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What is a "Fa-rer"?
A FarHer in "Yeshivish" terms means an (usually oral) exam.
It is commonly used when referring to the entry exam given to student applicants before accepting them into a Yeshiva.
From here:
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Is there a halachic requirement for a yeshivah to be single gender?
In Igros Moshe YD 1:137, R' Moshe Feinstein writes that although at a very young age, the issues of hirhur and yetzer hara that generally rise with co-ed schools facilitating pubescent teenagers ...
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Yeshivas of Modern Times
My Rosh Yeshiva, Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky, who is particularly well read in history, in a shiur titled Why So Much Iyun 5774 spoke out that (my memory of the shiur is not that sharp, so I may be ...
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What is the difference between Maharat and Yoetzet Halacha?
A Yo'etzet Halakhah is there to answer questions that are going unasked because some women are understandably embarrassed to raise them with a male rabbi. They can also find answers that wouldn't ...
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Help identifying yeshivot for baalei teshuva (men)
So there are a number of options in Israel - I will try and provide a bit of background for each one. Just an aside, please note there is no such a thing as a bad yeshiva, it is always about finding ...
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What texts are studied in a traditional yeshiva?
In Yeshivat Chachmei Lublin by Dovid Avraham Mandelbaum p. 322 we are given the daily schedule of the yeshiva, from which we can see what texts were studied:
My English rendering:
6:00 AM – Wakeup
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What is the hetter for yeshivas to daven a Hoiche Kedusha?
Explanation #1 is a corruption of the real reason it was started in Slabodka by the Alter. The talmidim were so into their learning they couldn't stop talking about it and ended up talking during ...
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How was the Volozhin Yeshiva special?
First of all, it's worth noting that, with only certain key exceptions, there weren't really any yeshivas in Eastern Europe before Volozhin, their having been replaced by the beis midrash, and by a ...
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Are there any yeshiva programs (Israel or US) that begin mid-year?
I believe most or all Israeli yeshivot targeting English-speaking baalei tshuva will accept people year-round. A few links to get you started:
Ohr Somayach
Aish HaTorah
Shapell/Darchei Noam
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Can a yeshiva principal force students to tattle on other students
The Igros Moshe YD 2:103 writes that it is a deplorable act for a Rebbi to ask his student to tell on another student who did something bad,and it will lessen the seriousness of loshen harah. The ...
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Which are the "Yeshivish Masechtos"?
Yeshivish mesechtos are typically the masechtos learned in high school because they are the ones that are more involving (lots of lomdus) and can train a person how to properly learn gemara.
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What texts are studied in a traditional yeshiva?
Generally, the Classic Lithuanian Yeshiva is focused on those tractates that provide ample area for "Lomdus"/"Iyun" - "Analyses: (Shabbos), Sukka, Psachim, Yevamos, Kesubos, Nedarim, Gittin, Kiddushin,...
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Should you fire a Torah teacher if a better one is available?
The Talmud (Bava Batra 21a) presents the following dispute:
ואמר רבא האי מקרי ינוקי דגריס ואיכא אחרינא דגריס טפי מיניה לא מסלקינן ליה דלמא אתי לאיתרשולי רב דימי מנהרדעא אמר כ"ש דגריס טפי קנאת ...
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Yeshiva University RIETS Semicha Yorei and Yadin
My personal experience in the program gives me the following perspective: Overall, it's an incredible program which empowers the Talmid with tons of time to learn and grow in his Torah and leadership ...
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Prerequisites for attending Yeshiva as a middle aged Baal Teshuva
There are many yeshivot geared specifically to both Israeli and foreign balei teshuva in Jerusalem. Admissions criteria vary, but in general their mission is to educate Jews and they are not selective....
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"Secular" studies in the Rhineland academies of the 11th-13th centuries
It seems Ashkenazi Jews of the time - including the Tosafists - lacked formal secular knowledge.
Rabbi Prof. Ephraim Kanarfogel wrote in his essay "The Tosafist Oeuvre and Torah u-Madda":
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Is cheating in a test an Averah?
R. Moshe Feinstein has a responsum about cheating. He was asked by someone who had heard that in yeshivot they allow the students to steal the answers for the Regents.
R. Moshe answered that it is ...
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Yeshivas that relocated
Slabodka Yeshiva was originally in Lithuania and after the ravages of WWI and enforced military conscription in the years that followed, they established a branch in Chevron in 1924. Following the ...
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On what halachic premise can Yeshivot claim talmidim's belonging's hefker for bein hazmanim?
In חושן משפט, סימן שי״ט סעיף א׳ it says, that if someone brought something into someone else’s property without permission, or broke the conditions upon which the owner allowed him to bring it in,the ...
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Can a yeshiva principal force students to tattle on other students
There's an argument between R' Moshe Feinstein and R' Moshe Shternbuch.
R' Moshe Feinstein (as mentioned by sam) says that it's disgusting , as (practically) the teacher is teaching that Lashon Hara ...
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What texts are studied in a traditional yeshiva?
My neighborhood has a number of yeshivot. I have read the brochures of 2 of them and have stopped at a third one a few years ago, as my son had been considering a semicha program.
Some commonalities:
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Online glossary of Yiddish terms commonly used in shiur
I got it in camp many years ago and someone tried to fix the words that got cut off it's not perfect and it's not so clear as you mentioned it was photocopied too many times
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Is cheating in a test an Averah?
It is a sin, and it's basically a form of theft.
After doing some research, I found out the Guemara brings the concept of Gneivas Da'as, which is the theft of intellect. This site explains very well ...
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Going to a Shiur without paying tuition
If the entrance is not free, it seems from the Gemara that you cannot enter. A similar case is cited in Gemara Yoma 35b.
Yoma 35b:
אמרו עליו על הלל הזקן שבכל יום ויום היה עושה ומשתכר בטרעפיק חציו ...
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Information about the Belz yeshiva in Jerusalem
It's called Torah v'emunah and is located in Zichron Moshe. On Moshe Khagiz St. A block from Mayanot, the Chabad place. I believe it's primarily Hebrew language but there's a chaburah in English. ...
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Part time yeshiva in New York
You can maintain such an academic schedule while learning in a semicha program (rabbinic ordination) at*:
Yeshiva University; Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS)
Kollel L'Horaah Ohr ...
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Tuition obligation during corona crisis
See https://www.halachipedia.com/index.php?title=Halachot_Related_to_Coronavirus#Laid_off_Workers_Because_of_Corona
Rabbi Zylberman on yutorah.
Mordechai b"m 343 writes that if there's a decree ...
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Derech Halimud of Yeshivas in Istanbul, Salonika and other Sephardic Countries
R. Yosef Chaim of Baghdad describes the difference between the typical Ashkenazi and Sephardi modes of pesak in the beginning of his sefer Rav Pe'alim (quoted by R. Yitzchak Yosef, Iggeret le-Ben ...
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What to Learn During Seder
It is very important to have a Halacha seder. Learn the Shulchan Aruch with the Mishna Berura, as this will help you gain practical knowledge for the rest of the day.
However, if you are a beginner I ...
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Is cheating in a test an Averah?
I remember Rav Aviner was asked a very similar question. He answers at the bottom of this page.
To quote him
Question: I heard that it is permissible to cheat, since it isn't "Genevat Da'at" (...
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