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YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim

Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Dr. Aaron
Judaism
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Mir Yeshiva
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Rabbi Shmuel Tiketinsky
Torah
Russian Secret Police Archives
Yeshiva University
Yiddish
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
Rabbi Chaim Berlin
American Jewish Education

YUTORAH: R' Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff -- Recent Shiurim

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Meirah Weitman
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Herzog College / Jewish studies community
Episode: Responsa Literature - March 15
Leona Emanuel
Mother of Meirah Weitman
Judaism education community
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Yoshua Grinstein
Scholar in discussion
YUTORAH/Academic circles
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Rabbanashah Klein
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Episode: Responsa Literature - March 15
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Episode: Responsa Literature - March 15
Rachel Elior
Professor of Jewish philosophy, Hebrew University
Hebrew University
Episode: Responsa Literature - March 15
Sam Schechter
One of the legendary figures that graduated MTA and came to America, associated with the study of Mir
Episode: History of Eastern European Yeshivot - Mir/Kelm - February 24
Judith Hemmendinger
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Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
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4.5 out of 5 stars from 48 ratings
  • If “Modern Orthodox” Rabbanim were like him!

    I’ve been listening to HaRav Rothkoff-Rakefet Kein yirbu Shanav!

    He always tells it like it is, and a miut, in his generation of an American Born Gadol…if Rabbanim were like him….We’d be in pre-Maskilim days Shomer Mitzvos, not Shomer Mitzvos period.

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Slabodka Yeshiva – The Period Ending at WW II in Slabodka Itself. Chevron, Yerushalayim, and Bnei Brak Branches. Telz Yeshiva. Examples of How Some Decided Whether or Not To Leave Europe. The Use of Memoir Literature to Experience Being in Slabodka
Q: Did your father tell you to go to Slavotka?
No, the story about the father instructing the son to go to Slabodka was fabricated by others attempting to pull him there.
Slabodka Yeshiva – The Period Ending at WW II in Slabodka Itself. Chevron, Yerushalayim, and Bnei Brak Branches. Telz Yeshiva. Examples of How Some Decided Whether or Not To Leave Europe. The Use of Memoir Literature to Experience Being in Slabodka
Q: What is the reality of the human being?
The episode discusses the tragic decisions faced by individuals during the WWII era, highlighting the emotional and ethical dilemmas involved in their choices.
Responsa - August 31
Q: How is consent any worse than safer?
In order to learn a safer, a rebbe is needed; no one can understand the safer without a rebbe.
History of Eastern European Yeshivot - Mir - April 28
Q: How can such great rabbis make such total, complete mistakes?
Stay behind; don't go; don't leave.
History of Eastern European Yeshivot - Mir - April 28
Q: In the Shiur, you quoted Rehatzkol and you appeared to embrace it.
My own rebbe was upset with members of his family who went in Aliyah.

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The program curates scholarly discussions around Jewish history, education, and halachic thought, often centered on Eastern European yeshiva life, especially Slabotka, and the evolution of traditional Torah study in modern contexts. Episodes weave biographical sketches of influential figures with debates on authority, modernization, gender roles in Torah education, and the transmission of sacred texts. The host's storytelling and anecdotal recollections provide a distinctive, memory-rich lens on how yeshiva culture shaped Jewish learning and community practice across generations. This is likely to appeal to listeners who value rigorous historical context, nuanced rabbinic perspectives, and connections between traditional scholarship and con... more

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