Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 11: An Ode to Breslover Bitachon: What the Controversy over the Rav Shalom Arush Megahit Reveals

 



Rischa D'Araisa Season 10 Episode 11:

? עוד יותר טוב
An Ode to Breslover Bitachon:
 What the Controversy over the Rav Shalom Arush Megahit Reveals


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Where Does a Chatan Light Chanukah Candles On the Night of His Wedding?

Where Does a Chatan (or Chosson 😁) 
Light Chanukah Candles On the Night of His Wedding?


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

Saturday, December 07, 2024

Rabbi Meyer Fendel zt"l

https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/400366



Rabbi Meyer Fendel zt"l

My friend Barry Jacobson has written movingly about Rabbi Fendel zt"l, whose levayah will be today:

A very great man. Rabbi Fendel ran a top-notch school, as HANC excelled in both Limudei Kodesh and secular studies. The Rebbeim were literally from the gedolei hador and mechabrei sefarim on all shas. The English department produced many students who were accepted into the top universities in America. Superb teachers and lab facilities. The warmth of the school was an extension of the warmth and kindness of the Fendel home, where their Shabbos table was a Gan Eden on this earth. Everybody was welcomed with the happiest smiles, and beautiful melodies were sung till all hours, along with inspiring words of Torah, Hashkafah, analysis of current events and the situation in Israel. Always hosted Yontof mesibos, Chanukah and Purim parties and gatherings for students, friends and the entire community. Each person was special to them and kept in touch for the rest of their lives. No words to describe their true greatness and overflowing Ahavas Yisrael and Ahavas Torah. But every vort one might want to offer at the table was always analyzed for the ethical imperative. What can we learn about being a kinder, more sensitive person from the vort. He eschewed fundamentalist or extremist approaches, and always emphasized Darchei Noam. So many tens of thousands were impacted by his great work including succeeding generations of Jews and mechanchim who continued his approach. He was inspired by the Mussar Movement of Reb Yisrael Salanter, and later by Rav Kook. 

In Reb Yisroel Salanter, Rabbi Fendel saw the importance of ethics and character development in many different middos. In Rav Kook Rabbi Fendel saw the importance of every Jew, no matter what his background or lack thereof. He saw how they all came together to rebuild Eretz Yisrael after so many years of Galut and suffering. And each person's effort was appreciated and made such an important contribution to the overwhelming success that Medinat Yisrael has become in so many areas. Economically, scientifically, educationally, militarily, and overall quality of life. He watched and nurtured the little State grow and grow in achievements, one by one, and that gave him much nachas. During the 73 war he and family were on Sabbatical and spent their time visiting and being mechazek injured soldiers. Couldn't do enough for every Jew. His wonderful family continues in his work which he shared with his wonderful wife, Goldie, who was the world leader in Hachnasas Orchim and Simchas Hachaim. May their memories be for a blessing, always.

Those of us who were lucky enough to be classmates of Rabbi Duv Fendel got an extra treat every Shabbos an hour before mincha, when Rabbi Meyer Fendel hosted us around his table for a gemara shiur. Following mincha we would go to a different boy's house for Shalosh Seudos, accompanied by beautiful zemiros and Divrei Torah and then daven maariv together. We always played ball together during vacations and organized our own year-round learning groups at nights, after school. West Hempstead was a beautiful place to grow up thanks to the vision and efforts of the Fendels. Those memories will never be forgotten, and these boys are still close friends 50 years later.

Thursday, December 05, 2024

Rabbi Avrohom Eliyahu Kaplan Episode 15: On Herzl, part 2


One of Reb Avrohom Elya's most famous pieces, concluded. 

Why Zionism and not, on the one hand, some universal ideal, nor, on the other hand, simply Torah and Mitzvos?

Text below.

















Tuesday, December 03, 2024

The Song That It Will Always Be Good, Emunah and the Holocaust


A Talk on Emunah and the Holocaust

to the girls of the 8th grade at YBH at the conclusion of their "Names Not Numbers" Holocaust program this year.

For more on that program, see: https://www.namesnotnumbers.org

The talk uses as a springboard a highly popular song by Rabbi Shalom Arush. You can hear the song at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k8uGCPxRZw

You can find an article of mine that relates to concepts of Bitachon discussed in the talk at:

or