Rav Gershon Ribner, rosh kollel of Kollel Nesivos Hatorah and son-in-law of Rav Shneur Kotler, has succeeded in applying classical Talmudical analysis and methodology to understanding all areas of Yiddishkeit, bringing out its profundity and sense.
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Ask the Rabbi with Rav Chaim Mintz: Yeshiva Boys Vape and Smoke? How Can That Be?
Synopsis: Tell her that Orthodox Jew are not angels and not everything they do is right. She shouldn’t be so aghast that a yeshiva boy can fall to prey to his inclination. And not everyone will say it’s the worst thing in the world. Tell their rabbi to guide them.
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In this episode, Rabbi Reinman discusses the succession of the patriarchs and the raging conflict between Eisav and Yaakov over Yitzchok’s brachos.
Chapter Seventeen: Esau’s Tears
The Torah’s biography of Abraham is incomplete. We meet him when he is seventy-five years old. God tells him to forsake his homeland and travel to an as-yet unspecified destination, and Abraham obeys without question or protest. Clearly, he has already recognized God and rejected pagan society. Clearly, he has developed a complete and profound faith in God. Clearly, he has achieved the exalted level of prophecy. But we are not told how he arrived at this point.

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