Podcasts and Media about the Sefer and Related Content

Podcasts

Please follow the links below to see recent podcasts in which Yehuda Halpert participated which are related to the Sefer or to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Shtark Tank Podcast -- If you are a Ben Torah in the workforce, this is the podcast for you! Make sure to check out ShtarkTank.org for more meaningful content.

Big Jew in Big Law? Featuring Rabbi Yehuda Halpert who joins Shtark Tank to talk straight about Torah life inside a 90 hour work week, setting real standards, and why reassessing is different than slipping. rabbi Halpert also discusses his recently published sefer, "Speaking to an Empty Shul: Timeless Lessons from Unprecedented Times"

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SRCfAJJjBYeBVV7BIEuZG?si=3d192c2868ce49e0

Yeshiva University Library — Book Talk

https://youtu.be/mzUxrxO9M6M?si=fP4rvYFCMKt4B_m7

NSN Nachum Segal Network

Rabbi Yehuda Halpert’s “Speaking to an Empty Shul” Featured on JM in the AM

https://nachumsegal.com/rabbi-yehuda-halperts-speaking-to-an-empty-shul-featured-on-jm-in-the-am/

Seforimchatter Podcast

Seforim Chatter, a unique podcast dedicated to providing a diverse listenership with an eclectic mix of voices from among historical and rabbinical authors, both academic and popular.

EPISODE 67: Speaking to an Empty Shul: Covid Derashos (with Rabbi Yehuda Halpert)

https://seforimchatter.com/2025/06/08/speaking-to-an-empty-shul-covid-derashos-with-rabbi-yehuda-halpert/

Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later

Episode 76. A Seder From Afar: The COVID Seder...Five Years Later --Rabbi Yehuda Halpert takes us 5 years back to the COVID Zoom Seder controversy, contrasts the different rabbinic responsa, and unpacks their significance for the post-pandemic era.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RTrxOoHUli0a6TsR43dFM?si=QatvamX_TiysTpbR0FTpSg

https://youtu.be/emuD-I9thHY?si=BlvUYdyXWD9QqMVQ

TraditionOnline

https://traditiononline.org/podcast-covid5-panel-discussion/

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3RTrxOoHUli0a6TsR43dFM?si=QatvamX_TiysTpbR0FTpSg

https://youtu.be/V2tAOW1a58M?si=1RYYm3fO6ilTOByb

Readers of TraditionOnline have been following our week-long series COVID+5, https://traditiononline.org/covid5-series-introduction/ where we’ve been exploring the lasting impact of the pandemic on Jewish education, communal life, and spirituality. Through the insights and reflections of a diverse group of authors we’ve considered how COVID reshaped our synagogues, our communal celebrations, our Yeshiva high school and elementary schools, and our relationship with God and each other. In this episode of our podcast, the guest editor of that series, Rabbi Yehuda Halpert, conducts a reflective conversation on the changes that have occurred in this past half-decade in our religious and educational institutions, communal trust, as well as the emotional and spiritual struggles experienced by individuals during the pandemic. He talks with the six authors in the series, all of whom draw on their experiences as mental health professionals, educators, administrators, and spiritual leaders to look back on the Spring of 2020, and to consider where we’re holding now.

Media

Please follow the links below to see media about the book and about the author

https://jewishlink.news/teanecks-yehuda-halpert-organizes-traditiononline-org-series-covid5/

https://jewishlink.news/speaking-to-an-empty-shul-speaks-to-everyone/