YAKAR. Event Memory Within the Framework of the Mussar Movement. R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel: The Alter of Slabodka. Descriptions and Short Biographies of Some of His Many Students. - Nov 11, 2025 - Effy Hochstein's bus ride. R' Moshe Hauer, zt"l: His influence & role in OU. R' Yaacov Kopul Rosen. His son Michael opens YAKAR. The Rav on Xmas trees. The type of person comfortable in YAKAR. Image vs. event memory. How & why mussar is event memory. Two examples: The kloiz & Yom Kippur davening. Slabodka. R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel: Alter of Slabodka. Explanation of "Alter." Bios of some of his students. R' Simcha Zissel Ziv. Why R' Ephraim Shach became YU. R' Eliezer Yehuda Finkel. R' Yitzchok Hutner. Synagogue Council. R' Yaakov Kamenetsky. R' Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan. WW I: German Jewish soldiers meet & are influenced by Polish & Lithuanian Jews. Crying at R' Kaplan's funeral. R' Yechiel Yaakov Weinberg. His train ride. R' Aharon Kotler. R' Shlomo Polachek. R' Shimon Shkop. Mr. Mendlowitz opposed the mussar shmuess. R' Dovid Leibowitz. Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim: Controversy over its name. Beards. R' Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman. R' Y.Y. Weinberg's funeral. R' Avraham Abba Weingort. R' Yechezkel Sarna. Slabodka Yeshiva opens in Hebron. R' Shmuel Chaim Landau (שח"ל). R' Mordechai Shulman. Prof. Chaim Waxman's wedding. R' Moshe ha-kohen Lessin. Jack Levenstein joins the shiur.
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