R' Leizer Yehudah Finkel Moves to Yerushalayim in 1941 and Reopens Mir Yeshiva. The Brisker Rav. International Date Line Controversy and Yom Kippur. Intravenous on Yom Kippur. Zlata Ginzburg Compares the Torah World of Europe to that of the US. - Jun 9, 2025 - Charlie Buttons (Nassofer). The 3 different groups of new dayanim. YU Pride Alliance. President of Israel attends Jerusalem pride parade. Letter comparing YU to Conservative & Reform. R' Leizer Yehuda Finkel: Only Eretz Yisrael not US. He arrives in Jerusalem with Brisker Rav in 1941. The Friday afternoon train ride. Comparing Brisker Rav to Netziv with respect to the seder. Intravenous on Yom Kippur. How the machloket among Chazon Ish & others as to International Date Line affected travel & fasting decisions of Mir Yeshiva (MY). R' Finkel reopens MY in 1943. How MY interacted with Yishuv Hayashan. R' Finkel as master fundraiser. His bus ride. The Rav waiting in line at cafeteria. Telz Yeshiva in Cleveland. Hebrew Academy of Cleveland. Interview of Zlata Ginsburg where she compares what she saw & experienced in Europe to the US. US very much inferior in many ways. R' Yechezkel Levenstein & the US$ check & Shabbat observance. European weddings were far superior to US ones. Bendheims. Nichum aveilim also superior in Europe. Wives becoming more educated. Teyna Akerman. R' Yehoshua Hutner. R' Yaakov Meskin. Arrival of the Rakeffets in Israel. Prof. Nechama Leibowitz & R' Ovadia Yosef.

Kovno Rav's Decision for Judenrat. R' Moshe & Israeli Flag. R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot. Shochet Who Only Paskens Like Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. Key Factors in Evaluating a Shochet. Teaching Torah via Audio-Visual Technology Not Via a Teacher. - Jun 8, 2025 - Dr. Norman Sohn, ז"ל. Beech-Nut/OU. Kovno Rav's answer to Judenrat on list of names. Rebbetzin Esther Farbstein & R' Rakeffet disagree. Kalveriskys. R' Yitzhak Halevi Herzog in monasteries re children post WWII. R' Moshe Feinstein responsum on two flags in Young Israel shul regretted what he wrote about the Israeli flag. Mishneh Halachot (MH) 7:160. Shochet only paskens like the Kitzur Shulchan Aruch. His motive for this is crucial. Rabbanit Chanah Godinger Dreyfus organized yeshiva for women. Mishneh Eduyot 5:6&7. עקביא בן מהללאל paskened against the majority on 4 things but told his son not to. Why he did this. When & why R' Rakeffet followed pesak of the Rav & when he didn't. Yom Tov sheni. Flowers in shul on Shavuot. Pronouncing "z" — zed vs. zee. Sephardic pronunciation. All olim were at least slightly rebelling. Mishneh Berurah not widely available in Europe. Machloket when Shabbat begins & ends. Langer brother & sister. R' Menashe: Key factor is whether shochet continued to study & still has physical ability. Empire chickens. Houston. MH 7:154: Teaching Torah via audio-visual methods to students with learning disabilities. The Rav's tapes. Singing in shul. Mordechai Kaplan.

Press Conference - Contemporary Issues - May 25, 2025 - May 25, 2025 - Short bio. Torah requires all to serve in IDF. Similarity of Haredi Judaism to Reform. Avoid anger. Problem begins in 1884, with Zionism. Herzl & Moshe Rabbeinu came from non-religious environment, thus succeeded. Great rabbinic Zionist leaders failed. Herzl became a meshuga for Zionism. R' Reines founds Mizrachi. Agudath Israel position in 1919: Pro-sovereignty is apikorsus. Agudah is responsible for pork in Israel. Litvish world became Chassidic in nature. Everyone is in black, a portable ghetto. In Israel you must be part of building the country, no ghetto. Satmar's view. Agudah's ban on attending the Washington March for Israel in 2023. Examples of how in Israel one successfully combines Nation of Israel in Land of Israel with Torah of Israel. Agudah opposes voting in World Zionist Congress election. The Rav on applying Rambam to the Satmar anti-Israel demonstration. Engaging the Essence, by R' Yosef Bronstein. The successful Chabad method of encouraging Torah observance. No yelling. 1,000s of Chareidim in army will make things change. YU & its LGBTQ+ club: relevant issues, real life examples, & possible ways of dealing with this. A dual personality in Israel is wonderful.

Shanghai – First Sephardim, Then Russian Jews Arrive. Building the Shul. Mir Yeshiva Moves from Japan to Shanghai. Ships to Canada and Deadly Date Line Problem. R' Meir Ashkenazi. Economic Conditions. Rickshaws. Bodies on Street. Book Publishing. - May 19, 2025 - Amshinover tells Japanese: We are both Asian. Chassidic Rebbis understand people better than Litvish Rabbis. Two boats to Canada from Japan: People died because of the Date Line. Prof. Rotem Kowner. German who helped Sempo Sugihara. How Jacob Schiff influenced Japanese attitude toward Jews. The dream that caused the Shanghai shul to be built. The photograph of Mir Yeshiva students in the shul. Who is missing? The 3 I can identify and their impact on my life. R. Shmuel Belkin's kollel. BTA. Talmudical Academy. RIETS class of 1960. Kranzler family. Ponevezher Rav will not run for the Knesset. Japanese, Nazis, and Jews by David Kranzler. Sephardim in Shanghai of early 1900s. Pogroms motivate Russian Jews to move to Shanghai. R' Meir Ashkenazi, Chief Rabbi of Shanghai. Economic conditions of the Jews. The heat. Forced move to the ghetto and the resulting difficulties. The issue of using rickshaws there and in Atlantic City. Camping on the beach in Eilat. Life in Kobe very good, Shanghai poorer, ghetto terrible. Bodies on the street. Visit of the 3 rabbis to U.S. Publishing Torah books in Shanghai. The celebration of this. Yiddish publishing. How the Jews felt about living in Shanghai.

Rav Menashe Klein: Bekiyut vs. Charifut. Studying Halakhah. Elevator on Shabbat. Best 1st Halakhah Book for a Baal Teshuvah. Shochet Who Rejected Mishnah Berurah. Divrei Chaim. Ohr Hakadosh. Ruach Hakodesh. Satmar Attack on Rav Moshe Feinstein. - May 18, 2025 - Tzeela Gez, hy"d. R' Menashe Klein (MK), Mishneh Halachot (MH) 6:165: Bekiyut preferable to Charifut. Image memory vs. event memory. Importance of studying halachah. The Rav: Stevenson vs. Eisenhower. Non-Jewish elevator operator on Shabbat. MK: Get enough sleep. Eat properly: low quantity and high quality. The puzzling last sentence in this teshuvah. MH 7:159: Telz student asks: What is the best 1st halachah book for a ba'al teshuvah? It depends on the individual. MK recommends Kitzur Shulchan Aruch (simple language). With Mishnah Berurah (MB) one needs some background. MB vs. Aruch Hashulchan. MH 7:160: A shochet who rejects MB over Kitzur in making decisions. Is he denigrating MB? Gebrochts/Matzah shruyah. R' Chaim Halberstam of Sanz, Divrei Chaim (DH), deals with someone who criticized Ohr HaChaim (OH) as lacking ruach hakodesh. Life of OH. Bibas family. Ohr HaChaim perfect fit for Chassidut. Ba'al Shem Tov sensed his death. DH: Bava Batra states chachamim have ruach hakodesh. DH: stay away from the denier. MH: Therefore, avoid butcher who says MB not written with ruach hakodesh. Disagree don't denigrate. Similar example: Satmar attack on R' Moshe Feinstein in מענה לאגרות.

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