Sefas Emes Project Available Online - English Explanatory Translation

My friend Rabbi Reuven Boshnack has made his sefer with an explanatory translation of selected pieces from the Sefas Emes and insights into the teachings available online.

You can pick it up at Lulu HERE. I have a copy and it is kedai. He should IY"H be coming out with another similar sefer on the Beis Yaakov of Izbiz. Exciting!

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Sfas Emes Shiur by Rav Baruch Gartner - Sunday Morning - Source Sheet pdf Available!

This Sunday at 10 AM Eastern, the Sfas Emes shiur by Rav Baruch Gartner, Founder and Dean of Yeshivas Derech HaMelech, will continue.

CLICK HERE for the source sheet for the shiur. Thank you to David Levy for distributing this!

Shiur Sunday morning available at http://www.torahchat.com/.

For more information on system requirements, etc., CLICK HERE.

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New online video/audio Sfas Emes Shiur Going on NOW!

Exciting New Online Sfas Emes Shiur – Live From Eretz Yisroel! Given by Rabbi Baruch Gartner, Founder and Dean of Yeshivas Derech HaMelech. Learn Sfas Emes in Yeshiva in Eretz Yisroel from the comfort of your own home! Starting today, Sunday January 31 @ 10 a.m. NY Time, Rabbi Baruch Gartner, Founder and Dean of Yeshivas Derech HaMelech, will be giving an online shiur on Sfas Emes through the Virtual Yeshiva - http://www.torahchat.com/ .

R' Gartner is the Founder and Dean of Yeshivas Derech Hamelech. Yeshivas Derech Hamelech was created to provide a makom Torah for chassidish English speakers. The Yeshiva came into existence with the help of R' Tzvi Meir Zilberberg, shlita, R' Mottel Zilber shlita, and R' Moshe Weinberger, shlita, whom Rav Gartner has studied under for many years. The shiur will focus on a portion of Sfas Emes for each week’s parsha, using the Hebrew text inside.

R' Gartner will be guiding the virtual talmidim through the sources to give the tools to master the profound ideas expressed by the Sfas Emes, as well as breaking down the barriers to understanding the style of the Sfas Emes - Great emphasis will be placed on grasping the practical advice of each discourse. The shiur will take place this coming Sunday at 10 am NY time, and each Sunday thereafter at the same time. To join the shiur, please go to http://www.torahchat.com/ and register. The instructions are easy and self explanatory.

Go to new user.
Fill in name and email address.
They will send you an email with your password.
Enter your name and password and go into the torah chat room.
If you have any problems or difficulty loading java click the link in the box that says the following:if you are using Window ME or otherwise have difficulty loading JAVA, link):
The shiur will be in the "torah chat" room at 10 am NY Time. There is no fee to join.

HT Zev Polansky for the information on the shiur and for the text I used for this post! Click here to get Dixie Yid in your e-mail Inbox or here to subscribe in Google Reader.

New Video Conference Shiur on Sfas Emes & Sifrei R' Nachman by Rav Baruch Gartner

I received the following information from my heiliger friend Zev Polansky, a relatively recent Oleh. Great opportunity!

HaRav Baruch Gartner, shlita, Head of Yeshivas Derech HaMelech, will be starting a weekly online Sfas Emes / Rebbe Nachman shiur - the shiur will be online in a virtual yeshiva setting - users will be able to see each other and participate. The Rav will be going through Sfas Emes al ha parshah and sifrei Rebbe Nachman. It will be on Sundays at 10 am, and begin on Sunday, January 31 at 10 am NY time. Note that the Shiur is free to join - there is no "virtual tuition". Below are computer requirements needed for the shiur. Please let me know whether you're interested in joining, and if so, that you have the computer requirements below - anyone interested MUST run a quick online test with the virtual yeshivah techie to make sure all works before joining the shiur while in progress (someone without the proper setup can make the online shiur crash I'm told).

If you know of anyone else interested this shiur please have them contact me.

In order to join in the shiurim, participants must have:

1) An internet connection of at least 2 meg (2.5 or higher is even better)
2) The computer must be connected to the Internet via a cable. WiFi / wireless connection are not sufficient. Even someone who normally connects wirelessly can connect with a cable for these classes.
3) A webcam and a microphone. Many computers, especially laptops, have integrated cameras and microphone. If an external webcam is needed, the simplest and least expensive Logitech webcams are usually perfect for this application. Be sure they have an internal microphone.
4) A headset or headphones. There are many inexpensive headphones available that also have a microphone. Also, any regular iPod or Walkman headphones work perfectly. Just verify that they connect properly to the computer used.
5) Internet Browser = Firefox and Chrome are known to better for this application than Explorer.

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