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Comments on the Gaza War. Haskalah in the yeshivot of E. Europe: pre vs. post-WW I. The Rav's shiur in the early 1960s. R. Rakeffet's visit to Moscow. The impact of the arrival of the sixth Rebbe in N.Y. The Gaon of Vilna. His secluded nature. Genius at age 6 1/2. Why apocryphal stories about him cannot be verified but may be true. His family. Making a golem. Kabbalah. The Rav knew Kabbalah but would not allow it to affect his halakhic decisions. The Gra's secular knowledge. YU vs. Machon Lev. The Gra went into galut. This was sometimes used as a cure for arrogance. Where he wandered. Why he returned. Prof. Saul Lieberman's theory on the Gra's wandering around Europe. Avodat Hamelech and the Rav. How the Gra taught. His sleeping practices. The Ba'al HaTanya visits Vilna. The Gra's חרם on chassidut. The Last Agudah כנסייה גדולה in 1980 and the American reporter we know who covered it. Rav Shach. Chassidim more than Litvakim tended to stay observant after the Shoah. Chief rabbinate in Vilna. Gra's letter to his wife. His strong desire for aliyah and how this affected his students.
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