Hundreds Join Yom Iyun on Rashi Sichos in Crown Heights
On Thursday, hundreds gathered for a special symposium, dedicated to the revolutionary approach that the Rebbe pioneered in explaining Rashi’s pirush on the Torah. The event marked sixty years since the Rebbe began elucidating a section from Rashi on the weekly parsha at every Shabbos farbrengen, in 5725 • Full Story, Photos, Video
By Chabadinfo Reporter
On Thursday, hundreds gathered for a special symposium, dedicated to the revolutionary approach that the Rebbe pioneered in explaining Rashi’s pirush on the Torah. The event marked sixty years since the Rebbe began elucidating a section from Rashi on the weekly parsha at every Shabbos farbrengen, in 5725.
The event, organized by the Va’ad HaMosifin, was originally intended to be held at the Kolel Menachem on Union and Kingston, but was relocated at the 11th hour to Chovivei Torah, due to the power outages that impacted Crown Heights last week.
The symposium featured leading experts in the Rebbe’s Torah, and particularly in the Rebbe’s distinctive methodology of learning Rashi on Chumash: Rabbi Tuvia Bloy, author of “Klalei Rashi,” participated via a special broadcast from Eretz Yisroel. Rabbi Avraham Baruch Pevzner, prolific author of seforim on the Rebbe’s Torah, illuminated the crowd with chiddushim that the Rebbe revealed in Rashi’s commentary.
A special panel combined both a discussion of the Rebbe’s derech halimud and firsthand accounts of what transpired in 770 surrounding the Rashi sichos.
Panel participants included:
- Rabbi Nachman Shapiro, who was zocheh for many years to prepare the weekly hanachos that were edited by the Rebbe, including the Rashi sichos.
- Rabbi Aharon Shapira, Rav of Pardes Katz in Bnei Brak, and head of the Mesivta d’Rashi Institute, who has been involved for many years in annotating and publishing various meforshim on Rashi and has extensive knowledge of the Rebbe’s teachings.
- Rabbi Michoel Aharon Seligson, mashpia in Oholei Torah Mesivta, and is renowned as one of the foremost experts on the history of Dor Hashvi’i.
- Rabbi Shalom Dovber Avtzon, author of the Rebbeim Biography Series and an expert in Chabad history.
- Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Katzman, a mashpia in Crown Heights, will share personal experiences from the Rashi sichos over the years.
The program concluded with a farbrengen in preparation for the holy day of Gimmel Tammuz.
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