YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim http://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 Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Crucially Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) & Therefore What Did He Think Should Not Play Any Role Within the Yeshiva. His Broadness Outside the Yeshiva. Why Did R' Chaim Select Volozhin Instead of Vilna. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1092877/Volozhin-Yeshiva:-What-Was-Crucially-Important-to-R'-Naftali-Tzvi-Yehuda-Berlin-(Netziv)-&-Therefore-What-Did-He-Think-Should-Not-Play-Any-Role-Within-the-Yeshiva.-His-Broadness-Outside-the-Yeshiva.-Why-Did-R'-Chaim-Select-Volozhin-Instead-of-Vilna. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Crucially Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) & Therefore What Did He Think Should Not Play Any Role Within the Yeshiva. His Broadness Outside the Yeshiva. Why Did R' Chaim Select Volozhin Instead of Vilna. - Mar 18, 2024 - Daniel Peretz, הי"ד & his family. The Rav & במה מדליקין. R' Dovid Lifshitz & his wife. R' Bezalel Naor & Richard Nyer. R' Kook wearing tefillin all day in Volozhin was not appreciated. Split in Mercaz HaRav over teacher's degree option. Netziv was worldly and appreciated Russian Literature, Zionism, & secular studies, but never inside the yeshiva. He opposed divisions within Jewish community. Learn from חזקיהו המלך & bring everyone into the yeshiva, including phonies. They will be influenced by Torah study. Lakewood now has outreach via Kollelim. Avoid discussion of theological questions. Torah observance first, theological questions will be answered later. Example: Uri Zohar. Arik Einstein and his wife Sima. Alternative view as to only Torah studies in the yeshiva: R' Soloveitchik and R' Aharon Lichtenstein. No ghetto mentality today. Synagogue Council & its closing. Haskalah in E. Europe vs. W. Europe. Why R' Chaim selected city of Volozhin: 1) Sha'agat Aryeh was there. 2) In Vilna he would not be able to be as selective about students. 3) Financial support of students worked better there. R' Dovid Lifshitz' broadness. Refusal to imitate the rabbinic seminaries. R' Salanter. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1092877.MP3 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:17:05 GMT 6214 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 6:158: Son Wants to Transfer to Study in a Different School With a Different Rav (Teacher). Father is Opposed and is Worried in the New School With Fewer But Brilliant Students His Son's Learning Will Suffer Badly https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1092789/R'-Menashe-Klein:-Mishneh-Halakhot-6:158:-Son-Wants-to-Transfer-to-Study-in-a-Different-School-With-a-Different-Rav-(Teacher).-Father-is-Opposed-and-is-Worried-in-the-New-School-With-Fewer-But-Brilliant-Students-His-Son's-Learning-Will-Suffer-Badly Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 6:158: Son Wants to Transfer to Study in a Different School With a Different Rav (Teacher). Father is Opposed and is Worried in the New School With Fewer But Brilliant Students His Son's Learning Will Suffer Badly - Mar 17, 2024 - R' Karmi Gross & derechaim.com. Megillah 3a: Army&Torah study. שבט לוי ומלחמת מצוה. R' Hutner: NY Times. R' Y. Kamenetsky on child carrying tallit on Shabbat. Shabbos goyim of Kew Gardens Hills. Milking cows on Shabbat. Comparing the Rav to R' Ahron Soloveichik as פוסקים. Mishneh Halakhot 6:158: Son wants to transfer to another Rav he feels will be better for him but his father is opposed. The new teacher was like a מלאך. Mothers especially want their children to live nearby. Examples of students changing teachers. Examples of concept that students should especially study what interests them. Importance of everyone NOT being the same. German Rishonim. Terumat Hadeshen, siman 40: Father is frightened by the idea of his son going to a country where Jews are persecuted: Permitted. No Sephardic girls in מכון גולד ומכללה in 1971. Parents were worried. It's permissible to leave Israel & also one's parents in order to study Torah as יעקב אבינו did. Son wants to leave Young Israel shul & daven elsewhere. ש"ע יו"ד 240:25 permits changing schools. כתובות ע"א: Husband forbids wife to go to בית האבל או לבית המשתה because there is promiscuity. R' Rakeffet's vision. Haaretz article on hostages. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1092789.MP3 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:05:48 GMT 6059 Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and Therefore What Did He Think Should be Important Within the Yeshiva Versus What Should not Play Any Role There. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1092075/Volozhin-Yeshiva:-What-Was-Important-to-R'-Naftali-Tzvi-Yehuda-Berlin-(Netziv)-and-Therefore-What-Did-He-Think-Should-be-Important-Within-the-Yeshiva-Versus-What-Should-not-Play-Any-Role-There. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and Therefore What Did He Think Should be Important Within the Yeshiva Versus What Should not Play Any Role There. - Mar 11, 2024 - Charedim, IDF & concept of: The land shall spit you out. Chatam Sofer: We do put on tefillin in Israel. BMT reunion planned. Netziv. Beit HaLevi leaves for Slutsk & the yeshiva calms down. The role of R' Refael Shapiro. The yeshiva is safe. The Rav & R' Ahron Soloveichik compared to Netziv & Beit HaLevi. Netziv's attitude toward new external movements such as Haskalah, Zionism, & also toward non-Torah studies. Netziv not pleased with lengthy davening & excessive frumkeit. Only intensive Torah studies inside the yeshiva is where extremism is acceptable. R' Kook not totally fitting in at Volozhin. R' Dovid Lifshitz. Mussar movement. Netziv on shemitah & heter mekhirah. Mixed board of rabbis. Development of Torah in U.S., starting in 1886, leads to creation of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon. Observance and theology of early Conservative rabbis. The Rav, R' Silver, and ban on mixed board of rabbis. Comparison of Enlightenment movement in Germany vs. E. Europe. E. Europe Torah observance post WW I. The importance of reading newspapers for the Netziv. His opposition to splitting up the Torah community as was done in Germany. The Rakeffets experience hunger on Pesach in Yerushalayim. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1092075.MP3 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:05:04 GMT 6625 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Mother on Shabbat. 10:309: A Second Opinion: Is it Permissible to Ask a Second Rav One's Halakhic Question, One That is הלכה למעשה? https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1091980/R'-Menashe-Klein:-Mishneh-Halakhot-10:308:-Minor-Daughter-Doing-Blood-Test-on-Mother-on-Shabbat.-10:309:-A-Second-Opinion:-Is-it-Permissible-to-Ask-a-Second-Rav-One's-Halakhic-Question,-One-That-is-הלכה-למעשה? Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Mother on Shabbat. 10:309: A Second Opinion: Is it Permissible to Ask a Second Rav One's Halakhic Question, One That is הלכה למעשה? - Mar 10, 2024 - Charedim and IDF: Both must adapt. Names of son-in-law and father-in-law should (not must) differ. Minor daughter doing blood test on pregnant diabetic mother on Shabbat. חבּורה is issue of כיבוד אב ואם. Shabbat violation only if a minimal quantity of blood is taken. Medical test is not necessarily saving a life. Consider bringing in non-Jewish nurse? NB: Mother wants test. Brisker Rav's position on pikuach nefesh. R' Menashe: Community should arrange for permanent Shabbat goy. Dr. Ephraim Shach & his father: Failure or success? Shabbos goy in Kew Gardens Hills & Bnei Brak. R' Fabian Schonfeld helping a colleague. Mishneh Halachot 10:309: May a Rav forbid his congregants to ask שאלות of the Rav of a different קהילה? Kashering frying pan with a blowtorch? Rema חו"מ:כה: It is permissible to ask another Rav. Chazon Ish on newly discovered manuscripts. Discovery of מאירי. Variant texts. Kuntres HaShakh, יו"ד after section 242: Permissible if you tell 2nd Rav the 1st Rav's opinion. R' Menashe Klein: Permissible. Importance of financially supporting a Talmid Chacham, Brachot 34b. However, stop makhloket. 019 cellphone company uses Druze on Shabbat. Venice. Using minor child to do melakhah http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1091980.MP3 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 05:03:09 GMT 5970 Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (בית הלוי). The Unpleasant Conflict Among the Students as to Which of the Two Should be the Rosh Yeshiva. Resolution of the Conflict. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1091257/Volozhin-Yeshiva:-R'-Naftali-Tzvi-Yehuda-Berlin-(Netziv)-and-R'-Yosef-Dov-Soloveitchik-(בית-הלוי).-The-Unpleasant-Conflict-Among-the-Students-as-to-Which-of-the-Two-Should-be-the-Rosh-Yeshiva.-Resolution-of-the-Conflict. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (בית הלוי). The Unpleasant Conflict Among the Students as to Which of the Two Should be the Rosh Yeshiva. Resolution of the Conflict. - Mar 4, 2024 - Charedi-faction demonstration of March 3, 2024, was chilul Hashem plus Reform Judaism. R' Chaim Volozhiner and his reading the letter of his married student. Gottesman and Lamport families. Louis Jacobs. The Yeshiva College 1935 scandal. Jewish authors of comic books. The Czar's support of Rabbinic schools and of Crown Rabbis. The controversy whether Netziv or Bet Halevi should be the Rosh Yeshiva. The Rav on efficacy of prayer, using his own prayer as an example. Short history of Soloveichik family until the Bet Halevi. סיני או עוקר הרים? Description of how students engaged in this controversy over leadership. Four rabbis (an even number) come to Volozhin to provide solution to the controversy: ר' דוד טביל of Minsk (נחלת דוד), Rav Ze'ev of Vilna (מגיד מישרים), the Slutzker Rav, and R' Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor. A description of the terms of the solution: Act respectfully. Admissions decided mainly by Netziv. Teachers do not teach or consult in their homes, only in yeshiva. Handling of money including the use of a safe. Dismissal of meshulochim. Bet Halevi moves to Slutsk. The Rav and his solution for the double bar mitzvah in the Bronx. R' Refael Shapiro: His daughter's wedding. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1091257.MP3 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 04:27:20 GMT 5764 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: May a Minor Daughter Do Required Blood Tests on Her Pregnant Diabetic Mother on Shabbat When There is No One Else Available? https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1091142/R'-Menashe-Klein:-Mishneh-Halakhot-10:308:-May-a-Minor-Daughter-Do-Required-Blood-Tests-on-Her-Pregnant-Diabetic-Mother-on-Shabbat-When-There-is-No-One-Else-Available? Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: May a Minor Daughter Do Required Blood Tests on Her Pregnant Diabetic Mother on Shabbat When There is No One Else Available? - Mar 3, 2024 - Learning Torah in addition to, not instead of, army. Exemptions of שבט לוי. How IDF must prepare for Charedim. Balagan. Wives are Amalek. Say מרור זה & point to wife. Mishneh Halachot 10:308: Minor daughter doing blood test on pregnant diabetic mother on Shabbat. Bloodletting by son on a father: Bavli Sanhedrin 84b. Applying ואהבת לרעך כמוך. Source of Jewish philosophical concepts is halakhah. Survivors and their need to have food always available. May son remove father's splinter? יו"ד 241:3 Kibud Av ve-Eim. Only son is available—Father is suffering—Father says my son is the best & I only want him to do this. ערוך השולחן by R' Yechiel Michel Epstein. Will there be an English translation? If parent insists, son must do it. Grandson's shofar. Medical ethics of doctor treating his parent is: External procedure is permissible but not operations. Daniel Taub. R' Yitzchok Weiss, Manchester, מנחת יצחק 1:27-8. May Charedi son who is a doctor give injections to elderly father every day?—Difficult for father to travel daily—It is permitted. Socialized medicine in Israel. R' David Fuld permits. Consensus: If only a child of the parent is available, it is permissible. Tendler family. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1091142.MP3 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:14:38 GMT 6071 Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine Challenges R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) for Position of Rosh Yeshiva. The Unpleasant Conflict That Resulted. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1090510/Volozhin-Yeshiva:-R'-Yehoshua-Heschel-Levine-Challenges-R'-Naftali-Tzvi-Yehuda-Berlin-(Netziv)-for-Position-of-Rosh-Yeshiva.-The-Unpleasant-Conflict-That-Resulted. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine Challenges R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) for Position of Rosh Yeshiva. The Unpleasant Conflict That Resulted. - Feb 26, 2024 - Unusual responsa of R' Menashe Klein as compared to other poskim. Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe in Lakewood. Mekor Barukh compared to his Torah Temimah. My Uncle the Netziv. Future disputes in Litvish yeshivahs can be seen as influenced by the original machloket in Volozhin Yeshiva. Should we leave things out when publishing history? YU scandal. ישיבת ליטא פרקי זכרונות ע"י אטקס וטיקוצ'ינסקי. מלחמת הדינסטיות בישיבת וולוזין ע"י שמואל לייב ציטרון (Dynasties) R' Eliezer Yitzchak Fried and R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin were appointed. R' Fried dies. Attempt to appoint R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine of Vilna as Rosh Yeshiva fails. His nature was affected by growing up in Vilna. His plans for changes in the yeshiva. His ancestry and his wife's. He starts his own breakaway yeshiva in Volozhin. How it differed. Moshe Mendelssohn's commentary compared to R' Hirsch's. Netziv strongly opposes this yeshiva and occasionally violent conflict that results. Many students of Volozhin yeshiva engage in their conflict with Netziv very disrespectfully. Closing of BMT and Machon Gold. R' Levine leaves Volozhin, moves from position to position to position, city to city to city, ends up in Paris, and dies there. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1090510.MP3 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:08:40 GMT 6140 R' Menashe Klein Mishneh Halachot: Parents Insist Adult Daughter Who is Excellent Teacher of Torah Resign & Instead Join Family Business. Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Diabetic Pregnant Mother on Shabbat Where This is the Only Option Available. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1090415/R'-Menashe-Klein-Mishneh-Halachot:-Parents-Insist-Adult-Daughter-Who-is-Excellent-Teacher-of-Torah-Resign-&-Instead-Join-Family-Business.-Minor-Daughter-Doing-Blood-Test-on-Diabetic-Pregnant-Mother-on-Shabbat-Where-This-is-the-Only-Option-Available. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein Mishneh Halachot: Parents Insist Adult Daughter Who is Excellent Teacher of Torah Resign & Instead Join Family Business. Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Diabetic Pregnant Mother on Shabbat Where This is the Only Option Available. - Feb 25, 2024 - Charedim in the army: Problem of men & women together. Understanding who the Rav was. R' Yitzhak Twersky: Perpetuating the Masorah by Carmi Horowitz & David Shapiro. The Rav's letter about his driveway. DiMaggio's checks. Telz Yeshiva & taking out the garbage. Mishneh Halachot 10:224-225: Parents insist daughter who teaches Torah excellently resign & join family business. The nature of very wealthy people. Is teaching Torah a mitzvah for women? May a woman leave the house? Lakewood women. Minor child carrying father's tallit on Shabbat. Father, not mother, is responsible for education. Heleni Hamalka was an exception. We need talmidim not talmidot. ערבות requires creating an education system & women are not required to fulfill arevut. Three relevant issues: Are parents observant? Level of צניעות in the business. Concept of מעשה ידי בתו. R' Menashe Klein: Optimal solution is she marries. Tzniut on buses & taxis. The Rav's tapes & Irwin Shapiro. Girls in U.S. Syrian community studying in gap year programs in Israel. What R' Lichtenstein's mother did not understand. Why R' Rakeffet differs with R' Klein. 10:308: Minor daughter doing blood test on pregnant diabetic mother on Shabbat. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1090415.MP3 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 04:08:52 GMT 5905 Vilna and Zhitomir Rabbinical Schools as Alternatives to Volozhin Yeshiva. Spread and Influence of Enlightenment. Russification. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner. R' Yisrael Salanter. R' Eliezer Fried. Netziv. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine. R' Revel. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1089806/Vilna-and-Zhitomir-Rabbinical-Schools-as-Alternatives-to-Volozhin-Yeshiva.-Spread-and-Influence-of-Enlightenment.-Russification.-R'-Yitzhak-Volozhiner.-R'-Yisrael-Salanter.-R'-Eliezer-Fried.-Netziv.-R'-Yehoshua-Heschel-Levine.-R'-Revel. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Vilna and Zhitomir Rabbinical Schools as Alternatives to Volozhin Yeshiva. Spread and Influence of Enlightenment. Russification. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner. R' Yisrael Salanter. R' Eliezer Fried. Netziv. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine. R' Revel. - Feb 19, 2024 - R' Yitzchak Sladowsky. TorahApp from R' Gil Student. The Rav's driveway. Negel vasser and the Gra. More difficult to solve halakhic problems of Shabbat within Police vs. Army. Mercaz HaRav Yeshivah vs. Yeshivat Har Hamor. Napoleon's Sanhedrin: The 12 questions. Moses Mendelssohn by Altmann. Eastward spread of enlightenment in Europe. R' Jacob Joseph's handkerchief. Pressure from the Czar for Russification affects the yeshivot. Zhitomir and Vilna Rabbinic Schools vs. Volozhin. R' Yisrael Salanter (Lipkin) and the Vilna Rabbinical School. Stories about him and his descendants. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner (Ickovits): His role as Rosh Yeshiva. His קמעות/amulets. Importance of the Volozhin pushkas. R' Eliezer Fried becomes Rosh Yeshiva. Methods to prevent closing of Volozhin. The range of students in Volozhin. Netziv (R' Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin) assists R' Yitzhak and then succeeds him. Ph.D. Thesis on Netziv or on R' Revel? The nature of Netziv and his abilities. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine challenges Netziv. He wants to change Volozhin with unprecedented ideas how it should function. R' Revel and the creation of the Teachers Institute. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1089806.MP3 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:18:43 GMT 6011 Mechitzah. Mishneh Halakhot: Mother-in-Law Living With Daughter & Son-in-Law Insists on Doing Some Housework. R' Moshe Deutsch: How Wives are Similar to Amalek. R' Menashe Klein: Parents Insist Daughter Stops Teaching Torah & Joins Family Business. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/1089717/Mechitzah.-Mishneh-Halakhot:-Mother-in-Law-Living-With-Daughter-&-Son-in-Law-Insists-on-Doing-Some-Housework.-R'-Moshe-Deutsch:-How-Wives-are-Similar-to-Amalek.-R'-Menashe-Klein:-Parents-Insist-Daughter-Stops-Teaching-Torah-&-Joins-Family-Business. Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Mechitzah. Mishneh Halakhot: Mother-in-Law Living With Daughter & Son-in-Law Insists on Doing Some Housework. R' Moshe Deutsch: How Wives are Similar to Amalek. R' Menashe Klein: Parents Insist Daughter Stops Teaching Torah & Joins Family Business. - Feb 18, 2024 - TheTorahApp. Why the issue of mechitzah was more dominant decades ago than other violations of Halachah. Reasons for honoring one's in-laws (Yoreh Deah 240:24): 1) They're older. 2) Husband & wife are בשר אחד. Mishneh Halachot 7:155: Mother-in-law, a widow, living with daughter & son-in-law insists on washing dishes, making beds, & food shopping. Is this allowed? R' Tarfon's mother walked on his hands. R' Yishmael's mother washed his feet. Concept of שיריים: An explanation & a source in Yerushalmi. R' Menashe Klein: The husband & wife have separate but supportive roles & above all Torah study must dominate. Meaning of עבודת פרך in Egypt: 1) Unlimited work 2) Even worse, פרך means male slaves did women's work & vice versa. The ghetto. Torah adapts to all civilizations. R' Moshe Deutsch. דרושי וחידושי הרמבא"ד pg. 22b: Wives start fights with their husbands and blame them for everything bad that happens, just like Amalek did. 3 ways wives make husbands' lives bitter. Presidents of shuls joke. Wives of great rabbis were wonderful. Teachers are our future. Uri Zohar. Mishneh Halachot 10:224: Parents insist daughter who teaches Torah excellently resign & join family business. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1089717.MP3 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:37:30 GMT 5933