onlinesmicha.com a program by the Lubavitch Yeshiva of Minnesota

Online Smicha is an innovative e-learning and Rabbinical ordination program run under the direction and guidance of esteemed Torah scholar Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm Shlit"a.  All programs are conducted via live video sessions, and are assisted by online chavrusos, fully recorded sessions, technical support and exam preparation.  It's a real rabbinical school experience with the added touch of flexibility — all from the comfort of your own home or office.

To make an application to one of the study programs, please complete the enrollment form ⇒

Online Smicha offers a structured learning program for working professionals, retired people, and those who missed the opportunity for "smicha" in yeshiva.  The rigorous, yet flexible program offers a Standard track and an Accelerated track both covering the laws of Basar B’Chalav (Meat with Dairy), Ta’aruvos (Mixtures), Melicha (Salting), Shabbos, and more.  In addition, Online Smicha offers a Pulpit Rabbi track covering the laws of Aveilos (Mourning) and Kiddushin (Marriage Nuptials).

Through the use of interactive web video conferencing, participants of the Online Smicha program are able to login to the online shiurim from the comfort of their own home, office, or even while away on business.  Time outside of regular shiurim is dedicated to studying in chavrusas (both online and offline), following up with review questions, tests, and quizzes, and participating in an ongoing interactive dialogue through the site's private discussion board and group forums. 

Online Smicha is run under the direction and guidance of esteemed Torah scholar Rabbi Nachman Wilhelm Shlit"a.  A dynamic speaker and author of numerous sefarim on Halachic subjects, Rabbi Wilhelm served as Rosh Yeshiva for fifteen years in S. Paul, Minnesota and currently acts as Online Smicha's primary educator and guide.

To make an application to one of the study programs, please complete the enrollment form ⇒

Online Smicha is currently enrolling new students for the Standard and Accelerated programs.

If you are interested in joining one of the programs, please complete the enrollment form ⇒

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(onlinesmicha.com) A Visit by Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky Shlit"a

After reviewing recent progress of the Online Smicha program, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Gluckowsky Shlit”a, Deputy Secretary Va'ad Rabbanei Lubavitch in Eretz Israel and Rav of Kehilas Chabad Rehovot opened the Accelerated program shiur on Chof Beis Shevat (January 27, 2011) with Divrei Torah and words of beracha and chizuk to the talmidim:

“I am happy to be able to participate, and actually am very excited about the project... and, B"H I do not know if it is the Harvard [of the smicha programs - in response to Rabbi Wilhelm's introduction], but for sure the Yale of the smicha programs, and it is definitely something to be commended about... I am very happy to be able to participate and IY"H to accompany you in the smicha program.”

(chabad.info) Online Smicha Offers "Accelerated Course

Businessmen and retired people are now able to receive rabbinic ordination through a new course designed especially for busy people, December 1, 2010

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(crownheights.info) With many Shluchim traveling to New York for the Kinus the issue of “Mashiv Haruach U’morid Hageshem” arises for those coming from or going to Eretz Yisroel

A weekly 'Halacha and the Parasha' by onlinesmicha.com on crownheights.info, November 3, 2010

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(lubavitch.com) Rabbinical ordination online?

Chabad Rabbi Launches Online Training Program for Rabbis, October 21, 2010

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