Community, Covenant, and Commitment: Selected Letters and Communications of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
"Community, Covenant and Commitment is the fourth volume in the series MeOtzar HoRav: Selected Writings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. It includes more than seventy private and public letters written by "the Rav" - as Rabbi Soloveitchik was widely known - as well as a number of detailed interviews conducted with him over the span of some forty years. These materials give us a further glimpse into the prodigious thought of this leader of American Orthodoxy in the crucial decades both prior...
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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
1On depiction of human images on stained glass windows in an interfaith Chapel32On directing foundlings to Jewish welfare agencies113On drafting rabbis and rabbinical students for the U.S. armed forces chaplaincy234On humane methods of handling meat for slaughter615Statement of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik to the National Advisory Committee to the Secretary Of Agriculture, July 21, 1961696Statement of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik to the national advisory committee to the secretary of agriculture, October 6, 1964717Memorandum of agreement between RIETS, Yeshiva College and the graduate-level Yeshiva in Boston opened by Rabbi Soloveitchik778Talmud study for girls in Yeshiva elementary and high schools (a)819Talmud study for girls in Yeshiva elementary and high schools (b)8310On the creation of Yeshiva University's Albert Einstein College of Medicine8511On Yeshiva University's Rabbinical school program9312On orthodox participation in the Bible translation of the Jewish publication society and communal tercentenary celebrations10913On communal tercentenary celebrations11514On inserting memorial prayers for Holocaust victims on Passover night at the Seder11915On a proposed service authored by the Mizrahi for the eve of Yom ha-Atzma'ut12316On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (a)12517On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (b)12918On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (c)13319On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (d)13720On prayer in a synagogue with mixed pews (e)13921On orthodoxy and non-orthodox movements14322On RCA participation in the Synagogue Council of America (a)15123On RCA participation in the Synagogue Council of America (b)15324On RCA participation in the Synagogue Council of America (c)15525On the propriety of a synagogue owning a company that is open on Shabbat15726On the place of the state of Israel in Jewish thought16327On the "who is a Jew?" Question (a)16728On the "who is a Jew?" Question (b)17129Declining the offer to submit his candidacy for the position of chief rabbi of the state of Israel (a)17330On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (b)17731On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (c)17932On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (d)18733On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (e)19134On the Chief Rabbinate of Israel (f)19335On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (a)19536On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (b)20137On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (c)20338On the Rav's identification with the Mizrahi (d)20539On Christian missionary schools in Israel20740On religion and state in Israel (a)20941On religion and state in Israel (b)21542On religion and state in Israel (c)21943On remaining in the diaspora22744On Jews in the diaspora expressing views on security issues facing the state of Israel23145On Israel, the diaspora and religious issues23346On political and religious issues in Israel and the diaspora24147On Jewish participation in the Vatican II Ecumenical Council of 1962 (a)24748On Jewish participation in the Vatican II Ecumenical Council of 1962 (b)24949On the calendar reform proposal and the Vatican25350On relations with the Catholic hierarchy25751On interfaith relationships (a)25952On interfaith relationships (b)26353On RCA participation in an interreligious conference26754Topic for a Jewish philosophical essay27155On the nature of the Halakhah27356On learning the works of Maimonides27957On the knowledge of God in Maimonidean thought28358On the love of God in Maimonidean thought28559On Hasidism28960On the commandment to redeem the first-born29361Comments on Maimonides' laws of repentance30362On the Yiddish language30763On the Teshuvah discourse of 196030964On blowing the Shofar in the silent Rosh ha-Shanah Amidah31165On the Halakhic sanctity of the temple and the synagogue31566On a draft of U-Vikkashtem mi-Sham32167Insights into the Book Of Lamentations (a)32368Insights into the Book Of Lamentations (b)32769On the problem of evil33170On the commandment of loving one's fellow Jew33371Note on a book of Chaim Grade33572On the Tuesday night public Shi'urim337
