Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

Dedicated to theRefuah Shleimahof Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahThis Refuah on Shabbas episode deals with whether non-critical patients can eat food cooked for them by a Jewish staff member, can one take vitamins,supplements or lactace,and the proper way for a couple to get to the delivery room. Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his seferShulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky seehereRabbi 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

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 and a touch of sports.With a world in crisis,the need for solid Torah guidance in a personal way is greater than ever.Outside of the insulated Chasidic world where having a Rebbe is an essential part of the sociological structure of the community,it is becoming rarer to find individuals and families who rely regularly on a life coach who radiates a Torah perspective.The plethora of information and advice that is accessible on the Web seems to remove the need for having a personal Posek for many,and has enhanced the phenomenon of "Shitah Shopping",where the individual is the arbiter of the final Halachic direction which tends to be based on their own prejudices, proclivities and their egoistical sides .Primacy of social media as the connecting tissue to othersdiminishes the opportunity of face to face nuanced personal advice.GenerationXers and millennials have been notoriously disinclined to rely on voices from the older generations.Charlie Harary,in perhaps his most personal and passionate One on One interview to date,reveals who his Rebbe is,and how that mentor has guided his life.Notwithstanding Charlie's oft-stated philosophy of refusing to surrender your individuality,and never stunting your growth as a person,he sounds a clarion call here for the indispensability of having a more experienced personage shaping the direction of your life.Due to his lineage(Chasidic-Sephardi),Charlie comes to Kevod Chachamim naturally yet he begins his argument based on the principles of the Nobel Prize winning economist Daniel Kahneman that even the best intentioned individual is subject to the pressures of cognitive bias,and will routinely choose a selfish,and at times self destructive path."The Rebbe's input and listening can save a family on the most basic gashmius level!"Charlie says.Clearly taken by the subject of the conversation,Charlie sketches the different roles Rebbes have played historically,differentiating between1)the Tzaddik who has no previous relationship to you,yet you believe in,due to his saintly and holy persona-a Baal Ruach HaKodesh.2)the Talmid Chacham extraordinaire,who is retained as a purely legal resource when a halacha is beyond your grasp3)The person who has deeply inspired you with the quality and sagacity of the Divrei Torah he has delivered and becomes your "Rock" of decision and by extension,the family's CEO.Rabbi Kivelevitz asks Charlie for the recipe to latch onto that some one who stirs you,especially if he is extremely sought after by others.Charlie refers to his relationship with Kehilas Eish Kodesh and his Rebbe Rav Moshe Weinberger and explains how one should bepersistent, sharpening the point they need the input on,to make the most of the few minutes they might have with the Rebbe.While exhorting us to shoot for the stars in pursuing the well known charismatic leaders, Charlie encourages persons to reconsider Rebbeim they have already had,albeit in a different fashion.Elementary school teachers whose memories stillbrim with fondness for their past students,can be rediscovered as a great source of adult guidance,or as a conductor and provider of "protectzia" to get your foot in the door of a Gadol.As Rabbi Kivelevitz puts it in this episode,"The bridges are there,the challenge is in finding them".Charlie adds that one can't be sucked in completely by external appearances,and their Rebbe might be a clean shaven business person who lives down the block,who is a dedicated Oveid Hashem.Finally,Charlie exhorts his listeners in fervid tones to add the finding of a Rebbe to their Tefilos with the same intensity they daven for parnassah and health and Shalom Bayis.While mostly Charlie's megaphone,Rabbi Kivelevitz adds an important postscript.He puts forth the ideal Baal Habayis in Rav Yisroel Salanter's conception.One whose proficiency in learning is advanced enough to be their own posek confidently in most cases,relying on the Moreh Horaah only whentheir own scholarly research has left them at an impasse.This means,Kivelevitz claims,that the Rebbe will be called on for the whole life issues more than those that circle the Kitchen,Mikvah,and Cemetery.Charlie adds that the Salanterian approach will upgrade the limited Halachic interaction with the Posek,and allow you to grasp more of how they think as opposed to just what to do.Rabbi Kivelevitz responds with a brilliant interpretation he heard from Rav Aharon Soloveichick zt"l concerning the source of Moshe Rabbeinu's Karnei Hod.According to Rav Aharon, Chazal see a Rebbe in the mold of Moshe Rabbeinu, as one who doesn't overwhelm and dictate,giving over exact language,yet leaving much unsaid.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] out more about this podcast fromyeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcast

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material onthis pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class in general is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלThis specific Shiur is dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Caleb's grandfather,Alan Topoloskyאברהם בן זעלדא 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 the Refuah Shleimah of Tamar Elisheva Bas DevorahThis episode deals with the Yom Tov Kiddush,and explaining the oft-times misunderstood Halacha of not preparing on the first day of Yom Tov for the second. Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his seferShulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky seehereRabbi 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

This episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham KivelevitzRosh Bais MedrashThis is almost all of May 12th's Daf(Shabbas 67)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

As 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 pages of Talmud connected with this episode can be foundhereLife in a Ronald McDonald house-where you might set up an Eruv for the other families can be seen herePlease 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

Rabbis Kivelevitz and Rabbi Worch hobble past computer issues and record via telephone an important debate as to whether the time has come to study Kabbalah in earnest.Using Lag BaOmer as their departure point ,the pair acknowledge that the only cause to celebrate the day is by recognizing the contribution Rashbi's Zohar and its Lurianic interpreters have made in transforming and uplifting Jewish life.Rabbi Worch feels that the charge contained in the Zohar to bring about the redemption must be acted upon by the Jewish people by devoting themselves to the spreading of the authentic esoteric wisdom of the Torah.That, he argues, will only occur when exact Kabbalistic terminology(sephiros/zivugim/yechudim) and imagery are introduced alongside the standard fundamental Jewish concepts found in Mikra and Mishna.His co-host reminds him that this approach was aggressively suggested almost two centuries ago by Rav Tzvi Hersh of Zidotchov, yet was never adopted even in the cloistered communities of Eastern Europe.Rabbi Kivelevitz believes that the wisdom in its real sense can still thrive in the hands of the great Mystics that still study and engage in theoretical and practical Kabbalah.Rav Shimon Bar Yochai's legacy,Kivelevitz points out, has already trickled down in thousands of ways that touch our Tefillos and first assumptions of the nature of the soul and God's Providence.The Chasidic masters,he stresses, have already provided enough beautifully crafted ideas and drushim to latch onto for most,with the true strivers still able to join the ranks of the initiates.Rabbi Worch claims that the strictures placed on these studies post the Sabbatian and Frankist debacles need to be lifted in order for a post modern world Jewish community to have what it needs to quench their desire for knowing the essence of our Creator's demands on us.Rabbi Kivelevitz responds that in today's global open cyber life,uncorking the "ancient wine" could lead to its being sullied and defiled in the manner of Aleister Crowley,or turned into the New Age piffle that attracted Madonna/Esther.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

As 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 pages of Talmud connected with this episode can be foundhere and hereThis montage from Goodfellas illustrates the real danger of Jewish girls getting involved and marrying Gentile studs.As this next scene from Goodfellas indicates,there were issues from those Jewish- Gentile marriages.Please leave us a review or email us at [email protected] more information on this podcast visityeshivaofnewark.jewishpodcasts.orgyeshivaofnewark.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 deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham KivelevitzRosh Bais MedrashThis is all of May 11th's Daf(Shabbas 66)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material onthis pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class in general is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלThis specific Shiur is dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Caleb's grandfather,Alan Topoloskyאברהם בן זעלדא 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 explains why Lag baOmer is a day of Simcha,and whether performing the Chalakah is considered Tiglachas that those who follow the Arizal refrain from the entirety of the Sephirah. Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Chaim Elazar Shapiraand Rav Shlomo Zalman AuerabachRabbi 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

This episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham KivelevitzRosh Bais MedrashThis is a small part of May 9th's Daf(Shabbas64)-as well as all of May 10th's(Shabbas 65)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material onthis pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class in general is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלThis specific Shiur is dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Caleb's grandfather,Alan Topoloskyאברהם בן זעלדאPlease 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 episode deals with applications of the Law of Maakeh and eliminating dangerous situations on your property.It also begins to discuss Hilchos Yom Tov and the parameters of the heter of ochel nefesh and if it extends to smoking. Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his seferShulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky seehereRabbi 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

Rabbi Yossi Kenigsberg is the principal of Mesivta Yesodei Yisroel in Elkins Park Pennsylvania, a fledgling but vibrant High school that is part of the vast network of educational institutions under the Touro umbrella.Rabbi Kenigsberg is an educator with almost four decades of experience and has served as a principal in Torah Day schools and Yeshivos for over a quarter of a century.Along with being a supervisor for the renowned nationwide Catapult Learning where he has been intensively involved with summer enrichment learning for inner city children, he routinely consults in cases of severe learning disabilities as a licensed Wilson dyslexia practitioner.Rabbi Kenigsberg received an M.A in Mental Health Counseling in 2008.He joins his friend of over forty years,Avraham Kivelevitz, to discuss one of the most pressing endemic problems that plagues the Yeshivish school system.It is not the dearth of essential reading and writing skills in the curriculum that was the focus of New York Cityinvestigators splashed in the headlines last year .(See the important corrective article on those points by Moshe Krakowski here)The actual scandalous open secret is the incredible dropout rate of teachers assigned to those programs, and the rampantchutzpah evinced by the Talmidim, to the Jewish and Gentile instructors.The Hanhalah of the Yeshivos routinely issue stern warnings to the children, exhorting the school population toexhibit "midos tovos" and respect the qualified educators.The children are lectured to understand the importance that lays in their future by mastering the subjects being taught, yet to little avail.Rabbis Kenigsberg and Kivelevitz are both seasoned veterans of these programs and carry the memory of the apathy andabuse issuing from students,oft times coupled with incompetent administrative micromanagement that places small band -aids on large festering wounds.In his new position, Rabbi Kenigsberg has been able to implement an effective program, staffed with seasoned professionals that have earned a respect bordering on reverence from the 25 young men that comprise the present enrollment of the school.Unlike other right wing Yeshivos that have limited teleconferencing partner learning and instruction to Limudei Kodesh,( see here for On Principle's interview with a principal that explains their rationale) Yesodei Yisroel's eager student body hasno qualms in handling real-time interactive instruction throughout the three hours of the afternoon time allotted for core subjects and is arguably thriving even in the midst of the Corona lock down.Kenigsberg ascribes the success to the wonderful relationship he has with the Menahel on site, and the guidancethat organically stems from the other "Yesodei" high schools inTouro's stable:Yesodei Yeshurun in Queens, and YesodeiHaTorah in Connecticut.On one level, these schools are being developed as feeder schools for Yeshivas Ohr Ha Chaim and Landers College forMen.More significantly, through its careful hiring and creation of an environment of transparent communication,Touro seems to have found the recipe for staff pride and satisfaction.Bernard Lander's success in bringing far flung colleges under one banner, has resulted in the ability of these preparatoryschools to offer compensation commensurate with the skills of the instructors.Staff retention is widely accepted as the single mostimportant element for providing stability.Successive classes will graduate and matriculate to higher education and leave the Yeshiva High schools with an outlook towards math, science, history and English language that is unapologetically positive.Rabbi Kivelevitz speculates that unlike its larger rival,Yeshiva University, Touro doesn't have to defend a Torah U Maadaphilosophy which has caused frequent rifts between representatives of each wing.Unburdened by the shambling labyrinth-like make up of YU,where mixed messages are received by the college students regarding the primacy of Torah learning and a Rabbinic career,bochurim whohave gone through the Yesodei-Ohr Ha Chaim-Landers system understand the choices in front of them, and are groomed to enter the professional workforce as good citizens, and authentic Bnei Torah.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

With the extremely wide acceptance of the second Sunday in May as Mother's Daysee herethis episode discusses the role the mothers of the co-hosts had in shaping the trajectory of the lives their children have led.These women, both charismatic, accented European expatriates provided crucial ingredients that helped define these two unique Rabbis.The conversation touches on salient differences between the refugees from Western European countries(Bechhofer's parents) from those escapees from Russia and Poland(Kivelevitz's) in terms of the tools their homelands gave them for integration into America.Rabbi Kivelevitz also comments on the positive way the sophisticated Jewish communities of the New York metropolitan area (where the Bechhofers lived) accepted and honored the Pletei HaShoah,allowing them access and identity as American Jews.This was in sharp contrast to the refugees who relocated to smaller cities,(as in the Kivelevitzes case)where the established congregations were embarrassed by the impoverished,ragged Yiddish speakers. Despite the impressive philanthropy funnelled through local federations that enabled the survivors to eventually become financially solvent,those families were marginalized socially,always sensing their otherness.Mrs.Shulamith Bechhofer(see here for a biographical survey of her life)was a master teacher in her own right and took a strong role in "Robbie's"education from the first grade onward.As a scion of the illustrious Schochet Rabbinic family,she encouraged her oldest son to strive for excellence in scholarship and reach for Rabbinic leadership of only the highest order.She might have preferred to see Robbie as a top flight attorney,yet when he announced as a ten year old that he wanted to be a Rabbi,she arranged for him to attend preparatory camps that established Bechhofer's cosmopolitan sense of the Yeshiva world he has thrived in.With no regard to the expense,she enrolled him in Gemara enrichment programs that provided him the background to begin his formal Yeshiva studies functioning way beyond his grade level.Bella (nee Portnoy)Kivelevitz was a product of the intense communist schooling of the 1920's and 30'sthat stressed the natural sciences,as well as art ,music and literature.She matriculated into the prestigious Moscow Medical Academy and graduated at the age of 20,simultaneously awarded her degree as a full fledged Doctor and commission as a Captain in the Russian army.She encouraged her youngest son to understand fully the nature of all phenomenon and to approachdogma with skepticism,and seek answers to human problems in classic literature.Rabbi Kivelevitz remarks of her creative games that spurred him to increase his vocabulary and writefiction,and fondly recalls the plays,concerts and movies she would take him to,and the late night conversations that ensued after the classic films they watched together on an old black and white Zenith.Kivelevitz has no doubt that his love of Midrashic nuance and the literary readings of shakla vitaria he has entertained students through decades of teaching,are due in large part to her.תהיה זכרם ברוך ותנצבצ"הPlease 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 episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham KivelevitzRosh Bais MedrashThis is a part of May 8th's Daf(Shabbas63)-as well as almost all of May 9th's(Shabbas 64)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 episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham KivelevitzRosh Bais MedrashThis is a half of May 7th's Daf(Shabbas62)-as well as most of May 8th's(Shabbas 63)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

Rabbi Binny Freedman is a highly engaging and inspirational educator who has a gift for synthesizing difficult, sophisticated material in a way that inspires both the novice and the scholar. His proficiency in applying classic Jewish concepts to contemporary life in a personal and meaningful way has made him a sought after speaker throughout North America and around the world.Rav Binny speaking to his talmidim through ZOOM teleconferencing zeroes in on a section of the Parsha oft times ignored by Darshanim, the tort and damage laws that begin on Chapter 24, verse 17.These verses, particularly verse 20,שֶׁבֶר, תַּחַת שֶׁבֶר, עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן, שֵׁן תַּחַת שֵׁן--כַּאֲשֶׁר יִתֵּן מוּם בָּאָדָם, כֵּן יִנָּתֶן בּוֹ.force us to understand why the Torah couches the responsibility to make monetary compensation in terms that seem to unleash the ugly demons of vengeance.Binny references Aba Kovner and his band of Nazi killers who ultimately realized how empty and spent their killing spree rendered them.He further asks what was the need the Torah had in repeating these verses as they already appear in Parshas Mishpatim.Along with a historical portrait of the rise of the Karaite schism and the work done by Saadia Gaon to combat their influence, Binny presents Saadia's masterful refutation of the literal take on these verses that has been preserved in Ibn Ezra's commentary.By contrasting the submissive forgiving attitude evinced in Mar Brei DaRavina's Elokei Nitzor(said thrice daily in our times)to the Rambam's directives for a Talmid Chacham to react with harsh consequences toward one who had insulted him,Rav Binny begins to find the clues for when a strict unbending attitude is called for in line with a sense of Kedushas Yisroel.The Ohr HaChaim and Kli Yakar are referenced and Rav Binny buttresses their points using practical examples from traffic accidents in Eretz Yisroel.He convincingly demonstrates how even an exact payment of loss is not true Mishpat, and how the phraseology selected by God was meant to entrench the idea of how ethereal human justice is, and what our sensitivity must be to the victim's loss .Rav Binny suggests strongly from context that the same wording found in Legalistic Parshas Mishpatim is meant to elicit a different holier consciousness in Parshas Emor .We thank the Orayta Yeshivah for the use of this material-Check out more Shiurim and information on their websitehttps://www.orayta.org/Please leave us a review or comment 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

Rabbi Mark Gottlieb is Senior Director of the Tikvah Fund and founding Dean of the Tikvah and Maimonides Scholars at Yale University. Prior to joining Tikvah, Rabbi Gottlieb served as Head of School at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and Principal of the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA.His writing has appeared inFirst Things,Public Discourse,the University Bookman,the Algemeiner,andthe Jewish Review of Books. Rabbi Gottlieb is a member of the Orthodox Forum Steering Committee and serves on the Editorial Committee ofTradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought.Jewish scholars through the ages have attached multiple aspects of significance to the command to Count the days of theOmer.Rabbi Gottlieb ventures into this well-trodden domain armed with some important ideas of religious philosophers and emerges with a message desperately needed to extract us from the stultifying malaise brought on by the Corona confinement.Beginning with an idea presented by Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik in 1945,that the salient difference between a slave and a freeman is how each one perceives time,he elaborates: a slave’s lack of self-worth andinvolvement in the purpose of his labors perforce generates an emptiness in theEved's consciousness, the simple articulation of a count towards a goal, indicates that this "Hebrew" is actually an actor and author of his own life.Soloveitchik forcefully states that thisMitzvahwas the key spark that began the metamorphosis of a tribe into a nation with a purpose.In the novel historical analysis of Lord Jonathan Sacks some sixty years later, Gottlieb traces a direct line to the broadening of Soloveitchik's ideas.Rabbi Sacks suggests that, at the dawn of the Renaissance, the element that caused the West to leapfrog over the scientifically superior Chinese East was the incorporation of the Jewish sense of history and truth as part of a narrative, seeing God and humanity as unbound by the heaviness of nature that had been the focus in the Orient.Sacks goes further in suggesting that the American revolution's success in bringing deep societal change over its French and Russian counterparts was due in large part to the Founding Fathers seeing "Truth" as a story that was flexible and dynamic, moving through surprising middle stages towards a glorious ending pulled by rational human decisions but not subject to the rigidity of a philosophical system.The thinkers of Paris and Saint Petersburg conversely enmeshed themselves in a system that was soulless yet inexorable, with the resulting horrors of guillotine and gulag rising in the Revolution's wake.Rabbi Gottlieb reveals the great debt Sacks' points owe to the Scottish moral philosopherAlasdair MacIntyre, in particular to his 1981 influential work,After Virtue,which cogently charges each thinking person to seek the moral dimension of their lives and unflinchingly ask, "What story am I a part of?"Gottlieb concludes his talk, quoting the German American political philosopherErich Vögelin, explaining why the mass Revelation of God to mankind, what we celebrate as Shavuos, occurred in a desert, devoid of the noise and bustle of society, paralleling our enforced solitude in the Pandemic, as the best venue for sensing the Divine Word.The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT is proud to partner with Rabbi Gottlieb in sharing his insightsand thoughtsto as wide an audience as possible .We thank the Tikvah Fund for use of this materialPlease visithttp://tikvahfund.orgto discover the richness of the programs and educational opportunitiesoffered by that institution as well as scintillating lectures and interviewsPlease leaveusa review or email us [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 deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is a half of May 6th's Daf(Shabbas61)-as well as more than half of May 7th's(Shabbas 62)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material onthis pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class in general is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלThis specific Shiur is dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Caleb's grandfather,Alan Topoloskyאברהם בן זעלדאPlease 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 episode is a halachic guide to proper Bitachon and understanding what Chazal are really warning us from in avoiding certain situations like a Jewish census or leaving a patient alone in a hospital.Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his seferShulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky seehereRabbi 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

RenownedYadin Yadin PosekRav Gershon Eliezer Schaffel agrees to share with Rabbi Kivelevitz some of the interesting and pressing questions that the highly respected Beis Din for Choshen Mishpat in Chicago are fielding due to the government enforced shut downs and travel restrictions of the Pandemic.Is a family from the Midwest that put a deposit down last December to reserve a large wedding hall in Lakewood for a Lag B'Omer wedding entitled to a refund?Dayan Schaffel explains the subtleties in determining what "renting a hall" means and how that can determine which party had the stronger case.He elaborates on how the "non-refundable" clause that is standard in every caterer's contract can sometimes be inoperative,depending on whether there existed any possibility for the caterer to have gained other business.In another case, Dayan Schaffel and his colleagues are involved with a young American couple,who are facing law suits from their landlords in Eretz Yisroel for withholding May's rent because they are legally restricted from travelling back.The Dayanim's research into the Shulchan Oruch and relevant responsa have yielded very nuanced findings which will undoubtedly surprise you as much as they did Rabbi Kivelevitz,a Dayan himself in the Beis Din of America.Dayan Schaffel explains the parameters clearly demonstrating in this interview why the Semicha of Yadin Yadin is the height of Rabbinic scholarship,and how expertise in these matters comes from the brilliant comparisons that become iron clad precedent for the next generation.Please leave us a review hereor 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

As 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 Clips from The original Twilight Zone episode(Shadow Play) that is referenced to explain "אי איבעי תימא" is herethe remake is herePlease 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 episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is a bit of May 5th's Daf(Shabbas60)-as well as half of May 6th's(Shabbas 61)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material onthis pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class in general is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלThis specific Shiur is dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Caleb's grandfather,Alan Topoloskyאברהם בן זעלדאPlease 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 episode is a Kashrus based discussion,which deals with how we applyChazal's statements of food considered dangerous in terms ofHashgachosand directives to caterers or any mass food producers.Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his seferShulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky seehereRabbi 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

As 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 foundherePlease 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

Rav Simcha Mordechai Cook is the Menahel/Principal of the Mechina (High School)division of Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore Maryland.For over sixty years the school has been one of America's premier Charedi preparatory high schools,dedicated to fostering within its students the understanding of the Talmud in the classic Lithuanian fashion,and building Bnei Torah ready to accept leadership positions in teaching and community affairs.Rav Cook's advice and ideas are consistently sought after,due to his intelligence and clarity of purpose,backed by close to fifty years of experience in education.A trailblazing article on the goals of Charedi Yeshiva education in the 21st Century penned by Rav Cook can be found here.Rabbi Kivelevitz was a student of the present day Menahel when he was his ninth grade Rebbe in 1973; it was only natural for Kivelevitz to turn to his old roots to discover first hand how the Mechina with its intense schedule of three sedarim of chavrusa learning combined with Shiurim from Rabbeim was continuing under lock down orders in Maryland.Rav Cook describes candidly the challenges,and how through trial and error,and consultation with Gedolei Yisroel, the school set up a realistic framework,and aided by Torah Umesorah's Chrome Books (given free to every Talmid,) live interactive learning on par with other educational institutions are now continuing.The "Torah True" technological wizards of Torah Umesorah have constructed a system that allows connectivity without the perceived dangers of the Internet.see here about the wide range of programs under their umbrella.Rabbi Kivelevitz wonders about the privacy issues that can be raised with such individual monitoring capabilities in the hands of the Hanhalah.He also hopes that students that are thriving in the new set-up will be allowed to make use of the virtual distance model after the situation normalizes.Rav Cook understands fully that not one shape mold fits all,and illustrates the varied way students absorb information with a quaint vignette from his own English boyhood,see here for a hint.Rabbi Kivelevitz citing that one of the reasons for Ner Israel's leadership role in the past was its twin commitment to excellence in Judaic and secular studies, wonders how that balance with strong emphasis on the "Three R's" can be maintained from lock down.Rav Cook admits that for the sake of salvaging the fewer hours that could be demanded from their students,the rigorous demands in those subjects were perforce toned down. The students are viewing pre-recorded lessons from their actual instructors, and taking tests on the honor system.The pair of old friends engage in quite a dose of reminiscences from times past and the challenges the young Rebbe had with the precocious Kivelevitz child. Rabbi Kivelevitz reminds his Rebbe of how Rav Cook once caught him with musical contraband(a cassette of Top 40 hits) and the consequences that ensued.Here (for a video) or here (for just audio)is what was Kivelevitz was listening to when he was caught............remember to shut it off when your Mashgiach walks in.....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 episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is a bit of May 4th's Daf(Shabbas59)-as well as most of May 5th's(Shabbas 60)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material on this pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class in general is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלThis specific Shiur is dedicated to the Refuah Shleimah of Caleb's grandfather,Alan Topoloskyאברהם בן זעלדאPlease 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 episode is a Kashrus based discussion,which deals with how we apply Chazal's statements of food considered dangerous in terms of Hashgachos and directives to caterers or any mass food producers. Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his seferShulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky seehereRabbi 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 confronts the uncomfortable issues of Death,the nature of immortality and the intellectual confusion that our modern era is mired in.We are at a a loss in finding the salient Jewish spokesmen from our vast literature.Rabbi Nataf deftly underscores that our serious unflinching way in understanding death and immortality will shape commensurately how we look at, and navigate through, life.Please visithttp://www.francisnataf.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

As 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 foundhereSpanky and the Gang,and the He Man Women Hater's Club are on display hereand The tzadekes Miss Crabtree can be seen here 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 episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is May 3rd's Daf(Shabbas58)-as well as most of May 4th's(Shabbas 59)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material on this pagehereand this page hereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלPlease 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 episode deals with listening to music during Sephirah-a topic not covered by the Mishna BrurahRabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky from his sefer Shulchan HaLeviOn Rav Belsky see here Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha,.In general,every episode of Fine Tuned Halacha delves into the Mishna Brurah and extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Halachic system developed and continues to guide the lives of committed Jews.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] 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

Rabbi Kivelevitz and Rabbi Worch reach into their own personal histories,and parenting choices in discussing the true meaning of the adjuration of Chazal in Pirkei Avosרַבִּי נְהוֹרָאִי אוֹמֵר: הֱוֵי גוֹלֶה לִמְקוֹם תּוֹרָה, וְאַל תֹּאמַר שֶׁהִיא תָבוֹא אַחֲרֶֽיךָ, שֶׁחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ יְקַיְּמֽוּהָ בְיָדֶֽךָ, וְאֶל בִּינָתְךָ אַלתִּשָּׁעֵן.Was Rebbe Nehurai counselling a student to leave his place specifically when his Makom was not a place of Torah? This was the explanation of the Mishnah given by most of the Medieval Commentators-Rashi -Rambam-Rabbeinu Yonahsee heredown to the Bartenura and Rav Chanoch Zundel(The Eitz Yosef).A more novel interpretation was put forward by Rav Yisroel Lipschutzherestating that even if there are teachers and a viable institution where a person was born and raised, the only way for him to blossom into greatness,is to leave friends and family behind ,and find through struggle and sacrifice his mature attitudes and strengths as a thinker and Talmid Chocham.Rabbi Kivelevitz notes that Lipschutz's words have guided generations of young people and their parents to send their children away,but at what he feels has been a great price that the present generation cannot afford to pay.Rabbi Worch challenges his co-host, stating that the major accomplishments of Kivelevitz's life are due to his having left home at thirteen to face the crucible of the ultra competitive,demanding military school air that was fostered in Ner Israel of Baltimore.Worch wonders if Kivelevitz would have ever been driven to amass knowledge and work on becoming a Dayan,had he been still pampered at home.Rabbi Kivelevitz believes he would have absorbed more human skills and compassion,and not slid into the hard cynical shell,that adolescents had to build for themselves to survive the onslaught on identity that being away fosters.He regrets the years spent away from his parent's wisdom,and points to Torah Giants of the 20th and 21st centuries(Rav Soloveichick and the recently deceased Rav Yaakov Perlow)who thrived under home influences.Rabbi Worch feels that those exceptions prove the rule,and while some students for emotional and social reasons need the comforts of the local small-town Yeshiva,the system now in place; the exclusive prep school Mesivta where the best and the brightest from across the land aspire to attend, is the best guarantor for Gedolim in the future.While not denying the greatness that has emerged from Philadelphia or Telshe Alumni,Rabbi Kivelevitz worries about the social and community skills that only receive proper tending when students are able to frequently return home.Rabbi Worch explains why he decided to send his oldest son away,to literally walk in his father's footsteps,and why he feels no regrets.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

As 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 foundhereBackground on Hillel and Shammai and Gabinus and the abolishment of the Sanhedrincan be found herePlease 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 episode deals with materialhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is Shababas May 2nd Daf(Shabbas57)-as well as half of today's May 3rd(Shabbas 58)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

The Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents a unique offering to the Torah world.We are all aware of the Daf Yomi,learning throughTalmud Bavlia page a day-Now you have the ability to follow master teacher Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz through the lesser learnt Talmud ofEretz YisroelorYerushalmi-Sunday through Thursday weekly!This episode concerns material on this pagehereGain an understanding ofSeder Zeraim,that explore the agricultural laws ofEretz Yisroel,and enjoy the crisp logic on display by theAmoraim.Listening regularly will sensitize you to the salient differences between the two Talmuds on a host of issues.Join Rabbi Kivelevitz's students,Daf Yomi Bavli veterans, who are participating in ZOOM teleconferencing and really appreciating the general approach theYerushalmihas in solving Halachic difficulties,oft times cutting to the heart of the matter in language that resembles the cogent definitions of the Great Sephardic Rishonim-Ramban,Rashba,andRitva.The class is dedicated to the continued health and growth in all ways of Caleb Nathan Topoloskyכלב נתן בן אליעזר יעקב ורנה רחלPlease 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

The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT now offers a daily learning program that will excite you about theMishna Brurahagain.This episode centers on the pages foundhereand hereTaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz who has spent the last eight years writing and teaching for Dirshu International's Daf Yomi B'Halacha,every episode delves into this classic text and extracts important nuggets of direction,history and most importantly,an understanding of how the Halachic system developed and continues to guide the lives of committed Jews.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] 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

Sparks begin to fly as Rabbis Kivelevitz and Bechhofer begin to talk about whether new enjoyments and insights,particular to this period of enforced isolation and fear can be gained from delving into the unchanged text of the Siddur.Rabbi Kivelevitz casually presses Rabbi Bechhofer to expand on comments he has made on and off the air,first, how he is relishing his private Tefilos,second, that he doesn't believe that the prayers of our generation can really make the difference in ending the Corona Crisis.Rabbi Bechhofer stays true to his Litvak genes,and denies feeling any specific enjoyment while being satisfied that he can now say every word of Pesukei DaZimrah. Essentially he davens as he always has.He further adds that it is dangerous to give people the sense that their Tefillos can penetrate the Shaarei Shamayim and stave off suddenly an organic growing plague when death abounds.Responding from a completely different perspective,Rabbi Kivelevitz invokes the Chasam Sofer's description of the Siddur as Kodesh Kodeshim.Kivelevitz suggests that what Rav Sofer means is that the intensely private and unique Kavanos that are imbued into the words,form a direct guiding shaft for our soul to bond again with its Source.By its very nature, the intent of Tefilos must change in every stage of life we pass through,and while saying the same sentences,the true meaning will differ subtly from generation to generation.Kivelevitz shares three Corona inspired interpretations that he has dwelled on,even beyond the Zman Tefillah.These are the sections that are remarked uponHereHereHereRabbi Kivelevitz then claims unstintingly that every one should believe that his or her heart felt appeal might be the one, added to Klal Yisroel's ,which turn the tide,and lifts this scourge from us.Rabbi Bechhofer stays adamant that while Tefillah can bring spiritual change internally to the supplicant and reinforce and strengthen his connection to Kedusha,one must guard themselves from delusions that will backfire into depression.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 episode deals with material hereand hereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is Friday May 1st's Daf(Shabbas 56) and part of Shababas May 2nd(Shabbas57)-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

The material studied in this episode can be foundhereAs a service to so many of Klal Yisroel who are in lock downThe Yeshiva of Newark@IDT presents the Daf Yomitaught by Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz Rosh Bais MedrashThis is Thursday April 30th's Daf(Shabbas 55 and half of Friday May 1st( Shabbas56)-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

Rabbi Mark Gottlieb is Senior Director of the Tikvah Fund and founding Dean of the Tikvah and Maimonides Scholars at Yale University. Prior to joining Tikvah, Rabbi Gottlieb served as Head of School at Yeshiva University High School for Boys and Principal of the Maimonides School in Brookline, MA.His writing has appeared inFirst Things,Public Discourse,the University Bookman,the Algemeiner,andthe Jewish Review of Books. Rabbi Gottlieb is a member of the Orthodox Forum Steering Committee and serves on the Editorial Committee ofTradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought.As theseParshiosintroduce the concepts ofChukimandMishpatim, specifically as they relate to the laws that govern sexual behavior, Rabbi Gottlieb presents a cogent examination of the traditional terminology ofChokandMishpatand how they have been understood over the centuries.Beginning with salient passages in the Talmud, Rabbi Gottlieb examines the definitions offered bySaadia Gaonas well as the nuanced usage made by theRambamin his commentary to theMishnaand inMishneh Torah.Rejecting the archaic translations that still hang cumbersomely around these crucial terms, Gottlieb looks to the definitions used by the Talmud, especially the phraseדין הוא שיכתבas being open to two competing interpretations.While acknowledging that the formulations of thinkers as important as Rav Aharon Lichtenstein and Rabbi David Novak as equatingMishpatwith completely organic Natural Law has been useful for reading the Torah system against the backdrop of a more universal lens, Gottlieb recognizes that the approach of seeingMishpatimas Divine Directives, whose logical hooks lend themselves to become chains of utilitarian limits on a society through common consensus, is likely more of a piece with what the term Biblically implies.In our post-modern time both traditional approaches toMishpatimandChukimare in danger of being rejected by theZeitgeist, which could render the categories obsolete, Gottlieb suggests.He therefore puts forth a nuanced idea championed by Rabbi Menachem Schrader that these categories are fluid, and one generation'sMishpatcan become another'sChokand vice versa.Rabbi Gottlieb finds a strong traditional precedent for Schrader's idea in the words of the Piasecne Rebbe inChovas HaTalmidim, where he describes how the emotional and intellectual comfort withMishpat, can be channeled through deep fervor into anyChok, giving the Jew who submits to the complex detail of ceremonial or sacrificial law the overlay of a child wanting to kiss his heavenly Father on the mouth.The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT is proud to partner with Rabbi Gottlieb in sharing his insightsand thoughtsto as wide an audience as possible .We thank the Tikvah Fund for use of this materialPlease visithttp://tikvahfund.orgto discover the richness of the programs and educational opportunitiesoffered by that institution as well as scintillating lectures and interviewsPlease leaveusa review or email us [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

Rabbi Binny Freedman is a highly engaging and inspirational educator who has a gift for synthesizing difficult, sophisticated material in a way that inspires both the novice and the scholar. His proficiency in applying classic Jewish concepts to contemporary life in a personal and meaningful way has made him a sought after speaker throughout North America and around the world.In this brief but effective talk,Rav Binny speaking three years ago,after the emotional whirlwind period in Eretz Yisroel of Yom haShoah and Yom HaZikoron uses imagery fresh in his student's minds from the fallen at Har Herzel to relate to the gauntlet of Aharon,having to soldier on after his children had perished.Mentioning a woman he knows,an Aushwitz survivor, who lost a child as a member of the IDF,he marvels at her positive disposition.Binny uses her nobility to inform himself as to why God would command the strange ritual of sending the Saer to Azazael on Yom Kippur.Quoting a Ramban,that on the surface,Rav Binny labels as the strangest lines in Nachmanides literary oeuvre,he proceeds to use a powerful psychological insight of Rav Yosef Dov Soloveichick to explain how Tshuvah from Ahavah can resonate for all of us.We thank the Orayta Yeshivah for the use of this material-Check out more Shiurim and information on their websitehttps://www.orayta.org/Please leave us a review or comment 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

In a special Shiur given by Rav Yitzchak Grossman one of the most dynamic spiritual figures of our timeat IDT last year TheChief Rabbi of Migdal Ha EmekFounder of “Midgal Ohr”addressedmen and womenIn the Beis Medrash in afascinating,uplifting and inspiring talk of what we are meant to extract from the Mitzvah of Sefiras HaOmer.Rabbi Yitzchak'sGrossman’s institutionshave given meaning to tens of thousands of the underprivilegedWhile his will,determination and wisdomhave been mighty tools in bondingmany of the diverse factions of our people together towards our Creator.We are presenting this Shiur as a source of Chizuk to Klal Yisroel in this difficult time.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

Rabbi Worch-Co host of theChavrusaand acclaimed translator of theBnei Yessascharelaborates on two carefully selected sections of the famed mystic and commentator,Rav Moshe Alshich,one from Acharei Mos and its description of the Avodah of Yom HakippurimThat passage can be found hereWith fine tuned reading of the verses,the Alshich emphasizes Aharon's complete exoneration from the sin of the Golden Calf,and the purpose of the special linen garments,and twin Chatas goatsRabbi Worch then turns to what appears a pedestrian passage about agricultural laws in ParshasKedoshimPlease find that -hereWith the Alshich's careful attention to stylistic changes in the Biblicalverses,coupled withcogentreferencing of the contractual details of marriage arrangements as laid out in the Talmud,Rabbi Worch presents Peah as a paradigm of how community relations and attitudes need to develop in order to have a holy society that affords dignity to all its members.Way beyond a mere translator,Rabbi Worch places the material in context with Halachic directives in Tzedakah from the Rambam,evocative statements of the saintly Levi Yitzchak of Berditchevand a few witty classic Jewish epigrams.We thank the Illinois Center for Jewish Studies for the use of this materialPlease 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