Yeshivat Nesher Hagadol

All Courtesy goes to Rabbi Zweig's Yeshiva                       Parshas Shelach Sivan 5780 Based on the Torah of our Rosh HaYeshiva HaRav Yochanan Zweig Weekly Insights Printer Friendly Format   Click Here This week's Insights is dedicated in loving memory of Yisroal ben Aryeh Lieb, HaLevi, Stanley Schwartz. "May his Neshama have an Aliya!"     To Sponsor an Issue of Insights  Click Here    Mob Mentality   These are the names of the men whom Moshe sent to spy out the land. And Moshe called Hoshea son of Nun "Yehoshua" (13:16). This week's  parsha  opens with the infamous incident of the twelve spies who wer...

By  Doree Lewak January 11, 2020  |  3:08pm |   Updated Enlarge Image Bushwick resident, Yitz Jordan, is raising money to open a Jewish Community Center for Jews of color in Brooklyn next month. Annie Wermiel/NY Post MORE ON: ANTI-SEMITISM Russia probe had no justification and other commentary German minister warns of far-right threat as anti-Semitic crime jumps Anti-Semite 'bombs' Manhattan synagogue's Facebook Live service Joe Biden says Democrats must condemn anti-Semitic criticism When Raphael Fulcher heard about the Dec. 28 Hanukkah  machete attack , in which five Orthodox Jewish men were allegedly stabbed by a black assailant — at a rabbi’s home just five blocks away from Fulcher’s Monsey home — he was shocked. And, as a black Orthodox Jew, he also braced himself for blowback. Now, even just walking into his local kosher bagel shop, neighbors with whom Fulcher has so much in common are rattled by his presence....

Anatomy of a Ban: Rav Shach’s Plaint on the Sha’arei Talmud Torah The year was 1981,  Rabbi Professor Leo Levi was an accomplished scientist in the area of physics. More specifically he had published and lectured in the field of applied-optics.  Rabbi Levi, was also a musmach of Rav Hutner and a former member of the kolel Gur Aryeh at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin. He also was a student and musmach of Rabbi Joseph Breuer ztl, of the historic Frankfurt community replanted in Washington Heights.  Rabbi Levi combined his talents at a time when English language Jewish publication was proliferating. He  had already published several works shedding light on the Torah’s view on issues of the day. The first as a student in the kolel. Vistas from Mt. Moriah. This book touches on social sciences and the ideas behind socialism. The second book on the difficult calculations of the times of day pertaining to Torah laws called “Jewish Chrononomy”. The third book “Challenge...

I write these words with tears rolling down my cheeks having just heard the shocking news of my Rebbe’s sudden petirah. I think about my dear Rebbe whom I was zocheh to learn from for the past 13 years. I knew him as a rebbe, a father figure and a close advisor who always shared his wisdom and guidance based on Torah true values. His faith was rock solid and his passion for truth was contagious. The Yeshiva he built was a family and he and his Rebbetzin ybl”t were the loving parents who cared for our every need. He was Rosh Yeshiva of Toras Simcha in Yerushalayim and was proud of his thousands of Talmidim who lived in Eretz Yisrael, America, England and across the globe. He was a unique blend of Talmid Chocham, leader, baal mussar, mivakesh emes, worldly and a true baal eitza. Every fiber of his body was committed and in line with ratzon Hashem. One of the first things that comes to mind is how he truly enjoyed life. He spent his time singing the praises of Hashem and giving thanks....