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When Shabbos Was Sunday: The International Dateline Controversy
Episode 143
There are times when a Halachic, legalistic discussion is played out on the stage of history. Such was the dispute in regards to the positioning of t…
6 years ago
A Rebbe With a Geshmak: Remembering Rav Elya Baruch Finkel
Episode 142
Rav Elya Baruch Finkel (1947-2008) was one of the most memorable personalities of the Mir in Yerushalayim. From the clarity of his shiurim, the warmt…
6 years ago
Ahoy Yid! Stories of Jewish Pirates and Explorers
Episode 141
With the expulsion of the Jews from the Iberian Peninsula at the end of the 15th Century, the Sephardic diaspora spread to the far corners of the glo…
6 years ago
Lively Graves: Pilgrimages to Lizhensk & Kivrei Tzadikim
Episode 140
Visiting and praying at the burial places of Tzadikim is one of the more visible and recognizable distinctive contributions of Chasidic practice on J…
6 years ago
The History of Volozhin Yeshiva Part IV: Talmudists, Zionists and The Golden Age
Episode 139
With the Netziv solidifying his control, the Yeshiva entered it's Golden Age. Attracting the best and the brightest from across the Pale of Settlemen…
6 years ago
A Word From Our Listeners Part I
Episode 138
In this unique episode in honor of Purim, we'll explore the best of the feedback to Jewish History Soundbites.
-The Unknown Talmidim of Rav Shayale
-…
6 years ago
Torah Pioneers: The Origins of Bnei Akiva & Yeshivat Kerem B'Yavneh
Episode 137
As religious Zionism was forging an identity which strove for a synthesis of a traditional life with Zionist ideals, institutions began to be built w…
6 years ago
The History of The Volozhin Yeshiva Part III: The War Of Succession
Episode 136
With the passing of Rav Itzele of Volozhin in 1849, his son in law Rav Yitzchak Eliezer Freid became the titular head of the Volozhin Yeshiva. His re…
6 years ago
The Holy Scholars of Sochatchov
Episode 135
The Sochatchov Chassidic dynasty holds a special place in Jewish history. As flag bearers of the legacy of Kotzk, they were the elite of Polish Chass…
6 years ago
Gangsters, Racketeers & Jewish Activists: Tales of the Jewish Mafia Part II
Episode 134
Another collection of stories about the Jewish Mob in the early 20th century. From the streets of Newark emerged another Jewish gang under the able l…
6 years ago