Tribute
From fleeing Nazi-occupied France with his family to earning the Israel Prize for Torah Literature, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein left an…
Since the passing of Moreinu v’Rabbeinu HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l, many people have asked me, “Did you know him well?…
“The voice of the Lord is strength (koach), the voice of the Lord is splendor (hadar)” (Psalms 29:6). Commenting on…
He entered the room with my stomach in knots; the numerous stories about the famous “Gush bechinah” (entrance exam) caused…
What is the legacy of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein? Only too soon, the answer, I fear, will be: It depends on…
How might one describe Rav Aharon Lichtenstein? A brilliant Torah scholar. A pedagogue beyond compare. One who possessed extraordinary piety,…
In one of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein’s masterful discussions on the value of general culture for the development of a Torah…
When asked what he had learned at Harvard, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l, answered that there he grasped the complexity of…
A symposium which opens by asking participants to identify “our generation’s greatest achievement” was, presumably, planned by an optimist; and…
Dr. Kolbrener’s critique of my essay is unquestionably framed within the language and context of what Coventry Patmore denominated “the…
Confronted by the phalanx of questions included in this symposium, I find myself responding instinctively with two reservations. The first…
