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Category Archives: Marc B. Shapiro
Using Church Music In Shul
In his third lecture on Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Hazan (19th Century rabbi in Rome) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: Rabbi Hazan recommends using church music in the davening. We should use our words but their tune. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Marc B. Shapiro, R. Ovadia Yosef
Tagged church music, davening, Marc B. Shapiro, music aka, rabbi yisrael, tolerant view, torah in motion
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When Do Big Rabbis Become Small Rabbis?
In his third lecture on Rabbi Chalom Messas for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: I don’t think Rabbi Yitzhak Abadi has any following. He learned his whole life in the Litvisha world. Rav Abadi was the posek … Continue reading
Posted in Lakewood, Marc B. Shapiro, R. Yitzhak Abadi
Tagged chalom, har nof, kotler, Marc B. Shapiro, torah in motion, yeshivot
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The Case For Concubines
In his third lecture on Rabbi Chalom Messas for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: [In 2006], Zvi Zohar in Israel, an expert in Sephardic halacah, just came out with a book on 20th Century Sephardic rabbis. He … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Sex
Tagged chalom, jewish view, Marc B. Shapiro, ramban, shabbos table, torah in motion
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Making God Look Bad To The World
In his fifth lecture on Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin (the leading posek in America during the 1940s and 1950s) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: Rav Henkin says Jews must be careful about how they speak about … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Hasidim, Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged David Kelsey, haredi world, Marc B. Shapiro, noahide laws, orthodox jews, orthodox world, pearl gluck, rabbi joseph, torah in motion, traditional judaism
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Rent Control
In his fifth lecture on Rabbi Joseph Elijah Henkin (the leading posek in America during the 1940s and 1950s) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: You get a sense that Rav Henkin has a very liberal sense. … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, R. J. E. Henkin
Tagged fifth lecture, liberal sense, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox rabbi, rabbi joseph, torah in motion
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