Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
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…
