History:

19th Century CE,  20th Century CE 

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

Description

Shiur given on a bus. Who actually wrote the Mishna Brurah? Is a non-observant Jew today, considered not Jewish? Was the Chafetz Chaim opposed to Beis Yaakov? Why did the C.C. walk out of the Agudah convention? What pasuk did R Kahanemin place on the yeshiva in Bnei Brak and why? Did the C.C. like the chidushim of the Netziv? Is there a mitzvah kiyumis? How did the learning differ in Volozhyn from Slobodka type yeshivas, in regard to which tractates are studied? How does YU carry on the way of Volozhyn? When does shiva start, if one does not accompany the niftar on the plane? Did R Chaim Volozhyn differ from the Ba'al HaTanya in defining tzimtzum? Who was the Minsker Gadol, what sefarim did he write, and which psakim of his apply today?