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Talmudic Biology or Biology in the Talmud?

Speaker:: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
Date:: November 12 2017

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Length:: 1h 36min 19s
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Venue: YU Israel YU Israel

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Mekorot / Responsa Literature

Collections: R' Rakeffet Responsa Literature Fall 2017

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- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: Jun 10, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  History:
  
  19th Century CE
- Duration: 1 hr 51 min
Volozhin Yeshiva. Haskalah Publications. Not all Volozhin Students Were on the Same Level. Bialik in the Yeshiva. How He Lived in Two Worlds. Bialik's Oneg Shabbat & Poetry. Shutting Down Roads is Not Acceptable. The Rav on Matan Torah.
- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: Jun 9, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kibud Av v'Aim, Mekorot / Responsa Literature
- Duration: 1 hr 37 min
Volozhin Yeshiva. A Moving Description of the More Emotional Aspects of the Members of the Yeshiva Discussed Along With a Description of Bialik in the Yeshiva. Camaraderie and Kinship But Also Machloket and Romance. Abba Blusher's Memoir as a Source.
- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: Jun 3, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  History:
  
  19th Century CE
- Duration: 1 hr 46 min

R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 13:150-153: How to Bring Russian Jews in Moscow Closer to Torah and Mitzvot. The Danger of Relying on Emotion in Making Decisions. An Evaluation of Conversion-גרות. The Greater Importance of Chukim over Mishpatim.
- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: Jun 2, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kibud Av v'Aim, Mekorot / Responsa Literature
- Duration: 1 hr 38 min
The 30th Day Memorial for Menachem Nussbaum, a Dear Friend of Rav Aaron Rakeffet for Over 80 Years. (Hebrew) — אזכרה לרגל שלושים של מנחם נוסבאום, חברו היקר של הרב אהרון רקפת למעלה מ-80 שנה. (בעִברִית)
- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: May 29, 2024
- Personalities:
  
  Hespedim
- Duration: 38 min
Volozhin Yeshiva. R' Chaim Soloveitchik. Descriptions of the Various Ways R' Chaim Was so Unique. Other Gedolim in His Time. R' Chaim's Attraction to Chassidut.
- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: May 27, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  History:
  
  19th Century CE
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50. The Get of Kleves: From Divorce to Dementia in Jewish Law - Feat. Rabbi Kalman Laufer
- Speaker: Rabbi Kalman Laufer Rabbi Moshe Kurtz
- Date: Jun 25, 2024
- Halacha:
  
  Contemporary Issues, Gittin, Health, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Mekorot / Responsa Literature, Responsa, Science & Medicine
  
  Machshava:
  
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- Duration: 36 min
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- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: Jun 9, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kibud Av v'Aim, Mekorot / Responsa Literature
- Duration: 1 hr 37 min
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  Machshava:
  
  Business Ethics, Non-Jews, Rambam
  
  Personalities:
  
  Rambam
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A Bochur's Vice: Smoking Cigarettes: A Case Study in Health & Halacha
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  Contemporary Issues, Life Cycle, Medicine, Mekorot / Responsa Literature, Responsa, Science & Medicine
  
  Machshava:
  
  Philosophy of Halacha
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R' Menashe Klein: Mishneh Halakhot 13:150-153: How to Bring Russian Jews in Moscow Closer to Torah and Mitzvot. The Danger of Relying on Emotion in Making Decisions. An Evaluation of Conversion-גרות. The Greater Importance of Chukim over Mishpatim.
- Speaker: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff
- Date: Jun 2, 2024
- Venue: YU Israel
  
  Halacha:
  
  Kibud Av v'Aim, Mekorot / Responsa Literature
- Duration: 1 hr 38 min
46. Cutting it Close: The Problem with Pre-Shabbos Surgeries - Feat. Rabbi Yossi Kamman
- Speaker: Rabbi Moshe Kurtz
- Date: May 28, 2024
- Halacha:
  
  Medical Ethics, Medicine, Mekorot / Responsa Literature, Responsa, Science & Medicine, Shabbat
  
  Machshava:
  
  Science & Medicine
  
  Personalities:
  
  Lubavitcher Rebbe
- Duration: 38 min

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