“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.
There are compelling parallels between the 1948 knocks as expounded by Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik and the 2023-4 post Oct 7th events.
There is more than one kind of friendly fire, sometimes it refers to a bullet shot in error, sometimes it describes the conflagration caused by baseless internal hatred.
I had a sister. Her grave will never be identified and she had no name. In memoriam.
'No man is an island,' said John Donne, and 'send not to know for whom the bell tolls,' but Is the bell tolling for Western civilization? Opinion.
Many of us lost dear friends and relatives in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Memorial to a friend.
To recognize a person means to affirm that he is irreplaceable. To hurt a person means to tell him that he is expendable, that there is no n
Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik stressed that the Holocaust should be remembered on Tisha B'Av. A letter to Ela Goldberg, ID Number 84803.
A highlight on Shabbat was accompanying the Rav on his walk to and from the Maimonides School Synagogue. (Video: The Rav on Rav Kook.)
A central theme in the Rav’s weltanschauung is his emphasis on halakhic man’s creative gesture..
To the generation that did not know the Rav, a story of two vastly different students that shines a light on his teaching.
