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Daily Archives: October 6, 2009
The Story Of The Hasidic Actors Guild
Yisrael Lifschutz writes: HAG: The Story of the Hassidic Actors Guild is a serio-comic (HAG logo "Pay Us For Payos") hybrid of fact and fiction focusing on the life of Ysrael "Izzi" Lifschutz who has served as an actor and/or … Continue reading
Posted in Haredi, Hasidim, Hollywood
Tagged basketball hall of fame, jcc of manhattan, jcc on the palisades, jewish film festival, kaplan jcc, sports hall of fame
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The Rav Vs. The Eruv
Dr. Marc B. Shapiro blogs: In Boston, as long as R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik was active, there was no eruv. The Rav publicly declared: I am opposed to the establishment of eruvin. An eruv in American means the abolishment of … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro
Tagged bostoner rebbe, Eruv, joseph b soloveitchik, Marc B. Shapiro, orthodox world, r joseph
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One Way To Get Rid Of A Rabbi
Dr. Marc B. Shapiro blogs: Speaking of rabbis who were chased out of their communities, let me repeat what I heard from the late Rabbi Louis Jacobs.[13] This story is not documented anywhere, but is something that Jacobs no doubt … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Rabbis
Tagged enormous controversy, machers, massive volumes, rabbi louis jacobs, rosh yeshiva, torah scholar
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The Chemical Method Of Studying Talmud
Dr. Marc B. Shapiro blogs: The Ridbaz’ attack on the Brisker method is well known. In the introduction to his responsa, Beit Ridbaz (Jerusalem, 1908), Ridbaz writes as follows: A certain rabbi invented the "chemical" method of study. Those in … Continue reading
Posted in Marc B. Shapiro, Rabbis
Tagged joseph b soloveitchik, Marc B. Shapiro, oral torah, r joseph, responsa, torah study
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What’s Proper Garb For A Rabbi?
Zalman Alpert comments on Marc Shapiro’s post and pictures: Rabbinic garb. the dress that Reb Simcha Zelig wore in his pictures was bedavka the authentic garb of Jews in Lithuania and the Ukraine from about 1950-1918. The Chafetz Chaim wore … Continue reading
Posted in Rabbis
Tagged conservative jews, czarist russia, homburg hats, marc shapiro, rosh yeshiva, world war 1
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