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Community, Covenant, and Commitment: Selected Letters and Communications of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik »

Authors: Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Netanel Helfgot, Netanel Helfgot
ISBN-13: 9780881258721, ISBN-10: 0881258725
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Date Published: March 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Book Synopsis

American talmudist and Jewish thinker Solveitchik (1903-93), or the Rav as he is widely known, used Jewish thought and law to interpret and assess modern experience. While earlier volumes in the series have portrayed him as a teacher, philosopher, and theologian, the 72 letters here reveal his role as an adviser and guide who impacted individuals that he taught and counseled and influenced institutions and committees that he led. Published for the Toras HoRav Foundation by Ktav Publishing House. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

1	On depiction of human images on stained glass windows in an interfaith Chapel	3
2	On directing foundlings to Jewish welfare agencies	11
3	On drafting rabbis and rabbinical students for the U.S. armed forces chaplaincy	23
4	On humane methods of handling meat for slaughter	61
5	Statement of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik to the National Advisory Committee to the Secretary Of Agriculture, July 21, 1961	69
6	Statement of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik to the national advisory committee to the secretary of agriculture, October 6, 1964	71
7	Memorandum of agreement between RIETS, Yeshiva College and the graduate-level Yeshiva in Boston opened by Rabbi Soloveitchik	77
8	Talmud study for girls in Yeshiva elementary and high schools (a)	81
9	Talmud study for girls in Yeshiva elementary and high schools (b)	83
10	On the creation of Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine	85
11	On Yeshiva University's Rabbinical school program	93
12	On orthodox participation in the Bible translation of the Jewish publication society and communal tercentenary celebrations	109
13	On communal tercentenary celebrations	115
14	On inserting memorial prayers for Holocaust victims on Passover night at the Seder	119
15	On a proposed service authored by the Mizrahi for the eve of Yom ha-Atzma'ut	123
16	On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (a)	125
17	On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (b)	129
18	On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (c)	133
19	On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (d)	137
20	On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (e)	139
21	On orthodoxy and non-orthodox movements	143
22	On RCA participation in the Synagogue Council of America (a)	151
23	On RCA participation in the Synagogue Council of America (b)	153
24	On RCA participation in the Synagogue Council of America (c)	155
25	On the propriety of a synagogue owning a company that is open on Shabbat	157
26	On the place of the state of Israel in Jewish thought	163
27	On the "who is a Jew?" Question (a)	167
28	On the "who is a Jew?" Question (b)	171
29	Declining the offer to submit his candidacy for the position of chief rabbi of the state of Israel (a)	173
30	On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (b)	177
31	On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (c)	179
32	On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (d)	187
33	On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (e)	191
34	On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (f)	193
35	On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (a)	195
36	On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (b)	201
37	On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (c)	203
38	On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (d)	205
39	On Christian missionary schools in Israel	207
40	On religion and state in Israel (a)	209
41	On religion and state in Israel (b)	215
42	On religion and state in Israel (c)	219
43	On remaining in the diaspora	227
44	On Jews in the diaspora expressing views on security issues facing the state of Israel	231
45	On Israel, the diaspora and religious issues	233
46	On political and religious issues in Israel and the diaspora	241
47	On Jewish participation in the Vatican II Ecumenical Council of 1962 (a)	247
48	On Jewish participation in the Vatican II Ecumenical Council of 1962 (b)	249
49	On the calendar reform proposal and the Vatican	253
50	On relations with the Catholic hierarchy	257
51	On interfaith relationships (a)	259
52	On interfaith relationships (b)	263
53	On RCA participation in an interreligious conference	267
54	Topic for a Jewish philosophical essay	271
55	On the nature of the Halakhah	273
56	On learning the works of Maimonides	279
57	On the knowledge of God in Maimonidean thought	283
58	On the love of God in Maimonidean thought	285
59	On Hasidism	289
60	On the commandment to redeem the first-born	293
61	Comments on Maimonides' laws of repentance	303
62	On the Yiddish language	307
63	On the Teshuvah discourse of 1960	309
64	On blowing the Shofar in the silent Rosh ha-Shanah Amidah	311
65	On the Halakhic sanctity of the temple and the synagogue	315
66	On a draft of U-Vikkashtem mi-Sham	321
67	Insights into the Book Of Lamentations (a)	323
68	Insights into the Book Of Lamentations (b)	327
69	On the problem of evil	331
70	On the commandment of loving one's fellow Jew	333
71	Note on a book of Chaim Grade	335
72	On the Tuesday night public Shi'urim	337

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