We teach Judaic Learning for your living, not ours.
All YIOC classes are taught in a warm and cozy, intimate and inviting Judaic environment, amid a Judaica library of 4,000 books and Seforim.
Halakha l’ma’aseh: “Rav, can I ask you a quick question?”
Rav, Can I ask You a Quick Question?” Based on the Mishneh B’rurah, Rambam’s Mishnah Torah, the Ben Ish Chai, and Responsa of HaRav Moshe Feinstein
Shabbat Afternoons — During the Course of Se’udah Sh’lishit
Taught by Rav Fischer
Women’s Advanced Judaic Learning
Topical classes studying contemporary issues in Jewish life and practice. Taught with primary-source halakhic materials and Judaic studies hand-outs. Each session is a class in itself, with primary scholarly sources studied directly in the text
Alternating Sunday Mornings
Taught by Rav Fischer
The Babylonian Talmud
Hands-on Text Study of Mesekhet (Tractate)
Brakhot with Rashi and Tosafot commentaries, and with major Halakhic Codes
Thursday Evenings – 6:30 pm – 7:40 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
(maariv minyan follows)
Pathways Through The Torah: “What’s Bothering Rashi?”
Studying Chumash – and every Rashi as well as Ramban, Ibn Ezra, additional Torah commentaries – All directly in the text: Sefer Bamidbar (Biblical Book of Numbers)
Tuesday Evenings – 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
The Hebrew Language – Track 1
Basic Core Reading Skills for Beginners
Offered in Summer – June-August
Taught by Rav Fischer
The Hebrew Language – Track 2
Improving Reading Skills for “Rusty” Readers who would love to improve their davening skills
Monday Evenings – 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
The Hebrew Language – Track 3
Beyond Reading – Conversational Hebrew Skills
Tuesday Evenings – 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
Rambam – Mishneh Torah
Textual Study of Jewish Law in Rambam’s Mishneh Torah
Friday Afternoons – during Kabbalat Shabbat at Bameh Madlikin
Taught by Rav Fischer
Siddur Navigation
Learning to Lead the Shabbat Services
Offered in Summer – June-August
Taught by Rav Fischer
Mishneh B’rurah / Shulchan Arukh
The Codes of Jewish Law — Laws of Shabbat, Holidays, and Everyday Practices of Jewish Life
Shabbat Afternoons During PDT — Class Begins One Hour Before Mincha
Taught by Rav Fischer
Weekend Night At The Movies
Jewish -Themed TV Episodes with Young Israel of Orange County
Learning about Contemporary Jewish Issues through TV and Film Media
Hosted Jointly by Rav Fischer with Rebbetzin Ellen
The Shabbat Morning Sermon
Divrei Torah for Real Living in the Contemporary World
Shabbat Mornings – 10:45 am (approximate time)
Delivered by Rav Fischer
The teachings and practices of Harav Yosef Ber Soloveitchik zt”l
Studying the laws, customs, and practices that Rav Soloveitchik (“The Rov”) taught his yeshiva seminary students, many of which have been integrated into contemporary Modern Orthodox practice. We look at and follow how “The Rov” learned text and determined the proper practices and customs that would flow accordingly from that learning
Offered in Summer – June-August
Taught by Rav Fischer
N’vi’im Rishonim
The Early Prophets of Biblical Tanakh
Shoftim (Judges), Shmuel (Samuel I and II), and M’lakhim (Kings I and II) — with classical Commentaries including Rashi, Radak, Malbim
Monthly Class Taught at Rotating Private Homes
Taught by Rav Fischer
Bar & Bat Mitzvahs
Individual Classes by Appointment
Taught by Rav Fischer
Teen Men – Talmud/Gemara (Makkot)
Class is Mondays – 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
Teen Men – Chumash & Rashi
Class is Mondays – 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
Teen Women – Chumash with Rashi
Class is Thursdays – 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer
Teen Women – Our Traditions, Observances, Holidays
Class is Thursdays – 5:15 pm – 6:00 pm
Taught by Rav Fischer