Thursday, November 21, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 8: In Bava Basra's Last Daf Yomi Month, We Consider Alternative Daily Learning Options

 



Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 8:

In Bava Basra's Last Daf Yomi Month, We Consider Alternative Daily Learning Options

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Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 14: L'Techiyah Toranis part 2


Idealism in the wake of World War.
The symbolism of the Magen David.

part 2



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Yerushalmi Bikkurim 26, the last Daf In Zera'im!

Yerushalmi Bikkurim 26, the last Daf In Zera'im!

Mazal Tov on the Siyum!

A nachas note I received this week:

Hi Rabbi, I hope you are well.
Just wanted to let you know I have completed Gemara Yerushalmi, today on my grandfather's YT"Z.
I could not have done it without you and your shiur.
Thank you again so much.
Now, time to start it all over. 
With great appreciation from Eretz Yisroel.


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Sunday, November 17, 2024

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Thursday, November 14, 2024

Women And Birchot HaShachar

Women and Birchos HaShachar


A recording for the BHP daily Halachic Whatsapp group https://chat.whatsapp.com/Gz8rrxqRcfy9rMOXRLG6GS

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 13: L'Techiyah Toranis part 1


Idealism in the wake of World War.
The symbolism of the Magen David.

part 1

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The reason you don't see the text is explained at the beginning of the video. Except that I made a mistake in the explanation. In the end, you only see my face, not the text (in the video I say the opposite). The text appears below.



Monday, November 11, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 7: ?דידן נצח - The Enticement of Swagger: Reflections on Trump's Victory



Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 7:

?דידן נצח
The Enticement of Swagger:
Reflections on Trump's Victory


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Wednesday, November 06, 2024

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 12: Hergel V'Chiddush

Davening and serving Hashem by habit and rote vs. with novelty and renewal.

Second of two unfinished pieces on bursting out of constriction into broad expanses. Supplemented with material from the Alter of Kelm zt"l.

The texts are embedded in the video. Due to splicing of three files, they are somewhat unclear and can be found in a clearer format below.















Tuesday, October 29, 2024

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 11: Bameh Kokheinu Gadol?

History and the Future should impact the Present, not vice versa.

First of two unfinished pieces on bursting out of constriction into broad expanses.


also referencing the poem "Zimri" at


Sunday, October 27, 2024

Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 5: Two Versions, Two Opinions as to When the Mishnah Was Written



Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 5:
Two Versions, Two Opinions
as to When the Mishnah Was Written

The major difference between two versions of the letter:
Was the Mishnah written by Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi
or by the Rabbanan Savurai?

Big difference!


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

Tuesday, October 22, 2024

Atzvus and Simcha (Sadness and Happiness) Go Together

Atzvus and Simcha
(Sadness and Happiness) 
Go Together


A talk at the Leil Hoshannah Rabbah Simchas Beis HaSho'eivah of Cong. Anshei Palisades about how to approach Simchas Torah 5785 in light of the events of the past year. How sadness and happiness are not contradictory but complementary, and the unique happiness of Ditzah.

The story of Maran Reb Yisroel Salanter zt"l and Simchas Torah appears in the Seridei Eish zt"l's LePrakim:




Sunday, October 20, 2024

The Remarkable Gemara About Sasson and Simchah, Sukkah 48b


The Remarkable Gemara 
About Sasson and Simchah

Sukkah 48b


The text and translation of the passage from Sefaria:

הָנְהוּ תְּרֵי מִינֵי, חַד שְׁמֵיהּ שָׂשׂוֹן וְחַד שְׁמֵיהּ שִׂמְחָה. אֲמַר לֵיהּ שָׂשׂוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה: אֲנָא עֲדִיפְנָא מִינָּךְ, דִּכְתִיב: ״שָׂשׂוֹן וְשִׂמְחָה יַשִּׂיגוּ וְגוֹ׳״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ שִׂמְחָה לְשָׂשׂוֹן: אֲנָא עֲדִיפְנָא מִינָּךְ, דִּכְתִיב: ״שִׂמְחָה וְשָׂשׂוֹן לַיְּהוּדִים״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ שָׂשׂוֹן לְשִׂמְחָה: חַד יוֹמָא שָׁבְקוּךְ וְשַׁוְּיוּךְ פַּרְוַונְקָא, דִּכְתִיב: ״כִּי בְשִׂמְחָה תֵצֵאוּ״. אֲמַר לֵיהּ שִׂמְחָה לְשָׂשׂוֹן: חַד יוֹמָא שָׁבְקוּךְ וּמָלוּ בָּךְ מַיָּא, דִּכְתִיב: ״וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן״.

Apropos this verse, the Gemara relates: There were these two heretics, one named Sason and one named Simḥa. Sason said to Simḥa: I am superior to you, as it is written: “They shall obtain joy [sason] and happiness [simḥa], and sorrow and sighing shall flee” (Isaiah 35:10). The verse mentions joy first. Simḥa said to Sason, On the contrary, I am superior to you, as it is written: “There was happiness [simḥa] and joy [sason] for the Jews” (Esther 8:17). Sason said to Simḥa: One day they will dismiss you and render you a messenger [parvanka], as it is written: “For you shall go out with happiness [simḥa]” (Isaiah 55:12). Simḥa said to Sason: One day they will dismiss you and draw water with you, as it is written: “With joy [sason] you shall draw water.”

אֲמַר לֵיהּ הָהוּא מִינָא דִּשְׁמֵיהּ שָׂשׂוֹן לְרַבִּי אֲבָהוּ: עֲתִידִיתוּ דִּתְמַלּוֹ לִי מַיִם לְעָלְמָא דְּאָתֵי, דִּכְתִיב: ״וּשְׁאַבְתֶּם מַיִם בְּשָׂשׂוֹן״, אֲמַר לֵיהּ: אִי הֲוָה כְּתִיב ״לְשָׂשׂוֹן״ — כִּדְקָאָמְרַתְּ, הַשְׁתָּא דִּכְתִיב ״בְּשָׂשׂוֹן״ — מַשְׁכֵּיהּ דְּהָהוּא גַּבְרָא מְשַׁוֵּינַן לֵיהּ גּוֹדָא וּמָלֵינַן בֵּיהּ מַיָּא.

The Gemara relates a similar incident: A certain heretic named Sason said to Rabbi Abbahu: You are all destined to draw water for me in the World-to-Come, as it is written: “With sason you shall draw water.” Rabbi Abbahu said to him: If it had been written: For sason, it would have been as you say; now that it is written: With sason, it means that the skin of that man, you, will be rendered a wineskin, and we will draw water with it.

A talk at the Sukkah of our son-in-law and daughter, Rabbi Ari and Rebbitzen Meira Federgrun, at the Simchas Beis HaSho'eivah of the shul in which they serve as Rav and Rebbitzen, Cong. Bnai Israel Ohev Zedek, of Philadelphia, PA. https://www.biozshul.org 2nd night of Chol HaMo'ed Sukkos, 5785.

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 5: Nurturing The Essence on Yom Kippur: The Chesed of Realistic Teshuvah

 



Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 5:

Nurturing The Essence on Yom Kippur:

The Chesed of Realistic Teshuvah

https://jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/89145A


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