Yissocher Frand

Elul Z'man: Mesechta Moed Katan, First and Second Perakim
Choref Z'man: Mesechta Pesachim, Perek Arvei Pesachim
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A Portrait of Rabbi Frand

One of Rabbi Frand's books

Rabbi Yissocher Frand is an American orthodox rabbi and author. He is a rosh yeshiva (dean) at Ner Yisrael yeshiva in Baltimore, MD. Raised in Seattle, Washingtonhe is the brother of Erwin Frand, he attended Ner Yisrael as a student and progressed to become a maggid shiur (lecturer). He is currently moderately well known within the Orthodox Jewish community as a skilled orator, and has given hundreds of invited lectures over the past decades.

In the late 1980s he started a weekly Thursday night lecture in the Agudath Yisrael of Baltimore, which became highly popular. Building on points from the weekly Torah reading, he typically addresses both a topic in practical halakha (Jewish law) and homiletics/ethics. Taped versions of these lectures were distributed, making him a popular speaker in the United States and abroad.

He is a board member and speaker on behalf of the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation, an organization dedicated to educating the Jewish public on the laws of lashon hara (speaking negatively about others).

[edit] Books

Rabbi Yissocher Frand in print: Contemporary and classic issues through the prism of Torah, Artscroll, September 1995. ISBN 0-89906-631-3
Listen to Your Messages: And Other Observations on Contemporary Jewish Life, Artscroll, August 1999. ISBN 1-57819-140-8
An Offer You can't Refuse: and other essays on the art of living, Artscroll, January 2004. ISBN 1-57819-438-5
Rabbi Frand on the Parashah: Insights, stories and observations ... on the weekly Torah reading, Artscroll, 2001. ISBN 1-57819-594-2
Oholei Yissocher (Printed in Hebrew): Insights on Tractates Moed Katan and Temurah, Self-Published, 1986