Friday, May 31, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 14: The Slippery Slope of Coming to Kivrei Tzadikkim



Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 14:

The Slippery Slope of Coming to 

Kivrei Tzadikkim

https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/81049



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With downloads approaching the million mark-and an archival library numbering in the thousands, the Yeshiva of Newark Podcast has been striving to continuously upgrade our content, and professionalize our audio sound, along with altering approaches in light of much appreciated listener feedback. 

A niche has been carved out that resonates with many on the wide spectrum of Observant Jews. 

This explains why we continually rank high in independent on-line lists of top Yeshiva podcasts. 

This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing. 

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Sunday, May 26, 2024

New Series! Daily 5-10 Minutes of Zohar (as much as possible, al derech ha'pshat)

 

New Series! 
Daily 5-10 Minutes of Zohar 
(as much as possible, al derech ha'pshat)


An experiment. Daily (more or less) 5-10 minutes (more or less) of the Zohar HaKadosh. As much as possible, al derech ha'pshat. Based on the Nitutzei Oros by Rabbi Reuven Margolios. Going in order, according to the standard pagination. Credit is due to my colleague Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz for the idea. The text divided by the standard pagination can be found at https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/ספר_הזהר

First shiur:

Playlist at:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXhYlGVtIOa-qaY0hZAKAJJng975mJs7-

Second shiur:

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Friday, May 24, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa-Season 9 Episode 13: A Week Clothed in Bigdei Shesh: Rav Yosef's Disillusionment with Childhood Friends and Commemoration of Spiritual Heroes




Rischa D'Araisa-Season 9 Episode 13:

A Week Clothed in Bigdei Shesh:

Rav Yosef's Disillusionment with Childhood Friends and Commemoration of Spiritual Heroes


Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: 

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With downloads approaching the million mark-and an archival library numbering in the thousands, the Yeshiva of Newark Podcast has been striving to continuously upgrade our content, and professionalize our audio sound, along with altering approaches in light of much appreciated listener feedback. 

A niche has been carved out that resonates with many on the wide spectrum of Observant Jews. 

This explains why we continually rank high in independent on-line lists of top Yeshiva podcasts. 

 This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing. 

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A Talk About Mussar With Rabbi Hillel Goldberg. Especially About Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan zt"l.

A Talk About Mussar With
Rabbi Hillel Goldberg
Especially About
Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan zt"l

Rabbi Dr. Hillel Goldberg of Denver is world-renowned for his work on Mussar. Among many books and articles, he has masterfully translated the B'Ikvos HaYirah essay.

In this wide-ranging talk, Rabbi Goldberg provides many fascinating points of information and insight on Reb Avrohom Elya specifically, but on many broader topics such as the Slabodka-Berlin interface, Mussar in general and the difference between inspiration and engagement.

Thursday, May 23, 2024

Rav Kaplan zt"l - His Life and Weltanschauung

Rav Kaplan zt"l:
His Life and Weltanschauung

My presentation via Zoom today for the 100th yahrzeit Azkarah for Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan zt"l at the Rabbinerseminar in Berlin

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan 100th Yahrzeit Azkarah

Video of the:

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan 
zt"l zy"a
100th Yahrzeit Azkarah 

Held at Cong. Anshei Palisades in Pomona, NY and Over Zoom
15 Iyar 5784, May 22, 2024

AI Summary:

"The meeting focused on the legacy of Rabbi Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan, highlighting his contributions to Jewish thought and his influence on both Lithuanian and German Jewry. We discussed Rabbi Kaplan's early life, his famous song Shak'ah Chamah, and his philosophical writings, including his views on Mussar and Hasidism. Rabbi Kaplan's ability to bridge the worlds of traditional Jewish learning and modern intellectualism was emphasized. The meeting also included a tribute to Rabbi Kaplan's impact on his students and his enduring relevance. A recording of a song composed by Rabbi Kaplan was played, and a visit to his gravesite in Berlin was mentioned."

We included my brother-in-law, Avy Schreiber's moving renditions of Shak'ah Chamah and Shir HaMa'alos, a special presentation by the Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky shlita, custom recorded for the event, and a clip of an aliyah la'kever in Berlin led by Yehuda Geberer of Jewish History Soundbites, https://feed.podbean.com/jsoundbites/feed.xml

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

The 100th yahrzeit Azkarah for Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan at the Rabbinerseminar in Berlin, Videos

Available videos are embedded here.



Aliyah LaKever:

Yahrzeit Shiur by Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Farbstein:

My presentation:



Rabbi Chaim Avraham Eliyahu Kaplan and Rabbi Prof. Meir Hildesheimer:

Monday, May 20, 2024

The Jewish Week part 2, Astrology and Horoscopes (The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 30)


The days of the week and their corresponding "planet" - their relevance to horoscopes, mazal and the gamut of Torah view on astrology.


Subsequent shiurim in the series will be listed in the comments to this post.

Sunday, May 19, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 12: The Dangers of Excess: Rav Yaakov Weinberg zt"l on Meir Kahane, Shlomo Carelbach, and Yitz Greenberg. With Rav Yochanan Meir Bechhofer



Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 12:

The Dangers of Excess:

Rav Yaakov Weinberg zt"l on 
Meir Kahane,
 Shlomo Carelbach,
 and Yitz Greenberg

With Rav Yochanan Meir Bechhofer




Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:


 With downloads approaching the million mark-and an archival library numbering in the thousands, the Yeshiva of Newark Podcast has been striving to continuously upgrade our content, and professionalize our audio sound, along with altering approaches in light of much appreciated listener feedback. 
]
A niche has been carved out that resonates with many on the wide spectrum of Observant Jews. This explains why we continually rank high in independent on-line lists of top Yeshiva podcasts. This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing. We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many. Just $36, a minimum donation, from a thousand of you out there will keep us afloat as a New Ark of straight, intelligent, and humorous discussion, lectures, debate and inquiry - while the destructive waters of ignorance and politics crash around us.

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan zt"l 100th Yahrzeit Gathering 8:30 pm (Eastern Time - New York) Wed May 22, 2024

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=YzRwajJwYjY3NHAzNmI5bWM0czM0YjlrNzVoM2diYjE2Y3JqOGI5Z2Nvc2o4b3IxNmNzajRwMWk3MCB5Z2JlY2hob2ZlckBt&tmsrc=ygbechhofer%40gmail.com


An early picture of RAEK zt"l from my grandfather zt"l's private albums

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan zt"l
100th Yahrzeit Gathering

8:30 pm (Eastern Time - New York) 

Wed May 22, 2024

Cong. Anshei Palisades
11 Palisades Ct, Pomona, NY 10970 

Live and virtual gathering in commemoration of Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan's 100th yahrzeit, 15 Iyar 5784. A recording of the gathering will be posted IYH after it is concluded.

We will IYH have the privilege of including a video to be specially recorded for the event by Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky shlita, Rosh Yeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington.
 
Please share this event as much as you can!

To attend virtually, 
please go to the online Zoom Meeting:


ID: 780 946 6503

Passcode: 5MUGcK

Sunday, May 12, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 9 Episode 11: Yom Ha'New Shoah: Is the Wound Too Fresh?




Rischa D'Araisa
Season 9 
Episode 11

Yom Ha'New Shoah:
Is the Wound Too Fresh?

Listen on:


https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/79949


Please click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air: 

https://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat 

With downloads approaching the million mark-and an archival library numbering in the thousands, the Yeshiva of
Newark Podcast has been striving to continuously upgrade our content, and professionalize our audio sound, along with altering approaches in light of much appreciated listener feedback. 

A niche has been carved out that resonates with many on the wide spectrum of Observant Jews. 

This explains why we continually rank high in independent on-line lists of top Yeshiva podcasts.  This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing. 

We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many. 

Just 36 dollars, a minum donation, from a thousand of you out there will keep us afloat as a New Ark of straight, intelligent, and humorous discussion, lectures, debate and inquiry - while the destructive waters of ignorance and politics crash around us.

Wednesday, May 08, 2024

Planning for Reb Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan זצ"ל זי"ע's 100th Yahrzeit, 15 Iyar, Wednesday Evening, May 22

Updated information is at:


I will be sharing this post widely, to cast as large a net as possible.

Planning for
Reb Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan זצ"ל זי"ע's
100th Yahrzeit
15 Iyar, Wednesday Evening, May 22


I would like to organize an event to commemorate Reb Avrohom Elya's upcoming 100th yahrzeit on 15 Iyar, Wednesday Evening, May 22. Please let me know if you could participate in person (I would assume at my shul in Monsey, unless someone has a better suggestion), or virtually (presumably by Zoom or Google Meet).

If you know someone in Berlin who can visit the kever on our behalf, please let me know.

If and when I have some responses and input, I will share more details and plans, probably next week.

Links to material on Reb Avrohom Elya are at:

https://online.fliphtml5.com/plqse/ydim/

https://www.aishdas.org/raek/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrohom_Eliyahu_Kaplan

https://traditiononline.org/avraham-eliyahu-kaplans-be-ikvot-ha-yirah-steps-toward-the-fear-of-heaven/

https://shiurim.eshelpublications.com/askenaz-04-r-avrohom-eliyahu-kaplan-2/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDvjyfv6r0I

Monday, May 06, 2024

Nach b'Iyun Sefer Shoftim, part 1: 1.1-5: Yehuda and Shimon vs. Cana'an




Links to subsequent segments in the series will appear in the comments here.

The Jewish Week part 1 (The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 29)


The Jewish Week part 1

(The Gates of the Jewish Calendar part 29)

"A Jew lives with the parashah." 
First in a series on the week, its days and its ramifications.



Subsequent shiurim in the series will be listed in the comments to this post.