June 23, 2004
YUTorah.org
[via Fiddish]
YUTorah.org provides shiurim by the roshei yeshiva of Yeshiva University, in audio, video and text formats.
In addition, there's a nice page of biographies of the roshei yeshiva, both past and present. There's also a section for YU courses, which includes a significant collection of daily gemara shiurim from R. Schachter, R. Simon and others, as well as RIETS smicha classes, even a R. Jeremy Wieder Intro to Bible class. Most of the Torah U'Madda Journal is also available at the new site (minus any articles by The Rav that are now sold in book form).
Even more interseting, the Daf Yomi page appears to contain inline commentary from YU rabbanim. For example, go to Makkot 13A, click on the commentary link on the side; a window pops up with a comment on the text by R. Daniel Feldman. There's very little at this point, but over time this could turn into an incredibly useful resource.
All in all, a very nice job. I'd like to see this expanded to include lectures from the college as well: Jewish history, philosophy, Bible and so on. Is YUTorahUMadda.org available?
Lecture notes from nearly every course in the Yeshiva College are available at www.yumesorah.com.
Posted by: Menachem Butler at August 5, 2004 12:19 PM