Yitzchok Hutner

Yitzchok (Isaac) Hutner (1906 - 1980) was an Orthodox Judaism rabbi born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both Ger hasidim and mitnagdim in their origins. He received private instruction in Torah and Talmud. As a young teenager, he was enrolled in the famous mussar Slabodka yeshiva in Lithuania, headed by the famous Rabbi Nosson Zvi Finkel. Yitzchok Hutner - Early years. Having obtained a deep grounding in Talmud, Hutner was sent to join an extension of the Slabodka yeshiva in Hebron. He studied t ...

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• Yitzchok Hutner - Early years
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• Yitzchok Hutner - In the United States
• Yitzchok Hutner - Methodology
• Yitzchok Hutner - Publications
• Yitzchok Hutner - Mentor to others
• Yitzchok Hutner - Final years

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He was able to construct an intense curriculum and an environment that produced young Talmudic scholars who were viewed as being in the same league as their compatriots in Eastern Europe. In 1940, he established a post-high school yeshiva, Bet Midrash, with hundreds of students. He viewed secular studies as essential in learning a profession for people to support themselves by eventually going to college and becoming professionals. Together with the dean of the Yeshiva Torah Vodaath, Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz a charter to set up ...

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Yitzchok Hutner, Yitzchok Hutner - Early years, Yitzchok Hutner - Travels and marriage, Yitzchok Hutner - In the United States, Yitzchok Hutner - Methodology, Yitzchok Hutner - Publications, Yitzchok Hutner - Mentor to others, Yitzchok Hutner - Final years

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Aharon Lichtenstein (born 1933) is a noted Orthodox Jewish rabbi. Rabbi Lichtenstein was born in France, but grew up in the United States, studied in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner. He earned a BA and semicha ("rabbinic ordination") at Yeshiva University and a PhD in English Literature at Harvard University, where he worked with Douglas Bush. After serving as Rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University for several years, Rabbi Lichtenstein answered Rabbi Yehuda Amital's request in 1971 to join him at the helm of Yeshivat Har Etzio ...

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Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin (also known as Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin) (MYRCB) or as Chaim Berlin, is a major Orthodox Judaism yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York. Established in 1904 it is the oldest yeshiva to be founded in Brooklyn. It was named for Rabbi Chaim Berlin, the chief rabbi of Moscow who had moved to Jerusalem and was one of its leading rabbis at the time of his passing. It is primarily an American, Lithuanian-style Talmudic Haredi Judaism but non-Hasidic yeshiva. It presently has an ...

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Acharonim (אחרונים Hebrew - sing. Acharon) literally "the later ones", is a term used in Jewish law and history, to signify the leading Rabbis and Poskim living from roughly the 16th century to the present. The acharonim follow the Rishonim, the "first ones" - the rabbinic scholars between the 13th and the 16th century following the Geonim and preceding the Shulkhan Arukh. The publication of the Shulkhan Arukh thus marks the transition from the era of Rishonim to that of Acharonim. As Jewish law is hierarchic and precedent-based, the opinions of the Acharonim are valid insof ...

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Nosson Zvi (Nota Hirsh) Finkel (1849-1927), was born in Lithuania and died in the British Mandate of Palestine. He was an influential leader of Orthodox Judaism in Eastern Europe. He is better known by his Yiddish name as the Alter ("elder") and founder of the Slabodka Yeshiva, in the town of Slabodka (a suburb of Kaunas). Many of his pupils were to become major leaders of Orthodox Judaism in the USA and Israel. Nosson Zvi Finkel - Early years. Nota Hirsch was orphaned at an early age, and not ...

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• Nosson Zvi Finkel - Early years
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Baal teshuva (or baal teshuvah) (Hebrew: "master of repentance") or chozer bi-teshuva ("one who returns in repentance") refers to a Jew (often secular) who has adopted strict observance of Judaism, or a more Jewishly observant lifestyle than previously practiced. The baal teshuva phenomenon, sometimes also described as the "baal teshuva movement", is sometimes colloquially referred to as "born-a ...

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• Baal teshuva - In Israel
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• Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women
• Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools
• Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature
• Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach
• Baal teshuva - First generation
• Baal teshuva - Second generation

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Jewish philosophy is not a universally agreed-upon term, but it does exist as a field of scholarship. It is therefore a subject that requires careful analysis, definition, clarification and explanation. Some may claim that it is an attempt to fuse the fields of secular (even atheistic) philosophy with the religious teachings of Judaism (an Abrahamic religion). Others may claim that it is a relatively latter-day form of rationalization for Judaism itself. It should be noted that the primary source documents for Judaism, such as the Tor ...

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• Jewish philosophy - Approaches
• Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy
• Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria
• Jewish philosophy - Avicebron Solomon ibn Gabirol
• Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism Kabbalah
• Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon
• Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy
• Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart
• Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari
• Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought
• Jewish philosophy - Maimonides
• Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought
• Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy
• Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology
• Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers
• Jewish philosophy - Others
• Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Early life. Born in Nikolaiev, Ukraine, Schneerson received mostly private education. He had two younger brothers, Dovber and Yisroel Aryeh Leib. He was enrolled in the secular Yekaterinoslav University for part-time study of mathematics at the age of 16. His father Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a renowned kabbalist who served as the Chief Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk) from 1907-1939, was his primary teacher. He intensively studied Talmud and rabbinic literature, as well ...

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Biography, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Early life, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - France, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - America and leadership, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Vision, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Later life, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Succession, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Political activities, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - United States, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Israel, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Responsa by Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Books by Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Rebbes of Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Time-line of Lubavitcher rebbes

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List of rabbis - Rabbis: 18th Century. Haim Isaac Carigal, rabbi in Newport, Rhode Island in 1773 who became great influence on Reverend Ezra Stiles, and therefore on Yale University Dovber of Mezeritch, (Maggid), 18th century Eastern European mystic, primary disciple of the Baal Shem Tov Elijah ben Solomon, (Gra), 18th century Talmudist and mystic, Lithuanian leader of the Mitnagdim, opponent of Hasidim Jacob Emden, 18th century German Talmu ...

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During his tenure at Yeshiva University in addition to his Talmudic lectures, he deepened the system of "synthesis" whereby the best of religious Torah scholarship would be combined with the best secular scholarship in Western civilization. This has become known as the Torah Umadda - "Torah and Science" the motto of Yeshiva University. Through public lectures, writings, and his policy decisions for the Modern Orthodox world, he strengthened th ...

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Joseph Soloveitchik, Joseph Soloveitchik - Introduction, Joseph Soloveitchik - Early years, Joseph Soloveitchik - Philosophy: Synthesis, Joseph Soloveitchik - The Lonely Man of Faith, Joseph Soloveitchik - Halakhic Man, Joseph Soloveitchik - Organizations, Joseph Soloveitchik - Controversy, Joseph Soloveitchik - Relations with non-Orthodox Jews, Joseph Soloveitchik - Zionism, Joseph Soloveitchik - The Rav, Joseph Soloveitchik - Boston, Joseph Soloveitchik - An enlightened outlook, Joseph Soloveitchik - Family and last years

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He thus became a "lightning rod" of criticism from two directions: From the religious left he was viewed as being too connected to the Old World of Europe, while for those on the religious right, he was seen as legitimizing those wanting to lower their religious standards in the attempt to modernize and Americanize. Joseph Soloveitchik - Departure from Brisker view of Zionism. Soloveitchik was proud of his connections to the Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty, speaking fondly of his "uncles" and chiding them fr ...

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Early life. Born in Nikolaiev, Ukraine, Schneerson received mostly private education. He had two younger brothers, Dovber and Yisroel Aryeh Leib. He was enrolled in the secular Yekaterinoslav University for part-time study of mathematics at the age of 16. His father Rabbi Levi Yitzchak Schneerson, a renowned kabbalist who served as the Chief Rabbi of Yekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk) from 1907-1939, was his primary teacher. He intensively studied Talmud and rabbinic literature, as well ...

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Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Biography, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Early life, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - France, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - America and leadership, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Vision, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Later life, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Succession, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Political activities, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - United States, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Israel, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Books by Schneerson, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Rebbes of Lubavitch, Menachem Mendel Schneerson - Time-line of Lubavitcher rebbes

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One of the major trends in modern Jewish philosophy was the attempt to develop a theory of Judaism through existentialism. One of the primary players in this field was Franz Rosenzweig. While researching his doctoral dissertation on the 19th-century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Rosenzweig reacted against Hegel's idealism and favored an existential approach. Rosenzweig, for a time, considered conversion to Christianity, but in 1913, he turned to Jewish philosophy. He became a philosopher and student of Hermann Cohen. Roze ...

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Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Approaches, Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosophy - Avicebron Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart, Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari, Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought, Jewish philosophy - Maimonides, Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought, Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Others, Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Hasidic Judaism was responsible for turning Chabad's strength and activities towards outreach. He trained a large number of rabbinic emissaries who carried Chabad's understanding of Judaism across the world. Rabbis and their families were sent to teach college students, to build day schools, and to create youth camps. Most of these were geared towards their secular or less religious brethren. In the late 1960's the Chabad outreach model was, if not replicated, the ins ...

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Baal teshuva, Baal teshuva - Origins, Baal teshuva - In the former Soviet Union, Baal teshuva - In Israel, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach organizations, Baal teshuva - Orthodox outreach to Jewish women, Baal teshuva - Orthodox day schools, Baal teshuva - Publishers of English outreach literature, Baal teshuva - Orthodox rabbis in outreach, Baal teshuva - First generation, Baal teshuva - Second generation

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Despite his influence, he was an intensely private person. Yet, he personally oversaw the complete student body of the yeshiva. His motto was summed up in the words Gadlut Haadam ("Greatness of Man"). He stressed the need for mussar (ethics), using works such as those of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, polishing the character traits of his students so that they would aspire to become gedolim - "great o ...

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Nosson Zvi Finkel, Nosson Zvi Finkel - Early years, Nosson Zvi Finkel - Philosophical approach, Nosson Zvi Finkel - Opposition, Nosson Zvi Finkel - Land of Israel, Nosson Zvi Finkel - Influence

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The Jewish poet-philosopher Solomon Ibn Gabirol is also known as Avicebron. He died about 1070 CE. He was influenced by Plato. His classic work on philosophy was Mekor Chayim, "The Source of Life". His work on ethics is entitled Tikkun Middot HaNefesh, "Correcting the Qualities of the Soul". In Gabirol's work Plato is the only philosopher referred to by name. Characteristic of the philosophy of both is the conception of a Middle Being between God and the world, between species and individual. Aristotle had already formul ...

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Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Approaches, Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosophy - Avicebron, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism, Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart, Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari, Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought, Jewish philosophy - Maimonides, Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought, Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Others, Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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List of rabbis - Conservative rabbis: 19th Century. Zecharias Frankel, 19th century critical historian, founder of the Positive historical school, the progenitor to Judaism Conservative. Nachman Krochmal, 19th century Austrian philosopher and historian List of rabbis - Conservative rabbis: 20th Century. Louis Finkelstein, 20th century Conservative Talmud scholar Louis Ginzberg, 20th century American Conservative Talmud scholar Rober ...

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He thus became a "lightning rod" of criticism from two directions: From the religious left he was viewed as being too connected to the Old World of Europe, while for those on the religious right, he was seen as legitimizing those wanting to lower their religious standards in the attempt to modernize and Americanize. Soloveitchik was proud of his connections to the Soloveitchik rabbinic dynasty, speaking fondly of his "uncles" and chiding them from time to time in public. To his relatives and namesakes who now lived in Jerusalem where ...

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Joseph Soloveitchik, Joseph Soloveitchik - Introduction, Joseph Soloveitchik - Early years, Joseph Soloveitchik - Philosophy: Synthesis, Joseph Soloveitchik - The Lonely Man of Faith, Joseph Soloveitchik - Halakhic Man, Joseph Soloveitchik - Organizations, Joseph Soloveitchik - Controversy, Joseph Soloveitchik - Relations with non-Orthodox Jews, Joseph Soloveitchik - Zionism, Joseph Soloveitchik - The Rav, Joseph Soloveitchik - Boston, Joseph Soloveitchik - An enlightened outlook, Joseph Soloveitchik - Family and last years

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Soloveitchik did not approve of many of the beliefs and practice of Reform Judaism and Conservative Judaism. He held that where these groups differed from Orthodox Judaism, the non-Orthodox groups were in significant error. One of the major differences debated was the existence of a mechitza in the synagogue, a divider between the men's and women's section of a synagogue. In line with the traditional rabbinic understanding of this issue, Soloveitchik ruled that it was forbidden to pray in a synagogue without a separation between the sexes. A ...

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Joseph Soloveitchik, Joseph Soloveitchik - Introduction, Joseph Soloveitchik - Early years, Joseph Soloveitchik - Philosophy: Synthesis, Joseph Soloveitchik - The Lonely Man of Faith, Joseph Soloveitchik - Halakhic Man, Joseph Soloveitchik - Organizations, Joseph Soloveitchik - Controversy, Joseph Soloveitchik - Relations with non-Orthodox Jews, Joseph Soloveitchik - Zionism, Joseph Soloveitchik - The Rav, Joseph Soloveitchik - Boston, Joseph Soloveitchik - An enlightened outlook, Joseph Soloveitchik - Family and last years

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