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The Shofar sounds we hear on Rosh Hashanah represent a world of halacha, technique, mesorah, practice, and avodah.

In this episode of The Shtender, R’ Shlomie Silverman sits down with R’ Shalom Rosenberg, expert baal tokea and mechaber of Kol Demamah, for a fascinating look inside the world of shofar.

R’ Shalom shares how an early love of music eventually led him to the shofar, and how his relationship with Rav Mordechai Dolinsky, zt”l, shaped his approach to tekiyos. The conversation explores what makes a great baal tokea, why serious baalei tekiyah practice constantly, how different shevarim and teruos are produced, and the mesorah behind the sounds we hear every Rosh Hashanah.

Along the way, they discuss Brisker tekiyos, the Chafetz Chaim’s approach to questionable kolos, what makes one shofar better—or more expensive—than another, how shofarot are made and cleaned, different types of horns, the kavanah behind the tekiyos, and even why so many shofarot come from Morocco.

More than a technical discussion, this episode opens up the avodah behind the sound, and gives a new appreciation for one of the most powerful mitzvos of the year.

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What was it really like to sit for hundreds of hours with Rav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l — reviewing his sefarim, questioning a stirah, correcting a source, and seeing firsthand how he approached Torah on the page?

In Episode 2 of The Shtender, R’ Shlomie Silverman sits down with Rav Uri Teiger, longtime magiah of Rav Chaim Kanievsky’s sefarim and a prolific mechaber in his own right.

Rav Uri shares how a few ha’aros sent to Rav Chaim grew into a decades-long relationship of Torah and trust, eventually leading him to become Rav Chaim’s regular proofreader. Rav Chaim, in turn, reviewed Rav Uri’s own work, writing more than 2,000 hagahos on one sefer alone.

The conversation opens a window into Rav Chaim’s world of sefarim — his precision, his relationship with the Chazon Ish, his warmth, and the derech in writing and learning that Rav Uri absorbed and carries into his own sefarim today.

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In the debut episode of The Shtender, R’ Shlomie Silverman sits down with Rav Micha Cohn, Rav of Bais Medrash Kol Yaakov of Oakley Hills, Rebbe at the Mesivta of Long Beach, Posek for Kof-K Kashrus Supervision, and a close talmid of Rav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l.

Through a fascinating discussion of Rav Cohn’s sefer, Shu"t Imrei Micha, we get an inside look at the way a posek approaches complex shailos, not simply searching for an answer, but understanding the sugya, weighing the different tzadim, and knowing when a shaila is truly a “groise shaila.”

Rav Cohn shares what he learned through years of shimush with Rav Dovid, including why a posek may see the same question differently in different circumstances, and how mesorah, lomdus, practical reality, and sensitivity all come together in psak halacha.

Along the way, the conversation explores some of the remarkable shailos found in Imrei Micha DNA and yichus, cochlear implants under the chuppah, end-of-life decisions, tola’im, modern medical technology, electricity on Shabbos, Siamese twins, mental health, and much more.

The Shtender, powered by Judaica Plaza, brings you inside the world of sefarim with the experts who live and breathe them. Drawing on Judaica Plaza’s renowned sefarim department and deep relationships with leading mechabrim, rabbanim, and talmidei chachamim, The Shtender opens the sefer, meets the mechaber, and brings the Torah behind every page to life.