The Rav
In the late sixties, when I was in my teens, I attended a shiur by the Rav and it opened…
The words the Rav used were “God’s will is self-justifying.” Man has to explain his actions but God does not.
Sometime in the latter part of the 19th century, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav and great-grandfather of the…
Below is a synopsis by Rabbi Steven Weil of a brilliant and influential speech delivered in 1975 by Rabbi Joseph…
I was born in a year that provided a unique opportunity that those a few years older and younger than…
Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, zt”l, concludes his philosophical monograph, Halakhic Mind, on an exciting and tantalizing note. “Out of the…
When most people think of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik, they tend to focus on his brilliance. I do not have…
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was a figure of historic proportions.
The Rav himself remained essentially a lonely figure, although he was surrounded by many loyal students and devoted associates.
His clefs were the pages of the Talmud. His quarter notes were the letters of the Torah. His melody was…
My relationship with the Rav was also a dual one.
