by Yair Hoffman Rav Avraham Dov-Ber Kahana Shapiro (1870 – 21 Adar, 1943), the last Chief Rabbi of Kovno, better known as the Dvar Avrohom  asks a question (Vol. I 16:18):  The Talmud Yerushalmi (end of  Brachos 7:1) states that reciting Birchas HaTorah before a public reading of scripture is a de’oraisah requirement.  Why then […]