Rabbi Kraz's Shiurim

Shiurim

• L'shem yichud is From Shabsai Tzvi?! The Chida is Unforgiving of the Nodah B'yehuda's Accusation

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Is Sefiras Haomer Deoraisa (Rambam and Ravya) or Derabanan? Is it OK to follow kaballistic customs when one isn't "up to it"? When do we say L'shem Yichud and why? Story of the Chida and the golden staircase Chagiga, Rambam, Ra

• Rabbinic Judaism. The Avnei Nezer Is Attacked By His Dearest Student

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source sheet How do we view Mitzvos D'rabanan? Rambam vs Ramban vs Bahag The 3 elements of Torah Shebaal Peh How much power do the Rabanan/Chachamim have? Do Chachamim have the power to say my way or the highway? Once Chachamim formulate ho

• Can Someone Please Explain What Eliezer Is Doing?!?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Who was Eliezer? Canaan? Og? How is that possible? What was the nature of his Shlichus? Where do we learn the need for a Minyan for marriage? How did Yitzchok marry Rivkah without ever seeing her beforehand? Is an Eved allowed

• The Arizal Was From A Different Planet

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet History of the Arizal and his colleagues Halacha vs Kabbala Chabad Rabbeim and the Kabbalists Some stories

• Mishloach Manos / 600 Years of Halachic Analysis

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source sheets Class given on 03/05/23

• Reb Yosef Engel Takes Us Where No One Has Gone Before

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/RYosefEngel) When did the halachic identity of the Yid begin? Is Gid Hanashe assur from Yaakovs time or from Har Sinai? Can you learn Halacha from before Matan Torah? How to view the Machlokes of Chatzi Shiu

• The Rabbi with a Sheitel

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• Get Knocked Off Your Chair by the Levush and Maharit Alagazi

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source sheet Intention vs action Wrong intention vs thinking that you're committing an sin How is thought worse than the Aveira? When is thought counted and when isn't it

• Dogs. The Jews Oldest Pet.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• Can I Booby Trap My Home?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Why can't one own a vicious dog? Incredible story of R' Yechiel of Parizh Stories Amnon and Tamar & Story of R Yehoshua and his guest Story of the poisoned bully with sandwich & R' Zilberstein's psak. R' Frankel's questions & R

• Chanukah - The Mysterious Miracle Of The Eighth Day

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet

• Who is Really in Charge of the Finances?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Can one take Tzedakah from a woman? Baba Kama, Shulchan Aruch, Meshech Chochmah, Ramban, Sforno, Aruch Hashulchan, Noda B'yehuda, Yam Shel Shlomo (Maharshal), Ra'avan, Tzafnas Pane'ach. Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2 2-15-24

• A Sage Amongst Sages, Rebbi Akiva Could Not Escape His Destiny.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheets Did rabbi akiva know any torah before going to yeshiva? Who was his wife and how did they meet? He took the place of G-d?! His death by the hands of the romans Who was he a gilgul of? Lag ba'omer special

• And if Binyamin Did Steal the Goblet? Would He Be Judged as a Jew?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet

• A glimpse Into the Mind of the Minchas Chinuch

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet History of the the Minchas Chinuch and his Seforim A few circular halachic conundrums: Eidim Zomemim Bris on Shabbos Eating - Being Satisfied and Benching Peru U'revu Teshuva being obligatory or not

• From Majorca to Algeria: The Genius of the Rashbatz

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet History of the Rashbatz: Reb Shimon ben Tzemach Doron History of 1391 Spain, Mallorca and Algeria Why is the Kesuba seemingly such a small amount? Won't people take it lightly? Is one allowed to be paid to teach/learn Torah His

• The Dangers Kabbalah Ma'asis (Practical Kabbalah)

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  The use of white magic to manipulate nature...

• Rabeinu Tam Passes Away From Heartbreak

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/RabeinuTam)- Why was R Yakov called Rabeinu Tam?- The Takana that R Tam enacted.- Gilgul of Rashi, Rambam and Rabeinu Tam.- If an unpaid watchman is negligent with a contract is he liable?- Rabeinu Tams disp

• The Unfaithful Wife Who Had All The Right Reasons (Mature Audience)

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet (https://RabbiKraz.com/Unfaithful) Story of the woman who was unfaithful with good intentions When it comes to a situation of an unfaithful woman, is 1 witness enough? When do you need 2 witnesses? Machlokes R Eliezer and R Yeh

• Moshe Rabenu's "Painting" Wreaks Havoc Between the Litvaks and the Chassidim

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet The great controversy over the story of Moshe brought by the Tiferes Yisroel Did it happen? Is it a Moshol? Is it OK to even see it as a Moshol? Was Moshe a Tzadik from birth? Did Moshe need to conquer his Yetzer Hara? The phen

• The Khmelnitsky Massacres, the Promise of the Zohar, and the Tragic End of Reb Shamshon Ostrepolyer

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• The Chasam Sofer Battles With the Reform Movement in Hungary

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Placement of the Bimah and the Torah in Shul. Does it need to be in the middle because of convenience or halacha? May one daven in a shul where it isn't in the middle Is the Rambam saying a Halachah or giving friendly advice? Source Sheet P

• Did the Rambam Believe in Ayin Hara

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Class given on 03/09/23

• What's the Deal With a Younger Sibling Marrying Before an Older One?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet

• The Legend of the Maharsha. You Won't Believe the Stories.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source sheet History of the 15th century. Do we do Miyun nowadays? Stories of the Maharsha The will of R Yehuda Hachassid. What does Maharsh"a stand for?

• Yerushalayim: Crown, Destruction, & Comeback PT 2

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheets The Destruction of the First Temple & the Babylonian Exile Class given at Chabad in South Beach

• Why Do Rabbis Think That They Have To Be Funny? The Pnei Yehushua Attacks Jewish Humor.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Is there a place in Yiddishkeit and in Torah for humor? Stories of the Sages

• The Mystery and Legal Weight of Reb Yehudah Hachasid's Ethical Will

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  History of Rabi Yehuda Hachassid and his father, Anim Zmiros, his will and seforim, their authenticity, can you marry a niece? Same name as father in law? Yibum nowadays, Through a sheet??? Seder Hadoros, Chareidim, Reuven Margolis, Gemoroh

• The Vilna Gaon and the Tzemach Tzedek Wrestle Over the Yarmulka

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Stories from the Gemara about head covering Does the Gemara's reference to head covering refer to a Yarmulka or to something more? Is wearing a Yarmulka an obligation or "Midas Chassidus"? Does it depend where you are or what y

• Is Moshe Shirking Responsibility? Reb Shmuel Vital and the Chida Will Blow Your Mind!

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2 Why did Moshe ask Hashem to send someone else? Story of Moshe seeing Rabbi Akiva in the future. Nun Sha'arei Binah. History of the Ari Zal, his student R' Chaim Vital and his son R' Shmuel Vital. Rameh Mipanu.

• The Inscription Of The Luchos Defies Physics - PART 2

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Machlokes in the Yerushalmy, R Chanina Ben Gamliel, Rabanan, Rashbi, and R Simai regarding what was written on the Luchos Did the writing on the luchos go all the way through to the other side? Reconciling Rashi in the Chumash

• Were the Chashmonaim Punished For Being Kings?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Class given on 12/25/22

• Don't Let Me Catch You Learning on Tisha B'av. But if You're From Lublin...

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Who is allowed to learn in Tisha B'av? What are you allowed to learn? Does the regular Chiyuv of learning apply on Tisha B'av or not? Why are you not allowed to learn on Tisha b'av? Is Tisha B'av more stringent than an Avel or

• Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk: The Rebbe of Rebbes

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet History of R Elimelech of Lizhensk and his great Talmidim who became Rebbeim. Why do we follow Beis Hillel over Beis Shamai? Stories of R' Elimelechs humility R' Elimelech did Teshuva for sins as a youth and before. R' Elimelec

• Kotzk and Lubavitch

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet History of R Elimelech, The Chozeh, the Yid Hakadosh, R Simcha Bunim and The Kotzker History of Kotzk Did the Tzemach Tzedek and the Kotzker correspond? The scholarship of the Kotzker Torah thoughts of the Kotzker

• The Monumental Question That Reb Chaim Brisker May Have Never Asked

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2 The Sefas Emes and His Son Debate Over the Mann

• The Chozeh of Lublin and the Chasam Sofer are at Either Extreme. Where do You Stand?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Why does Rashi put Shema between Talis and Tefillin? Can you say Shema without wearing Tefillin? What's the difference between saying false testimony and bring an incomplete Korban? Can you say Shema without the Brachos? Parsha

• The Lulav Controversy: Reb Moshe Feinstein Challenges a Centuries-Old Practice

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/Lulav) What Mitzva comes first, Tadir or Mekudash? Dechia VS maavirin? Sukkah VS Daled minim? When should one make a brocho for the lulav? ASAP or by Hallel? Do you need to shake the Lulav when you make the

• The Magic of the Bach, and the Enchanted Cemetery of Cracow.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/TheBach) History of the Bach & his generation Stories of the Enchanted Cemetery of Cracow The Bach's take on Chodosh & Yoshon How a Calabrian Esrog landed in Corfu Letter of the Bach on Birchas Hatorah Stori

• A Lag Baomer Conundrum: Rashbi vs Rashbi

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet How could R Shimon Bar Yochai exempt the entire world from judgement? Contradiction between Rashbi & Rashbi Contradiction between R' Yishmael & R' Yishmael Should one first learn Torah or get married? Why didn't Ben Azai get ma

• Rashi, the Father of all Commentators

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Rashi's Yahrtzeit 29 Tamuz Rashi's life and family. He was born in the year 1040. He passed away at the age of 65. What does Rashi stand for? Who were Rashi's teachers? Can Rashi's pirush be taken L'Halacha?

• The Mystery of the Rebbe Maharash

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Beis Iyar Special: Source Sheet The Life and Story of the Rebbe Maharash When is the Rebbe Maharash's actual DOB? Life shrouded in mystery. Rivalry with nephew Shlomo Zalman. His illness and passing.

• Will the Real Moshiach Please Stand Up!

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet⁠ Is one considered a heretic if they do not believe in Moshiach? Is Moshiach a human? What is Moshiach's name? Who may have been Moshiach in previous generations? Stories of the Ohr Hachayim and the Ba'al Shem Tov

• Chanukah's Mysterious Ramoh: The Rosh (Rav Schochet) Dazzles Again

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet What does it mean Mehadrin and Megadrin Min Hamehadrin? Does beautifying a Mitzvah need to be done while still involved in the Mitzvah? The Gri"z connects this to the Rambam's opinion on Menorah R' Avraham of Prague explains To

• Talis vs Tefillin; The Sha'agas Aryeh's Analysis Jeopardizes the Alter Rebbe's Psak

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Join us as we embark on a quest to rescue the Alter Rebbe from the clutches of the Sha'agas Aryeh Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• Lag Baomer Special; How the Secret Manuscripts of Kabbalah Survived Through the Ages

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• Purim! The Rambam and the Alter Rebbe are Up Against Rabenu Tam and the Tzemach Tzedek

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2 Do we say Shehecheyanu on the Megilah by day?

• The Brilliance of the Sha'agas Aryeh

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet (https://RabbiKraz.com/ShaagasAryeh) History of the Sha'agas Aryeh Amount of times the Sha'agas Aryeh finished Shas His thoughts on his contemporaries Eating before Mussaf Tadir vs Ein Maavirin in Benching, Talis/Tefillin, Lein

• Birkas HaTorah: the Students of the Vilna Gaon Debate on Whether They Can Debate With Him

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Is Birkas Hatorah Deoraisa? If Deoraisa, is it a separate mitzva? Do you need a Brocho to think Torah? Is thinking like speaking? Is writing like speaking? Can you write Sefiras Haomer? Can witnesses write their testimony? Do y

• What On Earth Happened To Duchening?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1

• Did the Jews Suffer During the Plagues? Join the Wrestling Between the Greatest Minds

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2 Did the Makos affect the Jews? If yes which ones? How were the Jews allowed to benefit from miracles? Ramba"m, Ibn Ezra, Radva"z, Chizkuni, R"O Bartenura, Chid"a, Rebbe

• Commiting a Crime for the Benefit of Someone Else; the Heart Wrenching Debate of the Rashba, Reb Yosef Cairo, and the Nachlas Shiva

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet

• Did The Rif And The Rambam See Eye To Eye?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet History of the Geonim and the Rishonim History of the Rif Several Halachik instances where the Rif disagrees with most other opinions Is a jew allowed to ask a non jew to do a biblical prohibition on Shabbos if it's for a Mitzv

• Is It Time To Bring Back Polygamy?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  To sponsor a shiur email us at Podcast@rabbikraz.comSource Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/BringBackPolygamy) Can a man marry more than 1 wife? What were Rabbeinu Gershoms takanos? History of Rabbeinu Gershom. Which Chachamim and rabanim qualify

• What Were Rivkah and Yaakov Thinking? It Was False Pretenses!

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• Aharon Hakohen. The Man That Does Not Question.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Moshe stormed the heavens to abolish the decree. Aharon, in contrast, accepted it and said nothing. Join us in a fascinating journey, as we explore this phenomenon. Source Sheet 1 Source Sheet 2

• Did Avraham Feed the Angels Meat & Milk?

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet Class given on 11/6/22

• Punished for a Crime Not Yet Committed

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet When can one kill someone before they commit the crime? Why not for Avodah Zarah? How is it OK to kill a Ben Sorer Umoreh? Why does he get Skilah? Is he being killed for now or for the future?

• Tuvya the Doctor, and Darwin. Reverse Evolution.

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Class given on 10/27/22

• Kiddush Levono. The Noda B'yehuda is Attacked by the Younger Generation

  Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski

  Source Sheet When should we bench the moon? Is it like other "Birchos Haroeh"? How long shpuld we wait from Rosh Chodesh? Should we stop Megillah reading to say Kiddush Levanah? Do blind people say Kiddush Levana? What if you see the moon t