They planned the assassination with few doubts in their mind as to the justice of the terrible deed they were about to perpetrate. They just knew they had to get rid of him, that only that way would they protect the integrity of the people of Israel from his egotistical designs. Their animosity drew from two deep, dark, irrational sources: their hatred for the man – who did he think he is to lord it over them, to tell them what to do? – and their envy: they were deeply jealous of him, and therefore mistrusted his vision, his dreams, his plans for the future. And so they decided to murder him …

Rabbi Lamm, a chemistry student at Yeshiva College, hoped to use his science background to help the State of Israel. “Eyewitness 1948: The American Contribution” is a short film series produced by Toldot Yisrael with the support of the Ruderman Family Foundation, focusing on the efforts of Americans in the period leading up to the founding of the State of Israel. Films in the series describe WWII veterans (Machal) who fought in the War of Independence; volunteers who smuggled weapons, machine parts, and uniforms overseas; businessmen who raised funds to help bring Ho…

When our father Jacob was having problems with his father-in-law and employer, Laban, he turned to him in frustration and said: “...זה עשרים אנכי עמך רחליך ועזין לא שכלו ואילי צאנך לא אכלתי… הייתי ביום אכלני חרב וקרח בלילה ותדד שנתי מעיני.” “I have been with you for twenty years... and I have not eaten any of the animals of your flock... In the daytime I was consumed by drought, and with frost by night. And sleep fled from my eyes” (Genesis 31:38–40).

The problem to which this chapter is addressed is of momentous importance: How can we affirm our faith in a world beset by doubt? How, in the encounter of traditional belief with modern thought, can we preserve both our integrity and our identity? How can we be academically and philosophically honest and yet religiously firm? How can we emerge from the dialogue between the two worlds which we inhabit with renewed conviction and stronger faith? Troubling as this subject is for believers generally, it is doubly vexing for Orthodox Jews who are committed not only to an …

הנני מקדיש את ספרי זה לזכר נשמת בתי הצעירה והחביבה עלי כנפשי שרה רבקה ע"ה אשת הרב משה בן־ציון דראטש שליט״א, ואם לטובה חוה ולשלישיה שמואל, יעל, וברכה, כולם יזכו לחיים טובים וארוכים, ויבנו בזמניהם משפחות כיאות לבני תורה שרה רבקה הביאה נחת רוח וששון ושמחה לבעלה, לילדיה, לאחותה ולשני אחיה ולנשותיהם העדינות, ולאמה (אשר נפשותיהן היו קשורות זב״ז עד להפליא) ולאביה, לקהילתה, ולכל מי שזכה להכירה פא״פ.כלל אחד למדנו במשפחתנו : כל פעם שהחיים קשים, ואתה רוצה למצוא פתח לקצת מנוחה וצהלה ושמחה, כלך לך אצל שרה רבקהושם תמצא את…

This book offers a corrective to the popular impression that early Hasidism was incorrigibly, blithely, and profoundly unintellectual by presenting annotated translations of selected passages, arranged according to topic. The introductory sections provide an overview and a context for the subject matter of each chapter. The general introduction aims to do the same for the entire volume – sketching the historical background of the early Hasidic movement and charting the central ideas in their intellectual context. We must also consider t…

This is an exciting period for a thinking Orthodox Jew. It is a dangerous time too – when faith threatens to be swept away in the wildly whirling intellectual currents of the times. But the danger enhances the excitement and highlights the opportunities. Rarely before have we been faced with such an array of challenging, stimulating, and provoking ideas. And yet, rarely before have we reacted to such stimuli so passively, so defensively, so apprehensively, so uncreatively. What does the Torah have to say about the great issues that confront modern man and the modern …

לפני זמן מה הופיע בעיתונות מאמר אשר עורר תגובה ציבורית נרחבת ומידה רבה של פולמוס. מאמר זה היווה דו"ח על הרצאה של הביולוג האנגלי הנודע סיר יוליאן האקסלי באוניברסיטת שיקגו, בכינוס לציון יובל המאה ל"מוצא המינים" של דרווין. במיוחד מעוררת עניין עמדתו של האקסלי כלפי הדת והאבולוציה – בה טען כי העולם זקוק לאידיאולוגיה חדשה שמרכזה האבולוציה. את המאמר אזכיר לא כי מדובר באירוע בודד אלא משום שהוא אופייני לרוח המדעית הרווחת, במיוחד בקרב סטודנטים אשר הכרתם את המדע טרם התאזנה. ה"ניו־יורק טיימס" תיאר את האקסלי כצורר־דת וכיוצר־דת – מצד אחד כותב הספד לדת…

The problem to which this paper is addressed is of momentous importance. How can we affirm our Jewish faith in a world so beset by doubt? How, in the encounter of halakhic Judaism with modern thought, can we preserve both our integrity and our identity? How can we be academically and philosophically honest and yet Jewishly firm? How can we emerge from the dialogue between the two worlds which we inhabit with re­newed conviction and stronger faith?The problem itself is based on two presuppositions. First is an assessment of the realities …

Dear Dr. Lamm, Allow me to introduce myself. I am a “caveman”! Yes, a real live caveman who lives and learns in Lakewood in the twentieth century. Although unlike yourself I cannot pepper my words with Latin in italics, since I am a caveman, I do speak yeshivishe shprach. Surely it will be difficult for you to understand, since you have been out of the cave for so long, but I will try to use multi-syllable English words as you are accustomed to.

Dear Immanuel, Many thanks for your kind words and, especially, for sending me a copy of the talk you gave at the Orthodox Union a couple of days before I gave mine. I read your talk carefully – I always peruse your material with the greatest attention! – and my efforts were amply rewarded. It is an excellent summary of the state of Orthodoxy in the world and deserves wide distribution both here and abroad. I was especially impressed by your cogent distinction between power and influence. It is emet la-amitah.However, that does no…

Dear Rabbi Bloom: שיחי’, I was very disappointed and distressed at the fact that Agudas Yisroel did not find it important enough to participate in the Pro-Israel demonstration which is taking place in Washington, D.C. today. The only memorable event of the black days that Jewry faced in the Holocaust years was the march to Washington, D.C., in which 200 rabonim participated. Although I was a very young man at the time, I recall the impact this march made on all the participants. And the answer given to the many who still ask the question: What did the Jewish People do then? is this march.

Ever since the Emancipation, religious Jewry has suffered a constant attri­tion. This deterioration in numbers and intensity of commitment has been most noticeable the past two or three decades. How have we reacted to it? What ought be our policy? Several tendencies are worthy of mention. The first is the way of despair. One contemplates the unfavorable circum­stances and merely posts an obituary notice. But nothing is done; one goes about the old ways without any change. In the face of hopelessness, fear drives one to dull, mechanical repetition. Thus, heavily endow…

Just two months ago, we were happy to welcome to our midst, Rabbi Norman Lamm. At this time, we are pleased to welcome another to our family circle, Mrs. Norman Lamm. Since Rabbi and Mrs. Lamm were recently married, we take this opportunity to wish them Mazeltov and best wishes for a very happy life together. At the same time, we consider ourselves fortunate to have with us such a charming and wonderful couple. It is our earnest desire and fervent hope that together the strength and enthusiasm of Kodimoh will grow ever greater. Mrs. Sanford Kimball, President.

Rabbinic Committee Seeking a Successor: At a membership meeting this August, the resignation of Rabbi Norman Lamm from Kodimoh was accepted with regret. Rabbi Lamm, who came to us on January 1, 1954, will be leaving as of Oct. 15 to become associate Rabbi of The Jewish Center in New York City. Meanwhile, a Rabbinic Committee appointed by Dr. Izenstein, our President, has been interviewing candidates for the post of Rabbi of Kodimoh. Following are messages from Rabbi Lamm and Dr. Izenstein.God Speed: Dear Rabbi Lamm: It is indeed with con…

When Norman Lamm, president of WXDQU Outlet - Acheter pas cher Le Q Honey Badger : le « Honey Badger », une icône des opérations spéciales à subsonique, calibre .300 BLK Livraison gratuite, announced earlier this year that he would retire in the summer of 2002, he set off a maelstrom of speculation about who from within the ranks of an increasingly fragmented Orthodox world could take the helm of an institution that, in its effort to be the standard-bearer of Modern Orthodoxy in the U.S., seeks to be at once a yeshiva and a university. Well-aware of naysayers who warn that YU will not be able to find someone who can be both university president and rosh yeshiva (yeshiva he…

Orthodoxy is not a movement within Judaism, no, it is Judaism itself. Orthodoxy is the sole legitimate heir of Judaism, and if it has any faults, these are not the faults of Orthodoxy as a movement but rather those of contemporary Judaism. Certainly there are faults. The chief fault lies with that wing within Orthodoxy which has run away from history, which has shut itself off from the world, which refuses to come to terms with changing reality, which has made “splendid isolation” its watchword while awaiting the arrival of the Messiah. Yet there is another wing with…

Caras: Rabbi, is there anything in the philosophy of the Jews that militates against there being extraterrestrial life? Lamm: In Jewish thinking throughout the ages there has been a general tendency to regard man as the sole concern of God in this world. Accompanying this there has developed an idea that man is the purpose of the entire universe. This has been a rather general tendency, although it never has been enshrined into dogma. However, one of the very greatest of all Jewish thinkers of all days, perhaps the greatest Jewish philosopher of all times, Maimonides…

[השיר הזה נכתב בעת למדי מס' חולין פרק ראשון – הכל שוחטין – ויהיה כאשר ישבתי ושמעתי שעורי מו"ר שליט"א נתעוררתי נגד הרע והאי-סבלנות השולטים בעולם. ואז הי' בעקבות החדשות שבאו חדשים לבקרים על הכוחות הזרות והמשחיתות שחזרו לנשוב בעולם האומות, והראש המנוער של האנטי-שמיות התחיל להתרומם בבת אחת דגרמני' ובדרום אפריקה. הקצב לשלשה החרוזים הראשונים כך הוא: שתי השורות הראשונות – שש ארוכות, קצרה, שתי ארוכות. שלש השורות האחרונות –

Science is my shepherd, I shall not want. It maketh me to lie down in an in-a-door bed, that will fold away in the daytime, creating the illusion that we have a large apartment. It sweepeth my wife’s floors, washeth her dishes, ordereth her groceries, maintaineth 70 degrees inside the house, 45 degrees inside the iceless icebox, and 212 degrees on top of the electric stove.

אבדוק אשפתות, אני האומן עלי תולע,/אבכה ואילל, אוי לי, לבוא מתפקע!/עת אפתח ספר התלמוד ואסתבך בקושיות,/אקום מלהב, נפשיות תרעש ואותו אחפש/ אוי לי ואללי לי, נפשי תתמוגג בקרבי/ כי אזכור אשר היה ואינו – מת עלי רבו!/הוי, סבא ענני! כי מצרי שואל סדדוני/ אקונן מר, וחזוי ראשי יבהלונני,/כי לולא סבי על מפתן בית בית המדרש לא קמתי./ הוי, רבי, ענני! כי לא נדמית – נתמיתי, מתי.

We appeared in the Succah of Rabbi Kotler at 12:30 p.m. He immediately proceeded into a "Shiur" on the laws of Eruv for about one hour. He would not allow us to interrupt him and divert him from his dissertation. He was anxious to prove in every way the fact that there was a clear prohibition on the Eruv, in fact a "safek d'oraita." Upon questioning, he admitted that he barely glimpsed at all into the literature printed in "Noam" and the other writings of Rabbi Kasher. As a matter of fact, his conclusions were almost exclusively based upon a reading of the polemics between the "Mishkenot Yaak…

Several months ago, well before the Siyyum Ha-Shas celebrating the conclusion of the Daf Yomi, I asked Rabbi Charlop to make private and discreet inquiries from Agudath Israel whether WXDQU Outlet - Acheter pas cher Le Q Honey Badger : le « Honey Badger », une icône des opérations spéciales à subsonique, calibre .300 BLK Livraison gratuite would be invited to join in the commemoration. He told me that the answer was negative. I then asked him for more details, and he referred me to Rabbi Parness, who made the inquiries. I today called Parness and got the following information: Some time before Passover, he called up Rabbi Moshe Sherer of Agudath Israel, who said that he did not want to give a rash decision, but his first impress…

Memo: Concerning Meeting on Eruv – December 31, 1963. In Attendance: Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, with Rabbis Jung, Langer, Jakobovits, and Lamm. We met with Rabbi Feinstein in an attempt to secure his consent not to stand in the way of an Eruv for Manhattan. He informed us that since there is a difference of opinion amongst the authorities, with the majority in favor of permitting an Eruv in Manhattan, therefore he stands on his original opinion, as published in the "Hapardes," that "one should not protest against those who are permissive in the matter of the Eruv."

I. עין הרע, יצר הרע ושנאת הבריות מוציאו. 1. In end of פרק ד': ר' אלעזר הקפר אומר הקנאה, והתאבה, והכבוד מוציאין את האדם מן העולם. i.e. עין הרע = קנאה; תאוה = יצה"ר; שנאת הבריות = כבוד. 2. עין הרע = קנאה: envy – עינו בצרה של אחרים. a) envy unnecessary dissatisfaction → wars etc. b) involves projecting the ego into every situation, coloring every event w. selfishness.

רמ״א: כל העוסק בת״ל... כקרא רע אהוב, אוהב את המקום אוהב את הדריבם... ק׳ מילא מי שלומד ת״ל אוהב את המקום; אבל גם הבריות? הלא כל כבלי נתון בתורתו, ואיך נאמר עליו שאוהב את הבריות? ת׳: לפני כן אמר את התנא ״נקרא רע אוהב״? ונראה שצריכים לחבר שניהם לתואר אחד: ״רע אהוב״ צרדייני מי שמקיים ״ואהבת לרעך כמוך.״ והטעם: ומי שלומד ת״ל לומד איך לפלך כל פניי׳ אישית ועל כן גם אהבת הרע שלו ולא היא בלי פניי׳. וא״כ – אוהב את הבריות מבלי להפלות ביניהם, ובלי נגיעות אישיות.

ירושלמי סוכה פ"ה ה ה"ב – א"ר יהושע בן חנניה כל ימים של שמחת ביה"ש לא היו טועמין טעם כל עיקר... והא תני שבוע' שלא אישן ג' ימי מלקין אותו וישן מיד? מתנתנמין היו... ומה הפירוש של "מתנמנמין?" – בבלי פסחים דף קכ ע"ב – ה"ד נתנמנם? – א"ר אשי: נים ולא נים תיר ולא תיר, כג' דקרי ליה ועני, ולא ידע לאהדורי סברא. המאמץ החלוצי הזה נעשה בזמנינו, ע"י אישיות ברוכה כמו הרבנית בנקין ואחרים, ובתמיכת אישים דגולים כידידי הותיק מר משה גרין ז"ל – ועכשיו ע"י אלמנתו שרלוט! זורק אור עליון על כל התקופה, ואני שמח בשמחתכם – שמחתנו שזכינו לראות בקיום דברי הנביא עמוס (פרק ח) – "הנה ימים באים נאם אד…

ישיבת רבנו יצחק אלחנן בעזהי"ת ה"ה הרב הגדול בתורה ויראה, מצוין במעלות ומדות טובות כש"ת הרב נחום בר" מאיר שמואל לאם שיחי' למד הרבה שנים בישיבת רבנו יצחק אלחנן ז"ל, יגע ועמל בתורתנו הקדושה ומצא כדי מדתו לעלות מעלה בקודש להיות מהתלמידים שהגיעו להוראה ונבחן מאתנו החתומים מטה במקצוע של איסור והיתר ביורה דעה חלק א', ומצאנו אותו יודע ובקי באלו הלכות, וסמכנו אותו בסמיכת חכמים להורות לבני ישראל "יורה יורה באיסור והיתר" ויהי' ד' עמו להגדיל תורה ולהאדירה. הכותב וחותם למען כבוד התורה ולומדי' כ"ט סיון תשי"א לפ"ק, פה ניו-יארק. נאום: נאום: נאום:

Hebrew Parochial High School (Yeshivath Torah Vodaath and Mesifta), 141 South 3rd Street Brooklyn, N.Y., Report Card. Pupil: Lamm, Norman; Official Teacher: Mr. Livazer; Class: 2B2; Term Ending: . Subject: English; Section: 446; 1st Mark: 87; Final Mark: 90. Subject: Hebrew; Section: 443, 1st Mark: 97; Final Mark: 98; Regents: 98. Subject: French; Section: 445; 1st Mark: 95; Final Mark: 96. Subject: Mathematics; Section: 242; 1st Mark: 98; Final Mark: 90. Subject: History; Section: 244; 1st Mark: 85; Final Mark: 90; Regents: 95. Hebrew Parochial High School (Yeshivat…

I wish to express profound gratitude to Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik, Chairman of the Committee, who guided me in the selection of the topic of this dissertation, and whose counsel and criticism are reflected throughout the essay; and to the members of the Sponsoring Committee, whose assistance and encouragement proved invaluable: Dr. Gershon Churgin, Dr. Arthur Hyman, and Dr. Samuel K. Mirsky. Mr. Jacob I. Dienstag was unstinting in offering me direction in the location of many of the sources. I gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the Copenhagen Communal Library…