“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #22: “Heicha Kedusha (Abridged Repetition) for Shacharit?”
Faith and Kindness Rabbi Chaim Kanterovitz, Senior Rabbinic International Educator and Director of OTS’s OMEK program I have always wondered why it is that of all the Megilot – Scrolls that we read, on Shavuot we read the book of Ruth. Yes, it is true that, as the midrash points out, this is a narrative of …
Law and Lyrics: The Challenge of Shavuot Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement for OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Programs The events of Shavuot, receiving the Torah and it’s Jewish lifestyle, was probably the most severe “life-change” ever to take place to an entire nation: from eating anything [except a limb from a …
Taanit Esther- A Plea for Balance Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement for OTS’s Beren-Amiel and Straus-Amiel Emissary Programs[1] Introduction It is a well-established custom[2] to fast on the 13th of Adar[3], usually one day before Purim [which is celebrated in most places on the 14th of Adar[4],] from Dawn to Dusk[5]. While …
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #22: “Heicha Kedusha (Abridged Repetition) for Shacharit?”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #21: “We’ll give you 15 minutes for Shacharit, Rabbi”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #21: “Shul Protocol on a Fast Day”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #20: “The Gender Challenge on Purim”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #19: “Saying ‘Shehechiyanu’ on an Anniversary?”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #18: “May a Person Who Converted to Judaism Say ‘Shehechiyanu’ on the Day of His/Her Conversion?”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #17: “A sitting chazzan: Can one daven amida (literally meaning standing up) while sitting down?”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #16: “A sitting chazzan: Can one daven amida (literally meaning standing up) while sitting down?”
“The Code and the Reality”
Audio Series by Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein, Director of Training and Placement of OTS rabbinical and educational emissaries
Shiur #15: “Cover Yourself, or Sacrifice for the Community?”