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Tag Archives: Marc B. Shapiro
Hasidim Don’t Study Torah On Christmas Eve
In a lecture for Torah in Motion on Christmas Eve, 2009, Professor Marc B. Shapiro says: This has got to be the strangest thing that Hasidim do and they do a lot of strange things. Some of you might have … Continue reading
When The Chofetz Chaim Wore Rabbenu Tam Tefillin
In a lecture Dec. 21, 2009 for Torah in Motion, Professor Marc B. Shapiro says: One of you asked me to talk about the Chofetz Chaim and the forged Talmud Yerushalmi. You can find the information in here, The Writings … Continue reading
Outreach For Orthodox Judaism
According to Wikipedia: Rabbi Yitzhak Nissim (1896 – 1981) (Hebrew: יצחק נסים) was a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. Rabbi Nissim was born in Baghdad and immigrated to Palestine in 1925. In 1964, Pope Paul VI visited Israel but … Continue reading
Modern Orthodox Feminism
In his fourth lecture on Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Hazan (19th Century rabbi in Rome) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: A lot of the Modern Orthodox feminists want to update things even in the Torah. They’ll say … Continue reading
Almost Every Practice You Find In Other Religions, You Can Find In Judaism
In his third lecture on Rabbi Yisrael Moshe Hazan (19th Century rabbi in Rome) for Torah in Motion, Rabbi Marc B. Shapiro says: When people don’t know the history of Judaism, they will often speak with great pride about how … Continue reading
The Love Letters Of Rav Ahron Kotler
Jude posts: “In his book “Making of a Godol” Rabbi Nathan Kamenetsky (son of Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetzky a’h) depicts the Lithuanian sages “wrestling with the lures of secular life.” This two-volume book was published privately by Rabbi Kamenetsky in a … Continue reading
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
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
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

Extremism In Aleppo, Syria
In his Oct. 25, 2010 lecture on R. Elijah Benamozegh for Torah in Motion, Dr. Marc B. Shapiro says: There has been a trend of extremism in Aleppo for a long time… The Aleppo Syrian [Jewish] community burned this book … Continue reading →