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Rischa D'Araisa

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''Frenemies' for Forty Years' Rabbis Avraham Yitzchak Kivelevitz and Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer have served as congregational Rabbis, Dayanim, Rabbeim and teachers in various communities in North America. Authors of Halachic tracts, scholarly articles and reviews, editors of journals and English translations of Classic Jewish texts, they bring fresh, honest insight into contemporary issues and infuse age-old philosophical and literary quandaries with novel takes. Expect intense disagreements and well-intentioned personal barbs that simmer and entertain in a way that is unique to a multiple-decades relationship of two out-of-town Yeshiva guys* that Hashgacha has brought together. *Rabbi K is from Memphis, TN and Rabbi B is from West Hempstead, NY, and they met in Skokie, IL.

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Episodes

  1. Flood and Faith-Emunah in the Midst of Scientific Knowledge

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  2. Storming the Cockpit of Israeli Politics-The Tzibur Charedi Party with Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein

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  3. Collateral Damage-Regents Regression and the Nekudas Habechariah

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  4. להיזכר מעשים רבים והמון בריות לאין תכלית-Does the 25th anniversary of 9/11 figure into our Rosh HaShanah Zichron Teruah?

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  5. No"Strings Attached!"-The Insistence on Traditional Selichos

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  6. New World "Shorter"-Scooting to Shul-Ozemping your Taavos-Micro-Gestures as Mussar

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  7. From 26 to 3-A Week of Yartzheits-The Satmar Rav-The Netziv-Rav Kook Ztvk"l

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  8. From Micro to Macro-Vatranus and Mechilah in our interpersonal relationships can change our whole Society

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  9. The Gift of the AI"- Ease of use can cripple intellectual growth and encourage our worst instincts

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  10. The Mistake in the "Infallible Gedolim" Principle

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  11. Chaviv Adam-The Creator's Endowment-Defining The Equality of Mankind

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  12. Avos and Toldos-Self Evident Truths-Getting a Read on the Founders

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  13. Basking in the Presence-National Anthems,Torch Songs,Athletic Achievement, and the Drafting of Post Seminary Girls

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  14. Rabbinic Kings Declare War-Rischa Prize Finalists

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  15. Dying on the Sword of Hashkafah-The Magen Dovid-Giyus-Aliyah

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  16. The Baal Shem Tov-Still the Mechanech For Our Times

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  17. Between the Tactically Wrong and the Morally Indefensible-Kars 4 Kids Deceptions and Yom Yerushalayim Riots

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  18. Announcing the Rischa D'Araisa Prizes For Literature and More!

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  19. Rabbanim Lecturing and Teaching Women-The Difficulty of a Halachic Standard

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  20. Bekeshas,Frocks,and Caftans-The Rishon LiTzionov-Do Clothes Make the Mensch?

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  21. כבוד זה לזה-Respect and Honor in the Era of Trump

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  22. To Bring to Kever Yisroel-Pride in Trying-In Memory of Elik Topolosky Z"L

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  23. The Iran War-Yetziah Through Mitzrayim with Rabbi Ari Koretzky-Shiites-Sunnis and Sufis-Islam's Historical Relation to Judaism

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  24. Hatzolah Call-Rischa's Rapid Response to the Viral Video on Lakewood

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  25. Gvirbusters-Speaking Truth to the Power of the Pursestrings

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  26. Stirring a Delectable Pot of Lomdus and Halacha-A Tribute to Rav Moshe Shternbach for his 100th Birthday

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  27. Zionism-The "Un"definition-Plus a Moderate Mea Culpa

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  28. It's Not What Our Zaides Did-The Thank You Hashem Phenomenon and Its Critics

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  29. שְׂאוּ־מָר֨וֹם עֵינֵיכֶ֤ם-Klal Yisroel as Guardians of the Environment

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  30. 138th Yartzheit Special-Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch on Medinas Yisroel-Hirsch as Halachist

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  31. Dor Shekulo Chayiv?-Protests or Riots?-Presidents or Robber Barons?

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  32. Signs of Change-Hope Springs from Eretz Yisroel-with Dayan Yehoshua Pfeffer and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein

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  33. A Donors,Draft and Demarcation Dialogue

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  34. Zos Chanukah Special-Steadfast Despite Hatred and Threats-After Bondi Beach-Trump's Ugly Reiner Response-The Legacy of Rav Yitzchok Abadi Z"l-The Victory of Norman Podhoretz

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  35. From Oppression, Cold, and Darkness ,the Light of Creativity Emerges

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  36. Submitting to Authority and Defying the Rule of Law

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  37. Derech Eretz,Derech Eretz, Wherefore Art Thou?

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  38. Three Courses and Dessert-Remembering Rabbi Jay Marcus-Settler Violence-Ponevezh Decision-Boruch Chait's Anthem

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  39. -כלי קודש וכלי שרת וכלי כסף וכלי חרס-Should we be offering steep discounts for Rabe'im?

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  40. יורה משפט ותורה לנר ישראל- Remembering HaRav Ezra Dovid HaLevi Neuberger Zt"l-בר בי רב דכוליה יומיה

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  41. עָצֹ֤ר עָצַר֙ הֹ-The Million Man March in Yerushalayim

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  42. Rav Moshe Hauer Z"l-To Understand and Work with the Other-Encouraging Curiosity and Engagement with the broader World

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  43. Unbox Your Soul-Suggested Hisbonenus for this Year's Hoshana Rabbah and Shmini Atzeres

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  44. An Exercise in Apologetics?-Bakashas Mechilah and Forgiving

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  45. Reclaiming the Tzom of Gedaliah- Lessons for Our Time

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  46. אימת הדין- Desperate Directives Due to Mamdani-Mourning Charlie Kirk

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  47. Torah Only in Eretz Yisroel?-The Trap of Perfectionism

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  48. Crossing the Red Line Into Cancellation-The Bais HaVaad-Rav Kook- Prof. Shaul Lieberman-Rav Yosef Blau

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  49. Rosh HaMedabrim-Rav Berel Wein Z"l-Voice of Sechel,Kavod and Achdus Yisroel

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  50. For Your Tisha B'Av Listening-Reflecting on Vanished Kehilos-Ukraine-Germany-Provence-American Heartland

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

''Frenemies' for Forty Years'

Rabbis Avraham Yitzchak Kivelevitz and Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer have served as congregational Rabbis, Dayanim, Rabbeim and teachers in various communities in North America.

Authors of Halachic tracts, scholarly articles and reviews, editors of journals and English translations of Classic Jewish texts, they bring fresh, honest insight into contemporary issues and infuse age-old philosophical and literary quandaries with novel takes.

Expect intense disagreements and well-intentioned personal barbs that simmer and entertain in a way that is unique to a multiple-decades relationship of two out-of-town Yeshiva guys* that Hashgacha has brought together.

*Rabbi K is from Memphis, TN and Rabbi B is from West Hempstead, NY, and they met in Skokie, IL.

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Produced by Avramel Kivelevitz

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