Machshava:

History 

Collections: R' Schachter Jewish Heritage Tour of the Balkans

Description

Lecture given on a bus in Dubrovnik. What path did the early sefardi and ashkenazi olim take, upon arriving in Jaffa? What was the story of the blood libel in Dubrovnik, which rabbi wrote it up, and in which sefer does it appear? What proof did R Dovid Pardo bring, from looking at the sefer torah written by R Aharon HaKohen of Dubrovnik? If one can only perform 2 circumcisions today, and there are three cases, which are performed and in which order- baby more than 8 days old, a gentile converting, a baby from a non Jewish slave? Why is safek brachos l'hakel? Can one do eirusin without intending to do nisuin? How was R Pardo related to the Chidah? Can one consecrate the mizbaiach with the Pesach? Is one to marry by age eighteen or twenty?