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Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later

Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later

Written by: Moshe Kurtz
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 Shu"T First, Ask Questions Later puts the study of Torah front-and-center by inviting guest scholars to present, debate and provide listeners with a dynamic conversation of the topic at hand. In addressing the responsum of their choice, they will be asked to provide relevant historical background, distill the halachic/social considerations, offer unique methodological insights, and make an argument for its relevance today.Moshe Kurtz Judaism Spirituality
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    As listeners might know, the host of this show, Moshe Kurtz, has the honor of serving as the rabbi of Congregation Sons of Israel in Allentown, PA. In this episode, he is joined by Dr. Noam Cohen, a professor at Muhlenberg College who will be teaching a course on the history of the Jews of Allentown. He shares with us a responsum (Orach Mishpat, #131) written by Rav Avraham Yitzchak HaKohen Kook to Rav Shlomo Zalman Krevsky, who served as the Chief Rabbi of Allentown during the 20th century.
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    Dr. Yaakov Weinstein shares with us how the Netziv (Meishiv Davar 1:24) and other prominent poskim addressed a request to prevent the publication of another rabbi's Torah and its implications for intellectual property. We also briefly discussed his Torah from Narnia blog at the end.


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