12/04/25 - SHIUR 538

Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?

How common are controversies over leadership in the Litvish yeshiva system? Is the Ponevezh controversy unique?
What were the main points of the machlokes and how did they develop?
Who halachically owns assets donated to a yeshiva — the Rosh Yeshiva, the fundraiser, or the institution itself?
When, if ever, may a yeshiva bring a dispute to secular arbitration or secular court rather than to Beis Din?

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Thank you for the wonderful shiurim every week.

I just want to note for accuracy sake that Rabbi Dunner’s example of the Chabad seforim case actually illustrates the opposite of his point, as both the Rabbonim who issued psakim and lehavdil the courts ruled that the seforim actually belonged to the organization and not the individual/the Lubavitcher Rebbe personally and therefore there was no law of inheritance for Barry Gurary to have a right to take some on the seforim.

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Rabbi Dr. Benny Brown, Dayan Shlomo Cohen, Rabbi Pinni Dunner
Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?
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Rabbi Dr. Benny Brown, Dayan Shlomo Cohen, Rabbi Pinni Dunner
Ponevezh Yeshiva: Understanding the Machlokes and is it finally over?
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