Yom Iyun: Halachic & Philosophical Reflections

February 17, 2014 9:30am – 11:30am ET
02/17/14 9:30 AM 02/17/14 11:30 AM Yom Iyun: Halachic & Philosophical Reflections Young Israel of Woodmere Yom Iyun: Halachic & Philosophical Reflections
Lander College for Men
Young Israel of Woodmere
859 Peninsula Blvd., Woodmere, NY

A morning of learning sponsored by Lander College for Men and Young Israel of Woodmere. 

“Chukos HaGoyim: The Jew in a Non-Jewish Society”

Rabbi Yonason Sacks
Rosh HaYeshiva, Beis Medrash L’Talmud / Lander College for Men

Rabbi Yonason Sacks, Rosh HaYeshiva of Beis Medrash L’Talmud / Lander College for Men, is a leading posek and author of over 20 seforim. For the last quarter century, Rabbi Sacks has been a leading figure in harbatzos ha’Torah as a Rosh Yeshiva and Rebbe. He has been the Rav of Agudas Yisroel Bircas Yaakov in Passaic, NJ for more than 20 years.

 

“The Jew in the Golah: What are his Ethical and Religious Obligations?

Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik
Rosh Yeshiva, Beis Medrash L’Talmud / Lander College for Men

Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik was a talmid of his father, the late Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik. For nearly forty years, Rabbi Soloveichik has delivered shiurim in gemara, halacha and hashkafa. For the past decade Rabbi Soloveichik has also served as the bochen for the smicha program at the Beis Medrash L’Talmud.

 

“An Ideal World: The Rambam on Jews and Gentiles in the Messianic Era”

Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol
Dean of the Lander College for Men

Rabbi Dr. Moshe Sokol, dean of the Lander College for Men, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania and smicha from Yeshivat ITRI. He has published four books and dozens of articles on ethics and Jewish Studies, and is also the Rav of the Yavneh Minyan in Flatbush.

 

Men and Women are invited