The Satmar Kollel and Leaving Judaism. The Satmar Rav's Final Years, Rebbetzin Faige, R' Moshe Teitelbaum Succeeds His Uncle. Satmar Attitudes and Behavior Change. R' Aharon and R' Zalman Teitelbaum as Possible Successors to R' Moshe. Helicopters. - Dec 5, 2022 - When was a kipah in Germany not worn? Satmar not totally Rebbe oriented as in Lubavitch. Satmar Kollel in Kiryat Yoel had attendees with minimal interest in Torah. Walking away from Judaism. Examples of Satmar Chasidim becoming more mainstream, less extreme, in attitudes and behavior. Why? Rebbetzin Faige Teitelbaum's unique role. Bikur Cholim. Satmar goon squad. R' Soloveitchik's illness. R' Yoel's illness. Why R' Yosef Breuer succeeded. Possible successors to Satmar Rav. Helicopters. R' Yoel's funeral. R' Moshe Teitelbaum, nephew, becomes Rebbe. His inauguration. R' Moshe's eldest son R' Aharon was married to a Hebrew speaking Beis Yaakov graduate. Is he a closet Zionist? Will R' Zalman or R' Aharon succeed their father R' Moshe?

Playing in Professional Sports on Shabbat. Loyalty to Rabbinic Laws. Converting a Church into a Shul. Renting a Dance Hall or Conservative Temple Library for High Holy Days Services: R' Moshe Feinstein & R' Yosef Eliyahu Henkin Disagreed. Dershowitz. - Dec 4, 2022 - Shelo asani ishah. Satmar Rav & R' Moshe Bick differ on dating. Staying firm in terms of Rabbinic Laws with 2 exceptions. Playing in professional sports games on Shabbat: R' H. Shachter. Gadi Eisenkot's political view. R' Ahron Soloveichik sitting with his wife at a wedding. Chassidim vs. mitnagdim. Hebrew letters sheen vs. seen and Galitzyaners. Effect of prior activities in a room on prayers' effectiveness. Making a church into a shul. Iggrot Moshe OH part 3 #25: Using basement in Conservative temple as a shul. People see you enter & equate Orthodox and Conservative & some may go upstairs to pray or hear the rabbi. R' Henkin & similar situation in Lower Merion; Utopia Jewish Center. Keep criticism to a minimum: Alan Dershowitz' mother.

Jerome Mintz. Jacob Cohen Visits R' Shach. Hostility to Chabad. Brief Overview of Agudath Yisroel. R' Mendel Vechter and Family. Examples of Orthodox Versus Orthoprax. R' Chaim Dalfin Visits Kiryas Joel, Town of Palm Tree, and is Welcomed. - Nov 28, 2022 - Chatam Sofer saves man's life and gives him 5 pebbles. Jerome Mintz' bio. Jacob Cohen visits R' Shach to encourage hostility to Lubavitch. Uniqueness of Agudath Yisrael; its beginning & split. The reporter at the last Knessia Gedolah, 1980. R' Mendel Vechter and family do very well in their aliyah. Chabad: The shtreimel and the Russian hat. Lower Merion: A reconsideration. Prof. Moshe Greenberg and Conservative Rabbi Simon Greenberg. Orthodox vs. orthoprax. Fire in brothel in Borough Park: no photographs. R' Dalfin welcomed in Kiryas Yoel. The many shuls he visited Shabbat morning: Malachim, Breslov shul with side room, Toldos Aharon, Kollel where men with various life problems felt comfortable. Daughter-in-law of R' Ovadia Yosef & coffee.

Chassid in Prison. R' Menashe Klein: Mixed Shul Dances and How Strongly the Shul's Rabbi Should Oppose Them. Mixed Seating: A Variety of Opinions and Situations. Torah versus Rabbinic Laws. R' M. Feinstein on Using a Theatre as a Shul on Yom Kippur - Nov 27, 2022 - Shari Pomerantz: Her father's Jerusalem Post article. R' Moshe Bick on how to prevent divorces. Activities of frum prisoners in Israeli jails. Peshuto Shel Mikra and R' Nosson Kamenetsky. Guitar strings break. Identity of chassid sentenced to prison 1995-6. Mishneh Halakhot 4:72: Shul dances. Rabbinic laws sometimes treated more strictly than Torah laws. Kippah. Problems with dancing with one's wife including what may result. Separate seating: Examples pro and con. R' Klein on mixed dancing and how the rabbi of the shul should act. Assimilated Jews and Yom Kippur. Igrot Moshe OH 31: Using theater for shul on Yom Kippur. Do the theatrical activities make it forbidden to be used as a shul? Is creating competition to neighboring shul a factor?

The Satmar-Lubavitch Conflict: 1970s and 1980s. The Extremely Harsh Verbal Attacks and Also the Beard Cutting Attacks by Satmar. The Jacob Cohen Trial. Movement of Satmar Chassidim to Lubavitch: Why Some Moved and Others Who Wanted to Move, Did Not - Nov 21, 2022 - Cohanim visiting graves. Chabad tahalukhah. R' O. Yosef and Lakewood fire alarm. Satmar in US started less strident. Hasidic People: A Place in the New World by Jerome Mintz: interviews. Aspects of Lubavitch that so differed from Satmar caused some Satmar to become Lubavitch. Satmar women become Christians. Hate letter. Satmar's hostile verbal attacks on and hatred of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. One key thing prevented some Satmar from becoming Lubavitchers. The transition of R. Mendel Vechter from Satmar to Lubavitch. Prof. Louis Feldman. Beard cutting attacks by Satmar on R. Pinchas Korf and R. Mendel Vechter. Jacob Cohen, a Malakh, acquitted. Pictures of Rebbe on walls: Satmar vs. Lubavitch. Satmar attack on 7th Rebbe's visits to FIL's grave

Peshuto Shel Mikrah. R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot: 13:133-4 Meeting the Needs of the Chassid in Prison. MH 4:72: Mixed Synagogue Dances. Using Secular Tunes within Jewish Liturgy. Bet Yosef: The New Biography of R' Ovadia Yosef. - Nov 20, 2022 - R' Lessin. Peshuto Shel Mikrah. Chabad: Eruv. The Rav and son of a Reform rabbi. Sukkah in US prison. R' M. Feinstein: Mikveh on Shabbat morning. Mishneh Halachot 13:133-4: Chassid in prison: Provide chavruta & visitor for Shabbat. Radio. Tzitzit tied by prisoners. Zvi Thau. Rikers Island. Prisoner should attend family hilulahs, weddings. R' Aharon Kotler and Mafia boss. R' Meir Kahane sets a precedent: Kosher food in jail. Mixed dances in shuls: R' Herbert S. Goldstein and Young Israel. Ballroom dancing on Shavuot: R' Joseph Steinhardt in Solomon Freehof's A Treasury of Responsa. Shulchan Arukh: Dancing on Shabbat. R' Lessin on dancing in Slobodka. R' Ovadia Yosef, his daughter, and R' Kotler: Bringing secular tunes into liturgy.

The Use of Actual Physical Attacks and Various Other Forms of Non-Violent Harassment by Satmar Chassidim Against Chabad-Lubavitch and Others Who Were Critical of Satmar's Activities. - Nov 14, 2022 - While R' Ovadia Yosef spoke at Lakewood, Satmar Chassidim called fire department. Satmar and Lubavitch by R' Chaim Dalfin. Physical attack on Chabad Chassidim during tahalukhah on Pesach to Williamsburg. Malachim and Hungarian/Romanian Survivors join Satmar. Comparison to Lubavitch. American born Satmar become Chabad. Harassment of R' M. Feinstein. Entebbe. Many who were physically attacked and harassed by Satmar. Non-Satmar people who spoke at Satmar demonstrations against Israel. Soldier who fell asleep on the train. Satmar on election day. Harassment of those who opposed Satmar including R' Eliezer Silver. Death of Binyamin Mintz. Poalei Agudat Yisrael then and Chardal now. R' David Hollander & R' Herschel Shacter interact with Satmar.

R' Menashe Klein, Mishneh Halachot: Son of Chassidic Rebbe is Sentenced to Prison. What the Prison Authorities Should, Even Must Do for the Prisoner in Terms of Jewish Practices - Nov 13, 2022 - R' Aharon Kotler and meat in Lakewood. The Rav's hat. What badly harms children today. Meat at seudat Brit Milah. Relating to Conservative and Reform. R' Meir Kahane. Mishneh Halachot 13:133 and 134: Recommendations for Chassidic prisoner: Clothing. Tallit katan. Hat. Mikveh every day. Derashot every Shabbat. Extremely strict supervision of meat. Study area available day and night with books supplied and no radio or TV or other disturbances. People brought into prison to learn with him and be with him for prayers and Shabbat. Only Hebrew is spoken on Shabbat. Special Shabbat requirements: food, wine, etc. Airplane forced to land in Milwaukee Friday afternoon. Robert Maxwell and his daughter. Mark Weiner: What's done for Jews in US prisons.

The Initial Interactions Between Chabad and Satmar in the Early Years in the US and Interactions Between Satmar and Other Torah Groups in the Early Years in the US. - Nov 7, 2022 - Two different ways German Jews related to Reform: Gemeinde vs. Austritt. Hungary differed since part of Hungary bordered Germany and part Poland. Chatam Sofer was determinant. Impact of 1938 arrival of Tzeilemer Rav in US, in particular, on Satmar. Arrival of Satmar Rav initially only for fundraising. Lubavitch students help him form a minyan. Lubavitcher Rebbe and Satmar Rav disagree on Shoah. Satmar Rav sees success of Chabad, decides to stay. Satmar Rav: Simchat Torah 1946. 3 yeshivot helped Satmar Rav create his schools. Some Malachim moved to Satmar. A case study in R' Dalfin's book showing interaction between Chabad and Satmar where someone moved to Satmar. May a Kohen visit the Lubavitcher Rebbe's grave? Chabad and Satmar disagree.

Mishneh Halakhot, R' Menashe Klein: It is Extremely Important to Have a Meat Meal at a Brit Milah. Son of Chassidic Rebbi Sentenced to Jail: R' Menashe's Letter Explaining to Prison Authorities the Importance of Him Keeping His Traditions in Jail. - Nov 6, 2022 - Election: Agudah won't take ministerial positions, only assistant minister positions: Evaluation of this policy. Responsum 14:ערב. No uniform at Lakewood at its beginning. Yeshivot Chakhmei Lublin and Tomkhei Temimim. Kosher restaurants and bakeries in South Africa. Bukharan Jews and KGB. Tzanzer Rebbe, R' Chaim Halberstam: Bad consequences of having dairy meal at brit. Various sources that meat meal at brit is very important, even crucial for spiritual well-being of the baby. I left out the scandal from my thesis. R' Menashe's letter explains the terrible consequences if the Chassidic prisoner is not allowed to live his tradition in jail. Why R' Menashe Klein was the one who was asked to write this letter, not someone else.