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  Joseph Soloveitchik
Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik (1903 - 1993) was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher.
Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was educated in the traditional manner at a Talmud Torah, an elementary yeshiva,and by private tutors as his parents realized his great mental powers.
Rabbi Soloveitchik refused to sign it outright, miantaining that there were areas, particularly relating to problems that threaten all of Judaism, that required co-operation regardless of affiliation.
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 Valley Beth Shalom Welcomes You!
Soloveitchik mentions a number of instances in which the halachic control of the world includes the inner world of man. He mentions that the Gaon of Vilna, the great talmudist of the eighteenth century, learned on Sabbath afternoon that his brother had died.
Once again and closer to home, Soloveitchik reports when the beloved daughter of R. Elijah Pruzna, the maternal grandfather of Soloveitchik was sinking in sickness, her brother entered the room where the father R. Elijah was wrapped in Tallith and Tefillin and informed Rav Elijah that his daughter was dying.
Soloveitchik's mood is altered and so too his dreams of salvation.Unlike the Halachic man, the lonely man of faith redemption is not in success, not in control, but in defeat in accepting a horror will.
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 Joseph Soloveitchik
Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher.
He was a scion of the famous Soloveitchik Lithuanian rabbinical dynasty going back some 200 years and grandson of the renowned rabbinical scholar Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik, grandson as well as name-sake, of his great grand-father Rabbi Yosef Ber Soloveitchik known for his work as the Bais HaLevi on Talmud.
Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was educated in the traditional manner at a Talmud Torah, an elementary yeshiva, and by private tutors as his parents realized his great mental powers.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Soloveitchik.html   (1222 words)

  
 American "Centrist" Orthodoxy
Heir to a chain of distinguished Lithuanian Talmudic scholars, Soloveitchik adopted the analytical-conceptual method of study of Rabbi Hayyim of Brisk, combined with a focus on Maimonides' systematic and philosophical presentation of Jewish religious law.
Rabbi Soloveitchik served as head at Yeshivah University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), the main American institute for the ordination of Orthodox Rabbis.
Rabbi Soloveitchik was active in the religious Zionist movement (Mizrachi),and in the Rabbinic Council of America (the association of "centrist" Orthodox Rabbis).
www.ucalgary.ca /~elsegal/363_Transp/Orthodoxy/Centrist.html   (594 words)

  
 FT April 2002: Love and Terror in the God Encounter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the early 1930s, Soloveitchik came to the United States to be a rabbi in the Boston Jewish community, and by the 1940s he was teaching at Yeshiva University.
In Hartman’s view, Soloveitchik’s comparison between halakha and mathematics allowed him to propose “an antidote to the dangers posed by modern existentialists, who claimed that subjective passion is the hallmark of religious authenticity.” The demands that a set system such as halakha place on the individual prevent one from becoming overly infatuated with the self.
Instead, it should be appreciated as Soloveitchik’s attempt to enter into a discussion with the general world of faith on questions pertaining to the nature of the religious experience.
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 Religion and Public Life in the Thought of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik - Yoel Finkelman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Soloveitchik uses language like, "steady oscillating between the majestic natural community and the covenantal faith community"; "continuous movement between the pole of natural majesty and that of covenantal humility"; "man is thrown" from one community to the other, "suddenly find[ing] himself" in the other community.
Soloveitchik is so concerned with maintaining the purity of Adam the second's encounter with God that he insists that all prayer which does not address God in the second person, or which is recited without the proper psychological awareness of God's presence, is not genuine prayer.
Soloveitchik prefers that the transformation from a secular public state to a religious one should occur gradually and non-coercively, with religion influencing people through ideology and education, employing the peaceful "power of the book." Politics and coercion, the "power of the sword," are inferior.
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 Obituary of Rabbi Joseph D. Soloveitchik by Ari L. Goldman   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, a major Jewish philosopher who shaped Orthodox Judaism in America through his writing and lectures and his ordination of more than 2,000 rabbis, died on Thursday at his home in Brookline, Mass.
Rabbi Soloveitchik, known popularly as "the Rav," an affectionate Hebrew name for teacher, was widely accepted as the unchallenged leader of mainstream Orthodoxy and was also respected by the more traditionalist wings, who regarded him as a great teacher and decider of Jewish law.
Rabbi Soloveitchik was born in 1903 in Pruzhany, in what is now Belarus, where his father, Moses, served as rabbi.
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 Jewish Education at the Lookstein Center - RAV JOSEPH B Soleveitchik
What differentiates the approach of Rav Soloveitchik from that of Haredi poskim and makes him the authority figure of so-called "Modern Orthodoxy" is his endorsement of secular studies, including philosophy, his espousal of religious Zionism, and his pioneering of intensive Jewish education for women.
According to R. Soloveitchik, scientific methods are appropriate only for the explanation of natural phenomena but have no place in the quest for the understanding of the normative and cognitive concepts of halakha, which imposes its own a priori categories, which differ from those appropriate in the realm of science.
It was out of this tension that Rav Soloveitchik developed a formula which enabled him to encounter the value system of modernity while remaining fully committed to traditional halakhic methodology.
www.lookstein.org /articles/soloveitchik_posek.htm   (5772 words)

  
 Memories of a Giant: Eulogies in Memory of Rabbi Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Forty-two eulogies of Joseph Soloveitchik, former rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University in Manhattan, and the rabbi-founder of the Maimonides School in Brookline, Massachusetts.
Soloveitchik was born in Poland in 1903 into prominent rabbinical families on both his father and mother’s side.
However, perhaps the most remarkable ability of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was to be, in the words of his father, a beriach tichon, a central bolt, a reference to the beam that traversed the entire length of the Sanctuary.
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 Brisk yeshivas and methods - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The surname "Soloveitchik", in fact, is Polish for "nightingale"; it was chosen by the family because the primary duty of the Levites in the Temple in Jerusalem was singing.
Rabbi Meshulam Dovid Soloveitchik (known as Reb Dovid) is the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik.
Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Solovetichik is the grandson of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik.
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 Joseph Soloveitchik   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
'''Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik''' (1903-1993) was an Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher.
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 refused to sign it outright, miantaining that There were areas, particularly relating to problems that threaten all of Judaism, that required co-operation regardless of affiliation.
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 FT June/July 2000: His Master's Voice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
For most of his fifty years as Orthodoxy’s premier thinker, Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik was known simply as "the Rav." Born in 1903 in Russia, trained by his father in the Brisk (Brest—Litovsk) school of Talmud study (which his grandfather invented), he took the then unusual step of studying philosophy at the University of Berlin.
Rabbi Soloveitchik’s theological outlook is distinguished by a consistent focus on halakah, i.e., the fulfillment and study of the divine law.
The result was a phenomenology of the religious experience that began with the objective data of religion (in the Rav’s case halakah), which the believer must appropriate for himself.
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 Memories of a Giant - Jewish Books MileChai.com 800-830-8660 Spreading Torah at the Speed of Light...
The Rabbi Soloveitchik Library, under the auspices of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute, is a collection of volumes designed to enhance the understanding and appreciation of one of the greatest Torah giants of twentieth century Jewish life.
This volume is the first publication of the Rabbi Soloveitchik Library under the auspices of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute.
The Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute is dedicated to perpetuating the teachings of Rabbi Soloveitchik "the Rav" as a force within the Orthodox community and as a model for all Jews.
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Abraham Joshua Heshel and Rabbi Joseph Zev Lipovitz.
Eugene Borowitz, "The Typological Theology of Rabbi J. Soloveitchik" Judaism 15 (1966) 5.
Reiner Munk, "Soloveitchik on Cohen" in Studies in Jewish Philosophy Torah and Wisdom, Kabbalah and Halacha: Essays in Honor of Arthur Hyman, ed.
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 Case Western Reserve University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
With no intention of engaging in hagiography, I would suggest that despite his innate shyness and modesty, Rabbi Soloveitchik rose to unparalleled prominence in part due to his possession of a rare combination of mind, heart, and tongue; he had a brilliant mind, a compassionate heart, and an unusual gift for oratory.
One that I found especially so was when Rabbi Soloveitchik discussed his reasons for not accepting the offer to enter his candidacy for the position of Chief Rabbi of Israel.
At the end of the very first letter in the volume, Rabbi Soloveitchik added a request to the addressee that both the letter and its contents not be publicized: "P.S. would greatly appreciate it if you would keep the contents of this letter confidential.
www.case.edu /artsci/rosenthal/reviews/Community.htm   (720 words)

  
 subject: books by and about Rabbi Soloveitchik
from Rav Moshe Soloveitchik and Rav Joseph Dov Soloveitchik.
Soloveitchik's Synthesis," an the appendix to chap 6, "Halakhic critique
Dov Schwartz, "Hitpatchut Tefisat ha-emunah be-hagoto shel haRid Soloveitchik.
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 Alljudaica.com
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.
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Rabbi Soloveitchik (1903-1993) was not only one of the outstanding talmudists of the twentieth century, but also one of its most creative and seminal Jewish thinkers.
Drawing from a vast reservoir of Jewish and general knowledge, "the Rav," as he is widely known, brought Jewish thought and law to bear on the interpretation and assessment of the modern experience.
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 TIME.com: Dialogue with Christians -- Apr. 22, 1966 -- Page 2
A more cautious opponent of dialogue is the foremost U.S. interpreter of Orthodox Judaism, Boston's Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, whose followers reverentially refer to him simply as "the Rav" (teacher).
Soloveitchik believes that, while Christians and Jews can cooperate on political and social issues, theology is another matter.
Soloveitchik's view on Christian-Jewish dialogue has been formally endorsed by the Orthodox Rabbinical Council of America.
www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,899162-2,00.html   (416 words)

  
 Yeshivat Har Etzion -
DAYS OF For Rav Soloveitchik, Purim and Hanukkah stand at the nexus of faith and history, of human effort and divine intervention, of solemnity and joyous celebration.
For Rabbi Soloveitchik, the Seder night is “endowed with a unique and fascinating quality, exalted in its holiness and shining with a dazzling beauty.” It possesses profound experiential and intellectual dimensions, both of them woven into the fabric of halakhic performance.
Rav Soloveitchik's vision affirms the value of each individual and the meaningfulness of his life, and demonstrates that confronting evil can strengthen and deepen our religious experience.
www.vbm-torah.org /ravbooks.htm   (902 words)

  
 Joseph Soloveitchik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rav Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov, Yoshe Ber) Soloveitchik (Hebrew: יוסף דב סולובייצ'יק) (1903 - 1993) was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher.
Rabbi Joseph Ber Soloveitchik was born on February 27, 1903 in Pruzhany, then Russia, next Poland, now Belarus).
Further to the right in the spectrum of Orthodoxy lie Rabbis Yehuda Parnes and Abba Bronspiegel, both of whom resigned from teaching positions in Yeshiva University to join right-wing alternative Lander College.
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 Mail-Jewish Volume 7 Number 26
Because of the history of recent events (i.e 1930- present) R. Soloveitchik felt that the zionist approach of Mizrachi was more correct than the anti-zionist approach of Agudah.
The other objection to R. Soloveitchik was his support for secular studies and working for YU.
Since R. Soloveitchik epitomizes the synthesis of the secular and Torah world they objected to him.
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 DAY SCHOOL DRAMA - The Boston Globe (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
But it's hard not to wonder how such a venerable religious school, whose stated mission is based on the principles of "kindness and compassion," came to find itself on the receiving end of so many subpoenas and so much vitriol.
FOUNDED IN 1937 BY THE REVERED Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, Maimonides was meant to serve as a bridge between devotion to Judaism and full engagement - and success - in modern American life.
The school went from the back room of a synagogue in Roxbury to a modern campus in Brookline; with buildings of brick, glass, and steel, its only concession to antiquity is its graceful archways and vaulted roofs.
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