Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

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Mekorot / Responsa Literature 

Collections: R' Rakeffet Responsa Literature Fall 2025

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Torah im Derech Eretz - Yocheved Friedman, Hakirah 37: Why it is hard to find precisely the Rav's view on Torah U-Madda. Increase in suicides in the Charedi world. R' Rakeffet's explanation & solution. After the Holocaust it felt like Torah was in danger of disappearing. What was done and not done in NY. Women poskim are very much needed. Give them an official title. Makor Rishon article עולות לתורה. Mishneh Halachot 12:122: R' Menashe Klein: Answering שאלות via telephone as opposed to via a local shul rabbi reduces the need for the existence of a shul with a paid rabbi where you live. Great Rabbis from E. Europe were brought to the US starting in late 1870s. High level of assimilation among US Jews before this, while in England much less assimilation. US rabbis applied this lesson, that is, create a Chief Rabbi and a Rabbinic organization. Malbim. R' Yaakov Yosef. Formation of Agudath Harabonim. R' Yosef Eliyahu Henkin: His life in Europe. His move to the US. Ezras Torah. Renting space in a Conservative temple. Civil marriage. R' Henkin would stand his ground and was fearless. Changing the wording of קל מלא רחמים. Why R' Henkin's responsa had less lasting impact than R' Moshe's.