Passover

OU KOSHER’S Rabbi Moshe Elefant Joins Talkline With Zev Brenner Live Each Night Leading Up To Passover

OU Kosher Staff

Rabbi Moshe Elefant may be most closely identified as Chief Operating Officer of OU Kosher and the magid shiur of the Orthodox Union’s AllDaf Daf Yomi webcast (whose thousands of daily learners make his lectures the most popular Daf in the world).  For listeners of  the Talkline With Zev Brenner radio program, America’s premier Jewish show, Rabbi Elefant’s name has become strongly identified with the Passover holiday, as he joins the host on air the for the weeks leading up to the holiday.

Dates and Times to Hear Rabbi Elefant

The program airs Mondays-Thursday 8-9:00p.m. and Saturday nights 11PM -2:00 a.m.  on WSNR 620 AM for the New York Metropolitan area and WJPR 1640 AM for the Highland Park/Edison area. On Sunday night, the show airs
on WOR 710 AM from 9 PM – 10 PMRabbi Elefant will appear every night until Passover.

“Rabbi Elefant comes from a position of great knowledge and strength, and is an individual who has received much respect from various segments of our community,” shared Rabbi Brenner.  “Listeners really find him refreshing because his knowledge is versatile enough to handle any questions we receive. He cuts across many backgrounds, and has become very popular over the years.”

“Radio format is very personal, as people are able to communicate back and forth in discussions—that’s something you can’t do online or in the newspaper,” Zev Brenner said.

From his home in Brooklyn, Rabbi Elefant joins the show and stays on the air for as long as the conversations continue. “Sometimes I’m on the air with Zev for a half hour, other nights I’m there the full hour,” noted Rabbi Elefant.  “The listeners submit the topics of discussion and they range through every possible question and situation—how to kasher a dishwater for Passover, how to deal with a potential situation at a Seder? What medications are permissible during Passover?”

According to Mr. Brenner, there was such interest in Rabbi Elefant’s participation on the Talkline show that this year, he brought Rabbi Elefant on air right after Purim to respond to questions. “Jewish law instructs us to begin learning about the specific holiday laws a month in advance—we started even earlier!” note an amused Rabbi Elefant. “I hope I make my mother proud.”

Discussion questions each night for Talkline With Zev Brenner are taken from call-in listeners (212-769-1925), accepted by email (zevbrenner@gmail.com text the word ‘ZEV’ plus comments and/or questions to the number 21800 and from the Talkline With Zev Brenner Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/tcntalk/info). Listeners may also listen online at http://www.talklinecommunications.com/ and listen to the 24-hour listen-line at 641-741-0389

OU Kosher Staff

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