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From Slabodka to Slutzk: Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer Part I

Jewish History Soundbites

A history of Rav Isser Zalman Meltzer's life and leadership in 20th-century Torah.

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A date which will live in infamy. Both of those projects, initiatives got off the ground because of the girl river. Olympic team members slain in West Germany. Out of the 24 who were killed were Americans who had come to learn in Americans who had come to learn in cavern. I saved 1 million Jewish children who were made to be cut loose. Whoever heard such beautiful words? It is never too little. It is never too late. And it is never enough. And it is never enough. Jewish history sound bites bringing alive the world of our glorious past. Here is our host live from Jerusalem, Jewish historian and tour guide Yehuda Geberer. Yehuda Geberer Jewish history sound bites and this episode is dedicated in honor of the upcoming trip of Jewish history sound bites to the United States this coming week. I want to remind you about the this trip. I'm going to be arriving in New York going to be arriving in New York on July 26th. We'll be there for a week. And there are still a couple of lectures spots available. If your shul or organization or whatever is interested in having me come and talk, it's the nine days. It's a you know, opportune time to explore our past a little bit. And of course the main event is a very special Kivrei Tzaddikim cemetery tour at the Mount Judah cemetery in Queens and lots of Kivrei Tzaddikim,

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  1. 0:05A date which will live in infamy. Both of those projects, initiatives got off the ground
  2. 4:10contemporary of all them. He really belonged to the world of pre-war. He was a drop
  3. 7:44not so not well known and not understood in the historical context of his time and
  4. 11:19then he was a Rosh Yeshiva in Slobodka and then the Rosh Yeshiva in Slutsk and
  5. 14:58um had Reb Notta Frain study with his grandson, Reb Shneur Cutler. So, he was Reb
  6. 18:07and of Rabbi Chaim Brisker, Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, who was eventually Rabbi Chaim Brisker, who was
  7. 21:43each one one person under each arm carrying people out from the flames carrying two people
  8. 24:48then and they eat they each and every one of them do. Um so, one of
  9. 28:27years old, he is hired to be the Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka uh by the Alter
  10. 31:33In addition, Reb Moshe Mordechai had a stronger personality, while Reb Zalman was a bit of

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