Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik

Rav Soloveitchik on Shomer Pri:

The fruit that never falls alone

The shomer, Rabbi Soloveitchik posited, offers a way of understanding those who guard a human being through the stages of life: a parent, a rebbe, and ultimately the Ribbono Shel Olam.

The Tipping Point:

When one becomes enough

We may never know how close the balance is to its tipping point, or the deed that changes everything. But that uncertainty is precisely what gives every choice its urgency.

The Jewish question has changed, again

Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik wrote of six knocks. We still hear them today, but they are not only knocks of gratitude. They are also knocks of mourning, of anger, of exposure. The Beloved, however, is still knocking and outside the door.

'Lomir zich iberbeten'-

'Let us be reconciled, our Heavenly Father'

Reliving he moment when Rav Soloveitchik's face became a living commentary on the verse his son was chanting, and a living embodiment of a plea to Hashem sung by legendary Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt.

In the shadow of loss

The spectre of churban continues to haunt the land.

For his 32nd yahrzeit, 18 Nissan:

Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik, the Zionist ethos and Jewish unity

“We are confronted with a singular phenomenon. The Almighty has paved the way for the return to Zion through people who have cast off the yoke of Torah and mitzvot. Can we possibly deny that their accomplishments in rebuilding the land," - Rav Soloveitchik zts"l.

From pain to humility

Which is the inner person that friends and family recognise as the real you? A great career? That is Adam I, but is there an Adam II?