History:

19th Century CE,  20th Century CE 

Collections: R' Schachter Jewish Heritage Tour of Lita/Poland

Description

Shiur given on a bus. Who edited the Vilna Shas, Widow Romm edition? What were the works of R Shmuel Strashun(Rashash), and his older brother R Bezalel Vilna? Do we apply sho'mea k'oneh by birkas kohanim? Do mourners duchan on yom tov? How did the Ohr Sameach try to affect the vote on closing Volozhyn? Why was Volozhyn closed? What three time periods existed in Volozhyn? Why did the Chafetz Chaim want to expel two students on Chol Hamoed? Where did R Soloveitchik speak with the Marcheshes(R Henoch Eigis)? Does one recite the bracha of al hatorah after the haftorah for mincha on Yom Kipur? Is that laining in weekday nigun or YK nigun? Why did the Gra place chasidim in cheirem? Who were the children of the Chafetz Chaim from his two wives?