Rav Shlomo Carlebach and His Unique Impact on the Soviet Jewry Movement. - Aug 23, 2021 - Introduction and a brief history of Rav Rakeffet's shiurim at Gruss. Golda Meir in Moscow 1948. Jacob Birnbaum creates Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. Nathan Birnbaum and Herzl. The struggle for Soviet Jewry begins for R. Shlomo when he goes to Prague in 1965. The role and impact of the song Am Yisrael Chai. Rav Shlomo goes to Moscow in 1970. Simchat Torah in Moscow. Avital Sharansky. The impact R. Shlomo and Rav Rakeffet had in the USSR because of the tape recorder. Iosif (Yosef) Begun. R. Shlomo goes to Moscow in 1989 with a very big difference.

How We Should Relate to Gentiles: Total Unconditional Hatred versus Admiration When Justified. Helping The Woman Who Falls on the Street to Get Up. - Aug 22, 2021 - Relating to Gentiles: The views of Rav Menashe Klein, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Klausenburger Rebbe, Golda Meir. The issue of touching a woman who fell on the street and needs help. Also touching with respect to a husband and wife where one is ill and the other needs to provide care. Rav Rakeffet's various given names. Description of the intensity of Torah learning at Yeshiva College in the 1950s. Yoram Kretchen 1985 and then in 2021. Jack's grandson's bar mitzvah in Uman.

A Conversation With Beloved Talmidim—an Addendum #2 - Jul 21, 2021 -

A Message to a Young Rabbi—an Addendum - Jul 11, 2021 - Addendum to the OU interview, entitled "A Life of Torah: A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff with Dovi Safier"

https://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/1006855/rabbi-dr-aaron-rakeffet-rothkoff/a-life-of-torah-a-conversation-with-rabbi-dr-aaron-rakeffet-rothkoff-with-dovi-safier/

The Video of this addendum can be viewed at: https://youtu.be/J1Q5N_3YIlA

A Life of Torah: A Conversation with Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff with Dovi Safier - Jun 21, 2021 -

The Life of Rav Shlomo Carlebach From His Early Years Until the 1950s - Jun 14, 2021 - Where are the sons of Korach today? Opposition to singing a Carlebach niggun one Shabbat in Prague. Background information about Natan Ophir Offenbacher and his book on Rav Carlebach. The many different influences on Rav Shlomo while he lived in Vienna: namely the sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe, Viennese music, the Chassidic shtibel, the Lithuanian tutor, the sale of his mother's jewelry. The move, first to Lithuania, and then very soon to New York. Attending Yeshiva Torah Vodaath. Rav Shlomo Heiman. Rav Aharon Kotler. His years in Lakewood Yeshiva. Back to New York. Learning modern Hebrew. His first concert. His unique English. His use of storytelling.

Assisting a Gentile Woman Who Fell Down on the Street Stand Up Again. How the Concept of the Seven Noachide Laws Determined the Views of Both Rav Menashe Klein and Rambam on the Status of Gentiles. Lubavitcher Rebbe's More Positive Views of Gentiles. - Jun 13, 2021 - Attending Iftar meals during Ramadan. Rav Mordechai Gifter and Telz-Stone in Israel. Avraham, Sarah, and her kidnapping by Avimelech. Rav Aharon Lichtenstein's view of using the black market for exchanging foreign currencies in Israel. Why Torah was not given to the entire world only to Bnei Yisrael. The requirement to be generous, helpful and kind to non-Jews. Hugging a woman where there exists a status of Ervah. Rav Soloveitchik on the addenda to Birkat Hamazon. Rav Rakeffet's evaluation of Lakewood versus Y.U. in terms of Torah learning. The impact of Rav Yerucham Gorelick and the other Rabbanim who came to the U.S. via Shanghai to teach Torah.

Mishnei Halachot: Participating in Parties and Dinners of Gentiles and Other Interactions with Gentiles. A Gentile Woman Falls and Needs Help Getting Up. Explanation of Rav Menashe Klein's Extremely Negative and Hostile View of Gentiles. - Jun 6, 2021 - How Avraham Avinu looked in Lublin. Buttons on the opposite side on Jewish clothing. Greeting a gentile on his holiday. Selling a gentile food and drink three days before his holiday. Eivah, causing hostility, counteracts the ban on interactions with gentiles and permits the interactions other than drinking and dining with them. Trick or treat on Halloween. Marilyn Monroe and the derashah on Shabbat. Woman comes from the beach directly to the shul in Tel Aviv on Shabbat. Chizkiyahu Hamelekh and how he interacted with the Babylonian king leads to disaster. Joseph not eating with Egyptians. Chabad and gentile Chabad hassidim in Australia. LGBTQ Club at YU. Medical research.

Final Comments Related to Torah Umesorah. Rav Shlomo Carlebach - Jun 7, 2021 - How to relate and respond to donors who give small amounts to Jewish institutions. The impact on those who lived the Holocaust and then saw the creation of the State of Israel. Why many young people joined the JDL but soon left. Rav Shlomo Carlebach: His story from birth. His achievements and difficulties. The Torah worlds Rav Shlomo experienced and the different people who influenced Rav Shlomo. Yinglish as opposed to English and Yiddish. The change in how Rav Shlomo should be viewed and evaluated today as opposed to how he was viewed and regarded decades ago. Explaining the behavior of second generation survivors.

The Relationship Between Rav Joseph Dr. Kaminetsky (Dr. Joe) and Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky and Their Interactions. - May 31, 2021 - Correction about Ramchal's life. 09:00 minyanim on Sundays and holidays are manifestations of paganism. Women who refuse a get. Qualifications to be a Chief Rabbi. The remarkable dedication of Rav Yaakov to Dr. Joe. The visit of Ze'ev Lev to the Brisker Rav in 1950. Efforts of the Mapai, using for example the Histadrut, to take votes away from Mizrahi. Chabad and separate seating. Dr. David Applebaum visits Rav Ahron Soloveichik's family in Leningrad and as a result Rav Ahron travels to Leningrad. English Jewry: sometimes cold sometimes not. Be'er Hagolah Institutes. Mr. Mendlowitz, Barry Torkow, and Yeshiva Beth Yehuda in Detroit.