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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
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Bnai Brak Is Out Of This World
In his third 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 Ahron Kotler was able to squash yeshivas from having secular learning….but … Continue reading
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Tagged jewish learning, kotler, Marc B. Shapiro, maskilim, rabbi joseph, torah in motion
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Why Marc B. Shapiro Won’t Be Giving Any Classes On The Rebbe, The Rav, And Aharon Kotler
In his first class on Rabbi Jehiel Jacob Weinberg for Torah in Motion, Professor Marc B. Shapiro says: Let me tell you about who we won’t be discussing — the three most important figures in post-war North American Orthodoxy — … Continue reading
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Tagged american hebrew, american orthodoxy, kotler, lubavitcher rebbe, Marc B. Shapiro, professor marc, soloveitchik, torah in motion
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On Being Controversial
Rabbi Alan Yuter writes: Religious Jews speak about Jewish education, Torah commitment and the commandments. The culture of religious Jews and the culture commanded by the sacred library of Judaism are often very different. While Jewish education gives lip service … Continue reading
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Tagged baltimore county, consternation, elites, holy man, jewish education, jewish religious life, Judaism, kotler, Lakewood, lip service, Ner Israel, orthodox world, penumbra, rabbi joseph, rabbi yosef, rebbe, rsquo, stigma, Torah, Yeshiva
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