RIETS Israel Kollel Celebrating 50 Years: Part 3 – The Later Years (Featuring R' Reuven Brand, R' Zvi Kaminetsky and R' Eliav Silverman)

Featuring: R' Reuven Brand, R' Zvi Kaminetzky and R' Eliav SilvermanOVERVIEW:In this final episode of our series celebrating 50 years of the RIETS Israel Kollel, R' Eliav Silverman, R' Reuven Brand, and R' Zvi Kaminetzky reflect on the later years of the Kollel. What was unique about learning in a beis medrash where the rabbeim were always present and accessible? How did Rav Dovid Miller's idealism continue to influence them years after they left the Kollel? What was it like to watch Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l daven Maariv on an ordinary Wednesday night and feel as if it was Neilah? How did a COVID wedding unexpectedly lead one young couple to spend their first years of marriage on the Gruss Campus? And R' Eliav shares a remarkable piece of advice Rav Lichtenstein gave him about grief and life after reflecting on a setting sun at both his mother's levayah and his son's wedding.R’ Brand is the founding Rosh Kollel of the Yeshiva University Torah Mitzion Kollel of Chicago and Dean of the Midwest Center for Jewish Learning.Contact: [email protected]’ Silverman is the Shoel UMeishiv in the RIETS Israel Kollel.Contact: [email protected]’ Zvi Kaminetzky is Rabbi of the Albert Einstein Synagogue in the Bronx.Contact: [email protected]