Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva After R' Meir Shapiro: Individuals Who Were Considered as Possible Successors to Rav Shapiro and Rav Shapiro's Actual Successors. Comments on Israel: Jewish State or State of Jews? - Sep 4, 2023 -

R' Menashe Klein's Responsum Mishneh Halachot 16:137 on Kashrut of Milk Today and the Extremely Negative Consequences of Advocating Unnecessary חומרות Stringencies - Sep 3, 2023 -

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva After R' Meir Shapiro. An Analysis of the Political Conflict in Israel Today - Aug 28, 2023 - Brief history of this shiur. R' Meir Shapiro's goal for Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva (CLY). Criticism of CLY. Why Daf Yomi so succeeded. R' Rakeffet in grades 7 and 8 learns why his teachers did not leave Europe in the 1930s. Yeshivot: public trusts or family-run. The consequence of the death of R' Shapiro. Kofer Nefesh instituted & succeeded in response to his death & thus CLY received abundant donations. R' Shapiro's successor. The political situation in Israel: Key factors & possible solutions. Demographics. The Left is losing the control that it had since 1904. Disdain by the elite for non-Ashkenazim. The draft and yeshiva exemptions. Soldiers on finishing IDF service do not abandon Torah to the extent they did decades ago. Core curriculum.

R' Menashe Klein's Responsum Mishneh Halachot 16:137 on Kashrut of Milk Today - Aug 27, 2023 - Chana Bunim Rubin Ausubel. Crying. R' Meir Bergman while an avail went to speak at אדירי התורה conference. Ehud Barak's family. How this class began. Why R' Menashe Klein? Brief biography of ר' גבריאל איליאוויטש of Bnai Braq. The Rav & the meat question. Eating 3 pieces of meat knowing 1 is not kosher. Rosh vs. Rashba: Which of them is right? Educating children via the kitzur. Bnei Yissachar by R' Tzvi Elimelech Spira of Dinov explains the importance of eating meat & thus of drinking milk. Sefer Hachinukh on marrying an Egyptian. Chabad story. X-ray the dairy cows. Examples show that the Torah has to be normative and normal. We consume gentile olive oil. Checking Torah scrolls via computer scan. Light table for vegetables. R' Eliashiv's strawberries.

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - June 12 - Jun 12, 2023 -

R' Menashe Klein's Responsum Mishneh Halachot 16:137 on Kashrut of Milk Today. Other Kashrut Issues, Other Halakhic Issues, and Even Some Theological Issues That Are Relevant to This Question. - Jun 11, 2023 - Free choice. השגחה פרטית. R' Soloveitchik & the "free will" movie experiment. Glatt meat in the IDF. R' Simcha Bunim Cohen responsum: Someone sitting shivah goes to speak at a conference. Application of bitul for kosher & non-kosher foods that were mixed together. Rosh vs. Rashba. Avraham drank milk. We sometimes must eat meat. What is the etrog? The key skill of a caterer. Eating 3 steaks while knowing one is not kosher. Agunot. Applying concepts of רוב & ספקות. Mishneh Halachot טז:קלז. Eating non-kosher food is מטמטם הלב. The בני יששכר. Herman Wouk: This is My God. Cohen forbidden to marry a convert: an explanation from a convert. Sefer Hachinukh. Minchat Chinukh. Marrying an Egyptian as opposed to an Amonite. Yom Kippur in Lower Merion.

Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. R' Riskin. R' Meir Shapiro. R' Shimon Engel. The Rain Prayer in יח"ל. R' Zilberman. German Reparations. - Jun 5, 2023 - R' Joseph Baumol. R' Yehoshua Baumol was in Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin (YCL). The Rav and the Boston Kollel. R' Pinchas Bak. Rabbi Riskin in the U.S. vs. Israel. The rabbi who forgot his wife. Ta'anit dibbur. Yamim noraim in Boston. Tefilat geshem in YCL. R' Meir Shapiro's uniqueness. R' Shimon Engel: His life and his genius. R' Shlomo Yosef Zevin's younger brother. R' Meir Shapiro's devotion to Chortkover Rebbe. R' Engel's emphasis on הלכה למעשה. R' Yitzchak Shlomo Zilberman. Chassidic story telling. Too much "luxury" at YCL? How the YU Rabbis interacted. R' Engel taught Kaballah to younger students. He moved to Krakow. Death of R' Engel. Accepting German reparations. A key to a good marriage. The Germanic style of the Rav's writings.

R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halakhot. Some Dairy Cows Must Be Traifot. May We Consume Dairy Products? - Jun 4, 2023 - R' Gershon Edelstein. Chana Nachenberg. R' Dr. Robert Blau. The Rav & Dr. Belkin. Warming food on שבת. R' Riskin's chicken. Mishneh Halakhot 16:7. 1 of 3 pieces of meat is treif. Some dairy cows are treifot. Check them? No. Majority are not. 1 of 18 problematic places are checked. R' Schachter & dairy foods. Shevut Ami. Checking vegetables. X-ray dairy cows? Frumer than your Rebbe or previous generations. Tuna. Drake's Cakes. Waiting 3 or 6 hours. R' Teitz: Books. The Rav on chumrot. Glatt traif. Lettuce. Gershon Scholem, R' Mordechai Breuer, & kabbalah. Mishneh Halakhot 16:137. Minority of dairy cows traifot. Angels ate by Avraham. Kol Dodi Dofek: Kaplan. Rebbetzin Piotrkowski. Pesak vs. theory. Seinfeld. Gafni. Gantz. Expelling student.

The Feeling of Joy at Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva. Social Aspects and Interaction of Rebbe'im and Students. Shabbat and Chagim in the Yeshiva. Erev Shabbat Jews. Pre World War I Versus Post World War I. Rav Soloveitchik and his Rebbi. - May 29, 2023 - Eitan Personnel Carrier. Torah vs. Western Civilization. Merge Chassidic & Litvish learning. Surviving books of Lublin Yeshiva (LY) library. Hiding payot. LY guest book. Tel Aviv: Shemirat Shabbat & kollel in Devora Hotel. Students testing each other. Curriculum. Semichah. Torah lishmah, no limit, no end. R' Shapiro: "2 students will be Rabbis, 498 will be mevinim." Beginning & development of YU. Torah Vodaath differed. No secular studies in LY or elsewhere. Telz an exception. Little pressure in Lakewood, a lot in YU. Joy in LY. Little singing in Lakewood. Erev Shabbat Jews. Friday in LY. Shabbat dress differed among the students. Waiters at meal. Purim Rav. Purim Torah was treasured. Baking matzah. Yamim nora'im: Stay in LY or go home?

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 Chakhmei Lublin (Y.Ch.L.). Other yeshivot differed. Examples of entry of students to Y.Ch.L. No dress code at RIETS. The Rav & brown. Dress code at Mir. R' Meir Shapiro required Chassidic clothing. Tzitzit of tallit katan should be visible. R' Hutner was affected by living in the U.S. The Rav wasn't. The Rav: Bad if everyone thinks and acts the same. Admission requirements for sons of Chassidic Rebbes. Curriculum. Study of Kodshim. Chumash classes. No formal exams. Rogatchover Gaon.