Yeshivat Nesher Hagadol

  Rav Avrohom Chaim Tanzer zt”l ALL Credit goes to Matzav.com September 30, 2020 4:15 pm 0    It is with great sadness that  Matzav.com  reports the passing of Rav Avrohom Chaim Tanzer  zt”l. Rabbi Tanzer served for over 55 years as  rosh yeshivah  of the Yeshiva College of South Africa, located in Johannesburg. Born in 1935 and a native of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Rabbi Tanzer later learned at Telshe Yeshivah in Cleveland, benefitting from the  roshei yeshiva , Rav Elya Meir Bloch and Rav Mottel Katz, After marrying his wife, Marcia, who hailed from Baltimore, Rabbi Tanzer learned in  kollel at Telshe Yeshivah in Cleveland. Then, in 1963, he, at age 27, with his wife and their three young children, picked up and relocated to Johannesburg, thinking they’d remain for a couple of year at most. The Tanzers remained for over five decades, making a profound impact on the Orthodox community there. The Tanzers arrived in South Africa at the heig...

  The Key to National Security Other nations - even our allies - have been threatening us that we are in danger of political and international isolation. Should we really fear isolation? By:   Rabbi Lazer Brody  All the Credit goes to him and https://www.breslev.co.il     Other nations - even our allies - have been threatening us that we are in danger of political and international isolation. According to Moses, isolation is not something to be afraid of. Indeed, for the Nation of Israel, it's even desirable. Moses declares in his final blessing of his people shortly before his departure from the physical world: And Israel shall dwell securely, alone  (Devorim 33:28).   Every year, we read the above passage on Simchat Torah, the day following the termination of the Succoth holiday, when we complete the annual reading of the Torah and begin anew.   Let’s ask ourselves two basic questions: First, what’s the connection between the above-men...

 Time is a creation. This is the reason time has limitations, such as before and after. There is one day a year that is above time: Yom Kippur. On this day, we don’t eat or drink; we become like malachim, heavenly beings, beyond the boundaries of the physical world.

  From Finite to Infinite     The deeds of the Mighty One are perfect, for all His ways are just. He is a faithful God, never unfair; righteous and moral is He (32:4).   This week's  parsha  discusses Hashem's attribute of justice and His ultimate system of reward and punishment. Rashi (ad loc) quoting the  Sifri  (307) explains; "Hashem is faithful to pay the righteous for their righteousness in the World to Come. Even though He postpones their reward, in the end He makes His words trustworthy." Rashi continues, "And for the wicked as well, He pays the reward for their righteousness in this world." Meaning, Hashem is trustworthy to pay everyone what they are owed for their good deeds; the righteous receive it in the World to Come and the wicked receive their full payment in this world. This is difficult to understand. The Gemara ( Kiddushin  39b) quotes Rava as saying, "The reward (for fulfilling  mitzvos ) is not given in this world." ...

 Rebbe Moshe of Kobrin zt'l asks, we say in the Rosh Hashanah Shemonei Esrei, קדוש שמך ונורא אתה” ,You are holy and Your name is awesome." So how can we ask You for our material, gashmiyos, needs? It doesn’t seem proper to ask for such things from the great King. However, מבעלדיך אלו״ה ואין ,there is no G-d other than You. Where should I turn to get my needs, if not from You? Therefore I must ask You for my material needs, too."

  HAS a piece of music ever brought you to laughter? Not me. This doesn’t happen, at least in my experience. Yet, music can bring a person to tears. So can a moving sermon, story, or piece of writing. Congregation Ahavas Torah in Monsey, New York, is place where one is moved to laughter, or to tears. Or to deep thought. Absent an overwhelming, Carlebach-type  davening  with its scripted tunes, the mark of Ahavas Torah in Monsey is spontaneity, a joyous outreaching to G-d. Sometimes one is transported with an entire tune, other times with the merest musical phrase. Always, standing in front is Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman. Sometimes he is the conductor, sometimes the conducted. But always, the rabbi, and indispensable. His music is, yes, music. Some of the tunes in his  shul  I have heard nowhere else. He is a profound composer of melodies to familiar prayers, such as the introduction to the Grace after Meals ( shir ha-ma’alos , the 126th psalm). Even more, his “music”...