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Maseches Makkos Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025


R' Reuven Margolis: Margoliyos HaYam & Other Works

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025


0:00 Introduction 1:04 – Censorship in Margoliyos HaYam 3:15 – Intro: Visit to the Rambam Library 5:12 – Early Life 6:47 – His Seforim Store & Publishing Torah Works 9:17 – Prolific Writer of Torah 10:03 – Relationship with R' Meir Arik 12:10 – Beginning of His Writing Career 15:02 – Earliest Published Work on the Maharsha 16:56 – Work on the Or HaChaim HaKadosh 19:04 – Sefer Chassidim & R' Yehudah HaChassid 20:17 – Shut Min HaShamayim 21:20 – Nefesh Chayah 22:45 – Other Works on the Rishonim 23:27 – Works on Shas 23:37 – Shem Olam 25:00 – His Work Related to the Zohar 27:00 – Works on History & Yesod HaMishnah Ve'Aruchah 29:14 – Work on Lemberg 30:18 – Margoliyos HaYam 31:09 – Librarian 32:08 – His Work on Kabbalah & the Zohar 33:04 – Meeting Rav Kook 36:05 – Work Related to Names

Mi Shebeirach

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025


Reb Chaim, The Mishkan and Bigdei Kehunah

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025


1:24 introduction 2:04 Beraisa D'Meleches HaMishkan and its printing history 5:40 R' Emanuel Chai Riki 7:08 R' Avrohom Ben hagra 8:00 R' Efraim Zalman Margolis 9:11 Malbim 9:45 R' Chaim Kanievsky on this work 11:32 R' Chaim's Introduction 21:59 Menorah Branches 26:30 Learning with visual aid 33:25 R' Chaim and Teshuvos on Mishkan 35:30 Aron 37:12 R' Azariah Min HaAdomim 38:29 Shiltei Geborim 40:24 R' Shachar's Bigdei Kehuna 42:30 Avnei HaChoshen 43:30 Additional works

Choshen Mishpat Throughout The Generations Pt. 3

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025


0:00 Introduction 1:50 Shach 6:20 Shach Manuscript Discovery 10:18 Knesses HaGedolah 12:15 Machane Efraim 15:45 Tumim 21:48 Ketzos HaChoshen 22:59 Nesivos HaMishpat 26:00 Ketzos & Olam HaYeshivos 28:07 Letters of R' Tzvi Pesach Frank To Son 36:54 Bi'ur HaGra 37:52 Oruch HaShulchan To listen to Musings of a Book Collector: https://alldaf.org/series/9440 Listen to full episodes of Musings of a Book Collector: https://eliezerbrodt.com/

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Choshen Mishpat Throughout The Ages Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025


Sanhedrin Learnt Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024


Choshen Mishpat Throughout The Generations (I)

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2024


1:22 Choshen Mishpat - Introduction 9:06 Tur 9:50 Sefer HaTerumot 12:58 R' Yosef Karo's Introduction & Methods 31:58 Rama 35:05 Darchei Moshe 38:43 Rama's Introduction 45:10 Maharshal & His Methods

Can You SLEEP on Rosh Hashanah?

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024


0:00 Introduction 2:53 Rama 5:30 Maaglei Tzedek & Early Sources 9:55 Sleep Night of RH 12:50 Bach and R' Yeshua Ibn Shueib 16:48 Gedolim That Slept 18:17 Did Arizal Sleep? 18:37 Arizal In His Sleep 22:20 Magen Avraham 25:10 Deeper Insight into the Day Of Rosh Hashanah Contradictions of the day, is it a day of Din or of Simcha? 33:58 R' Yeshua Ibn Shueib Rosh Hashanah Drasha 41:05 The Lost Yerushalmi 4:53 Torah Temimah's Theory 47:15 Getting Up Early - Source of Yerushalmi 48:30 Sleeping Second day 49:24 Lo Tenachashu 49:55 Additional reasons For Minhag 50:30 New Discovery of Early Source

SPECIAL EPISODE: Rav Chaim Kanievsky's proofreader and unique author - Rabbi Uri Tiger

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024


0:14 Moshe Schwed Intro 1:54 Eliezer Brodt Intro 3:50 R' Uri's background 5:45 Developing relationship with R' Chaim 9:24 R' Chaim's special room 12:30 Which seforim did you edit? 13:40 Videos with R' Chaim? 15:50 R' Chaim paid for the work? 16:50 Reprinting of the Shoneh Halochos 19:00 Nezer Hachaim 21:55 L'Dofkei B'Teshuva 25:00 Over 2000 comments from R' Chaim 29:00 Derech Ish on the Chazon Ish 35:00 Closing questions

Understanding Agadah & Rabbah Bar Bar Chana Literature

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024


0:00 General Introduction 4:22 General Sources On Agadah 7:30 Who was Rabbah Bar Bar Chana 8:19 Attacks on Agadah Gemarah throughout history 11:00 Did they actually happen? 15:50 Nevuah or Dream 17:50 Comic Relief; Wake Up The Audience. 18:40 Derech Guzmah and Not Literal 20:15 Kuzari's Approach 20:40 Ramban In His Famous Debate 21:51 Shelah; Deeper Meaning to Agadah 25:40 Rambam; Planned Work on Agadah 27:33 Rashba's Approach 29:35 R' Shlomo Zalman Auerbach's Approach 34:05 Literature devoted to Rabbah Bar Bar Chana 37:49 Darchei Noam 39:50 R' Boskovitz 42:34 Gra's work 46;00 R' Eliyahu Gutmacher's

R' Chaim and Wearing Tzitzis While Sleeping

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2024


1:41 Kuntres Zichronos of R' Chaim about the Chazon Ish 2:55 What did R' Chaim do? 5:03 Mishna Berurah in the name of the Arizal 5:50 Shulchan Oruch Harav 7:35 What are the origins? 9:03 Rambam 11:02 Knesset HaGedolah and Olas Tamid 12:28 Magen Avrohom and Arizal 14:00 Source of the Magen Avhrhom in the name of Arizal 16:55 Achronim on Magen Avrohom in שמ'ג, Gemarah in Menchos 19:45 R' Yaakov Emden 20;26 Chida and Derech Chaim 27:20 Rashi In Shabbos 29:00 Every Minute that a Mezuzah is a Mitzvah 33:00 Thinking about 6 Mitzvos Temedios in the Bathroom? 34:30 Dovid Hamelech and sleeping when learning 35:40 A Melech Sleeping with a Sefer Torah and the Rambam 40:50 The Aderes and time of story of Dovid Hamelech in the bathhouse 42:40 Chazon Ish wearing a Talis for Maariv 43:16 Kabbalah and wearing a Talis Gadol at night

R' Chaim: Hanging A Mezuzah, Checking Tefilin & Mezuzah & More

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024


1:55 Mezzuzah Hanging; Straight or Slanted 3:56 Gra Opinion 5:20 Chazon Ish Opinion 6:10 Minhag of R' Chaim 7:15 Minhag in Worms 10:33 Checking Tefilin & Mezuzahs; How Often? 11:38 Mezuzahs and Magic 13:12 Checking Tefilin and Mezuzah 20:53 Chazon Ish Opinion 21:49 Minhag of Checking in Elul 22:30 Derush Sefer Shar Hamelech 24:18 Limud Zechus for those not checking 31:20 Techeiles 37:33 R' Chaim Kuntrus about Lefties 40:27 Wearing Rabbenu Tam Tefilin 43:15 Wearing Tefilin All Day 44:12 R' Chaim & Artzos Hachaim of Malbim

Reb Chaim and Masechtos Mezuzah

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024


Bava Basra Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024


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Bava Basra Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024


The Publication and Origins of the Seven Mesechtos | Season 3 Premiere

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2024


0:00 Introducing Season 3 - R' Chaim and the 7 Masechtos 5:50 What are these Masechtas? 7:02 Maseches Gerim in Print 9:02 Why was't it published in 1714? 10:14 Chida & Maseches Gerim 11:30 Chida publishes Maseches Gerim 11:40 First Peirush Nachlas Yaakov 12;28 R' Avrohom Ben HaGra 13:13 Chida publishes second time with more material 13:55 First serious work on with these Masechtos 14:50 Are there other similar Masechtos? The Chida 18:14 -R' Avrohom ben HaGra and Gra about 7 Masechtos 21:10 First complete edition of 7 Masechthos 22:40 Vilna Shas publishes 7 Masechtos 23:18 Other works on 7 Masechtos 24:10 Hieger edition of 7 Masechtos 24:43 Mechon Talmud Yisraeli edition 26:25 Rishonim who had these works 27:17 Did Rambam have these works? How early are these works?

SEASON FINALE: Correspondence of Reb Chaim & Rav Avigdor Neventzal and more

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024


2:00 Letters between R' Chaim and R' Neventzal & their relationship 10:00 Letter related to Kabbalah 12:55 Saying not like Rishonim 16:50 Letters between R' Chaim and R' Simcha Waldenberg 18:05 Learning with a lamp on Shabbas 20:10 Longer Letters of R' Chaim 21:20 Teshuvos of R' Chaim: Daas Noteh 24:20 Contradictions in Letters of R' Chaim 26:20 Goals of Daas Noteh project 29:00 R' Tiger and his letters with R' Chaim 30:40 A Rav giving reasons for his Pesak 32:20 Benefits of writing briefly 34:00 Contradiction between R' Chaim Seforim and his Teshuvos 38:00 R' Chaim and Teshuvos of the Rogatchover Gaon An ALL TORAH original podcast. email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com | schwedm@ou.org

Stealing the Afikoman; Sources and Segulos

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024


Machine Matzah Controversy #5

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024


Machine Matzah Controversy #4

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2024


Machine Matzah Controversy #3

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024


Machine Matzah Controversy #2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024


Machine Matzah Controversy #1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024


Why Did R' Chaim Answer So Many Letters (Part 2) & R' Dov Landau Shlita

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2024


00:00 Introduction 5:22 Doing Chessed vs Writing Seforim 13:52 Marbitz Torah vs sacrificing your own Torah learning 15:00 Rebbe gaining from Talmid - Hafla'ah 15:55 R' Zilberberg's letter 18:20 Why Rabbanim answer questions from people not part of their Kehilah? 19:27 What is a Rav? - Minsker Gadol 20:38 Responding to letters in all areas was the Chazarah for R' Chaim 26:00 Lengthy Teshuvas - "speaking in learning" 27:32 Correspondence between R' Dov Landau and R' Chaim [over 100 letters] 38:35 Davening Vaskin 39:38 Aveilus and R' Yechiel Michel Tukitchinsky 41:50 Purim related letter 46:49 New sefer An ALL TORAH original podcast email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com

The Origins of Banging In Response To Haman

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024


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Why Did R' Chaim Answer So Many Letters (Chessed)

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2024


00:00 Introduction 2:55 - Clarifications and Additions to Likut Seforim episode 9:20 - Letters of R' Chaim 15:12 - Samples of Letters of R Chaim; Using Works of Saul Leiberman and R' Kehati 17:59 - Why does R' Chaim spend so much time answering questions? 22:20 - Serving the Tzibur at the expense of writing Seforim 25:00 - Rav's obligations to answering questions 30:00 - What the Aderet did when his Kehila was behind on paying him 33:38 - R' Chaim Volozhiner's Legacy: The Nefesh Hachaim 37:00 R Mordechai Gimpel Yafeh's Mesorah from Volozhin 45:20 New Sefer An ALL TORAH original podcast email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com

Bava Metzia Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024


Why Did R' Chaim Answer So Many letters?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2024


00:00 Introduction 2:55 - Clarifications and Additions to Likut Seforim episode 9:20 - Letters of R' Chaim 15:12 - Samples of Letters of R Chaim; Using Works of Saul Leiberman and R' Kehati 17:59 - Why does R' Chaim spend so much time answering questions? 22:20 - Serving the Tzibur at the expense of writing Seforim 25:00 - Rav's obligations to answering questions 30:00 - What the Aderet did when his Kehila was behind on paying him 33:38 - R' Chaim Volozhiner's Legacy: The Nefesh Hachaim 37:00 R Mordechai Gimpel Yafeh's Mesorah from Volozhin 45:20 New Sefer An ALL TORAH original podcast email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com

Was R' Chaim Kanievsky a Posek?

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024


0:00 Introduction 2: 57 - Steipler as a Posek 5:15 - Agunah cases; Paskening along with others 7:02 - Adnei Paz - Rabbonim who said not to rely on their own Seforim 7:38 - Pri Megadim 8:47 - Hafla'ah 9:19 - Nesivos 9:32 - R' Akiva Eiger 10:27 - Shach 10:55 - R' Moshe Feinstein 12:52 - R' Shimon Sofer Hisorerus Teshuvah 17:02 - The Maharsham's work 19:08 - Steipler & Maharsham 23:55 - Maharsham's first sefer The following Rabbonim & Maharsham 24:48 - Tchebiner Rav 28:15 - Darchei Teshuvah 29:30 - R' Isser Zalman Meltzer 29:44 - Chofetz Chaim 30:17 - Aderes 31:42 - R' Chaim Berlin 32:30 - R' Kook 35:44 - R' Elyashiv 38:54 - R' Herzog 41:47 - One Above has other plans 45:02 - New Sefer

Deep Dive into Likut Seforim and R' Chaim Kanievsky

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024


This episode was sponsored L'ilui Nishmas Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchok Dovid

The Story of Likut Seforim and Derech Emunah

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024


This episode was sponsored L'ilui Nishmas Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchok Dovid

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R' Pinchas Horowitz: The Haflah, His Life & works

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2023


Beis Yosef's Famous Chanukah Question; A Historical Perspective.

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023


לעליית הנשמות: שמואל בן משה דעבא בת שמואל

Weddings "Sof Chodesh". The Origins and History

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023


Bava Kama Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2023


Indoor or Outdoor Chuppah; a Historical Overview

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023


This episode is sponsored by: Eli and Eva Genauer in memory of Mrs. Ruth Genauer A”H of Seattle, Washington האשה רבקה בת הרב אברהם הכהן.

The History of Friday Weddings and a Controversy with the Rama in Kraków

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2023


Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Brodt Email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com This episode has been sponsored l'refuah shleima: Avigdor Binyomi ben Frumit Perel

LIVE SHIUR: Rabbi Yeshayah Berlin (Pick) and the Beis Medrash of the Gra

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2023


Yud Gimmel Middos; A Halachic Deep Dive | Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Brodt

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2023


This episode was sponsored L'ului Nishmas Pesach Moshe ben Ephraim, Shimon ben Chananya Lipa Shmuel & Shlomo Zalman Ben Pesach Moshe

The Get of Cleves and Mental Illness

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023


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Yalag, R' Yosef Zechariah Stern and the Kutzo Shel Yud Pt. 02

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2023


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Yalag, R' Yosef Zechariah Stern and the Kutzo Shel Yud Pt. 01

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023


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Kidushin Learnt Throughout The Ages

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023


This episode was sponsored in memory of Moshe Ben Eliyahu and Ahron Ben Eliyahu

Seforim on Hilchis Gittin and the Stories Behind Them

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2023


This episode was anonymously l'zchus a shidduch Mordechai Ben Bracha 0:00 Introduction and Sponsor 2:34 - Intro sources 5:22 - R Shmuel Ben Chafnoi Gaon and Mordechai 6:11 - Kundreisen 8:38 - Specialty seforim 10:04 - R' Yehudah Mintz 11:14 - R' Yaakov Margolis & the Rama 17:20 - Maharshal 18:12 - Zichron Moshe 19:30 - R' Moshe Mintz 19:49 - Sefer Shaimos 21:05 - Nachlas Shiva 22:50 - Taz 23:50 - Seder Get R' Michael 25:06 - Beis Shmuel 26:55 - Get Pashut 27:50 - Michtav Me'Eliyahu 27:57 - Son In Law of Magan Avrohom 28:16 - Three works called Get Mekusher 29:05 - Toras Gittin 31:10 - R' Efraim Zalman Margolis 35:42 - Sources of these Seforim 38:15 - Get and Muktzah 39:28 - Learning from Old Gittin 43:20 - R' Dovid Oppenheim 44:30 - Nodah B'Yehuda 49:00 - Pischei Teshuva 49:27 - Divrei Chaim 49:37 - Ohalei Shem 49:50 - Some other works 57:00 - New sefer For more information please email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com For more information about ALL TORAH go to alltorah.org

The Get of Vienna

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2023


This episode was sponsored: L'zechus a shidduch for מרדכי בן ברכה 0:00 Introduction 1:15 - Story 4:28 - Sources of the story 6:23 - Who are the gedolim involved 11:12 - The Maharam 15:40 - The Ma'asas Binyomin 17:00 - The Yerid 20:40 - What were the Issues with the Get? 23:20 - Sema Version of the story 32:20 - The Levush Teshuvos 37:40 - The Ma'asas Binyomin Teshuvah 41:20 - The Bach 41:50 - The Maharsha 44:34 - Some later sources in Achronim 47:34 - New Sefer For more information please email: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com or schwedm@ou.org

The Tamari-Ventoruzzo Get: An Italian Controversy in the 1560's

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2023


This episode was sponsored L'refuah Sheleima for Avigdor Binyomin ben Perel Frumit For more information about All Torah go to: alltorah.org Comments, Questions, and Sponsors: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com

The Chazon Ish Using New Rishonim Published from Manuscripts Pt. 3

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023


This episode was sponsored L'ilui Nishmas Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchok Dovid 0:00- Introduction 3:40 - More on the dateline controversy 4:24 - More on the Shiurim controversy & the Steipler 11:29 - More on Rabbeinu Chananel 15:00 Chazon Ish and Manuscripts of the Gemarah 17:00 - The Story of R Dovid Schapiro 29:27 - R Zevin and R Dovid Schapiro 32:20 - Did the Chazon Ish Actually see a Dikdukei Sofrim 35:30 - Correct way to use the Dikdukei Sofrim 39:03 - Glosses of Chazon Ish on the side of his Gemarah 42:53 - More about the Chazon Ish and Manuscripts 52:54 - New Sefer - R Yakov Kamenetsky

The Chazon Ish using New Rishonim Published from Manuscripts Pt. 2

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2023


This episode was sponsored L'ilui Nishmas Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchok Dovid 0:00 2:02 Summary Of Previous Episode 5:00 Theories Why The Chazon Ish Was Anti Manuscripts 11:02 Case Of A Forged Gaonic Work 13:48 Shu"t Shaarei Teshuvah 14:40 Aruch L'Ner & Klausenberger Rebbe about Relying on Teshuvah of Geonim 26:40 Aderet, R' Chaim Berlin & Forgeries 31:00 Letters of R Dessler About The Chazon Ish 34:30 Chazon Ish & Rabbenu Chananel 36:30 History of Publishing of Rabbenu Chananel 44:10 New Sefer from Library For more information about All Torah please visit: alltorah.org Sponsorships email: schwedm@ou.org Questions: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com

The Chazon Ish using New Rishonim Published from Manuscripts

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2023


This episode was sponsored L'ilui Nishmas Moshe Chaim ben Yitzchok Dovid 0:00 Introduction 3:36 R' Chaim Zimmerman 7:20 Steipler and new manuscripts 9:58 R' Kalman Kahana 15:00 Kovetz Igros Chazon Ish and contradictions in his writings 26:35 Sources for the Chazon Ish Shitah 29:58 Dateline controversy 33:10 Shiurim controversy 35:26 Publishing of the Shaar Hamayim of the Rashba For more information about All Torah please visit: alltorah.org Sponsorships email: schwedm@ou.org Questions: eliezerbrodt@gmail.com

Shavuos Flowers: The Early Origins

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023


This episode is dedicated in memory of Yitzchok Zev ben Yaakov Shlomo Mordechai. 0:00 Introduction 7:50 Early sources; Machzor Maglei Tzedek 9:21 Maharil 10:40 R' Tirna 11:40 Rama 13:29 Leket Yosher 14:02 Other early sources 15:50 Emanuel Haromi 18:38 Trees; Magen Avrohom 20:48 R' Yehudah Aryeh Modena 23:54 Shelah Hakodesh: Another aspect to the Minhag 26:14 Early source from Targum Sheini and Chida 28:24 Chemdas Yomim 29:55 Oruch HaShulchan 30:47 Chayai Adam and Gra 31:21 Shoel U'mashiv 32:24 Maharsham 33:50 What trees was the Gra referring to? 37:37 Impact of the Chayai Adam 40:22 Lithuanian Sources 43:43 Paper Flowers For information about the All Torah apps and websites please visit alltorah.org To sponsor an upcoming episode please email schwedm@ou.org

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