The Hakdamah (Introduction) to the Sha'arei Yosher by Rabbi Shimon Shkop zt"l

https://youtu.be/3XQ1DldJTXI?si=0dAe5GCQH_ucAEo3

Forgive the hyperbole, but as noted in the excerpt I often say with only the slightest exaggeration that this essay is the most important piece of Jewish Thought written in the past 500 years. 

An excerpt from:

 "Great Rabbinic Thinkers: Rabbi Shimon Shkop Part 7," 

Rabbi Dr. Marc Shapiro's series for Torah in Motion. 

Prof. Shapiro invited me as a special guest to teach this truly timeless and always timely classic. The full episode is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2ETIlz6-GU

 

Rischa D'araisa Season 12 Finale: To Bring to Kever Yisroel: Pride in Trying. In Memory of Elik Topolosky Z"L

 

Rischa D'araisa Season 12 Finale:

To Bring to Kever Yisroel: Pride in Trying

In Memory of Elik Topolosky Z"L

https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/116122

Please consider donating for Elik's Widow and Children

https://kehilatpardes.app.neoncrm.com/forms/bereavement

Imagery and Imagination and Yetzi'as Mitzrayim (The Exodus from Egypt) - and the Pesach Seder

How to use imagery and imagination to experience Yetzi'as Mitzrayim

(the Exodus from Egypt)

From Hachasharas Ha'Avreichim by Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira,

the Piaseczno Rebbe זי"ע הי"ד.

Austritt (Separatist Orthodoxy): Rav Kook vs. Rav Hirsch

Rav Kook for People who are not Adherents of Rav Kook's Thought: Orot part 64

Subsequent episodes in the series will be linked in the comments here.

Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook's harsh rejection of Rabbi Samson Raphel Hirsch's principles of Austritt (Separatist Orthodoxy). You can find a brief overview of the issues at https://youtu.be/SbNYx9L7LNk

Without naming names, Rav Kook comes out firmly on the Wurzbuerger Rav's side. We explore the issues.

https://youtu.be/PogncLB-ir8?si=RaOTdRS4Jpmr0TdK

A Shiur on Nisan and Renewal, and on Pesach and Liberty vs. Freedom

 

A remote shiur given via WhatsApp to the Buseta Synagogue community in Uganda. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071282243572