People of the Book - Nodah B'Yehudah

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The opening of this shiur, in Living with Emunah - Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the next installment of the Boca Raton Synagogue's wonderful program called People of the Book. Each week, we take you through different personalities within our rich tradition, transformational leaders and personalities who contributed to Torah study, to our sacred Torah texts, and to so much more. This evening, we have the privilege of learning together about the great Noda BeYehuda, Rabbi Yechezkel Landau. The Noda BeYehuda, here's my copy, is a staple in any rabbinic home and any Beit Midrash. His Tshuvas, the Noda BeYehuda, the name Noda BeYehuda is part of the tapestry of responsa literature. When trying to decide any fundamental question in Jewish law, we would be lost without the great Noda, without the great Noda BeYehuda. So, tonight we'll learn a little bit more about who he was, the life he led, and his legacy that he leaves us, not only his literary legacy, the legacy of the Torah that he leaves us, but also a legacy of leadership well beyond. But, let's go back to the very beginning. Let's start again from his beginning, from his start, from his childhood. Where does it begin? The Noda BeYehuda lives from 1713 to 1793. He's born in Apta, Poland, and there's a map, a little hard to see if it's small for you, but we see his hometown where he's born. He's the son of Rabbi Yehuda Leib Segal Landau and Rebbetzin Chaya. Notice father's name is Yehuda, hence the title of his book, Noda BeYehuda. We'll see later in his own words why he chose to name his magnum opus, his responsa literature, in in the name of

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1. 0:03Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the next installment of the Boca Raton Synagogue's…
2. 4:14taking care, enabling him to continue to learn. So, after the chasuna, after their wedding, they…
3. 9:03back and talk about the Noda B'Yehuda lives in the 18th century, in the 1700s, but…
4. 13:13of Shabbetai Zevi, and embedded references to the false Messiah in that amulet. And here we…
5. 17:57Tosfos Yom Tov, Rabbi Yom Tov Lipmann Heller. These were individuals not only for their great…
6. 22:351754 to 1826. These are among his prominent students. In one letter he writes, "The Noda…
7. 26:45including 850 respon- responsa. 850 letters, detailed, complicated, uh, referencing, really comprehensive. He explains in the…
8. 31:26but they weren't opposed. They were somehow neutral or tried to remain neutral. Among them, maybe…
9. 35:38teshuvah because of a concept he really introduces, what we call meta halacha. Sometimes we have…
10. 40:23married Reb Yosef that Sadiq a Torah giant. He has a son Yaakov who lived 1745…

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