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Marking the Rav's 120th birthday & upcoming 30th Yahrzeit with two special online conversations. 

On Sunday, March 5 WebYeshiva and TRADITION marked the 120th birthday of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l and his upcoming 30th Yahrzeit with two special online conversations. The first was:

The Rav’s Students Across Generations – Rabbi Chaim Brovender in conversation with Mrs. Mali Brofsky

Rabbi Chaim Brovender is the founder and Rosh Yeshiva of WebYeshiva. He studied in the Rav’s shiur in the 1960s before arriving on Aliya and founding various institutions of Torah learning. (He served as editorial assistant to TRADITION at the time of the publication of “The Lonely Man of Faith.”) Mrs. Mali Brofsky, MSW, a senior faculty member at Michlelet Mevasseret Yerushalayim, runs a clinical social work practice and is an editorial board member of TRADITION.

For part 1 with Rabbi Chaim Brovender in conversation with Mrs. Mali Brofsky please CLICK HERE.

This week we will learn the concept of "the taste of forbidden food is prohibited" and how it relates to Nazir. We will learn the number of grapes or grape products a Nazir eats to become liable. The Gemara teaches how the Nazir shaves his head at the end of the Nazir period (thirty days).

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

As part of the concluding ceremony, a Nazir needs to buy 3 animals for sacrifices in the Temple. If a person set aside funds for these sacrifices, and then subsequently dies, his son can use these funds, under very specific conditions, for his own sacrifices. We will then learn the entire fifth chapter that deals with accidental sanctification.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn about a woman who takes on the vow of Nazir and  then her husband revokes her vow. The Gemara discusses different time  periods in which the husband revokes the vow and its practical  implications. If a person sets aside money or animals for their Nazir  sacrifices and then they died, the Gemara explains what happens to the  money or animals.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.

This week we will learn about the details of a thirty-day Nezirut. Does  one shave on day 30 or on day 31?  We will also learn that if a Nazir  becomes impure, they lose a certain number of days from their count (7,  30, or all of it).  The fourth chapter begins by teaching us of a case  of a person who took it upon themselves to be a Nazir and their friend  says “me too”. We will learn the status of each of these people.

This week we will learn all of Chapter 2 of Masechet Nazir. We will  learn different statements that can or can’t make a person a Nazir. If  someone hears a person take upon themselves to be a Nazir and then says  “Me Too”, what do they mean? we will also learn about consecutive and  concurrent Nazir periods.

Join Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Brovender for his weekly shiur on the parshat hashavua and come away with creative insights into the weekly Torah portion.