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YU-Puah Online Course in Reproductive Health and Halacha A PUBLICATION OF THE RABBINIC ALUMNI OF THE RABBI ISAAC ELCHANAN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY • AN AFFILIATE OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY CHAVRUSA Volume 47 • Number 1 אין התורה נקנית אלא בחבורה (ברכות סג:) September 2012 • Tishrei 5773 YU-Puah Online Course Community in Focus: in Reproductive Health Southfield, MI and Halacha Page 18 Page 5 In This Issue Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary Richard M. Joel Page 5 YU-Puah Online Course in PReSIdeNT, YeSHIVa UNIVersity Reproductive Health and Halacha Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm CHaNCellOR, Yeshiva UNIVersity ROSH HaYeSHIVa, RIeTS Rabbi Joel M. Schrieber CHaIRMaN OF THe BOaRd OF TrusteeS, RIeTS Page 16 Special Feature Rabbi Yona Reiss Musings of a Mourner Max aNd MaRION GRIll deaN, RIeTS By Rabbi eliav Silverman Rabbi Kenneth Brander daVId MITzNeR deaN, CeNTeR for THe JewISH FUTURe Rabbi Menachem Penner aSSOCIaTe deaN OF OPeRaTIONS Rabbi Zevulun Charlop deaN eMeRITUS, RIeTS SPeCIal adVISOR to THe PReSIdeNT ON Yeshiva aFFaIRS Page 19 Special Feature Community in Focus: Rabbi Robert Hirt Southfield, MI VICe PReSIdeNT eMeRITUS, RIeTS Rabbi Chaim Bronstein administrator, RIeTS Rabbi Adam Berner • Rabbi Binyamin Blau Rabbi Kenneth Hain • Rabbi Elazar Muskin Page 3 In Pictures Page 10 Recently Published Books Recent Events at Rabbi Moshe Neiss • Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Rybak Yeshiva University Rabbi Shmuel Silber • Rabbi Perry Tirschwell Page 15 Special Feature Rabbi Elchanan Weinbach • Rabbi Howard Zack Rabbinic Alumni Implications of Gynecological Page 7 Procedures on Hilchot Niddah Recognition of dues paying Rabbi Eliezer Zwickler By Rabbi Gideon weitzman, YeSHIVa UNIVersity RaBBINIC advisory COMMITTee members and amud director, Machon Puah, Israel Hamusmakhim CHaVRUSa Page 8 Divrei Chizuk Page 23 Special Feature a PUBlICaTION OF RIeTS RaBBINIC alUMNI Ayin Tovah Can Divorce be Civil? By Rabbi assaf Bednarsh By Rabbi Menachem Rosenfeld Rabbi Ronald L. Schwarzberg dIRector, THe MORRIS aNd Gertrude BIeNeNFeld Page 9 Book Review dePartmeNT OF JewISH CaReeR deVelOPMeNT Kuntres Yerach Tov Page 25 Special Feature aNd PlaCeMeNT By Rabbi elchanan adler Mythology and History in Their Reviewed by Rabbi Times and Places Rabbi Levi Mostofsky Raphael Stohl By Rabbi zev eleff editor-IN-CHIeF, CHAVRUSA Page 29 Lifecycles Noson Waintman editor, CHAVRUSA Ms. Keren Simon editorial Policies AssistaNT editor, CHAVRUSA • CHAVRUSA will consider articles and letters for publication. Rabbi Robert Shur • Books authored by musmakhim that are reviewed by musmakhim will be considered for GRaphics aNd layout, CHAVRUSA publication as well. CHAVRUSA is published by the Rabbinic alumni of the Rabbi Isaac • Obituaries about and authored by musmakhim will be considered for publication. elchanan Theological Seminary, through the office of Yeshiva University’s • CHAVRUSA aims to maintain the Hebrew pronunciation style of the author of the article. Center for the Jewish Future. Yeshiva University’s Center for the Jewish Transliterations follow the author’s preference i.e. academic, ashkenazic, modern Hebrew Future serves as the community service arm of the Rabbi Isaac elchanan or the like. while we will remain consistent within articles, each author will be afforded to Theological Seminary (RIeTS). It continues the work of the Max Stern transliterate within his comfort level. division of Communal Services which, for over 60 years, has served as one of the premier service organizations for the Jewish community. • CHAVRUSA reserves the right to edit articles received for publication, and will make every effort to show a draft form to the author prior to publication. 500 west 185th St. Suite 413 • New York, NY 10033 • Contributions may be sent to [email protected] 212-960-5400 6014 [email protected] •www.yu.edu/cjf • In addition to CHAVRUSA magazine, articles and divrei Torah may also be submitted for publication in the weekly Rabbinic alumni e-newsletter. Please e-mail them to editorial contributions and submissions to CHaVRUSa are welcome. [email protected] This publication accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. all submissions are subject to editing and are used at the editor’s discretion. Opinions expressed in this publication do not reflect 2 official Seminary and/or University policy. CHavrusa • TISHReI 5773 In Pictures Rabbi Yaakov ariel, chief rabbi of Ramat Gan and president of Tzohar, visits Yeshiva University February 9-14, 2012 Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel Visits Yeshiva University delivers Shiur to Students, Meets with Roshei Yeshiva March 28, 2012 Rabbi dr. Samuel Belkin Memorial lecture Given by Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Kollel of the Marcos and adina Katz Kollel and the Nathan and Vivian Fink distinguished Professorial Chair in Talmud, on the topic of “Innovation and Halacha: Machine vs. Hand Shmurah Matzah.” March 29, 2012 3 CHavrusa • TISHReI 5773 In Pictures Yom Ha’atzmaut Se’udat Hodaah This past Yom Ha’atzmaut concurrent with the usual festivities at Yeshiva there was a special se’udat hodaah to mark the day. a festive meal was served and several roshei yeshiva, including Rav Hershel Schachter addressed the standing room only crowd of talmidim and rebbeim. This was followed by spirited spontaneous singing and dancing by our talmidim who were joined by their rebbeim in a beautiful display of hakart hatov to the Ribbono Shel Olam. There was also a second wonderful se’udah on Yom Yerushalayim. april 26, 2012 Yom Iyun II for the Machon Puah Course at Yeshiva University Joint Certificate Program on Medical and Halachic Issues associated with Infertility april 30, 2012 Yeshiva University Begins the New zman august 2012 4 CHCHavrusavrusa a• • T ISHRadaRe I5771 5773 News CONTINUING RaBBINIC edUCaTION YU-Puah Online Course in Reproductive Health & Halacha A recently completed six month fertility and reproduction. Based in Israel, Continuing Rabbinic Education Machon Puah has helped thousands of opportunity offered by the Center for couples suffering from infertility through the Jewish Future brought together 43 the process of building a family, and rabbis and semicha students from three has provided professional expertise to countries both online and in person to the general public (including rabbis, learn about issues of fertility, from both physicians, healthcare providers and a medical and halachic perspective. couples) through a wide variety of Important contemporary topics were lectures, seminars and training courses. discussed, including “Egg and Sperm Throughout the course, participants also Donation,” “Fertility Treatments,” benefited hearing from several Roshei and “Birth Control.” Participants were Yeshiva of RIETS, and leading medical provided with extensive supplementary experts in the field. resources and readings posted to a special Join us next year for an exciting new course website, and received a certificate continuing rabbinic education course on upon successful completion of the final Rabbinic Marriage Counseling: Defining exam. The CJF was excited to partner Roles, Enhancing Skills. n in this endeavor with Machon Puah, a world renowned resource in areas of We are proud to recognize our 43 course participants Yonah Bardos Peter Kahn Benjamin Samuels Eli Belizon Wesley Kalmar Etan Schnall Avrohom Bergstein Maurey Kelman Jonathan Schwartz Craig Berkowitz Benjamin Kelsen David Shabtai Reuven Boshnack Eli Kohl Simi Sherman Jonathan Cohen Gad Krebs Moshe Shulman Michael Davies Meir Lipschitz Tzvi Sinensky Ephraim Epstein Neil Maron Zevi Spitz Aaron Feigenbaum Binyamin Marwick Dovid Sukenik David Fine Motti Neuburger Sam Taylor Zev Goldberg Adir Posy Lawrence Teitelman Dovid Gottlieb Chaim Poupko Yehuda Turetsky Barry Hartman Nosson Rich Richard Weiss Mordechai Hochheimer Daniel Rockoff Gedaliah Jaffe Dovid Rosenbaum 5 CHavrusa • TISHReI 5773 News Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel delivers Shiur to Students, Meets with Roshei Yeshiva Rabbi Shlomo Amar, the Sephardi Chief Charlop, dean emeritus of RIETS; Rabbi Rabbi of Israel, paid a visit to Rabbi Isaac Hershel Schachter, Nathan and Vivian Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) Fink Distinguished Professorial Chair in on March 28. Upon arrival he was greeted Talmud; and Rabbi Mordechai Willig, by Rabbi Eliyahu Ben-Haim, Maxwell Rabbi Dr. Sol Roth Chair in Talmud and R. Maybaum Memorial Chair in Talmud Contemporary Halacha, among others. and Sephardic Codes; Rabbi Dr. Herbert This was Rabbi Amar’s third visit to the YU Dobrinsky, vice president for university campus in recent years. affairs and Rabbi Moshe Tessone, director “Hakham Amar’s visit to Yeshiva of YU’s Sephardic Community Program. strengthens the relationship between our The chief rabbi, also known as the roshei yeshiva, the RIETS administration Rishon LeZion, delivered a shiur [lecture] and the office of the chief rabbinate of the to hundreds of students in the Glueck State of Israel,” said Rabbi Tessone. “His Beit Midrash, after which he participated visit is also significant to the Sephardic in a luncheon with various roshei yeshiva population on campus which benefitted and members of the YU faculty and from hearing his words and participating administration including Rabbi Yona in the mitzvah of kabbalat pnei hakhamim Reiss, Max and Marion Grill Dean of [receiving great Torah luminaries].” n RIETS; Chancellor Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, Rosh HaYeshiva; Rabbi Zevulun RIeTS wexner Kollel elyon Fellow on end of life Issues Rabbi David Shabtai, MD, ’09R recently religious discrimination in medical treatment,” published his first book, Defining the Moment:
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