Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear mannerthe flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.The Rabbi brings his immense erudition to the fore,in indicating who's who on the page,granting the mature reader a historical perspective of the Halachic process.It isn't child's play- and it might make you fall in love with Gemara learningThe page of Talmud connected with this episode can be foundhere See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahTaken from Rav Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz's,penultimate work-Arbaah Shaarim-a work earmarked for the predominantly secular members of Israeli society.(see belowRav Steinsaltz's own description)Rabbi Kivelevitz presents The Steinsaltz holistic approach to integrate secular couples into the often confusing world of Orthodox marriage.The episode touches on Modern Israeli history,birth control options to land a good calendar date for the Chupah,and an exploration of Sephardic and Ashkenazi customs surrounding this most momentous time.בית של יהודים, בכל מקום בעולם ובכל זמן, איננו יכול לחיות רק מעצם זהותם של האנשים.אנשים, בין שהם רואים את עצמם כאנשים דתיים או מסורתיים או חילוניים, צריכים שיהיו להם גם דברים שבכתב,שעל ידם יוכלו להכיר ולהיכנס בהם אל תוך המסורת שלהם.׳להיכנס אל תוך המסורת׳ – יכול להתפרש אצל כל אדם בצורה אחרת. יש אנשים שרוצים לדעת זאת מתוך עניין, אחרים מתוך סקרנות ועוד בוודאי יש רבים רבים שהיו רוצים שהדרך אל העולם הרוחני היהודי לא תהיה נעולה. אנשים רוצים בכל אופן גם גשרים וגם פתחים. דרכים וגשרים אינם מחייבים להשתמש בהם או ללכת בהם, אבל יש להם יתרון גדול: בכל עת שאני רוצה, מכל סיבה שהיא, להציץ פנימה, ראוי שאוכל לעשות זאת כיוון שהדרך פתוחה.סדרת הספרים הזו היא בת ארבעה ספרים, שהם ארבעה פתחים שונים להיכנס בהם פנימה. כמו שסיפרו על ביתו של אברהם אבינו שהיו בו ארבעה פתחים, כדי להכניס בהם אורחים מכל צד. גם ספרים אלה הם שער פתוח שאנשים יכולים – ברצותם, "כשמתחשק להם", או כשעולה דבר שהיו רוצים לדעת עליו יותר – להיכנס בו.ודאי שיש אלפי ספרים בכל הרמות שעוסקים בצורות מרובות בכל מה ששייך לעולם היהודי. אבל רובם של הספרים הללו דורשים ידיעות מוקדמות ולא מעט מאמץ כדי להבין אותם.למעשה, אנו מנסים לתת לכל אדם שיודע לקרוא בשפה העברית, סוג של דרך סלולה, שאין בה מכשולים, יותר מאשר מפתח לפתח, אם נרצה, אנו מנסים לתת לאנשים סוג של 'טרמפ' להיכנס אל תוך העולם היהודי. הם יכולים לרדת מתי שהם רוצים, ולהמשיך לנסוע מתי שהם רוצים. בדרך מסוימת אנחנו יכולים לומר שהספרים האלה הם מעין 'פגישה מוקדמת׳ עם העולם היהודי. האם ה׳פגישה' הזו תיגמר באהבה גדולה או בנישואים? הדבר תלוי בכל אדם ואדם. בכל אופן, העיקר המכוון הוא – שזו תהיה פגישה נעימה.הספרים הללו עוסקים במספר נקודות יסוד. בכולם כאחד יש גם מנות ראשונות שחוספים אותן כמעס באקראי, וגם מנות כבדות יותר שדורשות יותר לעיסה ועיכול. אבל בסך הכול הדברים הם כפי שאומרת החכמה בספר משלי (ט, ה): "לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְלַחֲמִי וּשְׁתוּ בְּיַיִן מָסָכְתִּי". הספרים נעשו בכוונת מכוון להיות קלים לגישה לכל אדם, בין לאנשים שהשכלתם גדולה ורחבה ובין לאנשים שלפעמים מסתפקים בקריאת עיתון. כל אחד מהם יוכל, בלי לסבול, ליהנות ממה שמוגש לו. יכול אדם להסתפק בטעימה מזמן לזמן, או בסעודה רצינית. מכל מקום – הדרך סלולה, השער פתוח. וכל אחד יכול למצוא בלי מאמץ כלל את הפגישההראויה לו.בסדרה הזו ארבעה ספרים, שכל אחד מהם עומד בפני עצמוהספר הרביעי יש בו היריעה הגדולה של ההלכה למעשה. לא לימוד ההלכה כנושא עיוני, אלא מה אומרת ההלכה היהודית לעשות בהזדמנויות שונות. כך שהיא עוסקת גם בדיני השבת והמועדים, במאורעות החיים השונים, וגם באותן מצוות שכל אדם מישראל יכול להיפגש בהן, ששום אדם לא ירגיש את עצמו חסר ידע לחלוטין, וכשירצה לעשות משהו – ידע מה לעשות. הדברים בספר זה כתובים בעברית שוטפת, במיעוט מונחים מקצועיים, כך שכל אדם – איש, אישה וגם ילד, יוכל לדעת מה עושים במקרה הזה. ואם יעלה בדעתו או ברצונו לעשות אותו – יבורך.ארבעת הספרים הללו ודאי אינם כל התורה כולה, אבל הם דבר טוב שיהיה בביתו של כל אדם.אלה הם ספרים שאדם יכול להשאיר אותם בבטחה בביתו. גם אם יבואו השכנים וגם אם יפתחו אותם הילדים – איש לא יינזק.עדין אבן ישראל (שטיינזלץ),Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahTaken from Rav Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz's,penultimate work-Arbaah Shaarim-a work earmarked for the predominantly secular members of Israeli society.(see below RavSteinsaltz's description)Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur onto a discussion of the significance of birthdays and interesting customs and innovations inspired by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.בית של יהודים, בכל מקום בעולם ובכל זמן, איננו יכול לחיות רק מעצם זהותם של האנשים. אנשים, בין שהם רואים את עצמם כאנשים דתיים או מסורתיים או חילוניים, צריכים שיהיו להם גם דברים שבכתב, שעל ידם יוכלו להכיר ולהיכנס בהם אל תוך המסורת שלהם.׳להיכנס אל תוך המסורת׳ – יכול להתפרש אצל כל אדם בצורה אחרת. יש אנשים שרוצים לדעת זאת מתוך עניין, אחרים מתוך סקרנות ועוד בוודאי יש רבים רבים שהיו רוצים שהדרך אל העולם הרוחני היהודי לא תהיה נעולה. אנשים רוצים בכל אופן גם גשרים וגם פתחים. דרכים וגשרים אינם מחייבים להשתמש בהם או ללכת בהם, אבל יש להם יתרון גדול: בכל עת שאני רוצה, מכל סיבה שהיא, להציץ פנימה, ראוי שאוכל לעשות זאת כיוון שהדרך פתוחה.סדרת הספרים הזו היא בת ארבעה ספרים, שהם ארבעה פתחים שונים להיכנס בהם פנימה. כמו שסיפרו על ביתו של אברהם אבינו שהיו בו ארבעה פתחים, כדי להכניס בהם אורחים מכל צד. גם ספרים אלה הם שער פתוח שאנשים יכולים – ברצותם, "כשמתחשק להם", או כשעולה דבר שהיו רוצים לדעת עליו יותר – להיכנס בו.ודאי שיש אלפי ספרים בכל הרמות שעוסקים בצורות מרובות בכל מה ששייך לעולם היהודי. אבל רובם של הספרים הללו דורשים ידיעות מוקדמות ולא מעט מאמץ כדי להבין אותם.למעשה, אנו מנסים לתת לכל אדם שיודע לקרוא בשפה העברית, סוג של דרך סלולה, שאין בה מכשולים, יותר מאשר מפתח לפתח, אם נרצה, אנו מנסים לתת לאנשים סוג של 'טרמפ' להיכנס אל תוך העולם היהודי. הם יכולים לרדת מתי שהם רוצים, ולהמשיך לנסוע מתי שהם רוצים. בדרך מסוימת אנחנו יכולים לומר שהספרים האלה הם מעין 'פגישה מוקדמת׳ עם העולם היהודי. האם ה׳פגישה' הזו תיגמר באהבה גדולה או בנישואים? הדבר תלוי בכל אדם ואדם. בכל אופן, העיקר המכוון הוא – שזו תהיה פגישה נעימה.הספרים הללו עוסקים במספר נקודות יסוד. בכולם כאחד יש גם מנות ראשונות שחוספים אותן כמעס באקראי, וגם מנות כבדות יותר שדורשות יותר לעיסה ועיכול. אבל בסך הכול הדברים הם כפי שאומרת החכמה בספר משלי (ט, ה): "לְכוּ לַחֲמוּ בְלַחֲמִי וּשְׁתוּ בְּיַיִן מָסָכְתִּי". הספרים נעשו בכוונת מכוון להיות קלים לגישה לכל אדם, בין לאנשים שהשכלתם גדולה ורחבה ובין לאנשים שלפעמים מסתפקים בקריאת עיתון. כל אחד מהם יוכל, בלי לסבול, ליהנות ממה שמוגש לו. יכול אדם להסתפק בטעימה מזמן לזמן, או בסעודה רצינית. מכל מקום – הדרך סלולה, השער פתוח. וכל אחד יכול למצוא בלי מאמץ כלל את הפגישההראויה לו.בסדרה הזו ארבעה ספרים, שכל אחד מהם עומד בפני עצמו הספר הרביעי יש בו היריעה הגדולה של ההלכה למעשה. לא לימוד ההלכה כנושא עיוני, אלא מה אומרת ההלכה היהודית לעשות בהזדמנויות שונות. כך שהיא עוסקת גם בדיני השבת והמועדים, במאורעות החיים השונים, וגם באותן מצוות שכל אדם מישראל יכול להיפגש בהן, ששום אדם לא ירגיש את עצמו חסר ידע לחלוטין, וכשירצה לעשות משהו – ידע מה לעשות. הדברים בספר זה כתובים בעברית שוטפת, במיעוט מונחים מקצועיים, כך שכל אדם – איש, אישה וגם ילד, יוכל לדעת מה עושים במקרה הזה. ואם יעלה בדעתו או ברצונו לעשות אותו – יבורך.ארבעת הספרים הללו ודאי אינם כל התורה כולה, אבל הם דבר טוב שיהיה בביתו של כל אדם. אלה הם ספרים שאדם יכול להשאיר אותם בבטחה בביתו. גם אם יבואו השכנים וגם אם יפתחו אותם הילדים – איש לא יינזק.עדין אבן ישראל (שטיינזלץ),Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the Psak in Shulchan Oruch onto the debate between the Kaf haChaim and Chacham Ovadiah Yosef as to what ramifications in terms of Hataras Nedarim the custom of women fulfilling this Mitzvah not incumbent upon them yields.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom salient Talmudic passages through the telling statements of the Rishonim,and into the rationale behind Chacham Ovadiah Yosef's youthful Psak against what had been accepted custom.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

America's Expert in Metropolitan Eruvin uncomplicates matters and presents!In recognition of the Daf Yomi'scurrent learning of the challenging Mesechta -EruvinTheIssur Ben Tzvi Hirsch Tshuvos and PoskimShiur presented a special ZOOM lecture from the world renowned author and educatorHarav Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer ShlitaMechaber ofthe acclaimed trailblazing workThe Contemporary Eruv,: Eruvin in Modern Metropolitan AreasThe Shiur cogently explained common Halachic problems with Eruvin in our American cities and provided a unique perspective of the options available for a knowledgeable Rav who discovers the issues and has to navigate a Halachic and social minefield in his responsibility to his community.Referencing various Talmudic passages,statements of Rav Shlomo Luria,The Chazon Ish and Psakim of Rav Herschel Shachter,this episode is a fascinating entry into the struggle to live authentically according to the dictates of Shulchan Oruch in a messy world.Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer has served as aRav,Rebbe,Rosh Kolleland teacher in the Chicago and New York areas. He is an an adjunct professor at Excelsior College, and serves as aDayanon the Beth Din of America. He holds an M.S. in Education (concentration in Counseling and Guidance) from Johns Hopkins University, and a Ph.D. (based on hisseferoneruvin) at the University of Huddersfield in the UK. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

The renowned educator and Principal ofSAR High SchoolRabbi Jonathan Kroll stakes out his case for the immense positive effect having competitive sports teams has on the whole student body rippling a positive attitude and adding to school satisfactionreaching even those that are not athletes or spectators.He explains the important ethical instruction his school imparts to fans that teach students to refrain from taunting and unseemly excessive boosterism.Rabbi Kivelevitz inquires as to what sports can be safely introduced in the era of Covid-19,sans the hoped for vaccine.Kroll provides some inventive real options that could actually tee off.Rabbi Kivelevitz asks about the options available for students who are not physically gifted and live in dread of the dominance of jock culture,Rabbi Kroll describes the myriad options open for those individuals in other clubs and extra curricular activities that can receive attention and be celebrated.Kivelevitz notes that unfortunately most Yeshiva High Schools and Girls schools have very limited options in this regard,with only the financially well-off able to afford enrichment schools like SAR Frisch and Ramaz.The pair discuss how intense sports familiarity among Talmidim ,can serve as a way to impart principles of strict unbending Halachic rulings,and encourage memorization of key facts and phrases that pepper the Gemara page.Finally, Kivelevitz probes his guest about the high-schooler 's ability to sustain the "agony of defeat"and suggests an adaptation of John Updike's wise words on pet owning and the ultimate demise of loved dogs."Losing the big game and absorbing the frustration realizing how life can continue unabated will pay dividends in a young person's road into an adulthood fraught with disappointments.Our ex-athletes will not be debilitated in their consciousness and persevere",Rabbi Kivelevitz opines.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear mannerthe flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.The Rabbi brings his immense erudition to the fore,in indicating who's who on the page,granting the mature reader a historical perspective of the Halachic process.It isn't child's play- and it might make you fall in love with Gemara learningThe page of Talmud connected with this episode can be foundhere See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom salient Talmudic passages,and into the details that help explain our Shofar blowing procedures-Ashkenazim and Sephardim.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Lirefuah Sheleimah ofHaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear mannerthe flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.The Rabbi brings his immense erudition to the fore,in indicating who's who on the page,granting the mature reader a historical perspective of the Halachic process.It isn't child's play- and it might make you fall in love with Gemara learningThe page of Talmud connected with this episode can be foundhere See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom salient Talmudic passages,through the codification of theRambam and the Psak of the Shulchan Oruch with the clarification of the Chazon Ish. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Lirefuah Sheleimah of HaTinok-Gavriel Ben Chayah SorahAs a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear mannerthe flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.The Rabbi brings his immense erudition to the fore,in indicating who's who on the page,granting the mature reader a historical perspective of the Halachic process.It isn't child's play- and it might make you fall in love with Gemara learningThe page of Talmud connected with this episode can be foundhere See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Challenges of Disability in the FamilyRabbi Kivelevitz engages Dr. Juni in a wide-ranging analysis of the experiences of individuals with developmental andpsychiatric Issues, and the effects these have on them and their families.Juni stresses the marked overlap between developmental limitations and emotional maladjustment of the family. Individuals (or victims, as he refers to them) are keenly aware when they are treated as less than people.Kivelevitz notes the progress our society has made, no longer hiding delayed family members in the closet.Religious inclusion-oriented social service agencies such as Yachad and HASC (among others) are lauded as commendable entities which offer vital resources to individuals and families dealing with developmental and psychiatric challenges.Dr. Juni steers the discussion beyond the confines of the special need population and stresses emphatically that ambivalence is an undeniable and even necessary part of any meaningful relationship."A key to dealing with problematic relationships is torecognize and integrate inevitable negative feelings," he declares.Sweeping emotions "under the rug" is seen by Juni in his professional capacity as a pattern of many families in the religious community.The professor has observed that in many cases, there is present a layer of denial characterized by sugar coating problems, being exuberant about difficult children, and maintaining theological theories which paint their travails as blessings from above.Juni worries that these submission tactics are merely functional band-aids for the short term and will turn into roadblocks to authentic healthy family adjustment in the face of near certain adversities of life..Doctor Samuel Juniis one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today.He has published groundbreaking original research in seventy different peer reviewed journals, and is cited continuously with respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on his theories and observations.Samuel Juni studied inYeshivas Chaim Berlinunder Rav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as aTalmidof Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchick.ProfessorJuni is a prominent member of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.Associated with NYU since 1979,Juni has served as Director of MA and PhD programs, all the while heading teams engaged in important research.Professor Juni's scholarship on aberrant behavior across the cultural, ethnic, and religious spectrum is founded onpsychometric methodologyand based on a psycho-dynamicpsychopathologyperspective.He is possibly the world's expert inDifferential Diagnostics, with each of his myriad studiesentailing parallel efforts in theory construction and empirical data collection from normative and clinical populations.Professor Juni created and directed NYU's Graduate Program in Tel Aviv titledCross-Cultural Group Dynamics in Stressful Environments.Based inYerushalayim, he collaborates with Israeli academic and mental health specialists in the study of dissonant factors and tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict and those within the Orthodox Jewish community, while exploring personality challenges of second-generation Holocaust survivors.Below is a partial list of the journalsto which Professor Juni has contributed over 120 articles.Many are available on lineJournal of Forensic PsychologyJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.International Review of VictimologyThe Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseInternational Forum of PsychoanalysisJournal of Personality AssessmentJournal of Abnormal PsychologyJournal of Psychoanalytic AnthropologyPsychophysiologyPsychology and Human DevelopmentJournal of Sex ResearchJournal of Psychology and JudaismContemporary Family TherapyAmerican Journal on AddictionsJournal of Criminal PsychologyMental Health, Religion & CulturePlease leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This episode is dedicatedלעילוי נשמתרושֶׁל בֶּן בּרוך ע"ה תנצבצ"הMr. Roshel Shamalov on the occasion of his fifth YartzheitMay his Neshama ascend ever higher in Gan Eden.A Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance!The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program.Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been.AsKlal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated thebrachaof wide attendance inShiurimand access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am humbly offering to partner with all of you on a venture of discovery.Over twenty-five years ago, I listenedwith rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said theRambam,Maimonides, was theGirsa DaYankusaof his father, which the prodigygrew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all ofMishna Torahetched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip.However,it wasin that otherMoshe, Nachmanides,that the elder Soloveichickdiscovered his intellectual approach and soul.It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick's flowering as the premier Talmudist of our times was built in great part by contrasting the words of each of these Medieval teachers in areas they had both worked on, or whereRambanlevels his often withering criticism ofRambam's position.There are scores of examples throughout Shas,and in particular in the work Nachmanides dedicated to staking his disagreements with his Egyptian counterpart-Hasagosto theRambam'sSefer HaMitzvos.In his classic toweringPerushonChumash,Rambanforcefully attacks many ofRambam's explanations ofmitzvosand interpretations of biblical events.In the coming weeks, we can together discover anew these diamond like gems ofcodification, inquiry analysis and poetic barbsthat issued from these giants.....-armed with the salient texts, and buoyed by an enthusiasm to discover, I relish the prospect of learning with you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the salient Talmudic passages,through the codification of theShulchan Oruch, clarifications of the Chida,Psakimof Rav Betzalel Shtern, guidelines of Rav Nissim Karelitz and practical directives of Rav Yitzchack Yosef. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz presents appreciations ofGedolei Deahand Halacha-Leaders in Torah andAvodahthat have passed away during the Corona Pandemic.This episode is meant to serve as anappreciation of Rav Adin Even Yisroel Steinsaltz Zt"l.As this ZOOM Shiur took place on Rosh Chodesh Elul,a time proscribed from delivering eulogies,Kivelevitz shared with his listeners a Drash delivered by the Niftar about this month that captures Steinsaltz's take on the Avodah that behooves all of us to undertake during this month before Rosh HaShana.The ideas expressed also serve as an embodiment of the incredible life arc and achievements of this incredible personage.Rabbi Kivelevitz puts in perspective the edition of the Talmud that Rav Steinsaltz produced,and provides a background for the deep connection he had to Chabad and the late Lubavitcher Rebbe Zt"l.Using the great Rabbi's own words,we can comprehend what it means to be a Chasid in modern times.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the salient Talmudic passages,through the codification of the Shulchan Oruch,Psak of the Ben Ish Chai and the guidelines of Rav Nissim Karelitz on the thorny issue of requesting favors and accepting service from your parents.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads theShiurfrom the salient Talmudic passages of who must bear the expense burden for a parent's needs through the statements of the Rashba that requests that do not directly enhance your parent's physical comfort are not part of the Mitzvah of Kibud Av.He bases his assertion on the description of the mitzvah that appears in the Gemara (Kiddushin 31b), which gives the examples of “providing food and drink, clothing them, and helping them enter and leave a building.” The class analyzes the words of Rama who quotes a ruling of the Maharik (167) that a son is not required to honor a parent’s demand that he refrain from marrying a particular woman. The Sefer Hamakneh (Kiddushin 31b )on the other hand, rules that the mitzvah of mora av va’eim (revering parents) requires one to obey a parent’s request even if it will not benefit the parent. Indeed, the Gemara (Kiddushin 31b) states that this mitzvah forbids a child to contradict his parents’ words, which, the Sefer Hamakneh believes, includes disobeying the parent’s orders.This approach is amplified by the Chazon Ish and fine tuned and codified by the latter's nephew in the Halachic classic,Chut Shani,the Peaskim ofRav Nissim Karelitz Ztz"l-Kivelevitz peppers this special episode with many real life actual situations(the desire of children to change their last name for convenience) that underscore the patent difficulty of this Mitzvah.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbi Kivelevitz welcomes Doctor Sam Juni and Rabbi Shmuel Skaist to discuss the sea of change that has occurred in the greater society at large of the acceptance of a gay lifestyle.The attitudinal shift has been generating a crisis in the Orthodox world for close to two decades as more of its members are "coming out" or confronting the difficulty of living secreted in the midst of a society that condemns their true proclivities.Professor Juni opines on the present state of Conversion Therapy and Sexual Orientation Change Efforts(SOCE) that have been promoted by the Gedolei Yisroel as mandatory options to invoke.Juni indicates his methodological and study design critiques of the papers presented so far that purportedly suggest a strong degree of efficacy for these therapeutic interventions.All of the principals of the episode agree that in the current zeitgeist,even if an effective method could be offered,it would be condemned and demonized.Juni offers insight into Freud's view on homosexuality,and Kivelevitz suggests that the idea of gender fluidity can be channeled into forming a greater compassion for those suffering.Rabbi Skaist wonders if the frum veldt is now paying the price for years of marginalizing or ignoring gay young persons,and turning a blind eye to the bullying they were the victims of.Rabbi Kivelevitz asks both his guests if they concur with the view espoused by many intelligent compassionate Rabbis that a gay person needs to redirect their energies into other areas and accept the nature of his persona without acting on it.The panel discusses some of the options offered by progressive Rabbis that have been floated that allow inclusion into the greater religious populace.Rabbi Skaist believes that a positive by-product of this quandary will be more comprehensive teaching of sexual issues to students in the Yeshiva world,instead of absorbing attitudes and information exclusively from the media and secular outlets.Doctor Samuel Juniis one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today.He has published groundbreaking original research in seventy different peer reviewed journals, and is cited continuously with respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on his theories and observations.Samuel Juni studied inYeshivas Chaim Berlinunder Rav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as aTalmidof Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchick.ProfessorJuni is a prominent member of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.Associated with NYU since 1979,Juni has served as Director of MA and PhD programs, all the while heading teams engaged in important research.Professor Juni's scholarship on aberrant behavior across the cultural, ethnic, and religious spectrum is founded onpsychometric methodologyand based on a psycho-dynamicpsychopathologyperspective.He is possibly the world's expert inDifferential Diagnostics, with each of his myriad studiesentailing parallel efforts in theory construction and empirical data collection from normative and clinical populations.Professor Juni created and directed NYU's Graduate Program in Tel Aviv titledCross-Cultural Group Dynamics in Stressful Environments.Based inYerushalayim, he collaborates with Israeli academic and mental health specialists in the study of dissonant factors and tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict and those within the Orthodox Jewish community, while exploring personality challenges of second-generation Holocaust survivors.Below is a partial list of the journalsto which Professor Juni has contributed over 120 articles.Many are available on lineJournal of Forensic PsychologyJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.International Review of VictimologyThe Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseInternational Forum of PsychoanalysisJournal of Personality AssessmentJournal of Abnormal PsychologyJournal of Psychoanalytic AnthropologyPsychophysiologyPsychology and Human DevelopmentJournal of Sex ResearchJournal of Psychology and JudaismContemporary Family TherapyAmerican Journal on AddictionsJournal of Criminal PsychologyMental Health, Religion & CultureRabbi Shmuel Skaist is theRosh Yeshivaof the Yeshiva of Newark at IDT in Newark, New Jersey and a licensed therapist,employed by the Jewish Family Service of New Jersey.He holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical Counseling from Bellevue University.He served as a Senior Lecturer atOhr NaavaWomen’s Torah Center in Brooklyn, New York for seven years.He was employed as an adjunct professor for teaching women at both Yeshiva University Stern College for Women in New York and in Bar Ilan University inEretz Yisroel.He has been a much sought after Scholar in Residence in venues across the country and delivered the keynote address at many prestigious Torah themed events.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by J

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages,through the chakirah of the Minchas Chinuch on the nature of the Mitzvah to honor one's parents with many practical differences dependent on how one rules.The Rabbi presents an in depth analysis of the formulations of Rav Elazar Azikri in this Mitzvah which have entered into normative Halacha by its codification by Chayei Adam and Rav Yitzchack Yosef.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

RabbiUri Topolosky has been the Rabbi of Kehilat Pardes – The Rock Creek Synagogue in Rockville, Maryland since August of 2013. He also serves as the Rav HaKehillah of theBerman Hebrew Academy..Rav Uri was the Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel in New Orleans for six years where he helped revitalize a community shattered by Hurricane Katrina.He is the President of the Washington Board of Rabbis, and a faculty member for the Wexner Heritage Program, and a Senior Rabbinic Fellow of the Shalom Hartman Institute.Rabbi Topolosky shares with Rabbi Kivelevitz the unique conception of his Kehillah and describes the synthesis between vibrant Torah daily life and a top flight educational institution.The exponential growth and success of Kehilat Pardes are a testament to the solid bedrock he and his wife have laid down.Uri shares elements of the Chasidic spirit and Torah that permeates his pedagogic philosophy which resonate deeply in a world in the throes of a Pandemic.Rabbi Kivelevitz prods his guest to contrast his present position with his role in New Orleans.Uri's stirring account of the survival of the Orthodox community that struggled back along with the rest of the city provides a model of sobering yet hopeful change for the better in our world.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] more information on this podcastvisityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This episode is dedicatedלעילוי נשמתיעקב בן ישראל משה ע"ה תנצבצ"הMr. Jerry PascherMay his family discover comfort from their great loss.A Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance!The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program.Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been.AsKlal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated thebrachaof wide attendance inShiurimand access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am humbly offering to partner with all of you on a venture of discovery.Over twenty-five years ago, I listenedwith rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said theRambam,Maimonides, was theGirsa DaYankusaof his father, which the prodigygrew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all ofMishna Torahetched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip.However,it wasin that otherMoshe, Nachmanides,that the elder Soloveichickdiscovered his intellectual approach and soul.It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick's flowering as the premier Talmudist of our times was built in great part by contrasting the words of each of these Medieval teachers in areas they had both worked on, or whereRambanlevels his often withering criticism ofRambam's position.There are scores of examples throughout Shas,and in particular in the work Nachmanides dedicated to staking his disagreements with his Egyptian counterpart-Hasagosto theRambam'sSefer HaMitzvos.In his classic toweringPerushonChumash,Rambanforcefully attacks many ofRambam's explanations ofmitzvosand interpretations of biblical events.In the coming weeks, we can together discover anew these diamond like gems ofcodification, inquiry analysis and poetic barbsthat issued from these giants.....-armed with the salient texts, and buoyed by an enthusiasm to discover, I relish the prospect of learning with you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbi Ysoschor Katz,Chair of the Talmud department of Yeshiva Chovevei Torah updates Rabbi Kivelevitz on what five months of teleconferencing instruction has taught him regarding student retention and pedagogy.Katz has also garnered many new insights into how deeply technology has ingrained itself in our society and how that might impact our approach to Halacha,altering heretofore assumptions concerning Hilchos Shabbas,Eidus,and areas of Kashrus.Rabbi Kivelevitz suggests methods of retaining reverence towards the pioneers of the investigation of the interface of electronic inventions and Jewish law(Rav Yitzchack Shmelkes,Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerabach,Rav Eliezer Waldenberg),while moving beyond what has been rendered outdated in our age.The pair exchange views on how to balance the need to empower students with critical examinations of text,simultaneously recognizing the personalities on the page and the enormity of their achievements See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages,important Rishonim to the words of theBeis Yosefand the Psak in theShulchan Oruchand Psakim of Rav Moshe Shternbach on the nature ofKerias HaTorah.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbi Francis Nataf is a respected educator, writer and thinker, well known for his ability to find new ways of looking attextandtradition.He is the author of the groundbreaking book on the TorahRedeeming Relevance.The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT is proud to partner with Rav Nataf to help spread his important messages to as wide an audience as possible .In this episode the Rabbi hurls a challenge."Polite public discourse is preventing us from seeing God in our world!The unspoken ground rules of liberal states should not dictate how we speak, and censor any mention of Divine Will as we understand it.We should follow the example of Christian intellectuals like Yale University's Stephen Carter, and emulate in our writings and pronouncements Judaism's Giants-Rav Ovadiah Seforno,Rav Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin and Nechama Leibowitz!"Please visithttps://francisnataf.wordpress.com/for many more articles and audio classes from Rabbi NatafPlease leave us a review or email us at [email protected] more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages to the words of theBeis Yosefand the Psak in theShulchan Oruchon whether one ever is able to engage in their own learning while the Tzibur is engaged in Kerias HaTorah.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur from the salient Talmudic passages to the words of the Beis Yosef and the Psak in theShulchan Oruchon whether we subject children to an examination to determine if they have achieved Halachic majority.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbi Kivelevitz presented a ZOOM Shiur that fleshes out the subtle complex relationship the Leviim have with the rest of Klal Yisroel.From the Shulchan Oruch's ruling on Krias HaTorah, in a case of no Kohein present,Kivelevitz draws conclusions regarding the nature of the special Kedusha of this tribe post the Churban,and in diaspora life.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz delineates the parameters of the Machlokes Rishonim concerning having a child be considered the 10th member of the prayer quorate,allowing all Devorim shebekedusha and Krias HaTorah to proceed with a quorum of ten.Kivelevitz connects the psak found in the Shulchan Oruch by Rema of "shas hadechack"to Minyanim forged during the Pandemic.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

"Do you have to be Crazy to be Religious?"Under questioning from Rabbi Kivelevitz,Doctor Juni gives voice to his startling conception of what constitutes markers for mental illness.Bucking the usual liberal bias against rigorous religious practices,the professor cogently explains how aberrant thinking is highly relative to the milieu the individual was raised and lives in.The most stringent sects of Judaism,even those ascribing near-prophetic abilities to their Rebbe,do not in themselves evince any more psychotic behavior than an atheistic conclave who deny the existence of any metaphysical forces.Juni succinctly indicates the causes of "Jerusalem Syndrome",and allays the fear of many parents of Gap-Year post-high school students,who soon discover their child has "Flipped Out" in Eretz Yisroel.He addresses the prevalence of OCD behavior in many observing religious hygiene and Kashrus laws,praising the leaders in Charedi circles who are attempting to eliminate them.Doctor Juni highlights Avraham Avinu's struggle of the Akeidah, from the perspective of Social Psychiatry,and pinpoints what the nisoyon actually was.Doctor Samuel Juniis one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today.He has published groundbreaking original research in seventy different peer reviewed journals, and is cited continuously with respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on his theories and observations.Samuel Juni studied inYeshivas Chaim Berlinunder Rav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as aTalmidof Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchick.ProfessorJuni is a prominent member of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.Associated with NYU since 1979,Juni has served as Director of MA and PhD programs, all the while heading teams engaged in important research.Professor Juni's scholarship on aberrant behavior across the cultural, ethnic, and religious spectrum is founded onpsychometric methodologyand based on a psycho-dynamicpsychopathologyperspective.He is possibly the world's expert inDifferential Diagnostics, with each of his myriad studiesentailing parallel efforts in theory construction and empirical data collection from normative and clinical populations.Professor Juni created and directed NYU's Graduate Program in Tel Aviv titledCross-Cultural Group Dynamics in Stressful Environments.Based inYerushalayim, he collaborates with Israeli academic and mental health specialists in the study of dissonant factors and tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict and those within the Orthodox Jewish community, while exploring personality challenges of second-generation Holocaust survivors.Below is a partial list of the journalsto which Professor Juni has contributed over 120 articles.Many are available on lineJournal of Forensic PsychologyJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.International Review of VictimologyThe Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseInternational Forum of PsychoanalysisJournal of Personality AssessmentJournal of Abnormal PsychologyJournal of Psychoanalytic AnthropologyPsychophysiologyPsychology and Human DevelopmentJournal of Sex ResearchJournal of Psychology and JudaismContemporary Family TherapyAmerican Journal on AddictionsJournal of Criminal PsychologyMental Health, Religion & CulturePlease leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz develops the principles of articulating Devorim Shebekedushawith a quorum of ten.He then delineates the Halachic injunction of praying with a Tzibur,and indicates the distinctions between the Rambam and the Tur in this crucial aspect of Avodah.heady use is made of the statements of Rav Moshe Feinstein and Rav Yosef Dov Soloveichick Zt"l in clarifying these everyday laws into deep intellectual directives.These are indeed issues of urgency as we scramble to sustain our Synagogues in the midst of the Pandemic. Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This episode is dedicatedלעילוי נשמת רייזע גיטל בת זאב ע"ה תנצבצ"הMrs.Rita Epstein -May her family discover comfort from this great loss.A Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance!The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program.Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been.AsKlal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated thebrachaof wide attendance inShiurimand access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am humbly offering to partner with all of you on a venture of discovery.Over twenty-five years ago, I listenedwith rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said theRambam,Maimonides, was theGirsa DaYankusaof his father, which the prodigygrew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all ofMishna Torahetched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip.However,it wasin that otherMoshe, Nachmanides,that the elder Soloveichickdiscovered his intellectual approach and soul.It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick's flowering as the premier Talmudist of our times was built in great part by contrasting the words of each of these Medieval teachers in areas they had both worked on, or whereRambanlevels his often withering criticism ofRambam's position.There are scores of examples throughout Shas,and in particular in the work Nachmanides dedicated to staking his disagreements with his Egyptian counterpart-Hasagosto theRambam'sSefer HaMitzvos.In his classic toweringPerushonChumash,Rambanforcefully attacks many ofRambam's explanations ofmitzvosand interpretations of biblical events.In the coming weeks, we can together discover anew these diamond like gems ofcodification, inquiry analysis and poetic barbsthat issued from these giants.....-armed with the salient texts, and buoyed by an enthusiasm to discover, I relish the prospect of learning with you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz traces the origins of this fundamental disagreement on how the Parshios of Tefillin need to be arranged in the Shel Rosh.From the Talmud with Rashi and Tosfos ,Kivelevitz leads this ZOOM Shiur to theRambam,Beit Yosef,Shulchan Oruch,Mishna Brurah,and the Psak of Chacham Ovadiah Yosef .Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Inspired by the sobering statements from the Daf Yomi of Shabbas 151-152.Charlie Harary internationally known investor, strategic adviser and professor and motivational speaker sits down when his schedule allows with Rabbi Kivelevitz to discuss the interface of Jewish values in the greater western World. Please leave us a review at [email protected] more information on this podcast please visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

"Hiding behind Nachmanides position on Yishuv HaAretz"Rabbi Kivelevitz presented a ZOOM Shiur that reads salient passages from a lower court ruling from Tel Aviv which granted unprecedented power to a spouse who bolted to Eretz Yisroel, penned by Rav Chaim Gedaliah Zimbalist.The episode concludes however with the points made by Rav Elyashiv and the Higher court in overturning the decision,many of which rest on the opinion of the Rambam.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahRabbi Kivelevitz reads and explains passages from the responsa ofRav Shlomo Aviner,Shlita.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahStarting with the Rambam in Hilchos Melachim,Rabbi Kivelevitz develops the halachic basis for Israeli citizens to tour the world or visit relatives outside of Eretz Yisroel.The ZOOM Shiur goes through salient passages in a Tshuva from HaRav Shmuel Vozner Zt"l and the Psak issued last year from Rav Yitzchack Yosef,the Rishon LaTzion-Chief Sephardi Rav of the country.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

In light of a number of essays and opinion piecespublished recently that reconsider the best options for the Jewish and Arab population in Israel to live in some state of harmony,Rabbi Kivelevitz asks Doctor Juni for his perspective.The professor responds with a cogently expressed explanation of Arab antagonism backed by surveys Juni and his wife,Esther conducted.He distinguishes between the minority struggles of Blacks in America,to Arabs living under Jewish state dominance in Eretz Yisroel.Juni's data indicating a stark increase in Islamic identification over the last decade cries out to be considered in any intelligent discussion on this matter.Kivelevitz wonders how the lack of religiosity evinced by a majority of the Jewish population helps feed the Islamic screed that our people represent an affront to God.The pair speculate to what extent the war deaths that haunt even the most liberal Jewish homes,precludes seeing the Arab as a co-citizen.Doctor Samuel Juniis one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today.He has published groundbreaking original research in seventy different peer reviewed journals, and is cited continuously with respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on his theories and observations.Samuel Juni studied inYeshivas Chaim Berlinunder Rav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as aTalmidof Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchick.ProfessorJuni is a prominent member of theAssociation of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.Associated with NYU since 1979,Juni has served as Director of MA and PhD programs, all the while heading teams engaged in important research.Professor Juni's scholarship on aberrant behavior across the cultural, ethnic, and religious spectrum is founded onpsychometric methodologyand based on a psycho-dynamicpsychopathologyperspective.He is possibly the world's expert inDifferential Diagnostics, with each of his myriad studiesentailing parallel efforts in theory construction and empirical data collection from normative and clinical populations.Professor Juni created and directed NYU's Graduate Program in Tel Aviv titledCross-Cultural Group Dynamics in Stressful Environments.Based inYerushalayim, he collaborates with Israeli academic and mental health specialists in the study of dissonant factors and tensions in the Arab-Israeli conflict and those within the Orthodox Jewish community, while exploring personality challenges of second-generation Holocaust survivors.Below is a partial list of the journalsto which Professor Juni has contributed over 120 articles.Many are available on lineJournal of Forensic PsychologyJournal of Aggression, Maltreatment, and Trauma.International Review of VictimologyThe Journal of Nervous and Mental DiseaseInternational Forum of PsychoanalysisJournal of Personality AssessmentJournal of Abnormal PsychologyJournal of Psychoanalytic AnthropologyPsychophysiologyPsychology and Human DevelopmentJournal of Sex ResearchJournal of Psychology and JudaismContemporary Family TherapyAmerican Journal on AddictionsJournal of Criminal PsychologyMental Health, Religion & CulturePlease leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahUsing material from culled from the groundbreakingTzurba M'Rabananlearning guide,Rabbi Kivelevitz elaborates on the fascinating prohibition of "Mionain",and its modern day relevance. From the Talmud ,Kivelevitz leads this ZOOM Shiur to the Rambam and interesting Psakim of Chacham Ovadiah Yosef,the Klausanberger Rebbe,and Rav Moshe Feinstein Z"l .Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

In the last episode before a summer break,the Rabbis debate over debates.Rabbi Bechhofer believes that it is a mistake for the RCA to sponsor a "debate lishem shamayim" of how our community should relate to the Black Lives Matter movement.Bechhofer cogently describes why responses like "all lives matter" remains deeply offensive even to blacks who don't necessarily align themselves with the movement.Having a white man assume the "critical" position and another white man respond from the "sympathetic" side,can only result in a non edifying experience,along with a possible public relations debacle.Bechhofer notes that a debate by its very nature doesn't result in admission,it is staged to produce a winner,an idea he feels is antithetical to the Torah.Rabbi Kivelevitz responds with a brief examination of works of art,ancient dialogues,and classic medieval Rabbinic literature that served as a model for Rav Moshe Chaim Luzzatto's most effective works.These were all written in the form of a "vikuach" - a way to capture interest and bring home issues in a dramatic entertaining way,and lead to a thoughtful nuanced reaction by the leader/listener.Although Kivelevitz admits it would have been more prudent to have had an African-American involvement,he feels that the RCA deserve credit for tackling the issue while other Torah agencies are silent or openly hostile.While the speakers and moderator come from a white modern-Orthodox suburban world,Kivelevitz feels that the exercise is comparable to the experiment Jane Elliot administered to her young students in the wake of Dr.Martin Luther King's assassination. The all white Iowa school children were effected by "one of their own" with the aggressive first step out towards racial harmony in the"Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise."The pair agree over the dearth of solid oratory in the Rabbinic world and both give a thumbs up to the Denzel Washington vehicle-"The Great Debaters".comments and criticism welcome [email protected] more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This episode is dedicated לעילוי נשמת רב מסעוד אשר בן ביידה ז"לMasoud Asher Perez Z"lA Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance!The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program.Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been.AsKlal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated thebrachaof wide attendance inShiurimand access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am humbly offering to partner with all of you on a venture of discovery.Over twenty-five years ago, I listenedwith rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said theRambam,Maimonides, was theGirsa DaYankusaof his father, which the prodigygrew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all ofMishna Torahetched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip.However,it wasin that otherMoshe, Nachmanides,that the elder Soloveichickdiscovered his intellectual approach and soul.It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick's flowering as the premier Talmudist of our times was built in great part by contrasting the words of each of these Medieval teachers in areas they had both worked on, or whereRambanlevels his often withering criticism ofRambam's position.There are scores of examples throughout Shas,and in particular in the work Nachmanides dedicated to staking his disagreements with his Egyptian counterpart-Hasagosto theRambam'sSefer HaMitzvos.In his classic toweringPerushonChumash,Rambanforcefully attacks many ofRambam's explanations ofmitzvosand interpretations of biblical events.In the coming weeks, we can together discover anew these diamond like gems ofcodification, inquiry analysis and poetic barbsthat issued from these giants.....-armed with the salient texts, and buoyed by an enthusiasm to discover, I relish the prospect of learning with you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbi Kivelevitz presented a ZOOM Shiur On Tisha BaV 5780 that selected some of the choicest teachings of Rav Yosef Dov Soloveichick as they appear in Harrarei Kedem.They clarify what our learning on Tisha BAv is supposed to accomplish,what is the purpose of Kinus,are we mourning more than the lack of Avodah? What exactly occurs at the time of Mincha that changes so much of the day.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahThe Suedah Mafsekes served up in Soloveichickian Splendor.Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur through passages of Harrarei Kedem a reworking of the Shiurim of Rav Yosef Dov Soloveichick Zt"l that define the meals we partake of before Tisha BAv in ways that bring a clarity to the essence of this saddest day of the year.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,In general,every episode ofFine Tuned Halachadelves into an important Halachic textand extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Jewish legal system developed and continues to guide the lives of a committed people.While the learning tends to align with the seasons we find ourselves in,we are confident it will resonate well beyond the calendar into your consciousness.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Rabbis Kivelevitz and Bechhofer take on the very well discussed question of altering the Tisha BaAv Tefillah of Nachem.Click on these hyperlinks for a thorough description of the opinions ofRav Chaim Dovid HaLeviRav Shlomo Goren,Rav Yosef Dov SoloveichickChacham Ovadiah Yosef Rav Aharon Lichtenshteinand Rav Nochum Eliezer Rabinovich Zt"l.The pair present a recipe for reconciliation and suggestions for what to concentrate on during this saddest day of the Jewish Calendar.Please respond with your input to these issues at [email protected] more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

Presenting a new Shiur that mines ancient texts for illuminating new understanding and relevance!The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz the host of the program.Shalom Ubracha-It is quite unnecessaryto state here how stressful the last few months have been.AsKlal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated thebrachaof wide attendance inShiurimand access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am humbly offering to partner with all of you on a venture of discovery.Over twenty-five years ago, I listenedwith rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said theRambam,Maimonides, was theGirsa DaYankusaof his father, which the prodigygrew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all ofMishna Torahetched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip.However,it wasin that otherMoshe, Nachmanides,that the elder Soloveichickdiscovered his intellectual approach and soul.It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick's flowering as the premier Talmudist of our times was built in great part by contrasting the words of each of these Medieval teachers in areas they had both worked on, or whereRambanlevels his often withering criticism ofRambam's position.There are scores of examples throughout Shas,and in particular in the work Nachmanides dedicated to staking his disagreements with his Egyptian counterpart-Hasagosto theRambam'sSefer HaMitzvos.In his classic toweringPerushonChumash,Rambanforcefully attacks many ofRambam's explanations ofmitzvosand interpretations of biblical events.In the coming weeks, we can together discover anew these diamond like gems ofcodification, inquiry analysis and poetic barbsthat issued from these giants.....-armed with the salient texts, and buoyed by an enthusiasm to discover, I relish the prospect of learning with you. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate

The Tshuvot Viposkim Shiur of Yeshivas Issar ViYitzchak(The Yeshiva@IDT)Presented a special shiur in 2017that tackled one of the greatest challenges confronting the communal mourning experienceof the Three WeeksShould we upgrade "nachem"?How the Gedolei Rabbanim and Poskim have counseled regarding the melancholic description of Yerushalayim and Eretz Yisroel in our tefilos despite the astonishinggrowth of the past fifty years.Featuring the hoaros insights (and personal qualms)ofזצוק"ל זי"עRav Yosef dov Soloveichick-Rav Chaim Dovid Halevi-Rav Aharon Lichtenstein-Rabbi Kivelevitz delves into the origins and meaning ofour Nusach from a historical and mystical perspective andthe possible mechanisms suggested to change terminology that seems dated and inaccurate.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.org See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate