It's Genius - Think Like a Lamdan

Elisha Friedman

The great Talmudic commentators of the past century have produced some of the most profound and penetrating Talmudic analyses in history. But often these ideas are not accessible to many people because of their complexity. These audio presentations by Rabbi Elisha Friedman are intended to make some of these insights more widely accessible.

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October 19 · 44 min
Rav Soloveitchik #11 - Fast Days
The fifth shiur in Shiurim L'zecher Abba Mari, defining the essential nature of fast days as a day of prayer, rather than a day when one cannot eat
October 12 · 38 min
Rav Soloveitchik #10 - Honoring Shabbos
The fourth shiur in Shiurim L'zecher Abba Mari, discussing the basis for the rabbinic obligation to honor Shabbos, and the essential nature of Shabbos versus Yom Tov based on this.
July 5 · 20 min
Rav Soloveitchik #9 - Kavanah During Shema
The second shiur in Shiurim L'zecher Abba Mari, also about Shema.
July 5 · 28 min
Rav Soloveitchik #8 - Shema and the Exodus
Presentation of the first piece in Shiurim L'zecher Abba Mari, about Shema and remembering the Exodus
July 5 · 1 hr 49 min
Rav Soloveitchik #7 - Teshuvah Ideas
Survey of Rav Soloveitchik's insights into teshuvah, primarily from the work, Al Hateshuvah
July 5 · 33 min
Rav Soloveitchik #6 - Dimensions of the Altar
Rav Soloveitchik resolves a contradiction in the Rambam whether the dimensions of the Mizbeach (altar in the Temple) have to be precise, and develops a fundamental idea regarding the Mizbeach, which is similar to his uncle's, the Brisker Rav.
July 5 · 41 min
Rav Soloveitchik #5 - Location of Beit Hamikdash
Rav Soloveitchik differentiates between the sanctified structure of the Beit Hamikdash and the location upon which it rests, a concept which also applies also to Jerusalem, and which the Brisker Rav also discusses
July 5 · 50 min
Rav Soloveitchik #4 - Sanctity of a Sotah Scroll
Rav Soloveitchik formulates a new understanding of the status of the Sotah scroll, and debates the issue with Reb Yitzchak Hutner
July 5 · 57 min
Rav Soloveitchik #3 - Lulav on the Second Day
Rav Soloveitchik analyzes the difference between Lulav on the first and second days and explains the views of the Rambam and Rashi
July 5 · 54 min
Rav Soloveitchik #2 - Gifts to the Poor
Rav Soloveitchik articulates a fundamental distinction between the obligatory gifts of produce to the poor vs. the tithes to the Kohein, and the Chazon Ish disagrees with him.
July 5 · 59 min
Rav Soloveitchik #1 - Sanctifying the Calendar
Rav Soloveitchik builds on insights from Reb Chaim and Reb Moshe to explain how we sanctify the calendar nowadays without a Jewish court
July 5 · 41 min
Rav Reines #5 - Principles of Aggadah
1. Explanatipn of Sanhedrin 92b and two models of spiritual development. 2. Explanation of Shabbat 88a and the connection between the Jewish people and the Etrog. (Based on Chotem Tochnit, chs. 6 & 7, pgs. 185-260.)
July 5 · 17 min
Rav Reines #4 - Middle Ground in Halacha
Explanation of the Rambam's view that a minor girl can give consent (based on Chotem Tochnit, pgs. 287-320)
July 5 · 12 min
Rav Reines #3 - Principles vs. Details
Explanation of the line in Succah 18a differentiating between the laws of Tumah vs. Succah, with a comparison to R. Chaim Brisker. (Based on Chotem Tochnit, ch. 4, pgs. 156-69)
July 5 · 29 min
Rav Reines #2 - Effects on Behavior
Rav Reines explains the discussion in Sanhedrin 29a about a witness who hates the person he's testifying about. (Based on Chotem Tochnit, ch. 3, pgs. 136-56)
July 5 · 57 min
Rav Reines #1 - Principles of Halacha
Introduction to the conceptual system of R. Yitzchak Yaakov Reines, rav of Lida and founder of Mizrachi, and explanation of Moed Katan 2b (based on Chotem Tochnit, ch. 2, pgs. 52-136)
July 5 · 29 min
Rogatchover #11 - Rosh Hashana Night
Presentation of the Rogatchover's bold idea that Rosh Hashana doesn't fully begin until late morning
July 5 · 51 min
Rogatchover #10 - Roundup of Ideas
Survey of nine of the Rogatchover's ideas, based on R. Moshe Kasher's sefer
July 5 · 27 min
Rogatchover #9 - Marriage in Halacha
The Rogatchover explores the nature of halachic marriage, including the status of secular marriage
July 5 · 16 min
Rogatchover #8 - Boundaries in Halacha
The Rogatchover explores the nature of borders in halacha

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