Yeshivat Nesher Hagadol

 Photo Credit: Dovid Bashevkin who wrote on his twitter page " Incredible picture from the wedding of Rav Henoch Leibowitz featuring many of the gedolim of the previous generation . " the following is another blog post from Rabbi Harry Maryles's Blog all credit goes to him. Mixed Seating at Weddings Several years ago a transcription of a Shiur by Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet was circulated on the Internet. Rabbi Rakeffet is a renowned author and Rosh Kollel (or at least a respected Rebbe) at the Yeshiva University Kollel in Jerusalem. This Shiur spoke to my very deeply held belief that the current move to the right is harmful to Klal Yisroel. No where is this more evident than in the area of mixed seating at weddings. It is becoming increasingly rare to find a mixed seating event and separate seating has even found its way into some weddings in the MO community. In my own children’s weddings, two of my children had a separate seating and two of them had mixed seating. I basical...

 The Following is from Rabbi Harry Maryles's Blog all credit goes to him. Rabbi Shraga Kallus's* View of Army Service Rabbi Shraga Kallus I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. My heart leans heavily towards the latter. But I couldn’t help laughing at the opening comment in a  lecture  by Rabbi Shraga Kallus. He said he had an open mind. I don’t think I have ever heard anything as hilarious as that from a Charedi spokesman. He delivered a lecture on the ‘Torah Anytime’ website about IDF service for Charedim.  To say that his views are extreme would be an understatement - but not surprising. What makes this so concerning though is the following  bio  at that website: (Rabbi Kallus)  heads the prestigious kollelim of Machon Hora'ah l'Rabbanim and the “Second-Seder Kollel,” which counts over 150 avreichim focused on halachah l’maaseh. He is the Rav of Kehillas Imrei Phi, and a Rebbi in Yeshivas Torah Ore, Yeshivas Aderes HaTorah and Yeshivas Beis Yis...