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The Chant of Torah: The Life of Rav Naftali Trop
Episode 304
Having gained fame as the Radin Yeshiva, as well as immortality through his Torah which is still studied worldwide, Rav Naftali Trop (1871-1928) was …
4 years, 6 months ago
Crisis Management: The Great Crisis of the Chassidic Movement
Episode 303
Modern times brought a host of challenges to the Chassidic movement in the closing decades of the 19th century and intensified in the 20th. World War…
4 years, 6 months ago
The Chofetz Chaim & His Attempts to Move to the Holy Land
Episode 302
Rav Yisrael Meir of Radin, better known as the Chofetz Chaim (1838-1933), is one of the most beloved historical figures in recent memory. His storie…
4 years, 6 months ago
On the Way to Canaan's Land: The Five Aliyot to Palestine
Episode 301
Known to history as the five waves of 'Aliyah', immigration to the Land of Israel, the late 19th and early 20th century saw a slow but steady stream …
4 years, 6 months ago
Architect of American Orthodoxy: The Life & Times of Mike Tress Part II
Episode 300
He was a clean shaven, American born, public school educated, successful businessman. And he was also the architect of American Orthodoxy and a leadi…
4 years, 6 months ago
Architect of American Orthodoxy: The Life & Times of Mike Tress Part I
Episode 299
He was a clean shaven, American born, public school educated, successful businessman. And he was also the architect of American Orthodoxy and a leadi…
4 years, 6 months ago
A Guiding Light: The Life of the Chazon Ish Part II
Episode 298
Rav Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz (1878-1953) known by his magnum opus the Chazon Ish, was indisputably one of the greatest Torah leaders of the 20th cent…
4 years, 7 months ago
Mussar Makes a Mir Debut
Episode 297
The Mussar Movement was promulgated by Rav Yisrael Salanter in the mid 19th century, as an attempt to bring ethical standards of conduct to the foref…
4 years, 7 months ago
From Cromwell to Montefiore: The Jews of London Part II
Episode 296
Following the Edict of Expulsion in 1290, no organized Jewish life existed in England for centuries. Following the Spanish Expulsion in 1492, a few C…
4 years, 7 months ago
A Moroccan Legacy: Rav Yitzchak Ibn Walid
Episode 295
One of the greatest leaders of the Moroccan Jewish community in the 19th century was Rav Yitzchak Ibn Walid (1777-1870). The Jewish community of Tetu…
4 years, 7 months ago