Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: Kew Gardens Hills Kew Gardens Hills

Halacha:

Birchas Kohanim,  Death and Burial,  Minhagim,  Non-Jews,  Science & Medicine 

Machshava:

Derech Hashem,  Mitzvot,  Science & Medicine 

Mishna:

Avot 

Personalities:

Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik 

Collections: Rabbi Berzon: Ish Halacha

Description

How beautiful is this world! Death equals Tumah the antithesis of sanctity. Halacha embraces life and considers every moment in this physical existence to be infinitely valuable. In this context the Rav contrasts Halachik man with the universal man of religion. The ;atter aspires to live in the supernal transcendental world and elevates death as the gate to life in the other world. In this section the Rav elaborates on two episodes in the life of the Vilna Gaon, and on Reb Chaim's perception of Pikuach Nefesh ("ViChai Bahem") as the great slogan of the man of Halacha.