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פְּרִי אַדְמָתְךָ וְכָל-יְגִיעֲךָ, יֹאכַל עַם אֲשֶׁר לֹא-יָדָעְתָּ; וְהָיִיתָ, רַק עָשׁוּק וְרָצוּץ--כָּל-הַיָּמִים.

 

וְהָיִיתָ, מְשֻׁגָּע, מִמַּרְאֵה עֵינֶיךָ, אֲשֶׁר תִּרְאֶה

 

 

As the Jewish people readied themselves to read the Parsha that outlines the contours of the terrible Galus we have endured

We note the resilience, ingenuity, and faith in the Halachic system of Rabbanim and Poskim who heroically and with great sensitivity dealt with the angst filled questions that arose in that world of constant warfare and strife

None Shone brighter than one who was considered by many as the pre-eminent authority of his time

רבי

 שלום מרדכי הכהן שבדרון

The Maharsham

The Brazhaner Rov

זצוק'ל זי'ע

 

The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh

 

Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur  of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT

 

was honored to present

the renowned author, educator and Posek

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper

Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership,

author of

Divine Will and Human Experience: Explorations of the Halakhic System and its Values

 

Who highlighted a groundbreaking Tshuva

penned by The Maharsham

That has had very modern ramifications

 

 

In a presentation titled

'Eitzah LiHalacha ViLo Limaaseh'

-Broad Shoulders of the Brazhaner-

The Maharsham's solution to the complex Mamzer issue 

 

The episode features readings from the Poskei Eretz Yisroel  of forty years ago

Chacham Ovadiah Yosef

Rav Shlomo Goren

Rav Avraham Shapira

Rav Boruch Verner

Rav Moshe Malka

Rav Simcha Kook

who struggled with these questions

Rabbi Aryeh Klapper is Dean of the Center for Modern Torah Leadership, Rosh Beit Midrash of its Summer Beit Midrash Program and a former member of the Boston Beit Din.

 

Rabbi Klapper is a widely published author in prestigious Hebrew and English journals. He is frequently consulted on issues of Jewish law from representatives of all streams of Judaism and responds from an explicit and uncompromised Orthodox stance.

 

The Yeshiva of Newark @IDT is proud to partner with Rabbi Klapper to help spread his scholarly thoughtful ideas and Halachic insight to as wide an audience as possible .

 

 

 

 

 

Please visit

 

http://www.torahleadership.org/

 

for many more articles and audio classes from Rav Klapper and to find out about his Summer programs as well as Rabbi Klapper's own podcast site

 

https://anchor.fm/aryeh-klapper.