Press Conference- What is Modern Orthodoxy?, non-Jewish music, Yom Ha'atzmaut, and many more topics

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November 23 2010
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59min 45s
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Venue: Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh

Halacha:
Israel,  Non-Jews,  Yom Ha'atzmaut 
Machshava:
Modern Orthodoxy 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: QA

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Rav Schachter answers questions on the following topics (and more): What is Modern Orthodoxy? The status of Modern Hebrew. Celebrating Thanksgiving. The Cardinals' visit to YU. Non-Jewish music (Rav Schachter mentions a very powerful example of the negative effects of non-Jewish music.) Chazara. The importance of being balanced in learning and in life in general. The famous letter of Rav Bloch zt"l (Rosh Yeshiva of Telz) regarding celebrating Yom Ha'atzmaut. The dangers of being influenced by the secular society in the US. Techelet.

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    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today by Warren & Beth Hecht to mark the first yahrtzeit of Etta Hecht and by Dr. Gabriel and Aliza Sosne in memory of the Sosne family, Shraga Feivel ben Akiva Hakohen, Rochel bas Chuna Zalman, Akiva ben Shraga Feivel Hakohen, and Chana bas Shraga Feivel Hakohen, who were from Vilna and perished in the Holocaust and by Francine Lashinsky and Dr. Alexander & Meryl Weingarten in memory of Dr. Alvin M. Lashinsky, Avraham Moshe ben Meir Hakohen, z"l on the occasion of his yahrzeit on the 19th of Kislev, and in honor of their children, Mark, Michael, Julie, Marnie and Michelle, and in honor of Agam bat Meirav Berger and all of the other hostages and all of the chayalim