Venue: Italy Italy

Halacha:

Death and Burial,  Rosh Hashana,  Shofar 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Jewish Heritage Tour of Italy

Description

Shiur given on a bus in Florence. Why did some of the tanaim go to Rome? What are some of the teachings of R Asiya ben Charash? Who were the four captives, and is the story real? Who was the Aruch? Which two questions did R Shlomo Yitzchaki ask the Aruch? Why do we blow 100 blasts with the shofar on Rosh Hashana? Who was the Tosafos Rid? What were some of the questions that the Ohr Zaruah asked the Tosafos Rid? Who was the Riaz the First, and who was the Riaz the later? Upon who's works did the Italian rabbis paskin like? Which rabbis did the Shibalei Haleket quote? Which paragraph of the selichos did he Gra not say and why? When is a bris performed on Rosh Hashana? Should one have a funeral on Yom Tov Sheni? Can one shower after mikveh?