Below are various hespedim and azkara shiurim given l’chvod Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik zt”l, a.k.a. “The Rav”.
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| Track | Title | Length (h:mm:ss) | Description |
| 1 | 1993 Hesped for Rav zt”l | 1:20:18 | Hesped delivered by Rav Twersky in the Y.U. beis medrash after the Rav’s petirah in 1993 |
| 2 | 1995: Inyanei Tefillah, L’chvod the Rav’s Yahrzeit | 52:22 | Shiur on inyanei tefillah, given in Lamport Auditorium in 1995. Note: the sound system was poor back then – this shiur is best listened to in a quiet environment where you can listen carefully. |
| 3 | 1997, L’chvod the Rav’s Yahrzeit | 1:23:03 | Yahrtzeit Shiur |
| 4 | 2001, L’chvod the Rav’s Yahrzeit | 1:13:34 | Yahrtzeit Shiur |
| 5 | 2003, L’chvod the Rav’s 10th Yahrzeit | 1:14:33 | – What does it mean when we say that the Rav was a gadol baTorah? — An accurate understading of the derech halimud of Rav Chaim & the Rav, i.e. the Brisker Derech. — The responsibility of a rebbe to train talmidim how to learn — The Rav worked hard in learning — Chochmas haTalmud was the ikar (over nistar) – The Rav’s impact in learning (Orach Chaim) and in machshava (Philosophy of Halacha) – The Rav’s relationship to Modern Orthodoxy / Modernity. The future of that community. |
| 6 | 2013, L’chvod the Rav’s 20th Yahrzeit | 36:12 | |
| 7 | 2018: The Grandeur of Torah | 13:38 | |
| 8 | Bonus Track: Rav Hershel Schachter’s 1993 Hesped for the Rav zt”l | 1:30:52 | Hesped delivered by Rav Schachter in the Y.U. beis medrash after the Rav’s petirah in 1993 |
| 9 | The Rav on Medinas Yisroel | 30:52 | – The halachic significance of Eretz Yisroel assigned by, and only because of, the Torah – The historical perspective: the holocaust and unprecedented assimilation made the medinah necessary, hence HKB”H giving it to us. – The Rav does not use messianic terms or overtones when discussing Eretz Yisroel. – Going from the holocaust to the medinah is an example of the pattern of dafka when we’re at our lowest point, HKB”H appears |