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Tourbites: Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin
Episode 376
Yeshivas Chachmei Lublin was the grand vision of its founder Rav Meir Shapiro. Following a long fundraising campaign, it opened in a grand ceremony i…
3 years, 5 months ago
Marriage Age in Jewish Eastern Europe of the 19th Century
Episode 375
Matchmaking and marriage has always been a part of the Jewish story. What was the age of marriage at different times in Jewish history? How did one’s…
3 years, 5 months ago
The Last Nazarite: The Life of Rav Dovid Cohen, ’Rav Hanazir’
Episode 374
In honor the Daf Yomi cycle commencing the study of Maseches Nazir, Jewish History Soundbites is proud to present in conjunction with the All Torah p…
3 years, 6 months ago
Tourbites: The Chozeh of Lublin
Episode 373
As the oldest Jewish cemetery in Eastern Europe, the old cemetery in Lublin contains some historical treasures and great personalities. One of the pr…
3 years, 6 months ago
Aleksander the Great Chassidic Dynasty
Episode 372
Based in the Lodz suburb of Aleksandrow, the Aleksander chassidic dynasty was one of the largest and most prominent in prewar Poland. Established as …
3 years, 7 months ago
Holy Crown in Brownsville: The Life & Times of Rav Moshe Rosen
Episode 371
Rav Moshe Rosen - the Nezer Hakodesh (c.1870-1957) was an early leader of American orthodoxy. Having served as a communal rabbi in Lithuania for thre…
3 years, 7 months ago
Early Secularization in Jewish Europe
Episode 370
The expulsion of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th century was a period of great upheaval, as a Spanish-Portuguese diaspora …
3 years, 7 months ago
Jerusalem Odyssey: Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlap
Episode 369
Rav Yaakov Moshe Charlap (1882-1951) was an important rabbinical leader in Yerushalayim during the first half of the 20th century. A product of the O…
3 years, 8 months ago
The US & The Holocaust: A Review
Episode 368
The story of the confrontation of the US and the Holocaust is done well in the recently produced Ken Burns documentary ‘The US & the Holocaust’. It p…
3 years, 8 months ago
Founder of a Dynasty: The Bais Halevi
Episode 367
Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik - the Bais Halevi (1820-1892) was the founder of the Soloveitchik/Brisk dynasty. Following his studies in Volozhin and a s…
3 years, 8 months ago