Responsa - June 4 - Jun 4, 2023 -

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - May 29th - May 29, 2023 -

Chakhmei Lublin Yeshiva: High Level of Learning Ability Required With Few Exceptions. Entrance Requirements. Dress Code. Curriculum. Study of Kodshim Motivated by Zionism. Study of Chumash. Rogatchover Gaon. - May 22, 2023 - Learning gemara too quickly. Satmar galut sign. Chortkov today. Mechitzah height & one-way glass. R' Riskin's bekishe. Shaving on Chol Hamoed. Lakewood entrance "exam". Joseph Gruss: Highest level of learning in the kolel. R' Meir Shapiro: same goal for Yeshivat...

Women in Army and in Police, Even Chareidi Women. Background Information Needed and an Introduction Before Dealing With R' Menashe Klein's Responsum Mishneh Halakhot 16:7 on Kashrut of Milk Today. R' Hershel Schachter and Milk Today. - May 21, 2023 - R' Yaakov Yitzchok Spiegel: The Rabbi from the Lower East Side. R' Riskin's bekishe. Rambam הלכות זכייה ומתנה ו' יד': Weapons are for men not women. Women in army & Chareidi policewomen. R' Shain & restaurant kashrut question. Barry...

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. R' Meir Shapiro and His Interactions with Various Torah World Institutions, Personalities, and Educational Concepts. The Library. The Model of the Temple. Ben Gurion's Zionism. Satmar Theology Harms Torah in Israel. - May 15, 2023 - R' Shain: Restaurant. Jennie Miller Faggen: Mother of all Yeshivos. Dovi Safier. Strawberry Mansion. The chair for gedolim. Lublin Yeshiva (L.Y.) link to Agudah. Criticism by R' Avraham Kalmanovitz of L.Y. & R' Ziemba's defence. R' M....

Mishneh Halachot: Restaurants and Factories Must NOT Pay Mashgichim Directly. Kashrut Organization Pays Them. Three Events Had a Strong Impact on Rav Rakeffet's Life. Importance of Continuity in Masoret: The Rav and R' Menashe Klein Strongly Agreed. - May 14, 2023 - Founding of State. Eishet Chayil. R' David Bachrach. Be proud. Woman president of shul. TV series. Kashering hotels. Mishneh Halachot 13:120. Kaparah and teshuvah for eating in restaurant where treifot were found. Schmulka...

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva - R' Meir Shapiro: The Construction of the Grand Building, How it Was Accomplished, the Great Support for the Building, but also the Smaller Amount of Criticism. The Cornerstone Laying and Years Later the Actual Inauguration. - May 8, 2023 - "Decoding" handwriting. Fasts of Baha"b. Eisav was not foolish. Angel's bakery boycott. How the need for fundraising affected Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. Land from Shmuel Eichenbaum. Laying of cornerstone on Lag Baomer. Invitations at...

Chabad Women in Shul with Guns. Mishneh Halachot (R' Menashe Klein): Woman Who Was Very Ill Was Made to Feel Badly for Purchasing Very Expensive Mezuzot. Paying Excessive Amounts for Jewish Religious Items. - May 7, 2023 - Angel's bakery. R' J.J. Schacter on R' Yaakov Emden & his Megillat Sefer. Marriage. Sugihara. Chabad women carrying guns to shul. Why I checked my tefillin. Mishneh Halachot: 17:132 Sick woman is advised to check her mezuzot then to purchase very expensive mezuzot....

The Creation of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. R' Meir Shapiro and the Difficulties he Experienced. What Factors and Issues Affected His Decisions About the Yeshiva. Why the Yeshiva Was Successful - May 1, 2023 - Satmar almost recited Hallel on 5 Iyar. R' Louis Werfel WW II chaplain. Daf Yomi, Boro Park, 1958. How Chabad differs in some ways from Charedim. R' Rakeffet receives Revel Award. Alternate name for Daf Yomi. Jewish clothing. Lublin Yeshiva opposed because of fear of change. Chortkover...

(April 30) | Women as Shul Presidents: Is it Permissible and, if Done, Which Roles Are Permitted and Which Not? Rav Menashe Klein on Women's Role in the Army Focusing on Radbaz and Rambam. What is Motivating the Two Sides on Judicial Reform? - Apr 30, 2023 - A fake wedding. Use of death and fear in Mussar movement, then it matured. Sanhedrin authorized wars. Milkhemet mitzvah. How Knesset replaces Sanhedrin. R' Shach's speech. Greek mythology. Amalek. Russian translation of Kol Dodi Dofek....

The Success of Daf Yomi: A Description of Its Increasing Impact on Jewish Life and on Torah Study With Emphasis on the Reaction to the First Siyum in Lublin in 1931 and Its Continuing Growth and Increasing Popularity Until the Present. - Apr 24, 2023 - The impact of Daf Yomi: Increased Talmud study in particular of less popular masekhtot such as Moed Katan. The issue of Masechet Nashim and its lack of tzniyut. First Siyum Hashas in Lublin 1931 and its impact. Letters now dated according to...

Convert as President of a Shul. הפקעת קידושין. R' Rackman. Woman President of Shul. R' Gedalia Schwartz. R' Nota Greenblatt of Memphis. Woman in Southern U.S. Divorced Without a Get Was Married by a "Reverend". Separate Seating at Wedding Ceremony. - Apr 23, 2023 - Gerrer Chasid at Dee funeral. R' Gustman's sensitivity. Rn' Bruria David on R' Zvi Hirsch Chajes. Honest biographies. Igrot Moshe, Y"D 4, #26: Convert as president of shul. Devorah the prophetess. Shmaya & Avtalion. הפקעת...

Series: 30th Yahrzeit of the Rav: Rav Aaron Rakeffet - Joseph and his Brothers in Relation to Theodore Herzl and Zionism - Apr 21, 2023 -

The Creation of Daf Yomi and its Success - Apr 17, 2023 - Correction to story about R' Soloveitchik and R' M. Feinstein. R' Dr. Dovid Slavin Ph.D. thesis: "Successful Innovation to Preserve Tradition," is a prime source for history of Daf Yomi. Munkatch opposed D.Y. Ger supported D.Y., as did Chafetz Chaim. Moshe Mendelssohn. Zionism post WWI. Initial meetings to create Agudath Israel. Interaction of R' Meir Shapiro and Agudah. Examples of techniques of methodic Torah study that were...

Rav Moshe Feinstein: Remarrying After a Civil Divorce When There Was No Halakhic Divorce. Woman as Mashgichah. Uri Zohar. The Mafia and FBI Attend a Rabbi's Funeral. - Apr 16, 2023 - Lesson from Yom Kippur War for today. Poupko family. יורה דעה ,אגרות משה part 2 Responsum #44: Couple divorced only civilly now want to remarry. Somewhat similar remarriage in Tel Stone. תשובה 45: The שואל apologizes for disagreeing with R' Moshe. Permitting a woman משגיחה may mislead people to think it is also...

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - March 20 - Mar 20, 2023 -

Responsa - March 19 - Mar 19, 2023 -

History of Eastern European Yeshivot - March 13 - Mar 13, 2023 -

R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halakhot: Women's Mikveh is next to shul. Harbor Island Mikveh. Woman as Mashgichah משגיחה - Mar 12, 2023 - Saying 'mazal tov' to husband in shul the following morning. Woman must close her business when she goes to mikveh & everyone will know why. Soncino book on טהרת המשפחה. The Rav not appointed chief rabbi Tel Aviv. R' Risken. Height of mechitzah. Rabbanit Shira Mirvis of Efrat. Shulkhan Arukh as an anchor. Sermons on טהרת המשפחה: pro or con? Mikveh right...

R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot: Women's Mikveh is in Dangerous Location: Is Use of a "Carpool" by the Women Permitted? Going to Mikveh in Daytime. Mikveh Friday night. Harbor Island Mikveh Next to Shul. Rema on Saying Mazal Tov to Husband. - Mar 5, 2023 - Israel: Democratic Jewish state. Demonstrations that close roads. חב"ד edition of Sdeh Chemed. Mishneh Halachot 9: קצא. Women going to Mikveh in daytime: Situations when it is permitted. Masoret Moshe by R' Mordechai Tendler. R' M....

The Life of R' Aryeh Bina Focusing on his Love of the World of Lithuanian Yeshivot. R' Yehuda Meir Shapiro. His Introduction of Daf Yomi. Creation of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva and his Involvement With the Creation of Agudath Yisrael. - Feb 27, 2023 - Rivka Teitz Blau's book. Women singing nigunim and R' Baruch Ber Leibowitz. R' Ahron Soloveichik and Yom Hashoah. R' Aryeh Bina: He was both Lithuanian and very Israeli. Farmed and taught at Kfar Haroeh. Founded Yeshivat Netiv Meir. Other schools...

R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot: Women's Mikveh in Dangerous Location: Is Use of a "Carpool" by the Women Permitted? - Feb 26, 2023 - Dr. Atara Twersky. Litvish nigun. Bekishe. Kapoteh. Manhattan eruv: The Rav. Sdeh Chemed: Chabad edition. Katamon mikveh. Mishneh Halachot, vol. 9: קצא. Desert travelers+lack of mikveh=consequences for their children. Woman immediately menstruates, always, after coming out of mikveh. Ayin hara עין הרע. R' Mendel Lewittes. R' Nathan Drazin. Various times of...

Comparison of the Torah Worlds of Germany and Lithuania Using the Writings of the Seridei Eish (R' Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg) as a Source on This Topic. Listening to Women Singing. - Feb 20, 2023 - Harry Grunstein. Seridei Eish advised studying in Lithuania yeshivot then studying in Germany. Teachers of Torah in Germany were more successful than those in E. Europe in ensuring Torah observance. How prominent Rabbis dealt with listening to women singing in private homes. R' Elazar Meir Preil in...