ד׳ תמוז ה׳תשפ״ו | June 18, 2026
Miami Maggid Shiur Goes Viral With Fascinating Shiurim
Beyond his daily in-depth shiurim, Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski has become especially known for his uniquely engaging and unconventional lectures on a wide array of topics. His ability to take complex, or even puzzling, subjects and present them with clarity, depth, and originality has captivated audiences both locally and around the world.
The Yeshiva Gedolah of Miami, founded in 1974 by the Rebbe and headed by its Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schapiro, has long been a hub of Torah and Chassidus, drawing bochurim from around the world to its Zal. It is further elevated by the presence of its renowned Maggid Shiur, Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski, widely known as “Rabbi Kraz.”
Beyond his daily in-depth shiurim, which form a central part of the bochurim’s learning in yeshiva, Rabbi Krasnjanski has become especially known for his uniquely engaging and unconventional lectures on a wide array of topics. His ability to take complex, or even puzzling, subjects and present them with clarity, depth, and originality has captivated audiences both locally and around the world.
In recent years, a weekly community shiur has developed, drawing yungeleit and community members eager to hear Rabbi Krasnjanski’s insights. These shiurim go far beyond standard topics, often featuring intriguing titles such as “The Vampire’s Tattoo,” “The Creepy Mummies of Ancient Egypt,” and “Gilgulim. Is Reincarnation for Real?”
Other shiurim tackle equally fascinating and unexpected themes, including “Cannibalism, and the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571,” “Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great and Chanukah,” “Reb Chaim Vital, Isaac Newton, Their Intrigue With Alchemy, & The Quest for the Philosopher’s Stone,” and “Will the Real Moshiach Please Stand Up!”, blending lomdus, history, and human insight in a way that is both intellectually stimulating and deeply relatable.
What began as a local initiative has quickly grown into a global phenomenon. With over 7,000 followers across platforms, an average of 2,000 listeners completing each shiur, and over 900,000 plays to date, listeners from around the world regularly tune in to Rabbi Krasnjanski’s shiurim, many describing them as both intellectually stimulating and deeply inspiring.
For those who have yet to experience these shiurim, the opportunity is now more accessible than ever. Thanks to the initiative and dedication of local shliach and community member R’ Leibel Khazanovich, a new website, RabbiKraz.com, has been launched. The site allows users to stream or watch every shiur, pick up exactly where they left off on any device, track their progress through the catalog, browse by topic or series, and easily sponsor a shiur l’ilui nishmas or l’zechus a loved one.
Rabbi Krasnjanski serves as a valued member of the hanhala of the Yeshiva Gedolah of Miami, alongside Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yehuda Leib Schapiro and Menahel Rabbi Chaim Stern, continuing to impact both his talmidim and the broader community with his dynamic and far-reaching Torah.
For more information about the yeshiva, visit YGMiami.com.
To access the shiurim, visit RabbiKraz.com.
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Great classes, but perhaps you can influence him to remove the inappropriate titles, such as:
“Haman’s Promiscuous Reverie Over Esther (Mature Audience)”
Or: “Justified Adultry? The Unfaithful Wife Who Had All The Right Reasons (Mature Audience)”
V’chadoimeh.
A chilul Lubavitch, IMHO.
I understand the need to get clicks and I’m sure his marketing team is l’shem shamaim, but it’s, like the letter Kuf of Korach, going beneath the line.
Why does there always need to be an issue? How is it a chilul lubavitch? Why shy away from what the shiur is about if that is what it is about that’s what the shiur should be called. Why do you have to look for issues? Someone like you is a chilul lubavitch!
Lubavitch does have standards after all.
To classify “The unfaithful wife who had all the right reasons” as a chilul lubavitch, is completely unfair, excessive, extreme, offensive and unjustified. One who listens to the shiur will hear that this is exactly the case dealt with by the binyan tziyan, (and reb Moshe Feinstein) etc. There is no embellishment. This was the story to a tee. It’s astonishing that you would announce this as a chilul lubavitch, which is very grave indeed. How can you so casually make use of such a serious accusation? Are you asking the rabe’im that there should be a k’pedia from heaven chas vasholom? Chachomim hizoharu b’divreichem.
Maybe someone can share the maaneh kodesh of the Rebbe regarding a Taharash Hamishpacha class flyer, I think in California. The lecture was on a specific topic, and the Rebbe still asked the name of the lecture to be changed.
In general, we see the Rebbe held strongly of words. Though he encouraged ‘bait’ ideas on getting people to join or listen (see for example the encouraging maanos to Rabbi Rubin’s Parsha pages), when it came to anything that may put a non-tzniusdike scene in someone’s mind, the Rebbe would reword or write vechulu, as scene in many igros. Another great example would be the famous edits to the English sicha of Purim mem vov.