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YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim

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112:56

The Growth of Mir Yeshiva and its Increasing...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/11/11

The Growth of Mir Yeshiva and its Increasing Influence on the Torah World. Mir Flees Poland and Then Returns. Impact of WW I. Mussar Movement. American Jews Support Mir Yeshiva. German Orthodoxy. Brisk. Some of the Great Graduates of Mir Yeshiva. - Nov 11, 2024 - The three periods in the development of Mir Yeshiva (MY): 1815 to WW I, WW I to 1921, and 1921 onward. Reform Judaism's impact on MY was that teaching must no longer be desultory. R' Eliezer Yehuda Finkel transforms MY. MY forced to move

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102:03

R' Menashe Klein: Conversions in the USSR in the...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/11/10

R' Menashe Klein: Conversions in the USSR in the 1980s (Mishneh Halachot 13:164-5). Converting a Minor. Mother is Gentile, Father Jewish. 13:166: Should a Learned, Capable Teacher Leave the Soviet Union? Essas Family - Nov 10, 2024 - Bnei Noach have chelek be-Olam ha-Ba ke-Yisrael. Converting children al da'at bet din for day school attendance where mother not Jewish. R' Moshe: With good teachers, convert. Is Israel a better or worse environment for this than the US? Mishneh Halachot 13:164: Timna

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107:47

Final Comments on Volozhin Yeshiva. The Quiet...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/11/04

Final Comments on Volozhin Yeshiva. The Quiet Beginning of Mir Yeshiva in 1815. The Primitive Nature of the City of Mir. The Early Years of Mir Yeshiva. It's Founder and Ensuing Roshei Yeshiva. - Nov 4, 2024 - Is Chatan Torah superior to Chatan בראשית? List of students in Volozhin. R' Yitzchak Nissenbaum's memoir. Volozhin student who shaved with a razor blade. Brief description of the primitive city of Mir and its history. R' Shmuel Kalman Mirsky. R' Belkin. Mir begins quietly in 1815. Founder: R'

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98:33

Overview of Talmud Bavli Sources on Conversion. R'...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/11/04

Overview of Talmud Bavli Sources on Conversion. R' Menashe Klein: Conversions in the USSR in the 1980s (Mishneh Halachot 13:164-5). Converting a Minor. - Nov 3, 2024 - The Chassidic descendant of the Noda Biyhudah. The N.B.'s teshuvah against Chassidim. Mussar movement and the Rav. Mishneh Halachot 13:164 and 165. An overview and analysis of the very small number of sources in Talmud Bavli dealing with conversion. Conversion (C) for ulterior motives. C for psychological reasons. C in time of Kings

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105:25

History of Eastern European Yeshivot - October 28

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/10/28

History of Eastern European Yeshivot - October 28 - Oct 28, 2024 -

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108:03

The Yeshiva in Volozhin (As Opposed to Volozhin...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/10/07

The Yeshiva in Volozhin (As Opposed to Volozhin Yeshiva): It's Reopening in 1899. Description of How it Functioned and of the Individuals Who Taught and Studied There. Their Accomplishments After Leaving the Yeshiva. - Oct 7, 2024 - Baruch ha-Levi Epstein: Author of Torah Temimah and Mekor Barukh. How he related to his aunt. The sometimes eccentric nature of geniuses. Aryeh Deri. Memoir of Dr. Hirsch Leib Gordon. His life. R' Shimon Shkop in America and in YU. His relationship with Dr. Belkin. His

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117:31

History of Eastern European Yeshivot - September 30

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2024/09/30

History of Eastern European Yeshivot - September 30 - Sep 30, 2024 -

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104:37

Responsa - September 29

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/09/29

Responsa - September 29 - Sep 29, 2024 -

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104:32

Volozhin Yeshiva: The Role of Secular Education in...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/09/23

Volozhin Yeshiva: The Role of Secular Education in Causing the Closing of the Yeshiva. R' Chaim Berlin's Letter. The Attitude Toward Secular Education in Volozhin. Rav Soloveitchik's Admiration of YU, It's Teachers, and It's Students. - Sep 23, 2024 - R' Chaim Brisker meets Rambam. R' Shach meets R' Amital. What R' Aharon Lichtenstein learned from Harvard. Comments on the journal Ḥakirah, on those who make it happen. Ḥakirah Fall 2023, p. 98: R' Chaim Berlin's letter states Netziv closed Volozhin to

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109:47

Volozhin Yeshiva: What Led to the Closing of the...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/09/16

Volozhin Yeshiva: What Led to the Closing of the Yeshiva on February 2, 1892. The Attitude Toward Secular Education in Volozhin Compared to YU. How the Opening of the Russian Secret Police Archive Changed What We Thought. - Sep 16, 2024 - R' Avraham David Cohen. Ben Gurion sent soldiers on deadly mission into Syria: The consequences. Comparison of importance of the two compositions: Ohr Somayach and Meshech Chochma. R' Revel saved R' Joseph Breuer. Sheldon Sokol saved YU. OU hashgachah of YU

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107:27

Ransom for Hostages. Charedim in IDF. Mishneh...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/09/15

Ransom for Hostages. Charedim in IDF. Mishneh Halakhot by R’ Menashe Klein – Volume 13 Sections 150–168. Translations of Torah Texts Are To Be Avoided. Sources of This View Are Rambam, R’ Shach, Chatam Sofer, Ohr Somayach. Update on R’ Belkin Book. - Sep 15, 2024 - Danger of excessive ransom payments for hostages. Are women required to make havdalah? R' Mendi Gopin: Extend trumpets concept to R' Akiva & Moshe Rabbeinu. R' James Gordon, Young Israel of Oak Park, MI. The darshan's humorous portrayal

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110:13

Volozhin Yeshiva: Its Final Years. The Great...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/09/09

Volozhin Yeshiva: Its Final Years. The Great Machloket. What Led to Closing of the Yeshiva on February 2, 1892 - Sep 9, 2024 - History & overview of this class from 1980 to the present. Volozhin in early 1850s. R' Yitzchak, son of founder R' Chaim Volozhiner died. His joint successors: Netziv & R' Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik (Beit Halevi). 1851-3: Machloket as a result of a joint, not a single leadership. Description of the outrageous behavior of those who participated in the conflict. Beit Halevi

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111:13

Is Teaching Torah in Hebrew or Yiddish Preferable to...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/09/08

Is Teaching Torah in Hebrew or Yiddish Preferable to English? Mishneh Halachot 13: 150-163. The Lesson Learned From Moshe Rabbenu's Trumpets. Relating to, Evaluating, and Appreciating the IDF of Today, NOT of Decades Ago from a Torah Perspective. - Sep 8, 2024 - Yakir Taitelbaum, hy"d. ArtScroll: pros & cons. In what language should Torah be taught to individuals who don't know Hebrew? Nechama Leibowitz: Only Hebrew. Why R' Rakeffet strongly disagrees. The Rav told Dr. Belkin to teach only in

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111:11

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - June 10

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/06/10

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - June 10 - Jun 10, 2024 -

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97:45

Volozhin Yeshiva. Haskalah Publications. Not all...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/06/09

Volozhin Yeshiva. Haskalah Publications. Not all Volozhin Students Were on the Same Level. Bialik in the Yeshiva. How He Lived in Two Worlds. Bialik's Oneg Shabbat & Poetry. Shutting Down Roads is Not Acceptable. The Rav on Matan Torah. - Jun 9, 2024 -

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106:08

Volozhin Yeshiva. A Moving Description of the More...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/06/03

Volozhin Yeshiva. A Moving Description of the More Emotional Aspects of the Members of the Yeshiva Discussed Along With a Description of Bialik in the Yeshiva. Camaraderie and Kinship But Also Machloket and Romance. Abba Blusher's Memoir as a Source. - Jun 3, 2024 - Hovevei Zion Kattowitz Conference of 1884. Intense Torah learning in Sochatchov. אבא בלושר memoir. Percent of Volozhin students who were maskilim. Blusher Library in Kovno. Infighting in Volozhin over succession. Russian government's

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98:29

Responsa - June 2

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/06/02

Responsa - June 2 - Jun 2, 2024 -

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38:21

The 30th Day Memorial for Menachem Nussbaum, a Dear...

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/05/30

The 30th Day Memorial for Menachem Nussbaum, a Dear Friend of Rav Aaron Rakeffet for Over 80 Years. (Hebrew) — אזכרה לרגל שלושים של מנחם נוסבאום, חברו היקר של הרב אהרון רקפת למעלה מ-80 שנה. (בעִברִית) - May 29, 2024 - This memorial took place at the Ohel Rivka Synagogue in Jerusalem, on May 29th, 2024. The two speakers were Rabbi Moshe Shai and Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet.אזכרה זו התקיימה בבית הכנסת אהל רבקה בירושלים, ב-29 במאי, .2024 שני הדוברים היו הרב משה שי והרב אהרון רקפת

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91:31

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - May 27th

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/05/29

History of Yeshivot in Eastern Europe - May 27th - May 27, 2024 - There was a technical problem with the recording of the first half and Rabbi Rakeffet re-recorded it on Wed, May 29.

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103:28

Responsa - May 26

YUTORAH: R" Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent... ·

2024/05/26

Responsa - May 26 - May 26, 2024 -

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