The World of the Yeshivas

The years immediately preceding WWI were considered the glory days of Slabodka's long history. Let's meet the personalities and hear the stories of the period when the Alter of Slabodka had his greatest impact on the future of the Torah world.

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The Golden Age of Slabodka

The decision to travel across the world to a third-world country in order to study at a Yeshiva wasn't a simple one. In this podcast we'll profile several individuals such as R’ Avigdor Miller, R’ Gedalia Schorr, R’ Dovid Bender & Rabbi Harry Epstein who persevered and eventually made an indelible stamp on American Jewish life as a result.

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Yankees Abroad: Foreigners in the Great European Yeshivas Vol II

Antisemitism, Immigration & Jewish Athletes: How Current Events Became Lessons at the Mir Yeshiva

On his 54th Yahrtzeit, listen to Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky share two incredible stories about Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, the Mir Rosh Yeshiva who lost it all in Europe and rebuilt a vast empire of Torah in Eretz Yisroel, yet spent his life ensuring that there was room for all Jews inside the Koslei Bais Hamedrash.

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R' Aaron Lopiansky: The Greatness of R' Lazer Yudel Finkel

Famous for trailblazing a new analytical style of Talmudic Study at the Volozhin Yeshiva, R Chaim Soloveitchik's name is hallowed throughout the Torah world. As Rabbi of Brisk, he became known far and wide for his compassion for the downtrodden.
In the public sphere, R Chaim became a spokesman of his people and took a stance on many issues facing the Jewish world of his day. In honor of his 101st Yahrtzeit, we'll take a glance R Chaim's leadership role in society.

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Voice of Clarity: A Tribute to Rav Chaim Brisker

With the arrival of the war, Rav Kalmanowitz was dispatched to the United States in an attempt to raise funds for the Mir Yeshiva who were now refugees in Lithuania, having escaped from Soviet occupied Eastern Poland. This evolved into an attempt to assist other Yeshivas and their Rabbis, and later on in the war extended to overall rescue activities within the framework of Vaad Hatzalah. A dynamic rescue activist, he spearheaded many of the rescue activities during those trying times.
Following the rebuilding of the Mir in the US after the war, he then turned to a new phase of activism - both physical and spiritual - within the Sfardic communities in Morocco, Syria & Egypt.

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To Save A World: The Storied Life of Rav Avraham Kalmanowitz Part II

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