meet for a weekly chaburah class related to the daf currently being learned. Source sheets, handouts, and recordings of the chaburos are archived and available on the chabura website. Announcements and maaseh u'matan binyan halimud, interactive discussions, are available there as well. For further information, please contact Dr. David Weiss at david.weiss@uphs.upenn.edu or Dr. Ari Weintraub at aweintra@umaryland.edu. |
Sunday Morning Men's Program- Shiurim, Chavrusos, and Breakfast!
Get your week off to a great start by joining the Kollel's men's Sunday morning program. Shacharis is at 8:15, followed by a breakfast of bagels and eggs by Chef Levi. After breakfast, there is an option of learning with a chavrusa, or joining one of three shiurim: 1. The beginner's skill-building Gemara shiur by Rabbi Yehuda Nosenchuk. 2. The intermediate Gemara shiur by Rabbi Yisrael Schwartz, currently learning the third perek in Bava Kamma. 3. Rabbi Biberfeld's Advanced halacha shiur, currently learning topics in Hilchos Shabbos. To sign up for the maareh mekomos, source sheet, e-mail Rabbi Biberfeld at ryb@verizon.net. For more information, or to sponsor a program, contact the Kollel at pc.kollel@verizon.net, or 610-668-9557. | 
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| Motzaei Shabbos Boys' Masmid Program
Join the crowd during long winter Motzaei Shabbosos at our ever-popular and exciting Masmid Program. Young boys come to learn with fathers, grandfathers, and mentors and enjoy stories, raffles prizes, and pizza! We also have other youth programming throughout the year. The dates and times for Winter 5772/ 2011-12 are as follows:
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College Boys Learning Program
Gemara and Hashkafa We are presently learning the last perek of Gemara Brachos, which deals with a myriad of special brachos and with dreams. In addition, we will discuss timely Mussar and Hashkafa that relate to the Jewish Calendar. Come learn how to understand these challenging and difficult topics. These shiurim are given by Rabbi Zeffren on an intermediate level. Come and bring a friend! Spread the word! Tuesday Nights 8:00-9:00 PM | 
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Practical Laws of Daily Living Shiur by Rabbi Eskenazi
Wednesday evenings, Rabbi Yochanan Eskenazi gives a shiur on "Practical Laws of Daily Living". Wednesday Nights: 9:05-9:55 p.m. |
Thursday Night Gemara Yoma
Rabbi Biberfeld's longstanding Gemora shiur takes place on Thursday nights. This shiur is stimulating and informative and is sure to get you thinking like a "Gemorakup!" Rabbi Biberfeld makes it exciting, relevant, and you learn new yedios and halachos. No background necessary. To hear some of these shiurim from our archives, see the Meseches Yoma Audio page. Thursday Nights 8:15-9:00 p.m. | 
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| Friday Morning Parsha Shiur
Friday mornings after shacharis (approximately 8:20 a.m.), Rabbi Yosef Prupas presents a popular and stimulating shiur on parshas hashavua at the Kollel. Friday Mornings 8:20-840 AM |
Sefer Divrei Hayamim Beis with Rabbi Gold
This shiur on Sefer Divrei Hayamim provides knowledge as well as skills to help you appreciate Navi more than ever. Monday and Thursday 1:30-2:15 p.m. |
| Chaburas Chacham Lev
Boys can now join a chabura which learns Sefer Hachinuch each Shabbos after Kiddush. Several different Rabbeim will be teaching this group. Find out more. For boys ages 8-10. |
Women’s Programming and Classes
The Kollel offers a variety of events exclusively for women, including our Annual Tea, highly acclaimed Annual Bake Sale, monthly Rosh Chodesh lectures, and special classes throughout the year. | 
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| Women’s Tiferes Program
The central feature of this women's program is a monthly video-shiur focusing on maximizing our shalom bayis and improving family dynamics through Torah inspiration. This Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation program also includes special video presentations on selected topics throughout the year. |
Rabbi Frand's Parsha Shiur Live via Satellite
Join us for our seventh season! This world-renowned shiur is broadcasted live from Baltimore, MD through the TCN videoconferencing network. Join hundreds across the US to hear fascinating halacha and chumash discussions related to the weekly Parsha portion. This shiur is shown at two locations, in Merion Station and in Northeast Philadelphia at Cong. Bnai Israel, 8201 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia as a Joint Project of BIOZ, TCN and the P.C. Kollel. For more information on the Northeast location, please call 215-342-2999. Click here for a detailed flyer. Thursday Nights 9:00-10:00 p.m. Followed by Maariv. This shiur is held in the R' Leib and Rachel Kohn Conference Room. | 
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Rabbi Reisman Navi Shiur Live via Satellite
Join us for our eighth season! Each Motzaei Shabbos (Saturday night), this shiur reaches us from Brooklyn, NY where it is received by over 1,000 people each week. Take advantage of the TCN revolution to experience outstanding shiurim. This shiur is shown at two locations, in Merion Station and in Northeast Philadelphia at Cong. Bnai Israel, 8201 Castor Avenue, Philadelphia as a Joint Project of BIOZ, TCN, and the P.C. Kollel. For more information on the Northeast location, please call 215-342-2999. Click here for a detailed flyer.
Place: Each Motzaei Shabbos in the R' Leib and Rachel Kohn Conference Room.
October 22 & 29- 9:00 p.m.
November 5 - 8:30 p.m. November 12 -January- 7:30 p.m. February- 8:00 p.m. | March 3 & 10- 8:30 p.m.
March 17, 24, 31- 9:30 p.m. April 21& 28- 10:15 p.m. May 5,12,19 - 10:30 p.m. |
| Business Ethics
During the summer on Shabbos afternooons, Rabbi Biberfeld leads a shiur on Business Ethics. This lively interactive class places thought provoking, professional, ethical dilemmas within the framework of halachic discussion. |
Yeshivas Bein Hazemanim
The Kollel runs a Yeshivas Bein Hazemanim program for yeshiva and college boys home for Sukkos and Pesach bein hazemanim, intersession. Special shiurim on timely topics are delivered by prominent Rabbanim and maggidei shiur. Breakfast and lunch are provided to maximize on the learning time. We even have a sukkah! | 
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| Annual LectureEvery spring, the Kollel’s Annual Lecture draws a large crowd to hear from world renowned speakers like Rabbis Salamon, Goldwasser, Wein, Frand, Spero, and most recently, Rabbi Paysach Krohn.
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Archives Kiosk
Several months ago, the Kollel added a tremendous resource to its already large Beis Medrash library, a computer kiosk. The Kiosk contains access to the vast Bar Ilan Responsa Library through the Spertus Online Feinberg Collection. This is in addition to the original database containing 40,000 rare Hebrew seforim from www.Hebrewbooks.org and all of the Kollel's own audio and video archives of past shiurim hosted on our website, www.phillykollel.org. In addition, we have added access to a database of 150,000 audio and video shiurim in various languages through www.KolHalashon.com. These shiurim are from leading Rabbis and lecturers around the world. All these shiurim are available for download to an mp3 player, ipod, CD or DVD. Just stop by at any time to use this valuable resource.
Several months ago, the Kollel added a tremendous resource to its already large Beis Medrash library, a computer kiosk. The Kiosk contains access to the vast Bar Ilan Responsa Library through the Spertus Online Feinberg Collection. This is in addition to the original database containing 40,000 rare Hebrew seforim from www.Hebrewbooks.org and all of the Kollel's own audio and video archives of past shiurim hosted on our website, www.phillykollel.org. In addition, we have added access to a database of 150,000 audio and video shiurim in various languages through www.KolHalashon.com. These shiurim are from leading Rabbis and lecturers around the world. All these shiurim are available for download to an mp3 player, ipod, CD or DVD. Just stop by at any time to use this valuable resource.
Kollel's Audio Video Library
The Kollel's Audio-Video lending library has grown to a significant collection of cassettes, CD's, and DVD's containing the words of some of the world's greatest Torah teachers. Take advantage of the few extra minutes in the car, office, or at home by listening to these shiurim. The tape library is located in the Reb Leib and Rachel Kohn, z”l, Conference Room.
The Kollel's Audio-Video lending library has grown to a significant collection of cassettes, CD's, and DVD's containing the words of some of the world's greatest Torah teachers. Take advantage of the few extra minutes in the car, office, or at home by listening to these shiurim. The tape library is located in the Reb Leib and Rachel Kohn, z”l, Conference Room.
Kollel Publications
Stay informed with the Kollel's Weekly Email Update. In addition, many of our shiurim are distributed in audio format through our emails. As the number of downloads will attest, this is becoming a new trend in Torah dissemination. Sign up for our e-mails by sending an e-mail to pc.kollel@verizon.net. You are sure to be inspired by Rabbi Schwartz' weekly Parsha sheet, Menucha Vesimcha, and by the pre-Yom Tov pamphlets that the Kollel Rabbis collectively publish; Oree V'yishi before Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur, and Geulah V'yeshua before Pesach.
Stay informed with the Kollel's Weekly Email Update. In addition, many of our shiurim are distributed in audio format through our emails. As the number of downloads will attest, this is becoming a new trend in Torah dissemination. Sign up for our e-mails by sending an e-mail to pc.kollel@verizon.net. You are sure to be inspired by Rabbi Schwartz' weekly Parsha sheet, Menucha Vesimcha, and by the pre-Yom Tov pamphlets that the Kollel Rabbis collectively publish; Oree V'yishi before Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur, and Geulah V'yeshua before Pesach.
