Ein Yaakov 028b – Beitzah 24 – Rosh Hashanah – Rav Avrohom Sternhartz zal

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Ein Yaakov 028b – Beitzah 24 – Rosh Hashanah – Rav Avrohom Sternhartz zal – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal.
09:18 – Story of Shabtai bar Marinus – cruelty is a sign that a person is not a descendant of Avraham Avinu.
10:57 – Three types of lives that are not worth living: a person who has to ask to be a guest, a person who suffers a chronic illness, and a man whose wife dominates him. Through Torah study and tefilah a person can transform reality, no matter how difficult.
15:26 – תִּקְעוּ בַחֹדֶשׁ שׁוֹפָר – “Sound the shofar at the New Moon…” (Tehillim 81:4). Astronomical calculations of the lunar calendar. Why is Rosh Hashanah at the new moon?
27:26 – When was the world created, Tishrei or Nissan? Debate between Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol and Rabbi Yehoshua.
32:22 – HaShem created man through one individual to show that one who saves just one life is considered as if he saved the entire world. Man is called Olam Katan.
37:12 – BIOGRAPHY – Rabbi Rosenfeld describes his first encounter with Rav Avrohom Sternhartz zal, the great-grandson of Rav Noson of Nemirov zal and grandson of Rav Nachman Tscherin zal, author of Parpaorot leChochma.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel. Timings approximate.