Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

History:

19th Century CE 

Collections: R' Rakeffet Jewish History Fall 2023

Description

Date Line. Rav Soloveitchik has become more appreciated in recent years. His uniqueness. The young Rav in Boston. The driver of R' David Chai Hacohen. Discourses on the Return to Zion & Jewish Destiny by R' Soloveitchik, David E. Fishman, ed. How & why the Rav was simultaneously a member of Agudah and Mizrahi. His transition to Mizrahi. R' Eliezer Silver & creation of Agudah in the U.S. Aspects of his life & his uniqueness. Agudah vs. Mizrahi in Israel: The "vs." is shrinking. How Torah was taught in E. Europe before Volozhin was created. Why yeshivot did not exist. Factors that motivated R' Chaim Volozhiner to create the yeshiva. 1) Life became more sophisticated. 2) Need to battle Chasidut's way of life & its order of priorities in Judaism. 3) Economic conditions. Gra's hostility toward Chassidut. R' Chaim's lack of outward observable hostility & what motivated him to be less hostile. Nefesh Hatzimtzum by Avinoam Fraenkel. Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva over 1801-3. Torah United, by Aaron Goldscheider. The author caught the Rav's Torah beautifully. Explanation of the Belzer Rebbe leaving his Chassidim behind. Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson & how to react to a detour in life.