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Rabbi Shimon Schwab: Comparative Jewish Chronology. Original Version
HANNAH MEYER-BREUBR to be a mother. To her, motherhood is not a vocation through ~, accident of birth or of choi~nay, it is a natural outgrowth of her \ - entire view of the world and of life, with instinctive or intuitive certainty depending upon her potentialities. In ~ vocation, the RABBI SIMON SCHWAB Jewish woman becomes complete, and frees herself from the anxiety and limitations of the earthly, sphere for the selfless devotion to and , agreement with the eternal structure of the universe: the plan of God's sovereignty. And if she devotes herself to it with the entire strength and moral energy of her personality, in resi1W,ation and painful sacrifice of her own ego, then she, who today still experiences I. upon her own self the commandment "let there be life," handed down by the Creator, with the same directness as heaven and earth experienced it. on the FIrst Day of Creation, will derive, from the Comparative Jewish Chronology choir of spheres of the universe in which she finds her rightful place, freely and in self-determination as an individual, as a chord losing itself in the womb of the whole, that very harmony of per sonality which wip ripen unto her as the most precious fruit of A. all her life. ~ \, 1. The Jewish world era (or Aera Mundi) according to which the present Jewish year 5722 corresponds to the secular year 1961:-1962 of the Common Era (CE) is based upon chronological data provided by the T'nach and by Rabbinic tradition. 'J' ..... The Biblical data up to the birth of Isaac can be easily com- puted by anyone who -
Purim Newsletter
KAJ NEWSLETTER February 26, ‘20 א' אדר תש"פ A monthly publication of K’hal Adath Jeshurun Volume 50 Number 5 25th YAHRZEIT OF RAV SCHWAB who ,זצ''ל,This coming Purim will mark the 25th Yahrzeit of our late, revered Rav, Rav Shimon Schwab was niftar on 14 Adar I 5755, Purim Kotton, Monday evening, February 13th, 1995. (Pictured below, top in 1987; top right, Rav Schwab at the 55th Aguda שליט''א ,left, Rav Schwab with Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky Convention giving his memorable speech on excesses in spending, bottom left, Rav Schwab with Rav Rav Perlow at the 1987 Dinner; bottom right, with Rabbi Moshe Scherer and the יבלח''ט Glucksman and Pnei Menachem of Gur at the 1977 Aguda convention.) on Thursday evening, March 5th/10 Adar by Rabbi אי''ה A special Shiur to mark the occasion will be given Doniel Schwab. All members, men and women, are urged to attend. Twenty-five years ago, the entire Yeshiva attended the Levaya in Shul. The next Kolenu reported as follows: “We, together with the rest of Klal Yisroel, mourn the great loss which befell us with the passing of our revered Rav Shimon Schwab, zt”l. According to police estimates, approximately 4,000 people came from all over to pay their respects to this Godol B’Yisroel. Whether Rav Schwab spoke with first graders who just received their first Vol. 50, No. 5 KAJ NEWSLETTER Page 2 Chumash or the accomplished Chochom, Rav Schwab was always able to imbue his students with Torah and Yiras Shomayim. We pray that the Rav will be a Meilitz Yosher for his beloved Kehilla and Yeshiva and all of Klal Yisroel.” Though a quarter of a century has passed, Rav Schwab’s influence, particularly through his Seforim, is still strongly felt, both in our community and throughout the Jewish world. -
Rabbi Eliezer Levin, ?"YT: Mussar Personified RABBI YOSEF C
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Spring 2004 Template
Society THE VANISHING AMERICAN JEW By Berel Wein The recent population study of born to Jewish parents and claimed has been a feature of American Jewry American Jewry by The Graduate Judaism as their religion. By 2001 that since 1970.” The children of such mar- Center of The City University of New number had shrunk to 2,760,000. In riages are in the main being raised out- York, published in 2001 (and repub- 1990 there were 813,000 people born side of Judaism—in any of its forms. lished in 2003 by The Center For to Jewish parents but claimed no reli- The rates for intermarriage were Cultural Judaism), reveals one glaring gion as their own. In 2001 that num- reported at 52 percent in 2001, no real fact behind all of the graphs, technical ber had risen to 1,120,000. The study change from 51 percent in 1990. language and statistical weights— also shows that there are approximate- What this demographic disaster may American Jewry is shrinking, American Jewry is shrinking, and at a ly 2,300,000 people who somehow yet mean in terms of Jewish political rapid and seemingly irreversible rate. consider themselves Jewish or were influence and philanthropic support of In 1990 there were, according to either born to Jewish parents and/or Jewish causes and institutions is truly and at a rapid and seemingly this census report, 3,365,000 people had a Jewish upbringing, yet currently frightening to contemplate. living in the United States who were adhere to or practice a faith other than Judaism. -
The Messiah II
THE MESSIAH II The Nature of the Messianic Era he first Morasha class on the Mashiach addressed the centrality of the belief in the Texistence of Mashiach, who he will be, and what he needs to accomplish. This second class will explore the nature of the Pre-Messianic and Messianic Eras, when they will occur, and what we can do to hasten the arrival of the Messiah. During the time of the Mashiach there will be two resurrections of the dead. One will be at the beginning of the Messianic Era for those who are completely righteous, and a second at the end of the Messianic Era for everyone else. (The concept of resurrection and its role in the World to Come will be addressed in the Morasha class The World to Come Part III: The New Me! Resurrection of the Dead.) This class will address the following questions: When will the Mashiach arrive? Is there anything we can do to cause the Mashiach to arrive more quickly? What will the world be like immediately prior to the arrival of Mashiach? Are we already experiencing those times? What will the world be like after Mashiach arrives? How will it be different from the world we know? Class Outline: Section I When Will Mashiach Come? Part A. Any Day Part B. Do Not Calculate the Exact Time Part C. Predetermined or Not? Section II. What Can We Do to Bring Mashiach? Section III. The Pre-Messianic Era Part A. Political Precursors Part B. Birth Pangs of Mashiach Part C. Are We Living In It? Section IV. -
Shavuot 5780 Divrei Torah
Shavuot 5780 Divrei Torah Sponsored by: Debbie and Orin Golubtchik in honor of: The yahrzeits of Orin's parents חביבה בת שמואל משה בן חיים ליב Barbara and Simcha Hochman & family in memory of: • Simcha’s father, Rabbi Jonas Hochman a"h and • Gedalya ben Avraham, Blima bat Yaakov, Eeta bat Noach and Chaya bat Gedalya, who were murdered upon arrival at Birkenau on the 2nd day Shavuot. Table of Contents Page 3 Forward by Rabbi Adler ”That which you can and cannot do on Yom Tov אכל נפש“ Page 5 Yaakov Blau “Shifting voices in the narrative of Tanach” Page 9 Leeber Cohen “The Importance of Teaching Torah to Grandchildren” Page 11 Elchanan Dulitz “Bezchus Rabbi Dr. Baruch Tzvi ben R. Reuven Nassan z”l Mai Chanukah” Page 15 Martin Fineberg “Shavuos 5780 D’var Torah” Page 19 Yehuda Halpert “Ruth and Orpah’s Wedding Album: Fake News or Biblical Commentary” Page 23 Terry Novetsky “The “Mitzva” of Shavuot” Page 31 Yitzchak Shulman “Parshat Behaalotcha “ Page 33 Bernard Stahl The Meaning of Humility Page 41 Murray Sragow “Jews and Booze—A look at Jewish responses to Prohibition” Page 49 Mark Teicher “Intertextuality/Numerology” Page 50 Mark Zitter ”קרבנות של חג השבועות“ 2 Forward by Rabbi Adler Chaveireinu HaYikarim, Every year on the first night of Shavuot many of us get together for the purpose of learning with one another. There are multiple shiurim and many hours of chavruta learning . Unfortunately, in today’s climate we cannot learn with one another but we can learn from one another. Enclosed are a variety of Torah articles on many different topics which you are invited to enjoy during the course of Zman Matan Torahteinu. -
Biography of Rav Schwab
.. 251 ... 259 " 273 ~ Biography of Rav Shimon Schwab n/n"!ll . 281 . 289 308 .. 378 .. 385 av Shimon Schwab was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on the 401 7th of Teves, 5669, December 30, 1908, the eldest of the five sons of . 405 RLeopold and Hanna Schwab (nee Erlanger). There were no daugh ters. The Schwab family had lived in Frankfurt since the early part of the .. 409 19th century, when Rav Schwab's great-grandfather, Loeb Schwab, moved 412 to Frankfurt from Uhlfeld, Bavaria. Leopold Schwab was a highly respected .. 413 member of the Frankfurt community, active in all aspects of kehillah life. Of .. 422 the five sons, three became rabbanim and roshei yeshivah, and two became 431 model baalei battim and lay leaders. 434 Rav Schwab received his early education at the famed "Hirsch-realschule" .. 440 in Frankfurt - as had his father and grandfather before him - which was 445 founded by Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch. Among his teachers was Rav 450 Joseph Breuer, with whom he would later share the Rabbinate of K'hal 451 Adath Jeshurun in New York. Rav Schwab's grandfather, Moses Loeb .. 454 Schwab, was one of the early students of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch in · 461 Frankfurt, and he would record his lectures in the then newly developed " 467 method called shorthand. Many of these notes were later used by Rav Hirsch · 472 in his compilation of his monumental work on Chumash. ... 475 At age 15, Shimon Schwab entered the Yeshivah of Frankfurt, headed by · 480 Rabbi Salamon Breuer, Rav of of K'hal Adath Jeshurun of Frankfurt, where 485 he studied for two years. -
Jason Yehuda Leib Weiner
Jason Yehuda Leib Weiner A Student's Guide and Preparation for Observant Jews ♦California State University, Monterey Bay♦ 1 Contents Introduction 1 Chp. 1, Kiddush/Hillul Hashem 9 Chp. 2, Torah Study 28 Chp. 3, Kashrut 50 Chp. 4, Shabbat 66 Chp. 5, Sexual Relations 87 Chp. 6, Social Relations 126 Conclusion 169 2 Introduction Today, all Jews have the option to pursue a college education. However, because most elite schools were initially directed towards training for the Christian ministry, nearly all American colonial universities were off limits to Jews. So badly did Jews ache for the opportunity to get themselves into academia, that some actually converted to Christianity to gain acceptance.1 This began to change toward the end of the colonial period, when Benjamin Franklin introduced non-theological subjects to the university. In 1770, Brown University officially opened its doors to Jews, finally granting equal access to a higher education for American Jews.2 By the early 1920's Jewish representation at the leading American universities had grown remarkably. For example, Jews made up 22% of the incoming class at Harvard in 1922, while in 1909 they had been only 6%.3 This came at a time when there were only 3.5 millions Jews4 in a United States of 106.5 million people.5 This made the United States only about 3% Jewish, rendering Jews greatly over-represented in universities all over the country. However, in due course the momentum reversed. During the “Roaring 1920’s,” a trend towards quotas limiting Jewish students became prevalent. Following the lead of Harvard, over seven hundred liberal arts colleges initiated strict quotas, denying Jewish enrollment.6 At Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons for instance, Jewish enrollment dropped from 50% in 1 Solomon Grayzel, A History of the Jews (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1959), 557. -
נשמת הבית,Ancient Jewish Poetry & the Amazing World
נשמת – New Book Announcement הבית New Book Announcement נשמת הבית, שאלות שנשאלו ליועצות ההלכה של מדרשת נשמת בנושאי היריון, לידה, הנקה ואמצעי מניעה בליווי הדרכה מעשית והסברים ונספחים רפואיים, 367 עמודים Nishmat Habayit is a collection of 63 she’elot uteshuvot on Pregnancy, Birth, Nursing, and Contraceptives. Each question has a short answer, as a yoetzet halacha would addresses the woman with the question, followed by a more extensive halachic discussion. The questions were selected from among tens of thousands in Nishmat’s Taharat Hamishpacha database. The responses were authored by a team of yoatzot halacha, under the supervision of Rabbi Yehuda Henkin and Rabbi Yaakov Varhaftig; and edited by Rabbi Yehuda and Chana Henkin. The book includes medical appendices, helpful even to poskim. The responses display sensitivity to women, coupled with complete faithfulness to halacha. The book carrieshaskamot of recognized poskim in Israel. The book was published by Maggid Press and is available here. Sample chapters are available upon request [[email protected] ] Here is the title page, table of contents, and haskamot. Ancient Jewish Poetry & the Amazing World of Piyut: Interview with Professor Shulamit Elizur ANCIENT JEWISH POETRY & THE AMAZING WORLD OF PIYUT: Professor Shulamit Elizur explores the Cairo Genizah and other obscure places for hidden gems BY BATSHEVA SASSOON Just as the mountains surround Jerusalem, so G-d surrounds his people, from now to all eternity —Tehillim 125:2 This piece originally appeared in14 TISHREI 5778 // OCTOBER 4, 2017 // AMI MAGAZINE #337 Thanks to Ami for permission to publish this here.This version is updated with a few corrections and additions Inside the Old City of Jerusalem one cannot see the mountains that surround it, only its many confining walls. -
Jan. 1- 7, 2007
OHR SOMAYACH EXECUTIVE MENTORING MISSION TO ISRAEL Jan. 1- 7, 2007 With Special Visit to Prague OHR SOMAYACH INTERNATIONAL executive mentoring mission FROM JAN. 1 – 7, 2007 Co-Chairmen YAAKOV KAPLAN, Toronto • DANNY LEMBERG, Lakewood • JAKE KOVAL, Cleveland hr Somayach has, in its 34 year history, brought thousands of young Jews to a life of Torah v’Mitzvohs through it's Jewish Learning Exchange (JLE) program which brings college age men to the Yeshiva in OYerushalayim for three to six weeks, for its unique blend of high level shiurim in Torah and hashkafa given by some of the most exciting and knowlegeble talmidei chachamim who are also experts in in secular philosophy and sciences. Our staff have included over the last few years lumineries such as Rav Nachman Bulman, z"l, Rav Dovid Gottleib, Rav Nota Schiller, Rav Mendel Weinbach, Rav Moshe Shapiro, Rabbi Akiva Tatz, Rav Berel Wein, Rabbi Dr. Yitzchok Breitowitz and many others. Intergral to this Jewish Learning Exchange (JLE) program is intensive touring and interaction with madrichim and tutors. While the Yeshiva has been doing an excellent job at exposing the JLE participants to Torah u’Mitzvohs dur- ing their stay at Ohr Somayach, one component has been lacking - exposure during the JLE program and con- tinuing contact with yeshiva educated, sophisticated and successful people who have the sensitivity and empa- thy needed to serve as role models and effective mentors and guides to help integrate these Jewishly evolving students into the larger frum world. The opportunity is being extended to you to be a pioneering mentor to these young men - both in Yerushalayim and when they return to their studies in North America. -
A Taste of Torah
Parshas Ki Savo August 31, 2018 A Taste of Torah Stories for the Soul The Holy Land by Rabbi Yosef Melamed Worth Crying About A famous philanthropist once traveled “When you come to the Land.” The opening and no better than any other. to Bnai Brak to visit the headquarters verse of this week’s parsha tells us when the Thus, when the Medrash teaches that of the organization Ezra Lemarpeh, an obligation to bring bikkurim, the first of Hashem says, “Bring before Me bikkurim organization which aids countless Jews the fruits, to the Bais Hamikdash (Temple) so that you will merit entering the Land of in need of medical help, advice and begins – when the Jewish Nation enters Israel,” they were not referring to the original referrals. The philanthropist met with Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel). There they entrance of the Jews into Eretz Yisrael. Rabbi Elimelech Firer, the renowned would present the fruit to the kohen (priest), That entrance obviously preceded the director of Ezra Lemarpeh. After their and recite a special recitation of thanks fulfillment of bikkurim. Rather, the Medrash meeting, the two of them decided to to Hashem for all of Hashem’s goodness is referring to the entrance of the bringer of travel to Jerusalem to daven by the Kosel. and kindness. The Medrash (Sifri 297) the bikkurim to the site of the Temple. True, teaches that Hashem tells the Jewish People, this person may have been living in Eretz They arrived after midnight and, as they “Bring before Me bikkurim so that you will Yisrael until now, but only upon arriving approached the Kosel, they heard the merit entering Eretz Yisrael.” This seems at the Temple, the source of the holiness of sound of sobbing coming from the Kosel very puzzling, because the commandment the Land of Israel, could it be considered plaza. -
KHM Academic Jewish Studies
Volume III, Issue 3 December 11, 2009/24 Kislev 5770 KOL HAMEVASER The Jewish Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva University Student Body Academic Interviews with, and Jewish Studies Articles by: Dr. David Berger, R. Dr. Richard Hidary, R. Dr. Joshua Berman, and Dr. Shawn-Zelig Aster p. 6, 8, 9, and 13 Jewish Responses to Wellhausen’s Docu- mentary Hypothesis AJ Berkovitz, p. 14 Tsiluta ke-Yoma de-Is- tana: Creating Clarity in the Beit Midrash Ilana Gadish, p. 18 Bible Study: Interpre- tation and Experience Ori Kanefsky, p. 19 Religious Authenticity and Historical Con- sciousness Eli Putterman on p. 20 Kol Hamevaser Contents Kol Hamevaser Volume III, Issue 3 The Student Thought Magazine of the Yeshiva December 11, 2009 24 Kislev 5770 University Student body Editorial Shlomo Zuckier 3 Academic Jewish Studies: Benefits and Staff Dangers Editors-in-Chief Letter-to-the-Editor Sarit Bendavid Shaul Seidler-Feller Mordechai Shichtman 5 Letter-to-the-Editors Associate Editor Academic Jewish Studies Shlomo Zuckier Staff 6 An Interview with Dr. David Berger Layout Editor Rabbi Dr. Richard Hidary 8 Traditional versus Academic Talmud Menachem Spira Study: “Hilkhakh Nimrinhu le-Tarvaihu” Editor Emeritus Shlomo Zuckier 9 An Interview with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Alex Ozar Berman Staff Writers Staff 13 An Interview with Dr. Shawn-Zelig Aster Yoni Brander Jake Friedman Abraham Jacob Berkovitz 14 Jewish Responses to Wellhausen’s Doc- Ilana Gadish umentary Hypothesis Nicole Grubner Nate Jaret Ilana Gadish 18 Tsiluta ke-Yoma de-Istana: Creating Clar- Ori Kanefsky ity in the Beit Midrash Alex Luxenberg Emmanuel Sanders Ori Kanefsky 19 Bible Study: Interpretation and Experi- Yossi Steinberger ence Jonathan Ziring Eli Putterman 20 Religious Authenticity and Historical Copy Editor Consciousness Benjamin Abramowitz Dovid Halpern 23 Not by Day and Not by Night: Jewish Webmaster Philosophy’s Place Reexamined Ben Kandel General Jewish Thought Cover Design Yehezkel Carl Nathaniel Jaret 24 Reality Check?: A Response to Mr.