https://ravzelaznik.blogspot.com

 

Dear Yeshivat Sha’alvim Alumni (1970–1985),

We are excited to share a meaningful project undertaken by fellow alumnus Rav Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer shlit”a. Rav Bechhofer has digitized and made available 43 rare recordings (and counting) of sichot delivered by:

• Rav Shimon Zelaznik zt”l

• Rav Yitzchok Dzimitrovski zt”l

• Rav Yitzchok Gittelman zt”l

• Rav Meir Schlesinger shlit”a

These precious recordings were originally made at Yeshivat Sha’alvim in the late 1970s and early 1980s and offer a unique opportunity to reconnect with the Torah, ruach, and voices that shaped that period in Yeshiva.

To access the recordings, please visit: https://ravzelaznik.blogspot.com

We are deeply grateful to Rav Bechhofer for preserving and sharing this rich piece of Sha’alvim’s history.

Bivracha,

Avi Rosalimsky

Executive Director, American Friends of Sha'alvim

Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Premiere: Rosh HaMidabrim: Rav Berel Wein ZT"L: Voice of Sechel, Kavod and Achdus Yisroel

https://listen.jewishpodcasts.fm/yeshivaofnewark/106326

Rischa D'Araisa Season 12 Premiere

Rosh HaMidabrim

Rav Berel Wein ZT"L

Voice of Sechel, Kavod and Achdus Yisroel

Tzidkas HaTzaddik (Reb Tzadok) 100-101: Teshuva: Izhbitz/Lublin Style!

In a weltanschauung of limited Bechirah, how do we regard Sins, and how do we understand Repentance?

Teshuva in the world of

Izhbitz and Lublin

With some novel insights into Tzaddik vs. Chasid.

Tzidkas HaTzaddik 100-101

Links to subsequent recordings in this series will appear in the comments here.

Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 38: More Amazing Stuff on Honorifics!

Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 38:

Iggeres 2 part 2, Iggeres 3 part 1:

More Amazing Stuff on Honorifics!

➧ Rabba and Rava, the two different Abbas!

➧ The abbreviations that were contracted into names!

➧ Who was called by their mother's name and why!

(Going back to Yoav ben Tzeruya)

➧ What Abaye stands for!

➧ and more!

The final segment in this series will be linked here in the comments, IYH.

Iggeres D'Rav Sherira Gaon, part 37: Iggeres 2 part 1, Fundamental Principles of Honorifics

A second, less famous, but no less basic and fascinating letter of Rav Sherira Gaon to Kairouan.

Lots of fundamental stuff on who's called by his name, who is called Rabban, who is called Rebbe and who is called Rav. And why!

Who is called Mar and who is called Rabna. And why!

Why Rabbi Yehudas HaNasi is called Rabbeinu and not Rabban.

Why is Rav called Rav and not Abba? Why is Shmuel called Shmuel and not Rav Shmuel? And why is Abaye called Abaye and not Nachmeni.

and more!

Links to subsequent recordings in this series will appear in the comments section here.