Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski
Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski shares shiurim on Jewish history, halacha, parsha, and other Torah topics.
Shiurim
- The Creepy Mummies of Ancient Egypt
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Source Sheet Mummifying practices of ancient Egypt Why did they mummify people? Who mummified Yaakov? Yosef? Letter from the Mahara"tz Chiyus Embalming vs autopsy vs cremation
- A Farshpayz of Lomdus: Paying Up Early, and the Troublesome Letter of Rabeinu Simcha of Speyer
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Source Sheet Paying Up a Loan Early, and the Troublesome Letter of Rabeinu Simcha of Speyer Which Has Puzzled Many a Mind Throughout the Ages
- Why Aren't There More Rabbonim In Lubavitch?
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Source Sheet History of Chassidim who were also Rabbanim Point 1 - There is no need to aspire to be a Rov. Point 2 - There were many Chassidim who were also Rabbanim, however they weren't known as Rabbanim, rather they were known as great C
- Why Aren't There More People Learning Ibn Ezra?
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Source Sheet History/Biography of the Ibn Ezra- Did the Ibn Ezra give up his life Al Kiddush Hashem? Was the Ibn Ezra a Ba'al Talmudah? Why didn't the Jews fight back against the Egyptians? Why did that generation have to die in the desert?
- Jail in Halachah
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- Yerushalayim: Crown, Destruction, & Comeback PT 4
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Source Sheets The Roler Coaster Of The 2nd Beis Hamikdash Class given at Chabad in South Beach
- The Noda B'yehuda and R' Itzikel Hamburger Go Head To Head Over A Bizarre Gett
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Source Sheets: https://rabbikraz.com/getoflevov Story of the get of Levov. Cherem D'rabenu Gershom. Noda B'yehuda's letter. Sugya of Ein Shliach L'dvar Aveira. Reb Yosef Shteinhart describes the case. Reb Itzikel Hamurger and the Noda B'yeh
- Experimenting on Animals, and Reb Moshe Feinstein's Displeasure With "White Veal"
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Source Sheet Is Tza'ar Ba'alie Chaim a Deoraisa or Derabanan? What's the source for yidden/bnei noach? Who is the mitzva benefiting? Stories of Tzadikim on the topic Parshas Balak
- Were the Bothers Justified With Selling Yosef? The Chavos Yair's Intriguing Psak.
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- (Teshuva) Returning to the Scene of the Crime. Rescuing the Ba'al Shem Tov from the Noda B'yehuda
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- Yishmael's Colorful Personality
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- Beis Din Delivers You a Summons. What are Your Rights?
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- Were Chananya, Mishael & Azarya Permitted to Sacrifice Themselves
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- The Alter Rebbe's Greatest Anguish, When His Own Friend's Turned Against Him... Until..
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- Chanuka: Reb Akiva Eiger And The Sfas Emes Go Head To Head
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- Tidbits on Rosh Hashanah
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Source Sheets Is Rosh Hashanah a time of Tzara? The Ritva in Nedarim. The Chida and the Baal Shem Tov explain how G-d can forgive us. Reb Levik's letter to the Rebbe. The Rameh miFano's 3 explanations about Rivka. The apple in honey debacle
- Was Yaakov Avinu The Last To Be Interred In The Meoras Hamachpeila? Prepare To Be Mystified..
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- Reb Shlomo Molcho and the Ten Martyrs. The Kabbalists Will Blow Your Mind!
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Source sheet History and life of R' Shlomo Molcho The Mishnas Chassidim and R Yehuda Ben Bava Yibum the source of Gilgulim Weren't only 9 of the Shvatim involved in selling Yosef? Why did it take so many years for the Shvatim to be atoned?
- Adam Harishon Did WHAT with the Animals?! (A Manuscript From Prague Claims That We Got It Wrong)
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- The Wizardry of the Rameh of Fano
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Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/RamehFano) Story and ID of Eldad and Meidad Their Nevuah and why they would have been put in jail. Halachik status of Yidden before Matan Torah. Story of Rebbi's 2 students who were healed Rameh M'panu expla
- Why All the Confusion Over Birchas Hagomel?
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Source sheet Where does the Brocho of Hagomel come from? Who's required to bless? Do you need a Minyan / Torah? How long do you have to say it? How do we calculate the requirement? Are the 4 exclusive or just examples? Can you make a Brocho
- Yerushalayim: Crown, Destruction, & Comeback PT 1
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Source Sheets History of the 1st Beis Hamikdash Class given at Chabad in South Beach
- You Would Never Imagine Who Bilaam Really Was
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Source Sheet Balak is from midyan or moav? Was Lot's oldest daughter rewarded or rebuked for her objectionable plan? Were both of Lot's daughters considered sinners? Did Bilaam ever receive rectification? Bilaam is Lavan? How long did he li
- Is a Fetus Alive? The Rambam That Everyone is Talking About.
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Source sheet Why did Rivkah specifically go to Shem? What was Rivkah's question to Shem and what was his answer? Is a fetus a Nefesh? Can a fetus be considered a Rodef? Is a Treifa's blood less red than others? Abortion as Chatzi Shiur and/
- The Tale of Iyov and the Orphans Stumps the Rabbis
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Source Sheet: https://rebrand.ly/Iyov Background of Iyov Was Iyov great than Avraham? Is one allowed to steal if their intention is not to steal? 4 answers as to why Iyov was allowed to take charge of orphans property without their consent.
- Rashbi in the Cave. The Whopping (Apparant) Halachik Discrepancy.
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- The Secret Society of Rabbinic Vegetarians
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Source Sheet Was there a difference between a humans diet and the animals diet in Adam's days? Were humans allowed to eat meat before the Mabul? If not, why would they have been warned against Eiver Min Hachai? Why did the Egyptians not eat
- If You Had to Choose Between a Sukkah or a Lulav...
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- "You Do the Crime, You Do the Time". Why Don't Courts Recognize Teshuva?
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Source Sheet What does it mean to follow everything the owner says besides for leave? Different types of sins and what Teshuva do they require? What is Teshuva all about? Why doesn't Teshuva help for court mandated penalties?
- There's Much More To Boruch Shem Than Meets The Eye
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- Will the Real Bechor Please Stand Up!
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Was Yaakov or Esav Born First?
- Moshiach and the Wardrobe Dilemma
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Source Sheet May one be buried in Shatnez? From where in the Torah do we see a proof for Techiyas Hameisim? Will Mitzvos will be nullified in Moshiachs times? What will be the order of events when Moshiach comes? Will there be two Techiyas
- Unpacking Tircha D'Tzibura
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Unpacking Tircha D'Tzibura
- The Maharam of Rottenburg is Captured! Let's Release Him!
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Click here to sponsor this (or another) Shiur. Source Sheet History of the Maharam Was the Maharam a Kabbalist? Was the money to redeem the Maharam actually raised? Can someone from a later generation argue with the Maharam? What did the Ma
- Women's Wisdom (Chof Beis Shevat Special)
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How old for bar or bas mitzvah? Nashim Da'atan Kalos or mature faster? Bruria was a gilgul of whom? Her stories and wisdom. What is "Binah Yeseira"? Why are women patur from Tefillin? "Shelo Asani Ishah/Sheasani Kirtzono" ("Shelo Asani Behe
- Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great and Chanukah
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- Divination, the Vilna Gaon's Gorel, and the Rogachover From Nowhere
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- Does The Body Of A Tzaddik Emit Tumah?
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Source Sheets Story of the Arizals passing Does a Nasi give off Tumah? Can a Cohen become Tamei for a Nasi? How was R Yishmael Cohen Gadol able to touch Raban Shimon be Gamliels head? How was Elazar allowed to be in the cave with Aharon? Do
- The Ba'al Hama'or Began An Endless Quest
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Sponsor this Shiur Source Sheet History of the Ba'al Hama'or. Why don't we say Shehecheyanu on Sefiras Haomer? Why do we make a Bracha on Sefirah if we're still going to do another Seder? Why don't we count 2 nights every night due to Safek
- Is Moreh Nevuchim Forbidden Territory?
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Source Sheet Rambam reasoning for Karbanos in Moreh Nevuchim. Did the Rambam write the Moreh Nevuchim? Cherem and subsequent burnings of the Rambam's books Raavad's critique of the Rambam Why did the Rambam write Moreh Nevuchim?
- May a Kohen Soldier Duchen? Rav JB Soloveitchik Takes on the World
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Source Sheet The prosecution cannot become the defendant: This is how we know that Hashem agreed to Moshe breaking the Luchos. Yechezkel asked to change the ox in the Merkava. Can a Kohen who killed someone duchen Birkas Kohanim? Can he ser
- Yerushalayim: Crown, Destruction, & Comeback PT 3
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Source Sheets The Babylonian Exile, Alexander The Great, & The Lead Up To The 2nd Beis Hamikdash Class given at Chabad in South Beach
- The 10 Lost Tribes & the Sambatyon
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Class given on 5/26/22
- The Vampire's Tattoo
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- Nadav and Avihu Die at the Hand of Heaven? They Weren't Even 20 Years Old?!
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Listen to Nadav and Avihu Die at the Hand of Heaven? They Weren't Even 20 Years Old?! by Rabbi Mendel Krasnjanski, from Rabbi Kraz's Shiurim.
- Reb Dovid Pozner, Reb Chaim Alpendari, and the Chida, Tackle an Issue As Old As the Ages
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- Haman's Promiscuous Reverie Over Esther (Mature Audience)
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Source Sheet Why did Esther show Haman favor in front of Achashverosh? How could Haman think that Esther wanted him and why would he covet the kings wife? How could a Malach frame Haman for a crime he didn't commit? What actually happened b
- Yerushalayim: Crown, Destruction, & Comeback PT 5 (Final)
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Source Sheets Leadup and aftermath of the Destruction of the 2nd Beis Hamikdash Class given at Chabad in South Beach
- So Who Authored The Haggadah?
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Source Sheet Who wrote the Hagaddah? Are there parts of the Hagaddah that are more important than others? Is it 2 separate Chiyuvim to remember Yetzias Mitzrayim by day and night or is it 1 Chiyuv together? Moshe and the 50th gate of wisdom
- The Devastation of the Crusades, and the Saddest Halachic Debate
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Source sheet (https://rebrand.ly/crusades) History of the Grenada and other massacres May one commit suicide to avoid sin? To do Teshuva? Story of R Chanina ben Tradyon vs story of Shaul Some stories
- A Journey Through the "Ta"z Hayodua"
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Parshas Tazria 2022
- Rabeinu Yerucham's Seforim May Cost You Your Life, Ch"V
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Source Sheets: History of Rabeinu Yerucham Should a pregnant woman fast? Should we all go join Hatzalah? Is it OK to write commentary on Rabeinu Yerucham? Are the current copies of Rabeinu Yerucham accurate? What is Kimli? Will performing a
- Brisk and Lubavitch
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Source Sheet Yortzeit of R' Levik (20 Av, 1944) and R' Chaim Brisker (21 Av, 1918) When do we fast Taanis Esther if purim falls on Sunday? Are there exceptions? History of the Brisker Dynasty starting with R' Chaim of Volozhyn Relationship
- Tzitz Vs. Tefillin & Rabenu Tam's Encounter With Moshe Rabenu
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Tefillin on Shabbos? Distraction with Tefillin/Tzitz on, What's holier, Tefillin or Tzitz? Exposed name of Hashem vs exposed letters shin daled and yud, the three branch and four branch shins Meseches Shabbos, Tosfos, Rambam, Rosh, B"Y, Sef
- Kaparos. A Holy Ancient Custom? Or Perhaps Something More Sinister..
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Source Sheet How strong is a Minhag? Source for the Minhag of Tashlich. What is the reason for Tashlich? Why do some hold we shouldn't do Tashlich? Source for Kaporos. What is the reason for Kaporos? Who holds not to do Kaporos and why?
- Halacha Under a Microscope
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Parshas Shmini Source Sheet
- Can Beis Din Force You To Pay Tuition?
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- Shavuos! Dovid Hamelech is (almost) Thrown Under the Bus.
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Source Sheet (https://rebrand.ly/Shavuos-Rus) Summary of Rus Episode of Doeg and Avnver dovid saved by his brother in law Chidushei Harim's insight. Question on Yeser's actions. Ploni Almoni refuses to marry Rus. Rashi's difficult explanati
- The Rabbi of Venice Who Was Bankrupted by the Casinos
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Source Sheets (https://rb.gy/h8tiin) The life and legacy of Rabbi Yehudah Aryeh of Modena His challenges with gambling Controversial theories about Yarmulka, kaballah, and gilgulim Recent Rabbi's who have taken issue with him
- G-d Says "Lo Sachmod". But I Do Covet!
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Source Sheet How can G-d command me to what to desire? The Ibn Ezra's story of the princess The Reishis Chochma's story of the saint in the cemetery The curious tales of the Semak Reb Tzadok Hakohen encourages the lustful man The debates of