Rav Aharon Kahn is the Joel Jablonski Professor of Talmud and Codes at Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS). Rabbi Kahn was ordained at RIETS in 1969 and later earned Semicha Yadin Yadin from the Rabbi Mendel Zaks ztz”l and Rabbi Moshe Dovber Rivkin ztz”l. He studied with Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik for 20 years and acted as Rabbi Soloveitchik's assistant for ten years. Rabbi Kahn served as spiritual leader of the Downtown Talmud Torah Synagogue in Manhattan's Lower East Side for 18 years. He is currently rabbi of Congregation Bais Keneses Avigdor in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn.
We are obligated to focus on the ultimate redemption daily. Are we telling the truth when we say: “for your salvation we yearn all day long” in the Amidah?
What is the difference between the 2 songs found in the Torah (Haazinu and Az Yashir)? Why are they written differently? How is Haazinu considered a shira? Presented by Rav Aharon Kahn as part of the Lamenting Our Loss OU Tisha B’Av Video 5770. Download the source sheet.
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