Seminal Articles by Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l

05.05.2015

Autobiographical Reflections

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/forty-years-later-personal-recollection">Forty Years Later: A Personal Recollection after the Holocaust</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/sense-mission">A Sense of Mission</a>

Prayer

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/i-am-prayer">I am Prayer</a>

Torah Study

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/torah-study-modern-world">Torah Study in the Modern World</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/importance-depth-torah-study">The Importance of In-Depth Torah Study</a>

(see also Shavuot)

The Jewish People

The Holocaust

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/confronting-holocaust">Confronting the Holocaust</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/kaddish-martyrs-holocaust">A Kaddish for the Martyrs of the Holocaust</a>

(See also Autobiographical Reflections)

Repentance (Pre-Selichot Speeches)

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/needy-and-destitute-we-knock-your-door">"Needy and Destitute, We Knock at Your Door"</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/righteousness-yours-o-lord-while-shame-ours">"R… is Yours, O Lord, while Shame is Ours"</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/individual-repentance-and-national-repair">Indi… Repentance and National Repair</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/lessons-selichot">The Lessons of Selichot</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/truthful-repentance">Truthful Repentance</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/sensing-gods-presence">Sensing God's Presence</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/thirteen-attributes-mercy-0">The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy</a>

The State of Israel

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/sing-him-praise-him-speak-all-his-wonders">"Sing to Him, Praise Him, Speak of All His Wonders"</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/reishit-tzemichat-geulatenu">"Reishit Tzemichat Ge'ulatenu": What Kind of Redemption Does Israel Represent?</a>

(see also Yom Ha-Atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim)

Connecting to Mitzvot

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/religious-insecurity-and-its-cures">Religious Insecurity and Its Cures</a>

Relating to God

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/natural-morality-part-1-3">Natural Morality, Part 1 of 3</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/natural-morality-part-2-3">Natural Morality, Part 2 of 3</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/natural-morality-part-3-3">Natural Morality, Part 3 of 3  </a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/levels-mitzvot">Distinguishing between Levels of </a><a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/levels-mitzvot">Mitzvot</a> <a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/levels-mitzvot"> </a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/personal-element-serving-god">The Personal Element in Serving God </a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/religious-experience">Religious Experience </a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/naturalness-worship-god">Naturalness in the Worship of God</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/torah-values-and-torah-commandments">Torah Values and Torah Commandments</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/tension-vs-tranquility-worship-god">Tension vs. Tranquility in the Worship of God</a>

Relating to Others

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/derekh-eretz-being-mensch">Derekh Eretz - Being a Mensch</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/i-dwell-among-my-people">"I Dwell Among My People"</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/obligation-sanctify-gods-name">The Obligation to Sanctify God's Name</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/occupying-oneself-needs-community">Occupying Oneself with the Needs of the Community</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/message-beyond-mere-words">The Message Beyond Mere Words</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/how-relate-one-who-has-lost-his-faith">How to Relate to One Who Has Lost His Faith</a>

Relating to Oneself

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/humanity">Humanity</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/dealing-crisis">Dealing with Crisis</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/clinging-values">Clinging to Values</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/independent-decision-making">Independent Decision-Making</a>

Holidays

Rosh Ha-Shana

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/purify-our-hearts-serve-you-truth">"Purify our Hearts to Serve You in Truth"</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/hope-and-despair-akeida">Hope and Despair in the Akeida</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/simple-sound-truth">The Simple Sound of Truth</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/sound-silent-shofar-problem-rosh-ha-shana-falls… Sound of a Silent Shofar: </a><a href="http://www.gush.net/roshandyk/rh67rya.htm">The Problem of Rosh Ha-shana which Falls on Shabbat</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/so-their-memory-be-invoked-me">"So That Their Memory be Invoked before Me"</a>

Yom Kippur

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/three-suggestions-regarding-repentance">Three Suggestions Regarding Repentance</a>

(See also Repentance)

Sukkot

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/etrog-ha-murkav-grafted-etrog">"Etrog Ha-Murkav" - The Grafted Etrog</a>

<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/holidays/sukkot/nature-mitzva-lulav">The Nature of the Mitzva of Lulav</a>

Chanuka

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/letting-light-torah-shine">Letting the Light of Torah Shine</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/significance-chanuka-according-maharal-1">The Significance of Chanuka according to the Maharal</a>

Purim

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/purim-and-sin-amalek">Purim and the Sin of Amalek</a>

<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/holidays/purim/preparation-and-spontaneity">Pr… and Spontaneity</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/purim-teachings-maharal">Purim in the Teachings of the Maharal</a>

(see also Halakha)

Pesach

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/and-god-hardened-pharaohs-heart">"And God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart"</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/and-you-shall-know-i-am-lord-0">"And You Shall Know that I am the Lord"</a>

Yom ha-Atzmaut

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/israels-independence-day-face-adversity">Israel… Independence Day in the Face of Adversity</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/lords-doing-it-wondrous-our-eyes">"This is the Lord's Doing – It is Wondrous in Our Eyes!"</a>

Yom Yerushalayim

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/burst-forth-and-sing-together-ruins-jerusalem">… Forth and Sing Together, Ruins of Jerusalem</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/western-wall-and-western-civilization">The Western Wall and "Western" Civilization</a>

Shavuot

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/shavuot-and-soulsearching">Shavuot and Soulsearching</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/two-essential-lessons-receiving-torah">Two Essential Lessons before Receiving the Torah</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/why-was-coercion-necessary-giving-torah">Why Was Coercion Necessary in the Giving of the Torah?</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/he-held-mountain-over-them-0">"He Held the Mountain over Them"</a>

Tisha be-Av

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/why-temple-was-destroyed">Why the Temple Was Destroyed</a>

Halakha

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/eating-tekiyot">Eating Before Tekiyot</a>

<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/holidays/purim/reading-megilla-sundown">Reading the Megilla Before Sundown</a>

<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/holidays/purim/reading-megilla-sunday-purim">R… the Megilla Before a Sunday Purim</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/wars-israel-according-rambam">The Wars of Israel according to the Rambam</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/eretz-yisrael-precondition-kiddush-ha-chodesh">… Yisrael as a Precondition for Kiddush Ha-Chodesh</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/activities-morning-prayers-army">Activities before Morning Prayers in the Army</a>

<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/counting-sabbath-desecrators-minyan">Counting Sabbath Desecrators in a Minyan</a>

Selections from Harav Amital’s Writings

<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/publications/books-yeshiva-faculty/publication… and Complexity: Jewish Wisdom in an Age of Upheaval</a>, ed. Aviad Hacohen (Hebrew version:<a href="http://etzion.org.il/en/kol-yehuda"> </a><a href="https://etzion.org.il/he/publications/books-yeshiva-faculty/publication… Yehuda</a>)

Audio (Hebrew)

<a href="http://www.haretzion.org/component/content/article/73-hespedim">Eulogies for Harav Amital zt”l</a>

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