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Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Entranceway Into the Jewish Mind-Episode 13-Soul Enhancement-The Neshama Yeserah-The Unique Jewish Quality of Soul Activated Every Shabbas-Beitzah 16-ahttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-08-2048 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastShlosheh Inyanim Kineged Shlosha Shutfim-The Issur of Limud HaTorah During Shiva-Making Menial Use of a Teen-Aged Kohen-Giving a Name to a Sick Child before the Bris-A Bella Kivelevitz A"H 35th Yartzheit Shiurhttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
תלמוד בבלי מסכת נדה דף לא עמוד א
תנו רבנן: שלשה שותפין יש באדם, הקב'ה ואביו ואמו. אביו מזריע הלובן, שממנו עצמות וגידים וצפרנים, ומוח שבראשו, ולובן שבעין. אמו מזרעת אודם, שממנו עור ובשר ושערות, ושחור שבעין. והקב'ה נותן בו רוח ונשמה וקלסתר פנים, וראיית העין, ושמיעת האוזן, ודבור פה, והלוך רגלים, ובינה והשכל. וכיון שהגיע זמנו להפטר מן העולם - הקב'ה נוטל חלקו, וחלק אביו ואמו מניח לפניהם
The Issur of Limud HaTorah During Shiva-
Making Menial Use of a Teen-Aged Kohen-
Giving a Name to a Sick Child before the BrisAvodas Kochavim
laced with history, precedent and anecdote
Easy to Swallow Relevant Halacha
This Shiur is specifically dedicated to the loving memory of
ביילא בת יואל הלוי
נפּטרה
כ ו
אב
תש'ן
תנצבצ'ה
בִּ
בְכִי יָבֹאוּ וּבְתַחֲנוּנִים אוֹבִילֵם
אוֹלִיכֵם אֶל נַחֲלֵי מַיִם בְּדֶרֶךְ יָשָׁר
לֹא יִכָּשְׁלוּ בָּהּ
כִּי הָיִיתִי לְיִשְׂרָאֵל לְאָב
וְאֶפְרַיִם בְּכֹרִי הוּ
א :
ירמיה
ט -לא-
Bella Kivelevitz A'hon her 35th Yartzheit
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2025-08-191h 04
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastPiskei HaRav Yisroel Belsky Zatzal-Foods that Chazal deem dangeroushttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
This episode is a Kashrus based discussion,which deals with how we apply Chazal's statements of food considered dangerous in terms of Hashgachos and directives to caterers or any mass food producers. Rabbi Kivelevitz learns the Psakim of Rav Yisroel Belsky in this area from his sefer Shulchan HaLevi
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2025-08-1422 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Entranceway Into the Jewish Mind-Episode 12-Moshe Rabbeinu's Sublime Level and Fostering Real Friendships between Families-Beitzah 16-ahttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-08-1144 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Episode 11-Reading Psukim with a Gemara Lens-Shammai-Tzadik-Hillel-Chasid-Beitzah-16-ahttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-08-0448 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastBlack and white and unread?-On long summer Shabbas afternoons-Books with a Beis Yosef Hechsher only or Newspapers and Magazines?-Rabbi Kivelevitz and Rabbi Worch debatehttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate
2025-07-2251 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-10-Entranceway into the Jewish Mind-Talmudic Philology-Serious on its own terms-Beitzah 16-ahttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-07-2149 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastSephardi Minhagim of the three weeks-Not so Uniform/Barbershop RulesPlease click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
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Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur through the important subtle points ofHalacha LaMaaseh elaborated on by Rav Mordechai Mayer from his Sefer-Iturei Mordechai.The Psakim of Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul, Chacham Ovadiah Yosef,Rav Shmuel Vozner and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerabach are discussed with practical ramifications.
This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping...
2025-07-1417 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastShivaAser B'Tamuz Special-Taking Medicines-Showering-Shopping-Doing Laundry on the Fast Dayhttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloatRabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur through the important subtle points ofHalacha LaMaaseh elaborated on by Rav Mordechai Mayer from his Sefer-Iturei Mordechai.ThePsakim of Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul,Rav Shmuel Vozner and Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerabach are discussed with practical ramifications.
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last fifteen years writing and teaching for Dirshu International's Daf Yomi B'Halacha Amud Yomi programs.He also lectures in Halacha for Tzurba M'Rabanan.
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This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so...
2025-07-1127 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastThe Night before the Fast-Has Shiva Aser BaTamuz already started?/Eating before dawnPlease click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
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Rabbi Kivelevitz leads the Shiur through the important subtle points of Halacha LaMaaseh elaborated on by Rav Mordechai Mayer from his Sefer-Iturei Mordechai.The Psakim of Rav Ben Tzion Abba Shaul,Rav Shmuel Vozner and Rav Chaim Kanyevski are discussed with practical ramifications.Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz has spent the last fifteen years writing and teaching for Dirshu International'sDaf Yomi B'Halacha and Amud Yomi Programs along with giving Shiurim for Tzurba M'Rabanan
This...
2025-07-1127 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Entranceway Into the Jewish Mind-9-The Power of Tzedakah-Rashi Vs.Rabbeinu Chananel-Beitzah 15-bhttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-07-0746 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Entranceway Into the Jewish Mind-8-Playing The Sugya Cards You're Dealt-Beitzah 15-b-16-ahttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-06-2644 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Entranceway into the Jewish Mind-7-Balancing Bitachon and Financial Restraint-Beitzah 15-bPlease click on this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
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As a public service the Yeshiva of Newark presents Talmud classes for beginners or for those who have been ill-served by their schooling in the past,or in some way jaundiced towards what still remains the definitive Jewish text of scholarship and more.
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's...
2025-06-1949 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastFundamentals of the Talmud-Entranceway to the Jewish Mind-6-Simcha and Drashos-Beitzah 15-bhttps://thechesedfund.com/yeshivaofnewarkpodcast/keeping-the-ark-afloat
Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz,a teacher with over forty years of experience teaching Talmud to students of all levels,presents in a clear manner the flow of the Talmud's discussion,and what are the goals the text wants the reader to achieve.
2025-06-1156 min
Tzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleYartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a'h -Chanukah-Megilas Taanis-The Inside Storyon this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing.
We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many.
The Yeshiva of Newark continued its partnership with Tzurba M’Rabanan
This Episode's discussion
A Special Yartzheit Shiur for Lan...
2024-12-2749 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastTzurba M'Rabanan-Episode 61- Lana Kivelevitz Yartzheit Shiur-Chanukah-Megilas Taanis-The Inside Storyon this link to contribute whatever you can to keep this podcast on the air:
This proud edifice is in real danger of toppling and disappearing.
We need the help of our listeners to continue to record and edit, and to promote a product that has been a balm and instructive to so many.
The Yeshiva of Newark continued its partnership with Tzurba M’Rabanan
This Episode's discussion
A Special Yartzheit Shiur for Lan...
2024-12-2749 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastTzurba M'Rabanan-Episode 16- Long View Tzedakah- Institutionalizing the Developmentally Disabled-Yartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a"hThe Yeshiva of Newark continued its partnership with Tzurba M’Rabanan,with an interactive Shiur dealing with topics in volume 2 which covers Kibbud Av VaEim - Talmud Torah-Geirus-Bris Mila -Pidyon Haben and Tzedaka.
This episode's discussion-
Long View Tzedakah-Freeing Hostages and Institutionalizing the Developmentally Disabled A Special Yartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a'h
The Tzurba M’Rabanan halacha program is represented in Eretz Yisroel by over one thousand shiurim across the country. A systematic and concise learning method that walks the reader through the entire halachic process, Tzurba M’Rabanan covers the Biblical and Ta...
2023-12-061h 04Tzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleLong View Tzedakah- Institutionalizing the Developmentally Disabled-Yartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a"hThe Yeshiva of Newark continued its partnership with Tzurba M’Rabanan,with an interactive Shiur dealing with topics in volume 2 which covers Kibbud Av VaEim - Talmud Torah-Geirus-Bris Mila -Pidyon Haben and Tzedaka.
This episode's discussion-
Long View Tzedakah-Freeing Hostages and Institutionalizing the Developmentally Disabled A Special Yartzheit Shiur for Lana Kivelevitz a'h
The Tzurba M’Rabanan halacha program is represented in Eretz Yisroel by over one thousand shiurim across the country. A systematic and concise learning method that walks the reader through the entire halachic process, Tzurba M’Rabanan covers the Biblical and Ta...
2023-12-061h 04
Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam Juni"Yesh מ׳ז׳ל׳ BiYisroel"-Speaking frankly about teenage male sexuality in the Frum World-Responses to Doctor Shloime Zimmerman's From Boys to Men-with Rabbi Shmuel Skaist LPC, CSAT-cThis episode has serious Adult Content
Episode 75: The Sexual Miseducation of Religious Adolescents
Spurred by Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman’s recent book titled
“From Boys to Men,” Rabbi Kivelevitz chairs this panel
discussion with Pro. Juni and Rabbi Shmuel Skaist who is a
noted educator, mentor, and psychotherapist specializing in
sexual addictions. Dr. Zimmerman’s underlying premise, which
the panelists fully endorse, is that adolescents will persist in
some sexual behaviors (especially masturbation) regardless of
any educational efforts. R. Kivelevitz applauds...
2023-08-2747 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 75-WARNING-EXPLICIT MATERIAL-"Yesh מ׳ז׳ל׳ BiYisroel"-Speaking frankly about teenage male sexuality in the Frum World-Responses to Doctor Shloime Zimmerman's From Boys to Men-with Rabbi Shmuel Skaist LPC, CSAT-cThis episode has serious Adult Content
Episode 75: The Sexual Miseducation of Religious Adolescents
Spurred by Dr. Shloimie Zimmerman’s recent book titled
“From Boys to Men,” Rabbi Kivelevitz chairs this panel
discussion with Pro. Juni and Rabbi Shmuel Skaist who is a
noted educator, mentor, and psychotherapist specializing in
sexual addictions. Dr. Zimmerman’s underlying premise, which
the panelists fully endorse, is that adolescents will persist in
some sexual behaviors (especially masturbation) regardless of
any educational efforts. R. Kivelevitz applauds...
2023-08-2747 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleWomen and Gemara Learning-Understanding the ControversyThe Yeshiva of Newark continued its partnership with Tzurba M’Rabanan,with an interactive Shiur in volume 2 which covers Kibbud Av VaEim - Talmud Torah-Geirus-Bris Mila -Pidyon Haben and Tzedaka.
This episode's discussion-
Women and Gemara Learning-Understanding the Controversy
L'ilui Nishmas Mrs.Bella Kivelevitz a'h on the occasion of her 33rd YartzheitThe Tzurba M’Rabanan halacha program is represented in Eretz Yisroel by over one thousand shiurim across the country. A systematic and concise learning method that walks the reader through the entire halachic process, Tzurba M’Rabana...
2023-08-1752 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastTzurba M'Rabanan-Episode 7-Women and Gemara Learning-Understanding the Controversy-L'ilui Nishmas Mrs.Bella Kivelevitz
The Yeshiva of Newark continued its partnership with Tzurba M’Rabanan,with an interactive Shiur in volume 2 which covers Kibbud Av VaEim - Talmud Torah-Geirus-Bris Mila -Pidyon Haben and Tzedaka.
This episode's discussion-
Women and Gemara Learning-Understanding the Controversy
L'ilui Nishmas Mrs.Bella Kivelevitz a'h on the occasion of her 33rd YartzheitThe Tzurba M’Rabanan halacha program is represented in Eretz Yisroel by over one thousand shiurim across the country. A systematic and concise learning method that walks the reader through the entire halachic process, Tzurba M’Rabanan covers the Biblical and...
2023-08-1752 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniHitlerian Hilarity-Comments on Mel Brooks' 1983 film-To Be or Not to Be Episode 76: Antisemitism, Humor, and the Holocaust:Lubitsch Vs. Brooks
(Except for the introductory initial analysis ofShakespeare’s Shylock in the combined contexts of Antisemitism, Feminism, and the Jewish Humor Genre, this podcast will be of interest primarily to movie buffs who have seen the Ernst Lubitsch Classic comedy “To Be or Not To Be” starring Jack Benny, as well as Mel Brooks’ remake.)
A lively debate is presented featuring two enthusiastic Rabbinic movie aficionados– Rabbi Joseph Kolakowski and Rabbi Avramel Kivelevitz – along with YacovFreedman, Senior Podcast Producer at Turner Classic Movies -- as t...
2023-08-0956 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniShadow of Lincoln-Putin as Patriot?-Your Perspective has been ProgrammedProf. Juni brings a fresh, though disorienting, skepticism about “self-evident” perspectives on good vs. evil, proposing that our world views are totally blinded by our own ideology. Our international prism thus lacks any relationship to reality. Dr. Juni advances his provocative point of view,based on interpersonal psychology, that our perceptions and judgments are secondary to our needs and agenda. Is Putin a patriot or a villain? Juniargues that our individual perspectives – whether you live in New York or in Moscow – have been programmed by sociocultural factors and lack objectivity.
To hundreds of millions, Putin and Linc...
2023-07-0727 min
Who We've Lost Since CoronaMechanech and Manhig-Rav Gershon Edelstein Zatzal-A Discussion with Rav Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer and Rav Avraham Kivelevitz
This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate
2023-06-0745 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastChanging society's view of Summer-an episode of the Chavrusa-Rabbi Kivelevitz Vs Rabbi WorchA Yeshiva of Newark Podcast Re-Release
2023-06-0631 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniImportant "Women" in our lives-Siri and AlexaAlexa, and Friends as Ladies in Waiting Created by Men: Implications & Fallout
Recounting that war directives to fighter pilots as well as propaganda (Tokyo Rose) usually made use of a femaleProf. Juni outlines the developmental logic of stereotyping women as nurturing and forgiving while men are typically placed into authoritative capable, and punishing roles, noting the consistency of this role division in Victorian and Protestant literature.
-- even as some have advanced a tone of impersonality to enhance an authoritative tone -- R. Kivelevitz outlines a number of negative repercussions of these
2023-06-0231 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 73-Important "Women" in our Lives-Siri and Alexa Alexa, and Friends as Ladies in Waiting Created by Men: Implications & Fallout
The common assignation of the feminine gender to these entities which essentially manage the households of so many is the take-off point of a socio-cultural discussion of the history of gender choices for various family roles.
Recounting that war directives to fighter pilots as well as propaganda (Tokyo Rose) usually made use of a femaleradio broadcaster addressing soldiers, R. Kivelevitz notes the sexist aspects of some of the implicit stereotypes and the feminist reactions to them.
Prof. Juni outlines the...
2023-06-0231 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastReb Mayer Kivelevitz a"h Yartzheit Shiur-You had me at Hello -Just what is Shailas Shalom?Just what is Shailas Shalom?
The Shiur is dedicated to the Aliyas Nishamah of
ר מאיר בן ציון בן רב ישראל ישעיה ז'ל
נפּטר כט אדר ראשון תש'ס
Reb' Mayer Kivelevitz a'h
on the occasion of his 23rd Yartzheit
תהלים כה יב
מִי-זֶה הָאִישׁ, יְרֵא ה יוֹרֶנּוּ, בְּדֶרֶךְ יִבְחָר.
תנצבצ'ה
This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate
2023-03-211h 02Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniWitness or Footnote-What Senior Citizens attendance at Young Persons' Weddings SignifiesRecognizing that there are no events without conflicting facets, R. Kivelevitz anchors the analysis of the emotional impact of the family wedding by zeroing in on the experiences of the “older generation” at the celebration. Belying the overt joy, he argues, there is an undercurrent of “the passing of the torch” with a sense that life is passing these folks by in favor of the new generation. Though not evident in the parents of the new couple because of their immediate involvement in the nuts and bolts of the event, these feelings are more palpable for the older generation.
Pr...
2023-03-0932 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 72-Witness or Footnote-What Senior Citizens attendance at Young Persons' Weddings SignifiesRecognizing that there are no events without conflicting facets, R. Kivelevitz anchors the analysis of the emotional impact of the family wedding by zeroing in on the experiences of the “older generation” at the celebration. Belying the overt joy, he argues, there is an undercurrent of “the passing of the torch” with a sense that life is passing these folks by in favor of the new generation. Though not evident in the parents of the new couple because of their immediate involvement in the nuts and bolts of the event, these feelings are more palpable for the older generation.
Pr...
2023-03-0932 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniPsycho Drama-Theater as a Medium of Self Awareness
The discussion begins with a review of a recent production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” by a Modern Orthodox Jewish cast and crew at the Jerusalem Theater. Prof. Juni had organized a sizable group of friends and colleagues who attended the play and then participated in a focus group with the producer, crew, and key actors. The discussion is enriched by R. Kivelevitz’s encyclopedic mastery of the world of cinema and theater and its history.
The discussants compare and contrast the dynamics of the intended message (if any) which is evident in...
2023-01-1050 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 71-Psycho Drama-Theater as a Medium of Self Awareness The discussion begins with a review of a recentproduction of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” by a Modern Orthodox Jewish cast and crew at the Jerusalem Theater. Prof. Juni had organized a sizable group of friends and colleagues who attended the play and then participated in a focuseddiscussion group with the producer, crew, and key actors. The discussion is enriched by R. Kivelevitz’s encyclopedic mastery of the world of cinema and theater and its history.
The discussants compare and contrast the dynamics ofthe intended message (if any) which is evident in...
2023-01-1050 min
On PrincipleUsing State Income Tax Credits for Yeshiva Tuition-Is it Tzedakah?-Inside Rabbi MichaelJ.Broyde's Halachic LaboratoryRabbi Michael J. Broyde is professor of law at Emory University School of Law and senior fellow and projects director at the Center for the Study of Law andReligion at Emory University. Broyde's Semicha (yoreh yoreh ve-yadin yadin) was obtained in 1991 from Yeshiva University ,he was a Dayan of the Beth Din of America, where he also served as Menahel . He was the Founding Rabbi of the Young Israel of Atlanta. Rabbi Kivelevitz discusses with Broyde aspects of his newest work Settingthe Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan(co-authored with Shlomo Pi...
2023-01-0540 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniThe thermo-therapeutic -dynamic of Jewish Stand-up HumorHow Contemporary Ethnic Stand-Up has Dragged Jewish Humor into the Gutter
We are witness to the recent appearance of Jewish stand-up comedians who – though allegedly grounded in PC/Woke equality and diversity principles – serve up anti-Jewish humor to appreciative wide audiences. The discussion begins with a focus on Ari Shaffir’s latest performance labeled “Jew” as a springboard for an overall analysis and debate of Jewish humor, branching out to Ethnic Humor and Self-Deprecating Humor, to the very essence of Humor Theory per se. Insofar as self-directed humor often serves as a disguised mode of criticism...
2022-12-1336 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 70-The thermo-therapeutic -dynamic of Jewish Stand-up HumorHow Contemporary Ethnic Stand-Up has Dragged Jewish Humor into the Gutter
We are witness to the recent appearance of Jewish stand-up comedians who – though allegedly grounded in PC/Woke equality and diversity principles – serve up anti-Jewish humor to appreciative wide audiences. The discussion begins with a focus on Ari Shaffir’s latest performance labeled “Jew” as a springboard for an overall analysis and debate of Jewish humor, branching out to Ethnic Humor and Self-Deprecating Humor, to the very essence of Humor Theory per se. Insofar as self-directed humor often serves as a disguised mode of criticism...
2022-12-1336 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniPlastering the Departed Person's Name on a Plaza won't Prolong Anything
The institution of naming streets and erecting buildings to honor heroes and others is scrutinized from sociological, psychological, and existential perspectives. As a parallel motif,the recent woke-grounded phenomenon of tearing down monuments and un-naming streets and endeavors is similarly analyzed. With some debate and qualifications,both discussants agree the intent in these namings is to keep the hero’s ideals alive for a long time, allowing him/her to exist even after death.
Annotating his rebuttal from highlights from famous films and literary work, R. Kivelevitz presents his position that the primary impetus for thes...
2022-11-0930 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 69-Plastering the Departed Person's Name on a Plaza won't Prolong Anything
The Memorial as a False Idol
The institution of naming streets and erecting buildings to honor heroes and others is scrutinized from sociological, psychological, and existential perspectives. As a parallel motif,the recent woke-grounded phenomenon of tearing down monuments and un-naming streets and endeavors is similarly analyzed. With some debate and qualifications,both discussants agree the intent in these namings is to keep the hero’s ideals alive for a long time, allowing him/her to exist even after death.
Prof. Juni argues that the extant dynamic here is anxiety about death...
2022-11-0930 min
Rischa D'AraisaNot-So Innocent Abroad-Avramel's Adventures in Holy Wonderland
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2022-10-2534 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniWhat FaceTime Has WroughtDistance Communication: Ultimate Facilitator of Knowledge or Bane of Intimacy?
R. Kivelevitz traces the social ramifications of distance communication – from the advent of letter writing to the world of modern electronics – in terms of interpersonal connectedness and the gradual eradication of privacy and personal space. Whereas face-to-face interactions are multi-sensory, letter writing provided communication that was limited to written words and content.Telephone added auditory context to words.
Juni stresses that intimacy is emotional and essentially bereft of context or informational exchange per se. He cites the halachic ritual of consoling the bereaved (Nichum Aveilim) wher...
2022-10-1249 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam Juni"Ani Lidodi Vidodi Li"- Contrasting and Conflating human and Divine concepts of IntimacyR. Kivelevitz begins by analyzing the superficial features of the formalities which trivialize true love and intimacy, and decries how these special days are often exploited by those merely seeking fleeting encounters. On the other hand, Prof. Juni argues in favor of programmed “closeness rituals” as he points out that the beauty of meaningful relationships is often lost in the routine of daily activities.
The essence and function of intimacy and close relationships are analyzed from the perspectives of social Marxism and family economics. Basic theoretical divides are elaborated by the discussants: From the Freudian notio...
2022-09-1340 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-Episode 67-"Ani Lidodi Vidodi Li"- Contrasting and Conflating human and Divine concepts of IntimacyR. Kivelevitz begins by analyzing the superficial features of the formalities which trivialize true love and intimacy, and decries how these special days are often exploited by those merely seeking fleeting encounters. On the other hand, Prof. Juni argues in favor of programmed “closeness rituals” as he points out that the beauty of meaningful relationships is often lost in the routine of daily activities.
The essence and function of intimacy and close relationships are analyzed from the perspectives of social Marxism and family economics. Basic theoretical divides are elaborated by the discussants: From the Freudian notion that all r...
2022-09-1340 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniThe Overturning of Roe V.Wade-Exposing Raw Nerves and Exploring the Unique Mindset of the Pregnant WomanR. Kivelevitz frames the discussion in dual directions: What is the mindset of a woman facing an unwanted pregnancy, and how has this issue become so firmly identified as one of right vs. wrong which is evoking anger and even violence on both sides?
Prof. Juni uses the contrast between the fallout of this issue in the United States vs. Israel to inform a major social-political underlying dynamic. The Israeli Haredi establishment are not crusading against abortion because they are not fervently concerned about the moral character of Israel outside of their narrow society. This co...
2022-08-0848 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastRabbis Shmuel Skaist and Avraham Kivelevitz represent Partzuphim- Going Against Protocol-A New type of Anti-Semitism in America?Due to the uptick of anti-semitic attacks again,and as we contemplate our life in Galus during the three weeks-we represent
a discussion Rabbi Skaist and I had about the tension between the African American community and Orthodox Jews and whether the anti-semitic attacks are an indicator of something new and different.
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2022-07-1829 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam Juni"Get to the Point, Already!"- Unraveling Stuttering and other disfluencies and The Prejudices that Surrounds themProf. Juni begins by charting humanity’s ignominious tradition of attributing malice onto those of us whose maladies we fail to understand. Even after prejudice toward the physically disabled began to wane, this ignoble tendency remained steadfast when we confronted illnesses with no blatant physical cause, and especially when we saw people behaving “irrationality. Moored in the legends of the archetypal Eve whose defiance of G-d’s anti-apple injunction was “necessarily” caused by an unholy alliance with the evil snake, we consequently burned “nefarious” witches, performed gruesome exorcisms on hapless victims who “obviously” consorted (implicitly or explicitly) with the devil, shamed thos...
2022-07-1252 min
Yeshiva of Newark PodcastStanding in Two Worlds-65-"Get to the Point, Already!"- Unraveling Stuttering and other disfluencies and The Prejudices that Surrounds themProf. Juni begins by charting humanity’s ignominious tradition of attributing malice onto those of us whose maladies we fail to understand. Even after prejudice toward the physically disabled began to wane, this ignoble tendency remained steadfast when we confronted illnesses with no blatant physical cause, and especially when we saw people behaving “irrationality. Moored in the legends of the archetypal Eve whose defiance of G-d’s anti-apple injunction was “necessarily” caused by an unholy alliance with the evil snake, we consequently burned “nefarious” witches, performed gruesome exorcisms on hapless victims who “obviously” consorted (implicitly or explicitly) with the devil, shamed thos...
2022-07-1252 min
Who We've Lost Since CoronaThe World is Defined By Torah-A Shloshim Tribute to Rav Nota Greenblatt Zatzal-with Rav Yonah Reiss-Rav Menachem Genack-Rav Yossi Grossman-Rav Yaakov Nagel-Rav Shayah KivelevitzThe Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDTin recognition of the Shloshim of one of Klal Yisroel’s
Gedolei haDor
on the 29th of Iyar
who served the whole country as the premier Posek and Mesader Gittin
Mohel,Shochet,Mikvah Builder,Eruv Constructor
Rav HaMachsir and day school founder
Whose advice and decisions were requested from all corners for over seven decades
who throughout his life served as a symbol of brillian...
2022-05-271h 09
Who We've Lost Since CoronaGadlus even in Devarim Ketanim-Rav Nota Zatzal-Divrei Zikoron and Hesped from Rav Elchanan Adler Shlita and Avraham KivelevitzDelivered May 11th in Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchack Elchanan
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2022-05-1230 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniStreaming Overdoses and Social Media DepressionDrawing on Rabbi Kivelevitz’s extensive pastoral mentoring experience and Prof. Juni’s clinical and research findings, the discussants annotate how electronic media has insidiously been chipping away at the foundations of healthy interpersonal relationships and adaptive self-representations. These have especially as these have stymied healthy psychological development of adolescents. Initially, the telephone – and then radio entertainment and television -- fostered increased passivity. Then, as we went from email to instant messaging, the notions of downtime, leisurely conversations, curling up with a book, living-in-the-world, and even taking time to ponder were steadily banished to the realm of the boring. These h...
2022-05-1246 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniUnderstanding Cross Cultural Pesach Season Cleaning Obsessions and Seder Psychoses
The annual pre-Passover hullabaloo is marked in Jewish families by its frenzy, its pressure-cooker atmosphere, and predictable squabbles with family members. In different sectors, these include standard issues which arise in families during Spring Cleaning across all cultures. But there are also distinct Passover-related conflicts relating to the divergence of male and female attitudes toward ritual cleaning standards, menus, Seder attendance, participation in the Seder ceremonies, sharing responsibilities, and feelings unappreciated – among others.
As Rabbi Kivelevitz highlights aspects of this period which seem related to larger psychological and religious references to dirt and obs...
2022-04-0642 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam Juni"...Vies Sigmundasa!" A Freudian take on Haman and AchashveiroshWith just a tad of frivolity, Rabbi Kivelevitz and Prof. Juni conduct joint armchair psychoanalysis of the Purim narrative. With Kivelevitz highlighting the textual nuances in the primary scenes, Dr. Juni presents the serious pathology of narcissism as a character disorder of both Achashverosh and Haman, while Kivelevitz hones in on impulse control issues of the protagonists. Juni explains the irrational, grandiose, and self-defeating behaviors by pointing out that the pursuit of narcissistic self-aggrandizement is nothing more than a desperate effort to avoid repetitions of early traumatic disappointment, hurt, and embarrassment. Taking the socio-cultural perspectives, Kivelevitz shows how personal...
2022-03-1657 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniStranger Pain-Behind the Religious Political Battle over Conversions in Israel lies important psychological understanding of the candidate's motivation
Rabbi Kivelevitz explores the current contentious situation concerning conversions which has engulfed the Rabbinate, the Israeli political establishment, and the leading organizations of Jewish denominations abroad. He presents the Halachic perspective of the controversy. Prof. Juni comments on the sociological corollaries of the conflict, as he introduces a host of psychological/psychiatric truisms and folklore attributions concerning converts. The discussants then differentiate among types of conversion based on individual motivations and socio-cultural characteristics.Prof. Juni is one of the foremost research psychologists in the world today. He has published ground-breaking original research in seventy different...
2022-02-2255 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniThe Neurotic Minefields of a Second Marriage
Financial issues often are seen as engendering suspicion and mistrust in all relationships, and these are particularly exacerbated in remarriages where there are adult children in the picture. Guilt and betrayal are major factors of distress which appear if the previous spouse is deceased, but much less prevalent following divorces. Responding to the question whether people should remarry or merely share each other's company in a constant manner, Juni opines that there are clear pro and con reasons for both options in every situation, and that there are always distinct positive and negative repercussions inherent in any...
2022-02-1748 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniCramming for the Hebrew Test-The Psycho-Social Ramifications of Living in a Compressed Urbanized Country
Rabbi Kivelevitz begins the podcast by charting out the social and psychological challenges of in transitioning from the privacy of an individual home (with your own backyard) in a culture which values individuality to a sardine-like existence in a multiple dwelling within a cultures where everyone’s nose is in your business.
Prof. Juni explores an important cornerstone of Child Development Theory which entails the process of identity formation. At the most basic level, we are dealing with Ego Boundaries – namely, where does my body and my essence end -- in the context of other being...
2022-01-2842 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniCleaning up Walderworld- Responding to New Rabbinic Guidelines for Preventing Molestation and Abuse
The preventative prescriptions recently promoted by Rabbi Ron Eisenman (Passaic NJ) and Rabbi Moshe Meiselman (Jerusalem) in reaction to recent revelations of profound abuse and examined and analyzed. The list ranges from limitations on interactions with babysitters -- to referring clients to psychotherapists of the other sex – to giving parents open access to the children’s therapy sessions – to advising parents how to counsel children about abuse. These recommendations are evaluated and critiqued in detail by the panel. An overall problem with all of them is that they clearly have no scientific basis and are apparently cobbled togeth...
2022-01-1748 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniMind of a Monster-Chaim Walder's Suicide Note Submitted to a Forensic PsychologistThe irrational and disturbed thought processes inherent in suicidal patients are annotated in the specifics of the note. Juni points out his rejection of Thanatos Theory, arguing that suicide is most reasonably conceptualized as guilt-based. Along this approach, Juni also considers an alternative hypothesis that Walder was a true psychopath and that his suicide note was merely another of his manipulations to secure a source of sympathy and income for his family.
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He studied in Yeshivas Chaim Berlin under Rav Yitzchak Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as a Talmid of Rav Joseph...
2021-12-2850 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniThe Witness is Excused-Mourning the Last Holocaust SurvivorsThe perspective of Second Generation Survivors on the crucial testimony of the Holocaust generation is outlined, along with the unverbalized taboos (sacred cows) about the victims. R. Kivelevitz points out that personal histories are crucial to survivors and their families despite the subjective nature of anecdotal narratives, arguing that anecdotes are ideal in allowing the catharsis of painful experiences. Taking the position of witness psychology, Prof. Juni describes the creative, fill-in-the-blanks process which characterize all retrospective memories as he presents the contemporary forensic maxims which eschew the reliability of the testimony of witnesses to crime. Based in his clinical...
2021-12-2444 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniBundle of Nerves-The Effects of Weather and Climate on Mental HealthThree weather and climate factors which are often correlated to emotional difficulties are outlined by Prof. Juni, as he elaborates the diagnostic category of Seasonal Affective Disorders. The most prominent factor relates to diminished exposure to natural light, specifically as it sometimes engenders anomalies in the circadian rhythm. The primary psychiatric fallout from disturbance in circadian rhythm is clinical depression. In the forensic literature, extreme temperatures have also been documented to reduce personal and emotional resilience – especially under stress conditions. The latter is mostly manifest in the increase of violent crimes during hot heather in urban centers. The third de...
2021-12-1636 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniPlumbing the Psychoses of School Shooters ,Political Assassins-Suicide Bombers. and Serial KillersThe social and psychological determinants of apparently senseless killings are analyzed. The basic attributions to the availability of guns, violence in the media, and radical ideology are critically evaluated. Prof. Juni argues against the grouping of lone mass shooters (who have keen psychiatric disturbances related to their own traumatic histories) with religious terrorists (who do not necessarily manifest clear personal disorders). Prevention strategies and education of gatekeepers are debated. Dr. Juni points out that many of these individuals suffer from atrocious parenting histories, suggesting that secondary prevention efforts might be more effective in counseling individuals before they become parents – an...
2021-12-1043 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniPutting Yosef and Pharoh on the Couch- Freudian Dream Analysis applied to GenesisThis episode is strikingly different than others in the series in that it represents an effort to understand the perspective of a scriptural narrative known to traditional Jews from their childhood by a system inimical to Jewish thought and tradition. It is stressed that this perspective is not representative of the view of IDT, of The Yeshiva of Newark, or of Dr. Juni. Designed to present solely the Freudian perspective, it does not inform the “Standing between Two Worlds” motif of the series. Nonetheless, this episode highlights the challenge faced by Traditional Jewish Scientists who have allegiance to a syst...
2021-11-2559 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniUnspeakable acts and Unspoken Collateral Damage-The Psychological Fallout from the Walder CaseReacting to the increased incidence of molestation scandals, the discussants focus on the fate of his/her family and community who inevitably become salient targets of negative repercussions. While the backlash against the host community and stigmatization of the family is not intrinsically justifiable, Dr. Juni notes that those close to abusers often are aware of travesties long before they become public – and therefore are not blameless. Juni delineates the scope of issues engendered by the exposure of the molester. Community and religious leadership is often viewed as complicit if they rally to the molester’s defense or reflexively cite...
2021-11-1737 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniJingling the Chanukah Guilt-Comfort Food & Self-Calming Habits: Are They Really Bad for You? Doctor Samuel Juni is one of the foremost researchpsychologists in the world today. He has published groundbreaking originalresearch in seventy different peer reviewed journals and is cited continuouslywith respect by colleagues and experts in the field who have built on histheories and observations. Samuel Juni studied in Yeshivas Chaim Berlin underRav Yitzchack Hutner, and in Yeshiva University as a Talmid of Rav Joseph DovSoloveitchick. Professor Juni is a board member of the Association of Orthodox JewishScientists and has regularly presented addresses to captivated audiences.A...
2021-11-1437 min
Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniPoint Blank Alec Baldwin!-Featuring Sam Juni as the Psychologist and Avraham Kivelevitz as the Rabbi
2021-10-2754 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniMembers of Curious Yoel-Behind the Outrage of Teen Marriages-Special Guest Rav Nosson Nota GlickThe causes of the recent organized efforts promoting teen marriages in the Chassidic community are analyzed from different perspectives, Prof. Juni juxtaposes these arrangements to those in specific Islamic countries and cults, arguing that many of the travesties in arranged marriages of minors are to be found in Shidduch matches of young adults as well. Developmental, religious, and cultural features on intimate relationships, marriage, and sexuality are charted out by the discussants. Rabbi Glueck presents the Kabbalistic and Chassidic perspective on marriage and sexuality, while Rabbi Kivelevitz partials out the Halakhic factors from the mix. Based on his consults...
2021-10-1955 min
Who We've Lost Since CoronaTorchbearer of Torah Vimaada-Rav Moshe Dovid Tendler-Reconstructing a most Geshmaka Blatt Shiur with Rav Avraham Kivelevitz / Appreciating the Talmid Chacham who fostered a legion of religious scientists and professionals-by Rav Yitzchok AdlersteinThe Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh
Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur
of The Yeshiva@IDT
recognizing the culmination of the Shiva for
HaRav HaGaon
Rav Moshe Dovid Tendler zt'l
Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)
and professor of Jewish Medical Ethics and Biology at Yeshiva College
presents readings and analysis of the niftar's published Chidushim and Psakim
dedicated to the memory of
Esther Rochel Bas Rav Mordechai Z''l
yah...
2021-10-0748 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniBeneficial Diminution-Vacation from work and relationships
Rabbi Kivelevitz begins by outlining cultural differences between the United States, Europe, and Israel regarding vacation policies for workers, maternity leave, and the afternoon siesta. The question is whether vacations and breaks are good for people and for the jobs they perform. Doctor Juni sees this question as dependent on how we see the role of work. He presents the prevalent tenets of Vocational Psychology, as formulated by Donald Super, which posits that work is an intrinsic aspect of human existence and self-esteem. This view is seen as consistent with descriptions in various cultures and settings, we...
2021-10-0656 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniConcentrated Effort-The Struggle to Stay Focused over the Long Yom Kippur Service
Rabbi Kivelevitz and Professor Juni analyze and critique a number of factors which lead many of us to become distracted during prayers. Dr. Juni explains that each person has physiologically optimal position on the dimension of input stimulation for perceptual and cognitive processing. This dimension ranges from some who need relative quiet to concentrate to those who can ONLY concentrate in the presence of significant additional sensory input (e.g. spinners, noise, swaying, swaying, music). Many with ADD fall into the latter half of this dimension. Every person has his own level of stimulation he or...
2021-09-1537 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniRosh HaShana Mindset-No excuses on Judgement Day-Why we continue to act in ways that we know will have negative repercussions This episode begins with Doctor Juni outlining his work withpsychiatric criminal populations and his efforts exploring their personal perspective about theirbehavior.
By in large ,most of these people realized that they were acting in a harmfulmanner that would yield negative consequences. Juni relates this to actions and decisions of world leaders,including the last two US presidents.
To properly grasp why this phenomena persists ,Dr. Junipoints to two ingrained dynamics which originate in early child developmentduring a period where the child has little understanding of re...
2021-08-3138 minRischa D'AraisaHow Batei Din for Gittin continue to offend and pain Geirim-Rabbi Aryeh Klapper presents his case
He has submitted a draft of his essay for all Rischa listeners
The Torah prohibits causing psychological distress to converts (ona’at hager). Most American dayyanim recognize the incredible ona’at hager that results from making converts repeatedly “prove” their Jewishness. Yet American batei din maintain a divorce policy that puts many valid converts and their descendants at risk of just such an ordeal. Here’s how.
American batei din conventionally distinguish two classes of converts when they write a get (halakhic bill of divorce). Converts who are halakhically observant...
2021-08-271h 02Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniTwisted or Enlightened- Definitions of Courage-Has Simone Biles' Withdrawal From Olympic Competition Been a Boon for Mental Health Appreciation? As sports was the starting point of the conversation, Doctor Juni is spurred to outline the attitude toward sport competition which prevailed within the insular culture of his youth,where the notion of the body as a temple was viewed as a heretical feature of a Hellenic society , the antithesis of scholarship (in general) and Talmudic scholarship (specifically).
Rabbi Kivelevitz remarks that the supportive reaction to Simone Biles bowing out of the Olympic competition is an unusual phenomenon in the world of sports and its pundits. A bending-over-backwards forgiving perspective excusing an idealized icon, a larger-than-life hero, fr...
2021-08-0444 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniFactitious Disorders-Is the meshulach perennially at your door appealing for their child suffering from Munchausen's syndrome by proxy?As the more colorful of Factitious Disorders, Munchausen’s Disease by Proxy is analyzed as a condition which entails difficulties in reality testing by patients who see themselves as trying to achieve good health by denying their underlying motivations and their harmful behavior, Prof. Juni explains that Munchausen family members also have a severe overidentification problem as they subsume the life of the sick family member into their identity and choose to live out their own emotionality of sickness through the sick experience of their loved ones. Dr. Juni cautions that Factitious Disorders can be a default diagnosis affixed by...
2021-07-0524 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniSpirit of Wiedergutmachung -Why many have difficulty apologizing and asking for absolution-and why others find it impossible to accept and forgiveSpirit of Wiedergutmachung -Why many have difficulty apologizing and asking for absolution-and why others find it impossible to accept and forgive
Prof. Juni argues that apologizing is an elusive social phenomenon. Unless one was not aware of certain facts or consequences, it is likely that they would repeat the offensive behavior under similar circumstances. Thus, apologies typically indicate -- at most – sorrow that the victim suffered, but not regret about the offensive act. Reluctance to apologize is therefore quite truthful. R. Kivelevitz points out that there is a religious component to apology – namely a request that...
2021-06-2540 min
מאיר עיני חכמים-Shmoozing with Rav SchillerSeason Finale-Rabbi Kivelevitz Vs.Rabbi Worch Vs.You-Listeners feedback and criticism-4.0
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2021-06-2257 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam Juni"Things will straighten themselves out" From whence does this disastrous "Yehiyeh Tov" attitude derive?An unrealistic optimistic stance is a common response to challenges and crises. R. Kivelevitz points to the general Israeli reaction to recent group accident tragedies among Israeli Haredim and the odd oblivious reaction in the victims’ cohorts. Prof. Juni adds to the mix the Israeli pattern of reckless driving and the fact that many are unfazed by the chronic threat from Gaza. He outlines the classic developmental understanding of positivity in people as based on the childhood experience of the omnipotent father who can do anything. As the child matures and realizes that he or she is not under co...
2021-05-2543 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniStaying up all night this Shavuos? Understand what you'll be missing- Psychological Purpose of Dreams
Sleep deprivation is marked by its physiological repercussions and its negative effects on cognitive and psychological functioning. Stressing that dreaming is essentially entails a detour from reality testing as one dives into fantasy, Prof. Juni limits his comments to the latter as he discusses the psychoanalytic formulation of the purpose of dreams. He argues that dreaming is a regression to an irrational world of early childhood which almost resembles psychotic thinking. Adults are socialized to censor primitive basic thoughts and emotions. The dream process allows adults to revert to their natural basic primitive functioning mode each night f...
2021-05-1152 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleFighting with our Cousins-Amon and MoavThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .Shalom Ubracha- Over twenty-five years ago, I listened with rapt attention as Professor Haym Soloveichick eulogized his father. He said the Rambam,Maimonides, was the Girsa DaYankusa of his father, which the prodigy grew up memorizing like nursery rhymes, with all of Mishna Torah etched in his memory and flowing easily from his lip. However,it was in that other Moshe, Nachmanides, that the elder Soloveichick discovered his intellectual approach and soul. It can be assumed that Rav Soloveichick's flowering as the premier Talmudist of our...
2021-04-261h 00Rischa D'AraisaThe Kivelevitz Bechhofer News Hour: Two Dayanim's Perspective on Recent Police KillingsThis podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate
2021-04-2358 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniCan Israel move beyond the Sephardi-Ashkenazi divide?
The discrimination against Sefaradi Jews in Israeli history is outlined and is seen as pervasive in politics, academia, employment, Yeshivos, and in the Rabbinic power structure. On the other hand, RabbiKivelevitz points out that blending of cultures in general -- including Ashkenazi adoptions of Sefaradi traditions -- does exist in liturgy, holiday celebrations (especially Lag Ba’omer, the entertainment field, Shabbat Zmiros and in the culinary/diet domain. Proffesor Juni sees a parallel between current discrimination against Blacks in the USA and the plight of the Israeli Sefaradim. Psychologically, Juni sees Sefaradim having a social inferiority complex to...
2021-04-2026 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleMilchamah according to the Torah -Are we enjoined to be compassionate towards our enemies?The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-04-191h 01Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniScars and Scabs-Yom HaZikoron continuously reveals the massive rift in Israeli Society and divisions between all mankind
The understandable reaction of families who lost a loved one are analyzed from a psychoanalytic perspective from the lens of Survivor Guilt. Drawing from his studies with families of Holocaust victims, Profesor Juni presents the dynamics of coping mechanisms, which usually results in attributing blame to others, to oneself, to God, or to the victim. Guilt is seen as intrinsically ties to such coping.
Rabbi Kivelevitz challenges this view, suggesting that mourning does not seem to entail guilt as a rule. The discussants then tackle the mutual hostility evident between families who have lost loved...
2021-04-1346 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleThe pure menorah and hidden love: Ramban’s approach and critique of Rashi and Ibn EzraThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-04-121h 05Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniMonagamous Uber Alles Herr Doktor-Psychological Pitfalls of Polygamy and May-December MarriagesReferencing Andrew Solomon’s recent expose in the New Yorker on the challenges to traditional family structure by polygamist and polyamorist lifestyles, Professor Juni and Rabbi Kivelevitz engage a range of social antecedents with a particular focus on Biblical and Rabbinic sources, with a focus on the quality of marital relationships and optimal child development. Juni prefaces his presentation, citing his study of bigamy in the Mormon community – which they refer to as "Biblical Marriage" and his research work with bigamous couples in the Native-American, Bedouin, and Black Hebrew communities. He stresses that the alternative lifestyles often confuse sexual activity with...
2021-04-0746 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleLife is like a box of Chocolates-Literally-Miracles Every MomentThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-03-2249 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniThe Pesach Seder Organizes and Defines Family Identity and allows the airing out of Painful TraumaSome of our personal identities include much more than ourselves. The concept of family and identity is posited to be inherently founded on common rituals and narratives. Some of these are religious, but many are tinged by personalized events and interpretations of reality and history. Many may even be bizarre, distorted, or untrue. Dr. Juni conceptualizes such artifacts as part of the required social-psychological features of group identity: defining others are outsiders to give one’s own group or family the feeling of being insiders........Rabbi Kivelevitz focuses on the Passover Seder as a family event which combines cultural and fa...
2021-03-1656 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleWatering Down the Miracles of MitzrayimThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-03-1558 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniSeuss-More Doctor than you realize-Children's Psychology and Literature Should serve the same needThe episode begins as the discussants share their reactions to the current trend of censorship by the Western Liberal establishment. Proffesor Juni shares the current “They are coming for us” atmosphere pervading the world of academia in the wake of Cancel Culture by the Woke, where the tribunal of hearsay and constructive narrative reigns unchallenged....
....Juni raises the specter of outright book banning and book burnings which have consistently characterized fascist anti-freedom regimes. He goes on to stress that censoring of unacceptable aspects of literature and art results in distorted caricatures of the real world, with all its has inherent faul...
2021-03-0957 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey Style“Those Mitzvos?.... .....They’re just to die for!”The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-03-081h 01
On PrinciplePromoting the Alternative-Recognizing the Halachic Greatness found in the Jurisprudence of Rav Yechiel Michel HaLevi Epstein's Aruch HaShulchan-with Rabbi Michael J.BroydeRabbi Michael J. Broyde is professor of law at Emory University School of Law and senior fellow and projects director at the Center for the Study of Law andReligion at Emory University. Broyde's Semicha (yoreh yoreh ve-yadin yadin) was obtained in 1991 from Yeshiva University ,he was a Dayan of the Beth Din of America, where he also served as Menahel . He was the Founding Rabbi of the Young Israel of Atlanta.
Rabbi Kivelevitz discusses with Broyde aspects of his newest work Settingthe Table: An Introduction to the Jurisprudence of Rabbi Yechiel Mikhel Epstein’s Arukh HaShulhan(co-authored with Shlomo Pill of...
2021-03-071h 01Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniSystems Theory Shatters the Idyllic Grandparent MythRabbi Kivelevitz begins the discussion by observing that the Pandemic has disrupted the life of the extended family, inducing various stresses............ .........Professor Juni, drawing upon General Systems Theory with a particular focus on Triangulation, Alliances, and Coalitions charts out the negative as well as the positive roles grandparents have in families – highlighting specific divisiveness they tend to exacerbate between the spousal couple and in the parent-child relationship. In contrast to the notion that dyadic relationships are the building blocks of interpersonal units, Juni elaborates the primacy of the triangular interplay between three people, stressing that it typically features one positively en...
2021-03-0259 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleEsther-Talmudic Troublemaker-A Purim PostscriptThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-03-0157 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleGreater than the sum of its parts-The MikdashThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-02-2259 min
Who We've Lost Since CoronaRav Sheftel Neuberger Zt''l- Inspiration flowing from AboveA conversation between Rabbi Avraham Kivelevitz and Rabbi Elisha Paul remembering and extolling the virtues of this great educator and leader. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us with a donation: https://thechesedfund.com/jewishpodcasts/donate
2021-02-1922 minStanding in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniBlunting Judgment and Banishing Inhibition-Viewing Purim Customs in the twin lights of psychology and sociologyIn anticipation of Purim, Doctor Juni and Rabbi Kivelevitz discuss various aspects of the traditional celebration. Juni comments that encouraging inebriation is dangerous on several levels,while Kivelevitz contextualizes the origin of Purim shenanigans – especially drinking with abandon to (עד דלא ידע) -- in the millennia of oppression Jews have suffered, seeing it as a type of safety valve . Abandoning the community's usual grim reality provided a relief to the relentless misery.
Juni asserts that moderate social drinking and having a "shot" after a long day is not maladaptive. He outlines the psychology and chemistry of what occurs for one who is liquored up. He pre...
2021-02-1653 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleThe 75 percent solution-A Maimonidean Guide to proper eatingTo think straight and true and abstractly demands a body in perfect health
The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and...
2021-02-151h 03Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniWhere Has Communication gone? Understanding Irrational ArgumentsThere are current raging arguments in Israel about the vagaries of social distancing and the fierce post-election political debates in the USA. The common feature in all of these is a sense that the parties are yelling at each other rather than talking to each other, sharing new information, or exchanging perspectives. R. Kivelevitz structures this phenomenon as an apparent breakdown in communication, using it as a stimulus to examine the psychology and sociology of argumentation in general. Pursuing this end, Prof. Juni brings in findings and concepts from the Arab-Israeli Roundtables he chaired for a decade and from his...
2021-02-1554 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleBooking a seat at God's Table-Eating KorbonosThe following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-02-151h 00
Who We've Lost Since CoronaRav Avraham Yehoshua Heschel Twerski Ztvk"l-Heir to the Baal Shem Tov's Crown-The Living Embodiment of Tiferes-with RabbisPaysach Krohn,Yitzchak Adlerstein,Dovid Fox,and Chaim Twerskiוכל בית ישראל יבכו את השריפה אשר שרף ה
נשארנו יתומים בלי אב
הכתר נעלם
נפל עטרת ראש של האומה
נזר ישראל ותפארתו
לקח נשיא אלקים
גאון וצדיק
קדוש וטהור
בנן של קדושים
ממשיך דרך העליונה של הבעש"ט
חריף ובקי
סופר מובהק
מרפא נפשות כידיד מסור
מקדש שם שמים בכל רחבי תבל
אוי לספינה שאבדה קְבַרְנִיט
משתתפים אנו בצער המשפחה המפוארת
בתוקף אבילותם
מאבידת יקרתם
הרב החסיד הנשגב ד"ר אברהם יהושע העשיל
בן הצדיק יסוד עולם
רבינו יעקב ישראל האדמו"ר מהורניסטייפול
טברסקי
זצוק"ל
The Issur Ben Tzvi Hersh Tshuvos and Poskim Shiur of the Yeshiva of Newark@IDT joined mourners world-wide over the loss of one of World Jewry's most important figures on the 18th of Shevat who was Rov, Counselor,Physician, Clinician,Professor,Director,Author, for 70 years in the service of Klal Yisroel and all of Humanity with unparalleled dignity, honor,and success in changing lives for the better, Rabbi Doctor Avraham Yehoshua Heschel Twerski Ztz"l.
We offer our sincere condolences to all the immediate bereaved and presented in the midst of our pain and sorrow Hespedim and Haarachos-Appreciations,Tributes and Remembrances featuring
Rabbi Paysach Krohn Shlita
World renowned Mohel,Lecturer and author of the Maggid Series
Rabbi Yitzchak Adlerstein Shlita
Director, Interfaith Affairs
The Simon Wiesenthal Center
co-founder of Cross-Currents
Rabbi Dr.Dovid Fox Shlita
Rav Hashkama Minyan-Young Israel of Hancock Park
Dayan-Rabbanut Yerushalayim
Founding member of Nefesh-
The In...
2021-02-121h 14
On PrincipleWith Rabbi Jon Kroll-E-CLIPS-ing the Instruction-Balancing the use of video in classroom teachingRabbi Kivelevitz and renowned educator Rabbi Jonathan Kroll discuss the use of film clips and other video material in instruction.
Kroll warns how reliance on extended segments of programs can easily create a wasted class room opportunity
with students tuning out.
The pair analyze a few scenarios where inclusion of swatches of dramatic or comedic material can greatly enhance a teacher's goals and lead to unexpected learning. This podcast has been graciously sponsored by JewishPodcasts.fm. There is much overhead to maintain this service so please help us continue our goal of helping Jewish lecturers become podcasters and support us...
2021-02-1236 minTzurba M'Rabanan-Jersey StyleTo eat! But then- Not to eat?!-That's the Korbon Pesach Question!The following is a letter from Rabbi Kivelevitz .
Shalom Ubracha-
It is quite unnecessary to state here how stressful the last ten months have been. As Klal Yisroel places an immeasurable value on learning and intellectual growth, many of us have weathered this storm by entrenching ourselves deeper into our rich literary heritage, discovering insight and inspiration and using the pause of hustle bustle activity to savor new texts and articulate probing questions. The tools of teleconferencing have generated the bracha of wide attendance in Shiurim and access to the world's finest Torah teachers. Energized by these positives, I am...
2021-02-081h 03
Standing in Two Worlds with Doctor Sam JuniCovid-19's Collateral Damage: Aggravated Hypochondria and Fresh PhobiasRabbi Kivelevitz cites a study published in Lancet that proves a precipitous increase of anxiety-related symptomatology during the current Covid pandemic. Doctor Juni responds to this with an exposition of dynamics of anxiety disorders, phobias, and hypochondriasis, as well as a sketch of advisable interventions.
The Professor explains what psychosomatic medicine was, and explores the chicken-egg issue of the physiology and psychology of mental illness, along with the psychiatric comorbidity of chronic medical conditions.
In general, Juni stresses the irrationality of phobias, while asserting that criteria of rationality are intrinsically socially defined by social norms rather than by unassailable reason.
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2021-01-2650 min