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.

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.

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.

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

Washington Demonstration: March for Israel: R' Aharon Feldman's Response. Pidyon Shvuyim Applied to the Gaza Hostages. Mishneh Halachot 16:58 R' Menashe Klein on Whether a Medical Practitioner Should Report a Battered Child to the Police - Nov 26, 2023 - R' Elkanah Schwartz. R' Aharon Feldman of Ner Yisroel: His further explanation of his decision that no one should attend the Washington Rally. The concept of pidyon shvuyim פדיון שבויים applied to Gaza hostages. Maharam of Rothenburg refused being rescued. R' Rakeffet's recommendation as to Gaza hostages and Jonathan Pollard's recommendation. Rav Yosef Soloveitchik: The three internal drives that motivate men. Mishneh Halachos 16:58: A medical practitioner asks R' Menashe Klein whether to report to police about an abused child. Cases of abuse of students about which R' Rakeffet was personally knowledgeable and advised. Shulchan Arukh on being a מוסר. Caffeine withdrawal on Yom Kippur and the use of caffeine suppositories. Nishmat Avraham by Avraham-Sofer Avraham: 2nd edition, Vol. 4, his commentary on Choshen Mishpat section רז: A child is brought to hospital with signs of battering. Recommendation: Remove the child from his home to a foster home or institution even if the foster home is Christian. The three prominent poskim who agreed

Comments on the Gaza War. The Gaon of Vilna—the Gra: His Life, His Nature, How he Related to Kabbalah, How He Taught Students, His Travels, and His Strong Desire to Live in Eretz Yisrael - Nov 20, 2023 - Comments on the Gaza War. Haskalah in the yeshivot of E. Europe: pre vs. post-WW I. The Rav's shiur in the early 1960s. R. Rakeffet's visit to Moscow. The impact of the arrival of the sixth Rebbe in N.Y. The Gaon of Vilna. His secluded nature. Genius at age 6 1/2. Why apocryphal stories about him cannot be verified but may be true. His family. Making a golem. Kabbalah. The Rav knew Kabbalah but would not allow it to affect his halakhic decisions. The Gra's secular knowledge. YU vs. Machon Lev. The Gra went into galut. This was sometimes used as a cure for arrogance. Where he wandered. Why he returned. Prof. Saul Lieberman's theory on the Gra's wandering around Europe. Avodat Hamelech and the Rav. How the Gra taught. His sleeping practices. The Ba'al HaTanya visits Vilna. The Gra's חרם on chassidut. The Last Agudah כנסייה גדולה in 1980 and the American reporter we know who covered it. Rav Shach. Chassidim more than Litvakim tended to stay observant after the Shoah. Chief rabbinate in Vilna. Gra's letter to his wife. His strong desire for aliyah and how this affected his students.

An Evaluation of the Washington Demonstration: March for Israel - Nov 19, 2023 - Washington pro-Israel demonstration. Opposition to attending the demonstration. The Rav's opposition to 1957 Satmar anti-Israel demonstration. הפורש מן הציבור. Synagogue Council, no but Washington rally, yes. All Jews Hitler killed were qedoshim. Ask experts about going to the demonstration. שמע ישראל at the demo. Impact of the rally on Jewish observance and identity. R' Moshe Feinstein's 1984 letter and הכרת הטוב toward America. That R' Soloveitchik celebrated Thanksgiving changed young Arnold Rothkopf's mind and made his mother happy. Don't be judgmental on behavior of Holocaust survivors. Victor B. Geller: His life and his insightfulness. His book Orthodoxy Awakens. R' Dr. Samuel Belkin: His life. His celebration of Thanksgiving. He stood even when alone for The Star-Spangled Banner. The Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue 2023 Thanksgiving Pack-A-Thon. R' Gershom Mendes Seixas 1789 Thanksgiving Day sermon. Victor Seixas. Thanksgiving celebrations in other countries. Concepts that result from hakarat hatov. Tovah Lichtenstein's article on her mother. Corporal punishment.

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Rav Moshe Feinstein on Celebrating Thanksgiving. The Problems of בחוקותיהם לא תלכו and Adding a New Holiday to Our Calendar - Nov 12, 2023 - President Truman's letter after bombing Hiroshima. Washington pro-Israel demonstration. The positive impact of wearing a kipah. The Rav on Chabad and its tefillin campaign. ArtScroll Gemaras. Jackie Mason on wearing a tie. Black clothing. How we regard Woodstock. Excessive donations for constructing the Mishkan and the need for something tangible. The statue in front of the church. Rav Menashe Klein and gratitude for the USA. Rav Moshe Feinstein on celebrating Thanksgiving. The Rav: גר ותושב. Rav Feinstein and others on mixed dancing. Women in a taxi. Igrot Moshe, או"ח Responsum 20 subsection 6. Thanksgiving, if limited in how it is celebrated, may be okay. Definitely not יהרג ואל יעבור. Description of Rav Moshe coming to the US. Igrot Moshe יו"ד Section 4, Teshuva 11: Adding a new holiday to the Jewish calendar. King Yanai did. Teshuva 12: Special days listed in Megilat Ta'anit tell us when fasting is forbidden, not new holidays. Wood houses and fires in Europe. חיי אדם and his instituting a permanent פורים קטן for his family. Celebrating Thanksgiving at BMT and Michlalah.

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva: Another Student Who Survived. The Saving of Mir Yeshiva. R' Chaim Ozer Grodzinski and the Visas to Curacao. R' Pinchas Hirschprung is Saved by Sempo Sugihara. His Life in Montreal and His Impact on Montreal - Nov 6, 2023 - Saying kaddish for a soldier who has neither children nor siblings. Visiting קברת צדיקים. Rabbi Silver and the Rav. Dr. Samuel Schmidt visits R' Chaim Ozer Grodzinski in Vilna. Changes in political control of Vilna. R' Pinchas Hirschprung, a student of Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva (CLY), was in Vilna. His memoir: Veil of Tears. Mir Yeshiva in Vilna. The debate over the visas to Curacao. R' Grodzinski opposed getting the visas. Sempo Sugihara. R' Grodzinski's funeral and its impact. R' Hirschprung and other CLY students leave Vilna for Japan and then R' Hirschprung is brought to Montreal. His impact on Montreal. He becomes a Chabad chassid. Should CLY be in Lublin or Tzefat? Sloboka Yeshiva to Hebron. R' Meir Shapiro goes to the Beit Midrash of the חוזה מלובלין on Simchat Torah. Zikhron Meir neighborhood in Bnei Brak.