https://www.yutorah.org/rss/RssAudioOnly/teacher/80135 en-us Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim YUTORAH.org office@yutorah.org no https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1191221/Responsa-LiteratureOctober-11 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Responsa Literature - October 11 - Oct 11, 2026 - http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1191221.MP3 Sun, 11 Oct 2026 04:29:22 GMT 6410 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1187639/History-of-Eastern-European-YeshivotSeptember-7 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron History of Eastern European Yeshivot - September 7 - Sep 7, 2026 - http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1187639.MP3 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:06:22 GMT 6062 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1187515/Responsa-LiteratureSeptember-6 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Responsa Literature - September 6 - Sep 6, 2026 - http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1187515.MP3 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:04:37 GMT 6116 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1186806/History-of-Eastern-European-YeshivotAugust-31 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron History of Eastern European Yeshivot - August 31 - Aug 31, 2026 - R' Yozel Horwitz's living in isolation compared to the life of a Nazir. How and why R' Horwitz changed from a businessman to a Torah personality. How and why his yeshiva in Novardok succeeded. Park East Synagogue's Chabad Rabbi. Why Chabad influences Jews to become observant more successfully than Litvaks. Life in the USSR in the 1980s. Legacy of Resilience by Nuchie Schapiro. Chabad in Maplewood. Essas family leaves the USSR. Letter to Tel Aviv University faculty. Chabad stayed and functioned as actively as was possible in the USSR. Why Novardok left the USSR. R' Rakeffet's experiences in Communist Russia. The Nineteen Letters: R. Dr. Bernard Drachman's translation. The impact of sending—in particular—young Americans into Russia on Jews living in Russia. Being expelled from the USSR on Shabbat. Putin and Chabad. קראתי שמך ה' מבור תחתיות by Avraham Yisrael ארנברג. His interactions with Chabad during WW2 in Siberia (available at Yad Vashem library or archive). http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1186806.MP3 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:55:55 GMT 6208 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1186713/R'-Rakeffet-in-the-IDF.-The-Resolution-of-the-Status-of-the-MIAs-of-the-Battle-of-Sultan-Yacoub.-Comments-on-the-R'-Moshe-Meiselman-Interview-and-the-R'-Hershel-Schachter-Interview.-Chabad-Rabbis-in-US-Shuls.-R'-Yitzchok-Lichtenstein. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Rakeffet in the IDF. The Resolution of the Status of the MIAs of the Battle of Sultan Yacoub. Comments on the R' Moshe Meiselman Interview and the R' Hershel Schachter Interview. Chabad Rabbis in US Shuls. R' Yitzchok Lichtenstein. - Aug 30, 2026 - R' Rakeffet's career in the IDF: Basic-training, teaching, Lebanon. The tragedy of the Battle of Sultan Yacoub. Ehud Barak's role. The creation of International Coalition for Missing Israeli Soldiers (ICMIS). R' Rakeffet joins ICMIS. An overview of Zachary Baumel, Tzvi Feldman, Yehuda Katz and their families. Meyer "Mike" Kaplan's background and his role in the MIAs issue. Examples of false leads. An overview of the agunot issue. Applying the concept of התרת עגונות to determine the status of the MIAs. ספיקא ספק S'feik S'feika. R' Yitzchak Elchanan Spector. How the IDF adopted the process of determining whether a missing husband is still alive to the MIAs. Positive consequences of declaring the three MIAs dead. Supreme Court case to reverse the Military Rabbinic Court decision. The R' Moshe Meiselman interview. How and why, he portrays accurately only part of R' Yosef Soloveitchik's total personality. R' Hershel Schachter interview. Three points of R' Rakeffet's disagreement: 1) Dr. Belkin and nature of YU. 2) Serving in the IDF. 3) Rabbis leaving the USA to move up to Israel. Chabad rabbis taking over US shuls. How and why R' Yitzchok Lichtenstein disagrees with his parents. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1186713.MP3 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:20:39 GMT 6030 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1186239/Responsa-LiteratureAugust-23 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Responsa Literature - August 23 - Aug 23, 2026 - http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1186239.MP3 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:11:55 GMT 6503 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1186238/R'-Yozel-Horowitz-and-Novardok-Yeshivot.-Focusing-on-a-Comparison-of-How-Differently-Chabad-and-Novardok-Reacted-to-the-Communist-Takeover-of-Russia.-Life-in-the-Soviet-Union-in-the-1980's-both-in-General-and-Specifically-for-Jews. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Yozel Horowitz and Novardok Yeshivot. Focusing on a Comparison of How Differently Chabad and Novardok Reacted to the Communist Takeover of Russia. Life in the Soviet Union in the 1980's both in General and Specifically for Jews. - Aug 24, 2026 - R' Yozel Horwitz's living in isolation compared to the life of a Nazir. How and why R' Horwitz changed from a businessman to a Torah personality. How and why his yeshiva in Novardok succeeded. Park East Synagogue's Chabad Rabbi. Why Chabad influences Jews to become observant more successfully than Litvaks. Life in the USSR in the 1980s. Legacy of Resilience by Nuchie Schapiro. Chabad in Maplewood. Essas family leaves the USSR. Letter to Tel Aviv University faculty. Chabad stayed and functioned as actively as was possible in the USSR. Why Novardok left the USSR. R' Rakeffet's experiences in Communist Russia. The Nineteen Letters: R. Dr. Bernard Drachman's translation. The impact of sending—in particular—young Americans into Russia on Jews living in Russia. Being expelled from the USSR on Shabbat. Putin and Chabad. קראתי שמך ה' מבור תחתיות by Avraham Yisrael ארנברג. His interactions with Chabad during WW2 in Siberia (available at Yad Vashem library or archive). http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1186238.MP3 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 04:05:40 GMT 5897 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1179474/Pictures-of-Women.-Novardok-Yeshiva.-It's-Move-to-Russia-Then-Out-of-USSR.-Mussar-in-Novardok-Yeshiva-–-It's-Implementation,-Goals,-and-Effect.-Yevsektsia.-Bundism.-Hostility-to-Hesder-Yeshivot. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Pictures of Women. Novardok Yeshiva. It's Move to Russia Then Out of USSR. Mussar in Novardok Yeshiva – It's Implementation, Goals, and Effect. Yevsektsia. Bundism. Hostility to Hesder Yeshivot. - Jun 15, 2026 - No photographs of women & omitting their names. Ad in Mishpacha Magazine: Come to Norfolk, VA. Peleg demonstrations. Single man, early Shabbat, when to light nerot. The 2 pants pockets of Kotzker. Holocaust survivor stories. Traveler who made no Shabbat arrangements. He trusted in God. 2 different mussar views on Yosef going to Mitzrayim. Novardok Yeshiva (NY) to Russia. Why Yevsektsia hated Torah Jews so much. NY decides to leave USSR. This was very difficult but done quite successfully. Chabad stayed & suffered. Post 1980, less suffering. Satmar Rav visits Israel. Social vs. ideological Satmar. Shoah and State: Which is ma'aseh Hashem & which is ma'aseh Satan? Intensity of study of Mussar vs. Talmud in NY. Donating time to the community. Lakewood – almost no zemirot while NY sang with exuberance. R' Revel & Bundism. Bundism echoes yovel. NY students get used to being laughed at. This helped them survive ridicule for living Torah lives. NY Times 2100 edition. The "stock exchange" of NY – pros and cons. Private mussar schmooze at NY. Torah centered in Tel Aviv, then to Bnei Brak. Why do Hesder yeshivot & rabbis bother chilonim more than charedi ones? Smotrich. Sohn's Delicatessen. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1179474.MP3 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:15:27 GMT 6754 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1179376/Demonstrations-Closing-Roads.-D-Day-Prayers.-Kovno-Rav-and-the-List.-How-Torah-Schools-Grew.-Rav-Menashe-Klein.-Mishneh-Halakhot.-Teaching-in-Reform-or-Conservative-Temples.-Rabbinic-Seminaries.-Chochmat-Yisrael.-The-1951-YU-Joke.-Chabad-Shluchim. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Demonstrations Closing Roads. D-Day Prayers. Kovno Rav and the List. How Torah Schools Grew. Rav Menashe Klein. Mishneh Halakhot. Teaching in Reform or Conservative Temples. Rabbinic Seminaries. Chochmat Yisrael. The 1951 YU Joke. Chabad Shluchim. - Jun 14, 2026 - R' Mendi Gopin. NCSY. Mussar vs. Chasidut. Demonstrators of Peleg movement closing down highways. R' Sa'adiah Gaon: If no Torah, no Israel. Ben Gurion's descendants. 24-hour prayers at Synagogue on D-Day. Kovno Rav tells Judenrat to provide Nazis list of 1,000 names. The Rav said there is no answer on this. Esther Farbstein's comment. How Torah schools for children started to grow in US. Teaching in schools of Reform and Conservative – pros and cons. Necessary conditions. Evaluate the potential wife? Margarine in IDF. Mishneh Halakhot 16:32: Teaching Torah in Reform Temple. Who is in control of curriculum? Examples of how and why it was okay to teach in Reform. Rabbinic Seminaries are created because academia was impressive to Jews who left the ghetto. Creation of Chochmat Yisrael. An example of this: Encyclopedia Talmudit. Seminaries produced a Rabbi, Teacher, Preacher, but not a Rav. Opposition to Seminaries. YU never became a Rabbinic Seminary. Presidency: The Rav vs. R' Leo Jung. The 1951 joke. Chabad Sheluchim: Their strengths and weaknesses. Eruv stories. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1179376.MP3 Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:29:54 GMT 6403 https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1178623/R'-Menashe-Klein.-Mishneh-Halakhot.-Caracas-Butcher-Marries-a-Couple-in-a-Way-That-Insulted-the-Rav-of-Caracas.-That-Rav-Was-Determining-if-the-Groom-is-Jewish.-Is-His-Meat-Forbidden?-Understanding-the-Implication-of-the-Rav-Not-Teaching-in-Yiddish. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein. Mishneh Halakhot. Caracas Butcher Marries a Couple in a Way That Insulted the Rav of Caracas. That Rav Was Determining if the Groom is Jewish. Is His Meat Forbidden? Understanding the Implication of the Rav Not Teaching in Yiddish. - Jun 7, 2026 - Helping a driver who is not wearing kippah. Is he our brother? Torah in US before WW II. How to view Reform rabbis. Early attempts to create Agudah in US. Organized rabbinates are very important, for example, in US and UK. Examples in recent past of mamzerut problems. R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halakhot 13:105: Butcher in Caracas "performs" a marriage of a groom who may not be Jewish and thus is in conflict with the Caracas rabbi dealing with the problem. Stories of two young people who moved from Reform to Torah observance. Kashrut of a Philadelphia bakery. NJ funeral with the Mafia, the FBI, and Rabbi Rakeffet attending. The Caracas butcher's meat is forbidden because performing the wedding insulted the rabbi. It shows he is untrustworthy. Utensils used to cook his forbidden meat may be kashered. Kashering utensils for Pesach. Examples of Pras Yisrael winners. How to understand the following: The Rav stopped teaching in Yiddish thus Torah ended and was replaced by frumkeit. R' Menashe to rabbi in Caracas: You make final decision. You're closer. Examples of kashrut failures. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2026/11714/1178623.MP3 Sun, 07 Jun 2026 04:24:22 GMT 6021