YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff en-us Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff YUTORAH.org office@yutorah.org no Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Crucially Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) & Therefore What Did He Think Should Not Play Any Role Within the Yeshiva. His Broadness Outside the Yeshiva. Why Did R' Chaim Select Volozhin Instead of Vilna. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1092877 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Crucially Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) & Therefore What Did He Think Should Not Play Any Role Within the Yeshiva. His Broadness Outside the Yeshiva. Why Did R' Chaim Select Volozhin Instead of Vilna. - Mar 18, 2024 - Daniel Peretz, הי"ד & his family. The Rav & במה מדליקין. R' Dovid Lifshitz & his wife. R' Bezalel Naor & Richard Nyer. R' Kook wearing tefillin all day in Volozhin was not appreciated. Split in Mercaz HaRav over teacher's degree option. Netziv was worldly and appreciated Russian Literature, Zionism, & secular studies, but never inside the yeshiva. He opposed divisions within Jewish community. Learn from חזקיהו המלך & bring everyone into the yeshiva, including phonies. They will be influenced by Torah study. Lakewood now has outreach via Kollelim. Avoid discussion of theological questions. Torah observance first, theological questions will be answered later. Example: Uri Zohar. Arik Einstein and his wife Sima. Alternative view as to only Torah studies in the yeshiva: R' Soloveitchik and R' Aharon Lichtenstein. No ghetto mentality today. Synagogue Council & its closing. Haskalah in E. Europe vs. W. Europe. Why R' Chaim selected city of Volozhin: 1) Sha'agat Aryeh was there. 2) In Vilna he would not be able to be as selective about students. 3) Financial support of students worked better there. R' Dovid Lifshitz' broadness. Refusal to imitate the rabbinic seminaries. R' Salanter. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1092877.MP3 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 05:17:05 GMT 6214 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 6:158: Son Wants to Transfer to Study in a Different School With a Different Rav (Teacher). Father is Opposed and is Worried in the New School With Fewer But Brilliant Students His Son's Learning Will Suffer Badly https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1092789 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 6:158: Son Wants to Transfer to Study in a Different School With a Different Rav (Teacher). Father is Opposed and is Worried in the New School With Fewer But Brilliant Students His Son's Learning Will Suffer Badly - Mar 17, 2024 - R' Karmi Gross & derechaim.com. Megillah 3a: Army&Torah study. שבט לוי ומלחמת מצוה. R' Hutner: NY Times. R' Y. Kamenetsky on child carrying tallit on Shabbat. Shabbos goyim of Kew Gardens Hills. Milking cows on Shabbat. Comparing the Rav to R' Ahron Soloveichik as פוסקים. Mishneh Halakhot 6:158: Son wants to transfer to another Rav he feels will be better for him but his father is opposed. The new teacher was like a מלאך. Mothers especially want their children to live nearby. Examples of students changing teachers. Examples of concept that students should especially study what interests them. Importance of everyone NOT being the same. German Rishonim. Terumat Hadeshen, siman 40: Father is frightened by the idea of his son going to a country where Jews are persecuted: Permitted. No Sephardic girls in מכון גולד ומכללה in 1971. Parents were worried. It's permissible to leave Israel & also one's parents in order to study Torah as יעקב אבינו did. Son wants to leave Young Israel shul & daven elsewhere. ש"ע יו"ד 240:25 permits changing schools. כתובות ע"א: Husband forbids wife to go to בית האבל או לבית המשתה because there is promiscuity. R' Rakeffet's vision. Haaretz article on hostages. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1092789.MP3 Sun, 17 Mar 2024 06:05:48 GMT 6059 Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and Therefore What Did He Think Should be Important Within the Yeshiva Versus What Should not Play Any Role There. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1092075 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: What Was Important to R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and Therefore What Did He Think Should be Important Within the Yeshiva Versus What Should not Play Any Role There. - Mar 11, 2024 - Charedim, IDF & concept of: The land shall spit you out. Chatam Sofer: We do put on tefillin in Israel. BMT reunion planned. Netziv. Beit HaLevi leaves for Slutsk & the yeshiva calms down. The role of R' Refael Shapiro. The yeshiva is safe. The Rav & R' Ahron Soloveichik compared to Netziv & Beit HaLevi. Netziv's attitude toward new external movements such as Haskalah, Zionism, & also toward non-Torah studies. Netziv not pleased with lengthy davening & excessive frumkeit. Only intensive Torah studies inside the yeshiva is where extremism is acceptable. R' Kook not totally fitting in at Volozhin. R' Dovid Lifshitz. Mussar movement. Netziv on shemitah & heter mekhirah. Mixed board of rabbis. Development of Torah in U.S., starting in 1886, leads to creation of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon. Observance and theology of early Conservative rabbis. The Rav, R' Silver, and ban on mixed board of rabbis. Comparison of Enlightenment movement in Germany vs. E. Europe. E. Europe Torah observance post WW I. The importance of reading newspapers for the Netziv. His opposition to splitting up the Torah community as was done in Germany. The Rakeffets experience hunger on Pesach in Yerushalayim. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1092075.MP3 Mon, 11 Mar 2024 06:05:04 GMT 6625 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Mother on Shabbat. 10:309: A Second Opinion: Is it Permissible to Ask a Second Rav One's Halakhic Question, One That is הלכה למעשה? https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1091980 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Mother on Shabbat. 10:309: A Second Opinion: Is it Permissible to Ask a Second Rav One's Halakhic Question, One That is הלכה למעשה? - Mar 10, 2024 - Charedim and IDF: Both must adapt. Names of son-in-law and father-in-law should (not must) differ. Minor daughter doing blood test on pregnant diabetic mother on Shabbat. חבּורה is issue of כיבוד אב ואם. Shabbat violation only if a minimal quantity of blood is taken. Medical test is not necessarily saving a life. Consider bringing in non-Jewish nurse? NB: Mother wants test. Brisker Rav's position on pikuach nefesh. R' Menashe: Community should arrange for permanent Shabbat goy. Dr. Ephraim Shach & his father: Failure or success? Shabbos goy in Kew Gardens Hills & Bnei Brak. R' Fabian Schonfeld helping a colleague. Mishneh Halachot 10:309: May a Rav forbid his congregants to ask שאלות of the Rav of a different קהילה? Kashering frying pan with a blowtorch? Rema חו"מ:כה: It is permissible to ask another Rav. Chazon Ish on newly discovered manuscripts. Discovery of מאירי. Variant texts. Kuntres HaShakh, יו"ד after section 242: Permissible if you tell 2nd Rav the 1st Rav's opinion. R' Menashe Klein: Permissible. Importance of financially supporting a Talmid Chacham, Brachot 34b. However, stop makhloket. 019 cellphone company uses Druze on Shabbat. Venice. Using minor child to do melakhah http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1091980.MP3 Sun, 10 Mar 2024 05:03:09 GMT 5970 Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (בית הלוי). The Unpleasant Conflict Among the Students as to Which of the Two Should be the Rosh Yeshiva. Resolution of the Conflict. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1091257 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) and R' Yosef Dov Soloveitchik (בית הלוי). The Unpleasant Conflict Among the Students as to Which of the Two Should be the Rosh Yeshiva. Resolution of the Conflict. - Mar 4, 2024 - Charedi-faction demonstration of March 3, 2024, was chilul Hashem plus Reform Judaism. R' Chaim Volozhiner and his reading the letter of his married student. Gottesman and Lamport families. Louis Jacobs. The Yeshiva College 1935 scandal. Jewish authors of comic books. The Czar's support of Rabbinic schools and of Crown Rabbis. The controversy whether Netziv or Bet Halevi should be the Rosh Yeshiva. The Rav on efficacy of prayer, using his own prayer as an example. Short history of Soloveichik family until the Bet Halevi. סיני או עוקר הרים? Description of how students engaged in this controversy over leadership. Four rabbis (an even number) come to Volozhin to provide solution to the controversy: ר' דוד טביל of Minsk (נחלת דוד), Rav Ze'ev of Vilna (מגיד מישרים), the Slutzker Rav, and R' Yitzchak Elchanan Spektor. A description of the terms of the solution: Act respectfully. Admissions decided mainly by Netziv. Teachers do not teach or consult in their homes, only in yeshiva. Handling of money including the use of a safe. Dismissal of meshulochim. Bet Halevi moves to Slutsk. The Rav and his solution for the double bar mitzvah in the Bronx. R' Refael Shapiro: His daughter's wedding. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1091257.MP3 Mon, 04 Mar 2024 04:27:20 GMT 5764 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: May a Minor Daughter Do Required Blood Tests on Her Pregnant Diabetic Mother on Shabbat When There is No One Else Available? https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1091142 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 10:308: May a Minor Daughter Do Required Blood Tests on Her Pregnant Diabetic Mother on Shabbat When There is No One Else Available? - Mar 3, 2024 - Learning Torah in addition to, not instead of, army. Exemptions of שבט לוי. How IDF must prepare for Charedim. Balagan. Wives are Amalek. Say מרור זה & point to wife. Mishneh Halachot 10:308: Minor daughter doing blood test on pregnant diabetic mother on Shabbat. Bloodletting by son on a father: Bavli Sanhedrin 84b. Applying ואהבת לרעך כמוך. Source of Jewish philosophical concepts is halakhah. Survivors and their need to have food always available. May son remove father's splinter? יו"ד 241:3 Kibud Av ve-Eim. Only son is available—Father is suffering—Father says my son is the best & I only want him to do this. ערוך השולחן by R' Yechiel Michel Epstein. Will there be an English translation? If parent insists, son must do it. Grandson's shofar. Medical ethics of doctor treating his parent is: External procedure is permissible but not operations. Daniel Taub. R' Yitzchok Weiss, Manchester, מנחת יצחק 1:27-8. May Charedi son who is a doctor give injections to elderly father every day?—Difficult for father to travel daily—It is permitted. Socialized medicine in Israel. R' David Fuld permits. Consensus: If only a child of the parent is available, it is permissible. Tendler family. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1091142.MP3 Sun, 03 Mar 2024 04:14:38 GMT 6071 Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine Challenges R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) for Position of Rosh Yeshiva. The Unpleasant Conflict That Resulted. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1090510 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Volozhin Yeshiva: R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine Challenges R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv) for Position of Rosh Yeshiva. The Unpleasant Conflict That Resulted. - Feb 26, 2024 - Unusual responsa of R' Menashe Klein as compared to other poskim. Sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe in Lakewood. Mekor Barukh compared to his Torah Temimah. My Uncle the Netziv. Future disputes in Litvish yeshivahs can be seen as influenced by the original machloket in Volozhin Yeshiva. Should we leave things out when publishing history? YU scandal. ישיבת ליטא פרקי זכרונות ע"י אטקס וטיקוצ'ינסקי. מלחמת הדינסטיות בישיבת וולוזין ע"י שמואל לייב ציטרון (Dynasties) R' Eliezer Yitzchak Fried and R' Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin were appointed. R' Fried dies. Attempt to appoint R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine of Vilna as Rosh Yeshiva fails. His nature was affected by growing up in Vilna. His plans for changes in the yeshiva. His ancestry and his wife's. He starts his own breakaway yeshiva in Volozhin. How it differed. Moshe Mendelssohn's commentary compared to R' Hirsch's. Netziv strongly opposes this yeshiva and occasionally violent conflict that results. Many students of Volozhin yeshiva engage in their conflict with Netziv very disrespectfully. Closing of BMT and Machon Gold. R' Levine leaves Volozhin, moves from position to position to position, city to city to city, ends up in Paris, and dies there. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1090510.MP3 Mon, 26 Feb 2024 05:08:40 GMT 6140 R' Menashe Klein Mishneh Halachot: Parents Insist Adult Daughter Who is Excellent Teacher of Torah Resign & Instead Join Family Business. Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Diabetic Pregnant Mother on Shabbat Where This is the Only Option Available. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1090415 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein Mishneh Halachot: Parents Insist Adult Daughter Who is Excellent Teacher of Torah Resign & Instead Join Family Business. Minor Daughter Doing Blood Test on Diabetic Pregnant Mother on Shabbat Where This is the Only Option Available. - Feb 25, 2024 - Charedim in the army: Problem of men & women together. Understanding who the Rav was. R' Yitzhak Twersky: Perpetuating the Masorah by Carmi Horowitz & David Shapiro. The Rav's letter about his driveway. DiMaggio's checks. Telz Yeshiva & taking out the garbage. Mishneh Halachot 10:224-225: Parents insist daughter who teaches Torah excellently resign & join family business. The nature of very wealthy people. Is teaching Torah a mitzvah for women? May a woman leave the house? Lakewood women. Minor child carrying father's tallit on Shabbat. Father, not mother, is responsible for education. Heleni Hamalka was an exception. We need talmidim not talmidot. ערבות requires creating an education system & women are not required to fulfill arevut. Three relevant issues: Are parents observant? Level of צניעות in the business. Concept of מעשה ידי בתו. R' Menashe Klein: Optimal solution is she marries. Tzniut on buses & taxis. The Rav's tapes & Irwin Shapiro. Girls in U.S. Syrian community studying in gap year programs in Israel. What R' Lichtenstein's mother did not understand. Why R' Rakeffet differs with R' Klein. 10:308: Minor daughter doing blood test on pregnant diabetic mother on Shabbat. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1090415.MP3 Sun, 25 Feb 2024 04:08:52 GMT 5905 Vilna and Zhitomir Rabbinical Schools as Alternatives to Volozhin Yeshiva. Spread and Influence of Enlightenment. Russification. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner. R' Yisrael Salanter. R' Eliezer Fried. Netziv. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine. R' Revel. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1089806 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Vilna and Zhitomir Rabbinical Schools as Alternatives to Volozhin Yeshiva. Spread and Influence of Enlightenment. Russification. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner. R' Yisrael Salanter. R' Eliezer Fried. Netziv. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine. R' Revel. - Feb 19, 2024 - R' Yitzchak Sladowsky. TorahApp from R' Gil Student. The Rav's driveway. Negel vasser and the Gra. More difficult to solve halakhic problems of Shabbat within Police vs. Army. Mercaz HaRav Yeshivah vs. Yeshivat Har Hamor. Napoleon's Sanhedrin: The 12 questions. Moses Mendelssohn by Altmann. Eastward spread of enlightenment in Europe. R' Jacob Joseph's handkerchief. Pressure from the Czar for Russification affects the yeshivot. Zhitomir and Vilna Rabbinic Schools vs. Volozhin. R' Yisrael Salanter (Lipkin) and the Vilna Rabbinical School. Stories about him and his descendants. R' Yitzhak Volozhiner (Ickovits): His role as Rosh Yeshiva. His קמעות/amulets. Importance of the Volozhin pushkas. R' Eliezer Fried becomes Rosh Yeshiva. Methods to prevent closing of Volozhin. The range of students in Volozhin. Netziv (R' Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin) assists R' Yitzhak and then succeeds him. Ph.D. Thesis on Netziv or on R' Revel? The nature of Netziv and his abilities. R' Yehoshua Heschel Levine challenges Netziv. He wants to change Volozhin with unprecedented ideas how it should function. R' Revel and the creation of the Teachers Institute. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1089806.MP3 Mon, 19 Feb 2024 04:18:43 GMT 6011 Mechitzah. Mishneh Halakhot: Mother-in-Law Living With Daughter & Son-in-Law Insists on Doing Some Housework. R' Moshe Deutsch: How Wives are Similar to Amalek. R' Menashe Klein: Parents Insist Daughter Stops Teaching Torah & Joins Family Business. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1089717 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Mechitzah. Mishneh Halakhot: Mother-in-Law Living With Daughter & Son-in-Law Insists on Doing Some Housework. R' Moshe Deutsch: How Wives are Similar to Amalek. R' Menashe Klein: Parents Insist Daughter Stops Teaching Torah & Joins Family Business. - Feb 18, 2024 - TheTorahApp. Why the issue of mechitzah was more dominant decades ago than other violations of Halachah. Reasons for honoring one's in-laws (Yoreh Deah 240:24): 1) They're older. 2) Husband & wife are בשר אחד. Mishneh Halachot 7:155: Mother-in-law, a widow, living with daughter & son-in-law insists on washing dishes, making beds, & food shopping. Is this allowed? R' Tarfon's mother walked on his hands. R' Yishmael's mother washed his feet. Concept of שיריים: An explanation & a source in Yerushalmi. R' Menashe Klein: The husband & wife have separate but supportive roles & above all Torah study must dominate. Meaning of עבודת פרך in Egypt: 1) Unlimited work 2) Even worse, פרך means male slaves did women's work & vice versa. The ghetto. Torah adapts to all civilizations. R' Moshe Deutsch. דרושי וחידושי הרמבא"ד pg. 22b: Wives start fights with their husbands and blame them for everything bad that happens, just like Amalek did. 3 ways wives make husbands' lives bitter. Presidents of shuls joke. Wives of great rabbis were wonderful. Teachers are our future. Uri Zohar. Mishneh Halachot 10:224: Parents insist daughter who teaches Torah excellently resign & join family business. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1089717.MP3 Sun, 18 Feb 2024 04:37:30 GMT 5933 Charedim Need Our Guidance. Volozhin Yeshiva: The Roles of Both Emotion and Scholarship in Perpetuating Torah Judaism. Synthesis of Chassidut and Volozhin. R' Yitzhak Succeeds his Father R' Chaim. R' Yitzhak's Attitude Toward Secular Studies. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1089100 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Charedim Need Our Guidance. Volozhin Yeshiva: The Roles of Both Emotion and Scholarship in Perpetuating Torah Judaism. Synthesis of Chassidut and Volozhin. R' Yitzhak Succeeds his Father R' Chaim. R' Yitzhak's Attitude Toward Secular Studies. - Feb 12, 2024 - Aliyah. Charedim: the Army, & Core Curriculum. The dominance, but not total, of Yishuv Eretz Yisrael. The YU community should provide guidance to the Charedi community. The woman doctor who embraced R' Moshe Feinstein. The movement of נחום שמריהו ששונקין to Chabad based on what he saw: nagel wasser, davening, mikveh. R' Zvi Hirsch Glickson, a chassid selected by R' Chaim Volozhiner to marry his daughter. Synthesis of R' Chaim & Chassidut. The Rav & Chassidut. R' Chaim Dolfin describes the attitude of Lakewood toward Chabad inaccurately. The Tanya shiur cancelled at YU. Bringing emotion/Chassidut into yeshivot. R' Moshe Shmuel Shapiro. Combining warmth & Litvish learning. Spiritualizing Halakhic Education by R' Jeffrey Saks: How to warm the heart of students. The Rav switches to English in his shiur. Chassidic overtones in Hesder yeshivot. R' Steinsaltz. Volozhin tested students for admission. Learning in Volozhin was 24/7. Publishing articles in Hadoar. R' Chaim dies. Continuity of Volozhin Yeshiva: His son R' Yitzhak becomes Rosh Yeshiva. The appeal of Russian literature. Max Lilienthal. R' Yitzhak not hostile to study of math, science, & history, yet not swept away by Haskalah. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1089100.MP3 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 04:13:41 GMT 6133 Rav Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot: Modern Parents Order Their Daughter Not to Marry a Young Talmid Chacham Who is Not Modern. Also: You Can't Go Home Again. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1088998 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rav Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot: Modern Parents Order Their Daughter Not to Marry a Young Talmid Chacham Who is Not Modern. Also: You Can't Go Home Again. - Feb 11, 2024 - Letter from Michael Reinsdorf. Letter from Lakewood on child abuse. Mishneh Halakhot 16:61: Modern parents order their daughter not to marry young Charedi Talmid Chacham who is not "modern". Reaction of Charedi who visited Yeshivat Kakotel. Parents ask child to violate Shabbat. R' Rakeffet's bar mitzvah. Ketubot 52 & Jeremiah 22:6: Make one's daughter attractive to ensure marriage. Rambam Ishut 9: Father must provide dowry. Marrying for money. Don't delay marriage of daughter until she is old. R' Rakeffet's proposed takanah on divorce. His return to Maplewood. Vayikrah Rabbah 21:8: R' Akiva via ruach hakodesh showed the requirement of father to marry off daughter. R' Silver's return to the U.S. The divine aspect of liquor. R' Mendel Lewittes relates R' Moshe Soloveichik's view on marriage. Rema: Children may marry whom they want. Role of tza'ar. Older single women might be susceptible to zenut. Young couples in USSR who lived together do not need a get. טוב למיתב טן דו. Language used in tenaim document. Two elderly aunts who didn't marry. Well-known Litvak who upset his Chassidic mother-in-law twice (and now regrets it). Will Agudah ever invite a YU Rav to speak? Lakewood did. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1088998.MP3 Sun, 11 Feb 2024 04:07:31 GMT 6078 Various Aspects of Volozhin Yeshiva: The Nature of its Students. R' Chaim's Various Roles. Attitude to Secular Education. Comparison of Chabad Yeshiva in Kishinev to Volozhin. The Roles of Emotion & Scholarship in Perpetuating Torah Judaism. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1088373 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Various Aspects of Volozhin Yeshiva: The Nature of its Students. R' Chaim's Various Roles. Attitude to Secular Education. Comparison of Chabad Yeshiva in Kishinev to Volozhin. The Roles of Emotion & Scholarship in Perpetuating Torah Judaism. - Feb 5, 2024 - Understanding Chatam Sofer's derashot in context of his time. What became of the family of Isaac Anixter of Chicago an 1879 student in Volozhin Yeshiva (VY)? Students of VY were often admitted at a very young age. Examples: R' Isser Zalman Meltzer (14) and R' Shlomo Polachek, the Meitscheter Illui (12). R' Polachek's sadness at not having a normal youth. Is baseball avodah zarah? Lack of curriculum in VY. Role of shiurim. Much greater emphasis on studying halachah in Chassidic yeshivot than in Litvish yeshivot. The impact on R' Chaim of the various roles he filled living in Volozhin. The role of his family. Study of Kabbalah in VY. Attitude to secular studies in context of the weaker presence of the Haskalah movement. Greek mythology. Attitude to pilpul in VY. The effect of World War II on frumkeit of Chassidim compared to Litvakim after the war. Arrival of Lubavitcher Rebbe in New York. ר' נחום שמריהו ששונקין: His spiritual move from Lita to Chabad. A detailed description of daily life in a Chassidic yeshiva vs. Litvish, as observed by R' Shashonkin. Belzer Rebbe and the Sinai Campaign. Merging emotion & learning is needed for our spiritual survival. Nefesh Hachaim plus Tanya. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1088373.MP3 Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:13:22 GMT 6475 R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halachot: Modern Parents Order Their Daughter Not to Marry a Young Talmid Chacham Who is Not "Modern." https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1088265 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halachot: Modern Parents Order Their Daughter Not to Marry a Young Talmid Chacham Who is Not "Modern." - Feb 4, 2024 - R' Zevulun Charlop: His broadness. R' Daniel Rosenthal: Aspects of his life starting at age 5. Letter from Lakewood describing the writer's actual professional observations of the terrible impact of sexual abuse on more than thirty victims, mainly young girls. Mishneh Halachot 16:61: Modern parents order their daughter not to marry a young Charedi Talmid Chacham who is not "modern". My student wears a shtreimel. Analysis of the observation that the Torah does not command a woman to marry. Yiftach's daughter may not have married because of her father. What occurred with Yiftach, and the issues involved. Why R' Rakeffet did not need philosophy or מחשבה. The relative success of Mussar movement vs. Chassidut. Issues of ba'alei teshuvah in modern times, in particular, issues with respect to their less observant parents. Writing a halakhic will and some factors and consequences of inheritance issues. R' Moshe Feinstein's advice as to what are the key characteristics that make a good future wife. A father is required to help his daughter marry. Classes on being a mother-in-law. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1088265.MP3 Sun, 04 Feb 2024 04:09:16 GMT 5821 The Development of Volozhin Yeshiva Focusing on Various Attributes and Characteristics That Contributed to its Greatness and More Widespread Recognition. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1086785 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron The Development of Volozhin Yeshiva Focusing on Various Attributes and Characteristics That Contributed to its Greatness and More Widespread Recognition. - Jan 22, 2024 - Applying עקידת יצחק to better understand R' Chaim Volozhiner not attacking Chassidut as strongly as did the Gra. Comparisons of Lita to Chassidut. Isaac son of R' Yehuda Eliezer Anixter of Chicago studied in Volozhin in 1879. Growth in size of student body & its impact. Why R' Chaim Volozhiner needed to hire an assistant. R' Soloveitchik's shiurim were easier to grasp than R' Aharon Kotler's. Consequences of a yeshiva being "owned" by the Rosh Yeshiva's family with examples. Examples of the consequences of a yeshiva being a communal trust. The policy decision as to which tractate to study each year and its consequences. The effect of great Rabbis visiting Volozhin & giving guest shiurim. Other non-Volozhin examples of this. The very high level of the learning ability of students accepted to Volozhin vs. today's yeshivot. How attending shiurim was regarded. At Volozhin the prime motivation for the study of Torah was so the world would continue to exist, therefore studying was literally 24/7, with no exceptions. How the economic level and business activities of parents led to their sending their sons to Volozhin. What factors determined admission. Dr. R' Haym Soloveitchik. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1086785.MP3 Mon, 22 Jan 2024 04:06:49 GMT 6283 Gaza War: A Comment. Mishneh Halachot: Never Report to the Non-Jewish Authorities About a Child Who Was Molested. Murderer Who Confessed to a Rav. Mishneh Halachot: Modern Parents Order Daughter Not to Marry Young Talmid Chacham Who is Not Modern. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1086676 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Gaza War: A Comment. Mishneh Halachot: Never Report to the Non-Jewish Authorities About a Child Who Was Molested. Murderer Who Confessed to a Rav. Mishneh Halachot: Modern Parents Order Daughter Not to Marry Young Talmid Chacham Who is Not Modern. - Jan 21, 2024 - Gaza War: It is harmful to publicize in media the disputes about freeing the hostages. R' Zevulun Charlop zt"l: A brief biography. His broadness & success as a teacher. R' Dov Eliach. A movie shows R' Shimon Shkop at RIETS. Prof. Albright: Why he so enjoyed meeting Ner Israel students. Using R' Moshe Feinstein & R' Menashe Klein to explain why some Poskim achieved greater popularity & recognition. Mishne Halachot 16:58: The "molested" child may be a pawn of one of the parents & thus lying. Serial statutory rape of young woman by her religious private tutor. Orthodox Lesbians Organization. R' Klein on how to deal with teacher who is child molester & R' Klein's insistence on no police & no publicizing. Barbara Streisand. Choshen Mishpat 26:1: Going to a non-Jewish court. One example of a corrupt Bet Din. Going to an Israeli court. Reporting child molesting in Israel. R' Rakeffet's daughter: Why she became a To'enet Rabbani. בית דין הגדול לערורים. R' Klein: Case where man confessed to a Rabbi he murdered someone. Young future rabbi meets a girl on the subway, wants to date her. Mishneh Halachot 16:61: Modern parents order daughter not to marry young Talmid Chacham who is not "modern." http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1086676.MP3 Sun, 21 Jan 2024 04:11:25 GMT 6677 Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. How Torah Study Was Viewed by R' Chaim Compared to by Chassidut. Role of Memoir Literature in Writing History. Geographical Origins of Student Body https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1086103 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. How Torah Study Was Viewed by R' Chaim Compared to by Chassidut. Role of Memoir Literature in Writing History. Geographical Origins of Student Body - Jan 15, 2024 - Increase over time of political overtones affecting Yom Tov Sheni pesaq. R' Shneur Kotler vs. R' Aharon Kotler on Chabad. R' Chaim vs. the Gra on Chassidut. The different ways R' Chaim Volozhiner & Chassidut saw the importance & role of Torah study. Nefesh Ha'Tzimtzum (translation of Nefesh Hachaim) by Avinoam Fraenkel. The 2 different ways frumkeit-yirat shamayim & Torah learning interact & relate to each other. R' Shmuel Volk on arrogance. Prof. Albright. Nefesh Hachaim: Yirat shamaim is the END goal not a precursor. No blessing said on secular learning. Ignorance among Chassidim. Anti-Chabad sentiments in RIETS. Why funeral of Lubavitcher Rebbe was so quick. Comment by chassid at the kotel on Ethiopian Jews. Shaul Stamper's use of memoir literature to write history of Volozhin. Factors that caused increase in published memoir literature. Why was town of Volozhin selected? Changes in interaction of the local community & yeshivah, in particular, economic. שליח דרבנן. Creation of camaraderie among Volozhin students. R' Rakeffet's 1st IDF shiur & what resulted. Living in Israel creates an עם out of disparate olim. General Gad Navon. Geographical origins of Volozhin's students http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/54105/1086103.MP3 Mon, 15 Jan 2024 04:14:02 GMT 6728 Gaza War: Stories and Comments. R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot 16:58. Teachers Beating Students. Reporting to the Authorities About a Child Who Was Molested https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1086045 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Gaza War: Stories and Comments. R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot 16:58. Teachers Beating Students. Reporting to the Authorities About a Child Who Was Molested - Jan 14, 2024 - Gaza War: Stories including R' Rakeffet's grandson's wallet plus some comments. Concept of dor hamidbar applied to 20th Century olim. Epilepsy can be life threatening. Erectile dysfunction vs. infertility applied to מקח טעות. Removing a mistreated or molested child from a family for adoption by a non-religious family or even a religious family which has different practices. Ben Gurion. R' Aharon Kotler and Chabad. R' Yitzchok Lichtenstein. Recent article on molested charedi girl who nevertheless stayed charedi. Was a father correct in telling R' Rakeffet that the father's son was "too frum"? R' Meir Kahane. The superior qualities of the rabbis who came on aliyah. R' Menashe Klein: Teachers beating students is הכאה של מצוה. Not doing this leads to students with guns in high schools & colleges. Menachot 7a: Auctioning real estate of an orphan. Rav Chisda was beaten by his teacher for forgetting this halakhah. R' Menashe: Almost never report child molestation to police. 1) You need two kosher witnesses. 2) You need a בית דין to evaluate the two witnesses & only then report to the police. In the בתי דין in Israel women may be witnesses for בירור דבר as opposed to קיום דבר http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/54105/1086045.MP3 Sun, 14 Jan 2024 04:18:01 GMT 6404 Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. Rav Chaim's 1802 Letter. The Various Opinions Even Disagreements as to What Motivated Rav Chaim Volozhiner to Create Volozhin Yeshiva. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1085511 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. Rav Chaim's 1802 Letter. The Various Opinions Even Disagreements as to What Motivated Rav Chaim Volozhiner to Create Volozhin Yeshiva. - Jan 8, 2024 - Uri Pilochowski article (Jerusalem Post): The purpose of Zionism. We in Israel who grew up abroad are Dor Ha-midbar. Ibn Ezra on this concept. What motivated Rav Rakeffet to finish Shas. Letter from Rav Chaim Volozhiner in Mosdot Hatorah book by Shmuel Kalman Mirsky, pg. 4. Rav Chaim compares himself to Gra in that there is no comparison. Shaul Stampfer: a very short biography. His ישיבה הליטאית בהתהוותה, revised edition, p. 34. Volozhin Yeshiva was not created to oppose Chassidut. How Gra related to Kabbalah. Rav Chaim was less negative about Chassidut. Rav Dov Eliach's book on Gra. Were pages added or are they missing from Nefesh Ha-Rav book? Using public transit on Simchat Torah in NY. Rav Lichtenstein: Can we ever learn enough Torah? Was Volozhin Yeshivah created in reaction to Haskalah? Shir: Shlomo Yehudah Rapoport. Scientific Jewish Scholarship in today's yeshivot. The importance of Tehillim for Chassidim and much less so for Litvish. Samuel Atlas & Rav Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg. Abraham Joshua Heschel. Is the Torah Learning to increase דבקות or not? http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1085511.MP3 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 04:05:45 GMT 5988 Mishneh Halachot 16:58: Chatam Sofer: Sending Daughter to a Gentile Medical Institution Where Treatment is Life Threatening & Conversion is a Possibility. Rosh: Wife Shows Symptoms of Epilepsy & Husband Now Rejects Her. Concept of טוב שימות זכאי https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1085406 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Mishneh Halachot 16:58: Chatam Sofer: Sending Daughter to a Gentile Medical Institution Where Treatment is Life Threatening & Conversion is a Possibility. Rosh: Wife Shows Symptoms of Epilepsy & Husband Now Rejects Her. Concept of טוב שימות זכאי - Jan 7, 2024 - R' Rakeffet's biologist grandson and also his doctor grandson. Amalek, Kol Dodi Dofek in Russian, and the KGB. Don't confuse Science and Halakhah-Torah. Hebron 1929: Arabs saved Jews. Sbarro bombing and small children of the Dutch family who survived. Mishneh Halachot 16:58. Chatam Sofer או"ח פג Sending a child to a Viennese gentile medical institution. Chatam Sofer, יו"ד עו: In Turkey, the 18-year-old daughter of a man's first wife has epilepsy. Sending her to live in a gentile medical institution that is far away for treatment. Man's second wife insists. Medical treatment there is dangerous. There is also a danger of conversion. Story of a door in a safe room on October 7th. הספד for Jewish criminal. Satmar Rav: The reason why righteous Jews were murdered. Applying the concept of tov sheyamut zakai. Who pays for an 18-year-old girl's care and medical treatment? Impact of Chabad OnLine (COL). IDF takes R' Berel Rosensweig and other rabbis to Southern Lebanon. הקדש, why it is a term used for a mess. Responsum of Rosh, Klal 42: Wife after two years shows symptoms of epilepsy and her husband now rejects her. Beit Halevi and the butcher. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1085406.MP3 Sun, 07 Jan 2024 04:07:58 GMT 6027 Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. R' Chaim's 1802 Letter. Why and How the Yeshiva Should be Created. Serving in the IDF. Opposition to the 2023 Demonstration in Washington. https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1084881 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. R' Chaim's 1802 Letter. Why and How the Yeshiva Should be Created. Serving in the IDF. Opposition to the 2023 Demonstration in Washington. - Jan 1, 2024 - R' Rakeffet's father's father. Wallet of grandson is found. תינוק שנשבה. Amalek today. Photo of Chafetz Chaim's wife. How Torah was taught in E. Europe before Volozhin. Creation of Yad Tamar Shul, Yerushalayim. History of Volozhin Yeshiva's actual building 1803-2025. אבי הישיבות by R' Dov Eliach. Overview of the Soloveichik family starting with Beit Halevi's grandfather. Warren Buffett. Prof. David Mirsky & PM Ben Gurion. .מוסדות תורה באירופה בבנינם ובחורבנם בעריכת שמואל קלמן מירסקי R' Chaim Volozhiner's 1802 letter describing his reasons for creating the yeshiva. Torah study was not organized efficiently. R' Chaim Noble. Three qualities of a good teacher: knowledge, love for his students, & talent as an actor. R' Kotler opposed attending university with one exception. Innovations of R' Chaim Volozhiner: 1) Yeshiva has its own building 2) Both teachers & students are from all over Europe, not just from the local town. 3) Funds are collected from all over Europe. Discourses on the Return to Zion & Jewish Destiny by Rav Soloveitchik, David E. Fishman, ed. Poskim who pasken that Jews in חו"ל must serve in the IDF. The Rav foresaw, in effect, the "chazir treif" comment coming. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2024/11714/1084881.MP3 Mon, 01 Jan 2024 04:14:25 GMT 6015 Rave Festival of October 7 on Black Shabbat: Its Participants. Mishneh Halachot 16:58: Moving Child from an Abusive Jewish Home to a Gentile Home. Cruelty of Gentiles. Chatam Sofer: Educating Severely Mentally Handicapped Child in a Gentile School https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1084813 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rave Festival of October 7 on Black Shabbat: Its Participants. Mishneh Halachot 16:58: Moving Child from an Abusive Jewish Home to a Gentile Home. Cruelty of Gentiles. Chatam Sofer: Educating Severely Mentally Handicapped Child in a Gentile School - Dec 31, 2023 - AID: Case of brother & sister marrying did happen. The Rav compared to Lakewood. ר' מאיר מאזוז. Recent Or Torah Journal where ר' אביה שמריה חדוק states some of the victims from the October 7 Rave "Woodstock" Festival had intense Torah educations & therefore are not תינוקות שנשבו. R' Rakeffet disagrees. Changing derashot in shuls at Kabbalat Shabbat in Israel. R' Rakeffet on Amalek. Mishneh Halachot טז:נח. Removing an abused child from his home is a law for Gentiles not for Jews. Gentiles have a long history of cruelty. R' Menashe's exception: The Jewish family is severely dysfunctional. In this case, highly qualified bet din and expert advisors are required. Factors that cause dysfunctional behavior in Charedi homes. R' Menashe Klein: Put spies in the home for 3 months. The need for street smarts. Example: In Boston, the young 1930's R' Soloveitchik lacked street smarts. Poskim relying on achronim or not. Chatam Sofer, או"ח No. 83: Putting a severely mentally disabled child in the gentile school would help educate the child & make him functional. There is a Kabbalistic consideration that dominates: His eating non-kosher food will harm his soul and personality. Barbara Streisand. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1084813.MP3 Sun, 31 Dec 2023 04:28:20 GMT 6011 Rav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik. Rav Eliezer Silver. Agudah vs. Mizrahi. The Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. The Belzer Rebbe. Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1084268 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik. Rav Eliezer Silver. Agudah vs. Mizrahi. The Creation of Volozhin Yeshiva by Rav Chaim Volozhiner. The Belzer Rebbe. Rebbetzin Chaya Mushka Schneerson - Dec 25, 2023 - 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. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/54105/1084268.MP3 Mon, 25 Dec 2023 09:37:04 GMT 6330 Mishneh Halachot 16:58 R' Menashe Klein: Removing a Child from an Abusive Parent or Parents and Giving Him up for Adoption https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1084026 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Mishneh Halachot 16:58 R' Menashe Klein: Removing a Child from an Abusive Parent or Parents and Giving Him up for Adoption - Dec 24, 2023 - R' Alan Greenspan, US Army chaplain. R' Yisroel Schreiber of Mir: IDF soldiers are not that important. Structure of Lakewood today vs. 1950s. Alternate positive view of R' Baruch Meir Yaakov Shochet, Karlin-Stoliner Rebbe. Zionism no longer exists. It succeeded. Gra favored polygamy. How marriage today differs from centuries ago. Baba Sali's 3 wives. Marriage of R' Menashe Klein's oldest son. 1st marriage of R' Menashe Klein. Don't teach hatred of gentiles. The causes of R' Menashe's attitude toward women. Mishneh Halachot טז:נח. A child very much wants to stay with his parents no matter what. Taking child away is איסור דאורייתא. It prevents כיבוד אב ואם. Father of adopted son died: Does son observe שבעה or not? Levi-father would only adopt Levi-boy. Loretta Young. Consequences of using a sperm bank. Using the one in Germany. Potential harm of cousins marrying. R' Klein on bad consequences of adopting: Incestuous marriages can result. Wrongful inheritance, aninut, and avelut. Parents who adopt child are gentiles. Taking child from parents is act of גונב נפש. Issue of converting minors. Aunts bring up their sister's children. R' Menashe went too far because of what he experienced. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1084026.MP3 Sun, 24 Dec 2023 04:16:20 GMT 5879 The Recent Washington Demonstration. The Gaon of Vilna: How to Regard Him and Evaluate His Unique Importance. The Yeshivah Throughout History: Why it Was Crucial to the Survival of Torah, Especially the Oral Torah https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1083458 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron The Recent Washington Demonstration. The Gaon of Vilna: How to Regard Him and Evaluate His Unique Importance. The Yeshivah Throughout History: Why it Was Crucial to the Survival of Torah, Especially the Oral Torah - Dec 18, 2023 - Comments on the recent Washington demonstration: Its important characteristics and its effectiveness. The secretaries of R' Belkin and R' Lamm. The Rav & the Seridei Aish: Their relationship. R' Yechiel Benzion "Benny" Fishoff. R' Moshe Weiner and growing a beard. Using titles such as "Rabbi" when writing general scholarship books and articles. Prof. Moshe Greenberg: We can be greater than the Gra. Chazon Ish: The Gra was a throwback. What this means. R' Chaim Volzhiner: The Gra was like a Rishon but on the level of Ramban (Nachmanides), not Rambam and other Rishonim. Was the Rav equal of his grandfather? אהלי תורה – הישיבה תבניתה ותולדותיה – מרדכי ברויאר Why and in what way was the yeshivah crucial to Torah functioning properly in this world. Importance of Torah study. The MIAs of Sultan Yacoub and today's Gaza hostages. Having the yeshivah teach the general community not just its students. The Rav and Yarchei Kallah seminars in Boston. The crucial importance of and difficulty in studying תורה שבעל פה. The importance of a living example and not just a textbook. The need for teachers who differ from each other. An essential aspect of Brisk: Everyone is not the same. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1083458.MP3 Mon, 18 Dec 2023 04:04:44 GMT 5852 Comments on Gaza War. Mishneh Halachot 16:58: R' Menashe Klein: Corporal Punishment in Schools and in Homes. Torah Over the Centuries is a Dynamic Process Not a Developmental Process https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1083354 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Comments on Gaza War. Mishneh Halachot 16:58: R' Menashe Klein: Corporal Punishment in Schools and in Homes. Torah Over the Centuries is a Dynamic Process Not a Developmental Process - Dec 17, 2023 - Mashiach will rise from the dead? How child abuse is dealt with in Israel. Father who beats his misbehaving son and kills him, Bavli Makot 8b. Morris Engelberg's experience as a student in yeshivah and his eventual return to Jewish observance via Chabad. Teaching a child a profession: A child who refuses may be beaten. Applying the Torah to Jewish life over the centuries is a dynamic process, not a developmental process. Examples: Banning of polygamy by Rabbainu Gershom, teaching Torah to young girls. My Soul Thirsts – Still by R' Zalman Aryeh Hilsenrad on teacher hitting his students: Story on pg. 68 showing it works if the parent supports the teacher. R' Menashe Klein, volume 16 pg. קכא: Father beating son works. R' Moshe Sherer and Rav Klein kept child services from taking away a child from his parent. Taking a child away from his parents is horrible. R' Sherer kept Agudah united. The effect of altitude on residents of Yerushalayim. A pleasant story showing the result of Sephardic polygamy. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1083354.MP3 Sun, 17 Dec 2023 09:27:26 GMT 6020 Gaza War. The Gra. His Attitude Towards Secular Education. Haskalah. Banning of Chassidut. Dangers of Chassidut. How the Gra Became Well-Known Even Though he Neither Published nor Taught Classes. R' Chaim Volozhiner https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1082267 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Gaza War. The Gra. His Attitude Towards Secular Education. Haskalah. Banning of Chassidut. Dangers of Chassidut. How the Gra Became Well-Known Even Though he Neither Published nor Taught Classes. R' Chaim Volozhiner - Dec 4, 2023 - Ben Zussman, הי"ד. Soldiers left money for Shabbat wine. Noda Beyehuda & the son-in-law responsum. The Gra's חרם on Chassidut. The Chassidic Rebbe as an intermediary with God. Comparison to the Mishkan. Rebbe prays for his chassid. The supernatural in Chassidut is playing with fire. Litvish world became Chassidic. Moreh Nevuchim vs. Mishneh Torah. Sleeping minimally. Time spent on secular studies can reduce time spent on Torah. When teaching Gemara to young students, never skip anything. Interaction of Haskalah & the Gra. Haskalah in Germany vs. E. Europe. Haskalah initially, in effect, blinded people. It did some good. Rav Shach. Study of science vs. liberal arts. Torah & science, like a wife & a mistress. Story of the Gra's dreaming of Torah insights he temporarily forgot. The Rav's story about someone who saw the Gra. How students walked with the Gra. The Gra's eulogy for his wife. R' Chaim of Volozhin made the Gra famous. The Gra did not teach classes. How to write a rabbi's name in scholarship. Visiting the Gra: Father vs. his son. Chazon Ish also never taught but did publish books. The Gra's status as a rishon. How students as individuals got the Gra to in-effect teach them. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1082267.MP3 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:23:10 GMT 6539 Comments on Gaza War. Nishmat Avraham on Child Abuse. Mishneh Halachos 16:58 R' Menashe Klein on Whether a Medical Practitioner Should Report a Battered Child to the Police. Communism and Dina Demalkhuta Dina https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1082132 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Comments on Gaza War. Nishmat Avraham on Child Abuse. Mishneh Halachos 16:58 R' Menashe Klein on Whether a Medical Practitioner Should Report a Battered Child to the Police. Communism and Dina Demalkhuta Dina - Dec 3, 2023 - Comments on Gaza War. Satmar Rav's grandson. The Rav and מועצת גדולי התורה . Yitz Greenberg's article: Binding of Isaac. The Rav on עקידת יצחק. Rav Elkanah Schwartz. Rav Eliezer Berkovits, the Rav, and the שרידי אש. Nishmat Avraham by Avraham-Sofer Avraham: 2nd edition, Vol. 4, commentary on Choshen Mishpat pg. רז. Rabbis Waldenberg, Auerbach, and Elyashiv all agree concerning an abused child: Tell the police. Tehran Children and Ben Gurion. Mishneh Halachos 16:58. Victim may be put into a Christian home. Why decades ago police were not informed. Experts in police and social work decide if the victim is lying, not rabbis. Abuser is a רודף. The effects on the victim of abuse. Does דינא דמלכותא דינא apply? Soviet Union and Rav Moshe Soloveichik. Hermitage Museum. Publicize the abuser's name because of the tendency of abusers to repeat. Chaplaincy during WW II. Sex drive problems. Anger problems. ב"ד של ישראל אביהם של יתומים applies. Rav Chaim Gold and how the Rav applied this concept. Case of abuse of student about which Rav Rakeffet was personally knowledgeable and advised. http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1082132.MP3 Sun, 03 Dec 2023 04:20:52 GMT 5895 Comments on the Gaza War. The Gaon of Vilna—the Gra: How He Slept. The Available Written Sources for his Views. His Attitude Toward Secular Education. The Gra's Miracle Story as Told by Rav Soloveitchik https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/details?shiurID=1081527 Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Comments on the Gaza War. The Gaon of Vilna—the Gra: How He Slept. The Available Written Sources for his Views. His Attitude Toward Secular Education. The Gra's Miracle Story as Told by Rav Soloveitchik - Nov 27, 2023 - Comments on the Gaza War. The rabbit. מועצת גדולי התורה. Thanksgiving Day parade. Cesarean section. רב יחיאל די-נור—student of Lublin Yeshiva who survived. The Gra did not publish—His students did. His notes in the margins. Introduction to his notes on Shulchan Arukh written by his two sons. His sleeping practices. His attempt to move up to ארץ ישראל without his wife, and his return to Vilna. The Gra as a source for mathematical terms in Hebrew. Himmelfarb High School. Dividing Torah study into three. Rema on secular studies. ש"ע יו"ד רמו:ד. Hasagat HaGra on Rema and Rambam with respect to secular studies. R' Yosef Yedidya Klausner's semichah. The Gra is not YU, but rather Machon Lev and Rav Hirsch. Rav Revel, Rav Jacob Breuer, and Rav Rakeffet's lecture. Gra allows only secular studies that aid in understanding the Torah. The Rav and Greek mythology. David Hartman and the Rav. Minhagim of the Gra in Yerushalayim. The miracle story of the Gra told by the Rav. Abraham Joshua Heschel and the Rav. Hakirah Journal volume 34: Comments on various articles and one correction. YU in Israel now has a four-year program http://media.yutorah.org/yuriets/2023/11714/1081527.MP3 Mon, 27 Nov 2023 04:01:47 GMT 6553