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Years of working under Rabbi Noach Weinberg zt"l in Aish Hatorah has lent Rav Berkowitz a perspective and understanding of his unique personality that not many were fortunate enough to have gained. Listen to a powerful hesped on one of the greatest men in Kiruv
After the period of the Gemara closed, the oral transmission continued being passed from teacher to student in a reliable way. Rav Berkovits looks at the period of the Geonim and Rishonim, and follows a few different threads of this chain in different countries. This analysis shows us how differences in law began to emerge, as well as the points when each transmission ended.
Rav Berkovits takes us to the point in time just before ours, the Achronim, and the disputes that arose in that era. His analysis of Chassidus and the opposition it faced leads into the enlightenment that swept Europe soon afterward. How did different communities deal with the mass defections that were taking place from traditional Judaism, and how did that affect certain key aspects of mesorah?
Rav Berkovits looks at the important subjects of how to choose a Rabbi. What is Kabbalah, and how does it affect Halacha? Often, newcomers to religious Judaism don't have customs to fall back on. How should one choose what to do? And no less important - when do we know we are ready to take on a more stringent approach? An excellent class on understanding individuality and how to fit ourselves into a comfortable niche.
