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The War on Charedi High Schools

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  All credit goes to Rabbi  Natan Slifkin Dec 28, 2016 Last week, in  Pigs In Shtreimels , I reported on the war by the charedi gedolim against the new charedi college programs for girls. But there is another war that in some ways is even more disturbing - that against charedi high schools for boys. The latest front of this battle is in my home town of Ramat Beit Shemesh (as recently reported in  Kikar Shabbos  and  Life In Israel ). A few years ago, the charedi gedolim - Rav Elyashiv, Rav Steinman - came out against a charedi high school that opened in Ramat Beit Shemesh (see  pashkevil  at right). The school was eventually forced to move out of the city. It was around this time that Rav Steinman visited Ramat Beit Shemesh and  said that  there is no correlation between secular education and  parnasah . Now, there is a new  pashkevil  circulating. It is not signed by top-tier gedolim, only by local Beit Shemesh Israeli ch...
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All credit goes to Rabbi Yitzchok Frankfurter & To The Ami Magazine

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  Ami EXCLUSIVE the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe Reflects on his Hiskashrus to the Rebbe of Vizhnitz // In Honor of the 50th Yahrtzeit of the Imrei Chaim By   Rabbi Yitzchok Frankfurter  - April 13, 2022 Share on Facebook   Tweet on Twitter     Grand rebbe of Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok with Grand Rabbi of Kretshnif and their followers, during Seven Blessings ceremony in Rehovot, on February 6, 2022. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90 *** Local Caption *** אדמו"ר אברהם יצחק שבע ברכות קרעטשניף רחובות שבע ברכות T here is perhaps  no Rebbe-chasid relationship more intriguing than the one that bound the Toldos Avrohom Yitzchok Rebbe, Rav Shmuel Yaakov Kohn, with the Imrei Chaim of Vizhnitz. The avodah of the Vizhnitzer Rebbe—indeed, his entire geist, as well as his approach to the State of Israel—differed considerably from that of Rav Shmuel Yaakov’s father, the Toldos Aharon Rebbe, Rav Avrohom Yitzchok Kohn, zt”l. Headquartered in Meah Shearim, the Toldos Aharon...
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Remembering The Seagate Rov, Harav Yekusiel Yehuda Meisels, Zecher Tzaddik L'vracha

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  All credit goes to THE YWN and BoroPark24 By BoroPark24 Staff BDE: It is with a heavy heart and with great sorrow that we report on the petirah of the Seagate Rov, Harav Yekusiel Yehuda Meisels, zecher tzaddik l'vracha, a bridge to the past and a wellspring of Torah who continued spreading the mesorah and light throughout his long life. He passed away at age 94. The Rebbe had been unwell in recent years and returned his holy neshamah to its Maker, moving on to a better world. The Levaye will take place tomorrow morning 10:00am at the Rav's shul in Seagate. Photo galleries, and a full tribute will follow on BoroPark24. NEXT POST  BoroPark24 Unveils Brand New Features Mar 4 2024   |   12:30 PM TRENDING NEWS WELCOME Subscribe to our newsletter now for updates and access to exclusive content. Sign up below and join over 50,000 subscribers!
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