Rabbi Shlomo Goren: Torah Sage and General
Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Shlomo Goren (1918-1994) made a unique and unforgettable contribution to the Jewish people. More than any other person, he embodied the ancient ideal of being both a great Jewish scholar and a remarkable soldier in the service of God and the Jewish people. He was the first chief rabbi of the Israeli Army (and later of Israel) and the most significant formative force in creating the Jewish nature of the army. His great genius in learning is reflected not only in...
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Chief Rabbi Brigadier-General Shlomo Goren (1918-1994) made a unique and unforgettable contribution to the Jewish people. More than any other person, he embodied the ancient ideal of being both a great Jewish scholar and a remarkable soldier in the service of God and the Jewish people. He was the first chief rabbi of the Israeli Army (and later of Israel) and the most significant formative force in creating the Jewish nature of the army. His great genius in learning is reflected not only in his pioneering work in Jewish law and his monumental scholarship on Talmud Yerushalmi, but in a wide variety of books touching upon almost all areas of modern Jewish life and thought.
1Childhood172Young learner213Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook ztz"l244University student265Courageous young soldier276Relationship with Ben-Gurion317First Passover Seder358Saving Jerusalem from Jordanian invasion389Establishing the army rabbinate4010Mitzva of bringing fallen soldiers to Kever Yisrael4211Activities as an army rabbi4512Sinai campaign5113First religious paratrooper5414Israel prize5515Plan for the holy places5616Six day war : Jerusalem reunited5717Taking Rachel's tomb and the cave of the patriarchs6518Forbidding Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount6919Jewish prayer at the cave of the patriarchs : Dayan vs. Goren7420From the army to Tel Aviv7621Chief rabbinate7822Last years8523Rabbi Goren's worldview9324A redemptive vision of modern Jewish history9525The land of Israel according to Halacha9726Settling Eretz Yisrael9827The Jewish state : between exile and the messianic age9928Religious significance of the state of Israel10129Jewish right to sovereignty in all of Eretz Yisrael10330Halachic status of Judea and Samaria10431Rabbi Goren's opposition to a Palestinian-Arab state10532Oslo betrayal10633Peace as an ultimate Jewish ideal10834Unfortunate hour of his leaving10935Building the temple11336Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount11437The Temple Mount accusation11638Worshiping on the Temple Mount : how not to make peace12439Letter to the government : Jewish prayer on the Temple Mt12640Recommendation for Jews to go up to the Temple Mount12741A warning to Menachem Begin12942Historical precedent for prayer on the Temple Mount13043Diaspora communities and Aliya13344A trip to Poland13445Lessons of the shoah13646Baseless hatred and gratuitous love14147Foundation of Rabbi Goren's thought : "as God is merciful and compassionate, so are we to be merciful and compassionate"14248Work ethic14349Extraordinary pains to help others14550To save one soul in Israel14651Rabbi Goren as a father14952Rabbanit Tzvia Goren15153Friends and associates15354Relationship with Yitzhak Rabin15555Courage and genius15956Conviction and tireless energy16157Loyalty16258Tremendous power of determination16359As leader16560Consistency in life and thought16661Absence of regret16762Price of being a leader16863A man of controversy16964Shortcomings17265Misconceptions gathered around a name17666Outlook as a posek18167Rabbi Dr. Abraham Steinberg on Rabbi Goren as posek18268Well-known Halachic rulings18469Case of the brother and sister : the Langer case18770Interview with Rabbi Joseph Klausner18971Method of Rabbi Goren's thought20172Writings20373Rabbi Goren's relevance today21174Lessons for today215
