Yeshiva of Newark Podcast

The Yeshiva of Newark /The Yeshiva at IDT is a Yeshiva and a College. The first half of the day is dedicated to Shiurim and one-on-one Torah study while the second half students study towards a degree in cyber secutity..Located on the 2nd floor of IDT’s worldwide headquarters in Newark, NJ the Yeshiva is sandwiched among floors of corporate hustle and bustle. But one visit will have you know that this international, multi-billion dollars telecommunications and entertainment corporation – one of the largest in the world – is firmly rooted in Torah.Our Yeshiva is unique in that as diverse as our student body is, our Roshei Yeshiva and general staff maintain a friendly and open relationship with the students. The staff is approachable for advice, encouragement, or just a good shmooze. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz . Shalom Ubracha- It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world’s finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am humbly offering to partner with all of you on a venture of discovery. Over twenty-five years ago, I listened with rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said the Rambam,Maimonides, was the Girsa DaYankusa of his father, which the prodigy grew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all of Mishna Torah etched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip. However,it was in that other Moshe, Nachmanides, that the elder Soloveichick discovered his intellectual approach and soul. It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick’s flowering as the premier Talmudist of our times was built in great part by contrasting the words of each of these Medieval teachers in areas they had both worked on, or where Ramban levels his often withering criticism of Rambam’s position. There are scores of examples throughout Shas,and in particular in the work Nachmanides dedicated to staking his disagreements with his Egyptian counterpart-Hasagos to the Rambam’s Sefer HaMitzvos. In his classic towering Perush on Chumash,Ramban forcefully attacks many of Rambam’s explanations of mitzvos and interpretations of biblical events. In the coming weeks, we can together discover anew these diamond like gems of codification, inquiry analysis and poetic barbs that issued from these giants…..-armed with the salient texts, and buoyed by an enthusiasm to discover, I relish the prospect of learning with you. This podcast is powered by JewishPodcasts.org. Start your own podcast today and share your content with the world. Click jewishpodcasts.fm/signup to get started.