Rabbi Schoonmaker: “Lessons from the Meraglim”
In this week’s shmooze, Rosh Yeshiva Schoonmaker shares important lessons we can learn from the errors of the meraglim (spies) that we can apply to our own service of Hashem. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/48718/high/1109_219_H_Rebound_.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi Fyvel Shuster: “Positively Negative”
What happens when we avoid a sin? Shapell’s mashgiach Rabbi Fyvel Shuster’s answer draws on a passage in the Sfas Emes – as well as Rabbi Wein’s wine taster and an experience on a college campus that involves an amoeba. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/48660/high/1109_219_H_Rebound_.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “Unleashing the Power of the Endangered Child”
Three of the questions Shapell’s Mashgiach Rabbi Fyvel Shuster related to in this week’s shmuze are: 1. Why is the yetzer hatov (good inclination) referred to, of all things, as a “yeled miskein (endangered child)”?! 2. Why does the Rambam refer to lighting Chanuka candles as a “very dear commandment”? 3. What can we learn […]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “If You’re Happy ‘Cause You’re Jewish…”
How important is joy for Torah life? What if I am just not happy though I’m doing the mitzvot? What can we learn from the extreme sport called ice climbing? Rabbi Shuster relates to questions like these in this half hour shmuze. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47739/high/1109_169_H_If_You_re_Happy__Cause_You_re_Jewish.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi F. Shuster: “Selfie Addiction”
In a Tuesday morning shmuze, Shapell’s Mashgiach Rabbi Fyvel Shuster shares thoughts, anecdotes, and advice about what the Korach episode teaches us about focusing on self. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47629/high/1109_167_H_Selfie_Addiction.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi S. Karlinsky: “The Sin of the Spies”
In a Tuesday morning shmuze on Parshat Shelach, Rabbi Karlinsky asks: Where did the spies go wrong? How do we avoid repeating their mistake? [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47621/high/1109_166_H_The_Sin_of_the_Spies.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Rabbi Y. Hirshfeld: “Worlds of Kedusha”
In this shmuze, Rosh Yeshiva Rabbi Yitzchak Hirshfeld discusses how to go from “external” to “internal” in living a life of kedusha. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47531/high/1109_161_H_Worlds_of_Kedusha.mp3″] Download
Rabbi Y. Herczeg: “The First Seudat Purim”
Former faculty member Rabbi Yisrael Herczeg weaves together many sources and uncovers where the very first Purim Seuda took place. [sc_embed_player_template1 fileurl=”http://www.torahmedia.com/streamlinkdirect.php/47431/high/1717_56_H_The_First_Seudas_Purim.mp3″] Download external=”0″]
Featured Student: Tuvia Berman
Tuvia (Theodore/Teddy) Berman was born and raised in the Sephardic section of Brooklyn. Although, as he put it, “My last name doesn’t end with a vowel,” he follows Syrian minhagim passed down from his maternal grandfather (jiddo in Arabic) who is also his namesake (Touffic). Despite being blind and confined to a wheelchair in the […]
Shapell’s and MRC Mark the 2nd Yahrzeit of Mr. David Shapell z”l
Today, the 19th of Shevat, is the second yahrzeit of Mr. David Shapell z”l. To honor Mr. Shapell’s memory, we again hosted a special memorial evening. We were honored to have Mrs. Fela Shapell, their three children and many of their grandchildren present for this meaningful event. The program started with Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky making a siyum […]
