Rabbi Etan Tokayer

In 2008, Rabbi Tokayer was appointed the fourth Rabbi of Kingsway Jewish Center in the almost nine decades since its founding. A graduate of Yeshiva College, he holds a Master’s degree in Jewish History from YU’s Bernard Revel Graduate School. He is a musmakh of YU/RIETS, and he also received semicha from Rav Zalman Nechemia Goldberg in Yerushalayim.

From 2007 to 2014, Rabbi Tokayer also served as the Executive Vice President of Just One Life, an Israeli social service agency which helps expectant mothers in crisis. Previously, he was the Assistant Rabbi of Congregation Ramath Orah in Manhattan and also devoted his time to Jewish education, having taught at the YU High School for Boys (Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy) and at the Torah Academy of Bergen County in New Jersey.

Since 2014, he has been a Rebbe of Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School. Rabbi Tokayer is a member of the RCA (Rabbinical Council of America) and sits on its Executive Committee.

Listen Now	Title	Sponsor
	(11_02_24) Haran: The Father Of The Jewish People	.
	(10_19_24) Mi Sukkah Su Sukkah	.
	(10_05_24) Shofar – Meaning Of The Multiple Blasts	.
	(09_21_24) After The B’racha Arrives	.
	(09_18_24) The Chosen Place	.
	(09_14_24) Hashavas Aveida	.
	(09_07_24) Finding Your Sanctuary City	לעילוי נשמת מאיר בן ישראל יצחק Leilui Nishmat Meyer ben Yisroel Yitzchak לעילוי נשמת סימה בת הרב בן ציון Leilui Nishmat Rebbetzin Simmy Wagner
	(08_07_24) Identity Politics And Bar Kamtza	.
	(04_20_24) What’s Different About Mah Nishtanah?	.
	(04_13_24) Machlokes At The Seder	Dedicated to אַחֵינוּ כָּל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל and for anyone who needs a Refuah or Yeshuah in Eretz Yisroel
	(04_06_24) The Whole Point Of The Seder	.
	(03_31_24) Parah Adumah And The Whole Torah	.
	(03_16_24) A Purim Murder Mystery	.
	(03_09_24) Bezalel Had Two Grandparents	.
	(03_02_24) Happy Eigel Day	.
	(02_17_24) The Message of Shittim Wood	.
	(02_10_24) Leave Me And Love Me	.
	(01_27_24) Black And Beautiful?	.
	(01_20_24) Meaning of Choshech	לעילוי נשמת גרשון בן יחזקאל פייוויל Leilui Nishmat Gershon ben Yechezkel Feivel
	(01_13_24) 100 Days 100 Berachos	.
	(01_06_23) The Specs of Teivas Moshe	.
	(12_30_23) Ben Porat Yosef – Whatever Does That Mean?	.
	(12_23_23) The Cure Of Ten Teves	.
	(12_16_23) Tzafnas Pane’ach: What’s in a Name?	.
	(12_09_23) Chanukah For Right Wingers & Left Wingers	.
	(12_02_23) Yaakov’s Opening Line	.
	(11_25_23) Yamim Achadim	רפואה שלמה אלתר פייבל נחום שלום בן פייג’ Refuah Shelaima Alter Feivel Nochum Shalom ben Feige Dedicated Leilui Nishmat to those who have given/lost their lives in Erertz Yisroel and as a zechus to Acheinu Kol Beit Yisroel for anyone who needs a refuah and/or yeshuah
	(11_18_23) Yitzchak And The Korban Shelamim	.
	(11_11_23) From Grave To Cradle	.
	(11_04_23) Won’t You Be My Neighbor?	Dedicated Leilui Nishmat to those who have given/lost their lives in Erertz Yisroel and as a zechus to Acheinu Kol Beit Yisroel for anyone who needs a refuah and/or yeshuah
	(10_28_23) Avram The Ivri	רפואה שלמה הרב שמואל בן איטא עטיל Refuah Shelaima Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetsky (Rosh Hayeshiva Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia)
	(10_21_23) Ish and Adam	.
	(10_14_23) Two Midrashim And The War With Hamas	.
	(09_23_23) Make The Turn	.
	(07_23_23) The Hard Conversation	רפואה שלמה משה זעליג בן רחל דבורה Refuah Shelaima Moshe Zeleg ben Rochel Devorah
	(05_06_23) The Bookends of Parshas Emor	.
	(04_29_23) Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus And The Death Of Nadav & Avihu	לעילוי נשמת ישראל מאיר בן יוחנן ע”ה Leilui Nishmat Izzy Chait A”H
	(04_22_23) Rabbi Akiva: A Pashuta Yid	לעילוי נשמת ישראל מאיר בן יוחנן ע”ה Leilui Nishmat Izzy Chait A”H
	(04_15_23) Alexandria Is In Egypt	לעילוי נשמת ישראל מאיר בן יוחנן ע”ה Leilui Nishmat Izzy Chait A”H לעילוי נשמת ר’ ישראל משה בן אליעזר הלוי ז”ל Leilui Nishmat R’ Yisroel Moshe ben Eliezer HaLevi Z”L לעילוי נשמת שלמה ישעיה בן יצחק שמואל Leilui Nishmat Shlomo Yeshaya ben Yitzchok Shmuel
	(04_01_23) Bitul: Keeping It Real Before Pesach	לעילוי נשמת ישראל מאיר בן יוחנן ע”ה Leilui Nishmat Izzy Chait A”H
	(03_25_23) A Child’s Introduction To Chumash	.
	(03_18_23) The Great Dispute Between Rabbi Yehudah And Rabbi Yossi	.
	(03_11_23) What’s The Big Deal About Betzalel?	.
	(03_04_23) Moshe’s Absence Makes The Hard Grow Stronger	.
	(02_25_23) Kedushah And Self-Restraint	לעילוי נשמת חיה רחל בת דוד צבי Leilui Nishmat Chaya Rachel bat Dovid Tzvi
	(02_11_23) What’s So Great About Yisro?	לעילוי נשמת חיה רחל בת דוד צבי Leilui Nishmat Chaya Rachel bat Dovid Tzvi
	(02_04_23) What is מן?	לעילוי נשמת חיה רחל בת דוד צבי Leilui Nishmat Chaya Rachel bat Dovid Tzvi
	(01_28_23) Lessons From The Dark	לעילוי נשמת חיה רחל בת דוד צבי Leilui Nishmat Chaya Rachel bat Dovid Tzvi
	(01_21_23) The Kal Vachomer	לעילוי נשמת חיה רחל בת דוד צבי Leilui Nishmat Chaya Rachel bat Dovid Tzvi
	(01_14_23) Moshe Grew and Grew	לעילוי נשמת רפאל אהרן בן חיים צבי הלוי Leilui Nishmat Rephael Aron ben Chaim Tzvi HaLevi
	(01_07_23) התחת אלוקים אני	לעילוי נשמת רפאל אהרן בן חיים צבי הלוי Leilui Nishmat Rephael Aron ben Chaim Tzvi HaLevi
	(12_24_22) The Significance Of The 25th Of Kislev	.
	(12_17_22) The Significance Of The Sufgania	רפואה שלמה הרב ראובן מאיר בן רחל מרים Refuah Shelaima Rabbi Reuven Gross
	(12_10_22) Backtracking Or Covering Your Tracks	זכוס לרפואה שלמה חוה פייגא רחל בת חיה Zechus L’Refuah Shelaima Mrs. Rochel Zlotowitz amus”h (Ira’s mother)
	(12_03_22) Language Matters	.
	(11_26_22) The Long Haul	.
	(11_20_22) The Fourth Forefather?	.
	(11_12_22) Sodomite Salt	.
	(11_05_22) Avraham & The Impossible Task	.
	(10_29_22) A Mensch on a Mission	.
	(10_22_22) Breishis & The Twin Pillars Of The Universe	.
	(10_15_22) Koheles – From Object To Subject	לעילוי נשמת אסתר בילא בת שלמה Leilui Nishmat Esther Beila bat Shlema
	(10_08_22) Yiush is the the Road to Geulah	.
	(10_01_22) Leaving Your Comfort Zone	.
	(09_17_22) Citi Field	.
	(09_10_22) What Exactly Did Amalek Do?	.
	(04_30_22) To Pierce The Veil	.
	(04_13_22) The End Of The Seder As We Know It	לעילוי נשמת הרב שמואל בן הרב הלל זצ”ל Leiluli Nishmat HaRav Shmuel ben HaRav Hillel zt”l
	(04_09_22) Pre-Pesach Ponderings	.
	(04_02_22) Tazria – All Alone	.
	(03_26_22) What’s at the Center of The Torah?	.
	(03_19_22) On the Petirah of Reb Chaim, zt”l and The Meaning of Achrayus	לעילוי נשמת לזכר הרב שמריהו יוסף חיים בן הרב יעקב ישראל זצ”ל Leilui Nishmat L’Zecher HaRav Chaim Kanievsky zt”l
	(03_12_22) Yosef & The Purim Story	.
	(03_05_22) Show Me The Money	.
	(02_26_22) The Aron: Betzalel’s Box	.
	(02_19_22) Hashem’s Long Memory	.
	(02_12_22) The Land of Opportunity	לעילוי נשמת רבקה בת הרב אברהם יצחק הכהן Leilui Nishmat Rivka bat HaRav Avraham Yitzchok HaKohen
	(02_05_22) Avodah of Half Measures	.
	(01_22_22) What’s the Big Deal About Yisro?	.
	(01_15_22) Tu B’Shvat and a Plant Based Diet	Praying for the safety of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas
	(01_08_22) Watch your Matzoh and your Mitzvah	.
	(01_01_22) Moshe Asks: Why oh Why?	.
	Loving Shalom and Loving People	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/06160029/2021-07-14-1247-1.mp3
	Pirkei Avos- The Silent Path to Redemption	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/06160033/2021-07-21-1253-1-1.mp3
	Pirkei Avos – The Peril and Profit of Juding Favorably	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/06160145/2021-07-07-1240.mp3
	Pirkei Avos- Bilaam and Moshe in the Same Breath?	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/06160208/2021-06-30-1233.mp3
	Pirkei Avos- Three Important Things	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06160451/2021-06-16-1220.mp3
	Pirkei Avos- Din and Cheshbon	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06160513/2021-06-09-1212.mp3
	Pirkei Avos- Borders and Boundaries	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/06160539/2021-06-02-1206.mp3
	Naaseh V`nishma – Living with Balance	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/06160831/2021-05-16-1195-1.mp3
	The Lo-Lo Paradox	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/06160856/2021-05-09-1189.mp3
	The Man Behind the “Moom”	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/06160957/2021-05-02-1184.mp3
	Melech and Molech	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/06161027/2021-04-25-1177.mp3
	The Metzorah and Robinson Crusoe	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/06161115/2021-04-18-1171.mp3
	Chassidah- Chessed & Responsibility	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/06161137/2021-04-11-1165.mp3
	Koreich One Sandwich that Can Make a Difference	..
	The Seder: A Meaningful Moment	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/06161303/2021-03-21-1149.mp3
	Moshe`s Brocha-Challenge to Bnei Isroel	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/06161438/2021-03-14-1143.mp3
	Ki Sisa – Two Halfs	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/06161817/2021-03-07-1136.mp3
	Tetzaveh and Purim: Something to remember	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/06161834/Rabbi-Tokayer-02-27.mp3
	Fragrance and Light – A Pre Purim Message	https://shiurenjoyment22.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/06161912/2021-02-21-1124.mp3
	A Failed Strategy?	.
	The Unforgivable Sin	.
	“Tu Bishevat and Midnight-ish”	.
	The special gift	.