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Torah Journals by Yeshivat Har Etzion
Alei Etzion, an English Torah Journal produced by the Saks Leadership Program (eighteen issues).
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 1
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Author |
Chanuka and its Relationship to the Prophecies |
Rabbi Menachem Leibtag |
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Be'Inyan Kinyan Devarim |
Rabbi Gedalyah Berger |
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Lighting Chanukah Candles |
Rabbi Doniel Schrieber |
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Tzelem Elokim: Image or Imagery? |
Rabbi David Silverberg |
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Judaism and Greek Culture |
Rabbi Mark Smilowitz |
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Masorah v'Torah |
Rabbi Moshe Taragin |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 2
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The Ethical Foundations of Rav Kook's Nationalist Views |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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A Torah Perspective on the Status of Secular Jews Today |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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Rebuking a Fellow Jew - Theory and Practice |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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וראו בניו גבורתו שבחו והודו לשמו |
Rabbi Gedalyah Berger |
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The Seder Night: An Halakhic Overview - Part I |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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The Prohibition of Eating After the Korban Pesach |
Rabbi David Silverberg |
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Zeman Cherutenu - Reflections of a Metzuveh Ve'oseh |
Rabbi Moshe Taragin |
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Reflections on Pe’ah |
Rabbi Asher Meir |
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צדקה תרומם גוי וחסד לאומים חטאת |
Rabbi Yair Kahn |
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Avelut for Grandparents and In-laws |
Rabbi Daniel Roselaar |
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The Use of Microwaves On Shabbat |
Daniel Alter |
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Understanding Bowing in Tefillah |
Rabbi David Rosenstark |
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Harav Yehuda Amital: A Bibliography |
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ALEI ETZION VOLUME 3
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Author |
The Mo'adim of Parashat Emor |
Rabbi Michael S. Berger |
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Mitzvat Shofar: A Halakhic Overview – Part I |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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Sukkah: Apocalyptic Shelter and House of Shechinah |
Rabbi Moshe Taragin |
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Value Conflicts In Jewish Business Ethics – Social Versus Fiduciary Responsibility |
Rav Asher Meir |
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The |
Rabbi Joshua Berman |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 4
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On the Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin Z"L |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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On the Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin Z"L |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Chanuka and Purim: A Study of their differences |
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot |
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Mitzvat Hallel: A Halakhic Overview |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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The Anthropomorphic Challenge in Tanakh |
Jeremy Senderowicz |
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Moral Echoes of a Doomed King: the Fallen Reign of King Shaul |
Joshua Cypess |
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The Nature of the Jewish Monarch |
Rabbi Moshe Taragin |
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Money and Means of Payment in Halakha |
Rabbi Asher Meir |
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The Mitzva of Tekiat Chatzotzrot: Pageantry with a Holy Message |
Dr. Avraham Marcus |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 5
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Author |
Speeches of the Roshei Yeshiva upon Harav Amital’s |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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The Mystery of the Pesach Seder |
Rabbi Shlomo Spero |
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The Seder Night: A Halakhic Overview – Part II |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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Hallel on Pesach Night: An Overview |
Rabbi Yaacov Francus |
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Two Key Words in the Story of the Exodus |
Rabbi Nathaniel Helfgot |
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Agents of Mystery and the |
Joshua Cypess |
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Insurance in Halakha |
Rav Asher Meir |
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Mitzva Bo Yoter Mi-be'shelucho |
Rav David Brofsky and Rav Menachem Linzer |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 6
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Author |
Tu Bi-Shevat – A Time of Revival |
Rabbi Yisrael Krengel |
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Rosh Hashana and the Mitzva of Tekiat shofar |
Dr Avraham Marcus |
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Sukkot, Chanukah and Yemot ha-mashiach: An Analysis of Primary Sources |
Aton M. Holzer |
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Purim: A Halakhic Overview - Part I Divrei Kabbala |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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Human Creativity: Art and Halakha |
Aytan Kadden |
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The Aims and Attitudes Surrounding the Mitzva of Kibbud Av Va-eim |
Rabbi Moshe Taragin |
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Be-etzem Ha-yom Ha-zeh |
Boaz Mori |
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Bikurim and Simcha |
Barry Kornblau |
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Tehila U-berakha: Blessings and Praise - An In-depth Analysis of 'Mizmor 145' |
Rabbi Avi Baumol |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 7
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Author |
Torah Study in the Modern World |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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MordeChai Balshan Haya |
Rabbi Oren Duvdevani |
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Sipur Ha-Shunamit |
Rabbi Mordechai Sabato |
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Methodology of Learning Mishna |
Rabbi Avraham Walfish |
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Humility and Halakha: Placing Derekh Ha-limud in Perspective |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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Limud Torah She-ba'al Peh - The Goals and Methodology of the Brisker Derekh |
Rabbi Reuven Taragin |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 8
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Title |
Author |
"While Matza and Marror are Placed Before You" |
Rabbi Yair Kahn |
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Ba'avur zeh asah Hashem li be-tzeiti mi-mitzrayim Benei Yisrael's Role in Yetziat Mitzrayim |
Rabbi Reuven Taragin |
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"These Bones Will Live!" |
Rabbi Ari Kahn |
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The Sanctity of God's Name: Erasing Sacred Texts from a Computer Screen |
Rabbi Mordechai Friedman |
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Kiddush Al Ha-Kos |
Rabbi Howard Balter |
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Kiddush: A Halakhic Overview - Part I |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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Sensitivity in the Halakhic Approach to the Shoteh |
Rael D. Strous MD |
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Hafka'at Kiddushin |
Rabbi Ezra Frazer |
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Demanding Devotion: An Analysis of the Rambam's Fifth Fundamental of Faith |
Rabbi Daniel Wolf |
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The Last Eight Verses in the Torah |
Rabbi Danny Wolf |
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Shevu'at heset Without a Ta'anat Bari of the Tovei'a |
Rabbi Yaacov Francus |
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Yachas Bein Asi'at Ha-ma'aseh veChalot |
Rabbi BenZion Scheinfeld |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 9
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Author |
"I am Prayer" |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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Prayer in the Teachings of Rav Soloveitchik zt"l |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Kiddush: A Halakhic Overview – Part II |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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TowardS Understanding Boshet |
Mordechai Weinstein |
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Rabbi Akiva's Students: What Went Wrong? |
Rabbi David Silverberg |
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פורים לא יבטל לעתיד לבוא - Purim Will Not Be Nullified in the Future |
Dani Rabinowitz |
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The Centrality of Eretz Yisrael to the Fulfillment of Mitzvot |
Rabbi Jonathan Snowbell |
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Torah and Careers: A Practical Approach |
Ben-Tzion Spitz |
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The Hidden Themes of the Book of Esther |
Arye Schreiber |
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Parshiyot Ha-meraglim |
Daniel J. Miller |
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ALEI ETZION VOLUME 10
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Title |
Author |
The Social Challenges Confronting the State of |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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Reflections upon Birkot Ha-Torah |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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The Mitzva of Shofar (Part II) |
Rabbi Doniel Schreiber |
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When Rosh Ha-shana Falls on Shabbat |
Dr. Avraham Marcus |
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To'en Ta'anat Ganav |
Dov Daniel |
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A Clarification of the Nidda and Family Purity Laws |
Rabbi Solomon Spiro |
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The Oneness In Two |
Moshe Fish |
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Competition and Consequence |
Rabbi Zvi Grumet |
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Rabbi Eldad Zamir |
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A Correction Regarding Kalba Savua |
Rabbi David Silverberg |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 11
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Title |
Author |
Determining Objectives in Religious Growth – Spiritual Specialization or Spiritual Breadth? |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Commitment vs. "Connecting" – The Current Crisis of our Youth |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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The Search for Religious Enthusiasm Among Today's Youth |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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"Your Mitzva is Very Broad" |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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Accepting "Early Shabbat" |
Rav Doniel Schreiber |
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Hasagat Gevul: Economic Competition in Jewish Law |
Rav Chaim Jachter |
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Hiddur mitzva: The Commandment to Beautify Mitzvot |
Shlomo Dov Rosen |
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Ya'akov Avinu: A Synoptic View of the Life of our Patriarch |
Rav Elchanan Samet |
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Essential Naming: Multiple Levels of Meaning in Bereishit 2:19 |
Rav Jeffrey B. Kobrin |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 12
In memory of our talmid Yaakov Matanky z"l
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Author |
Alon Bakhut |
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From Commitment to Responsibility |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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On Aliya: The Uniqueness of Living in Eretz Yisrael |
HaravAharon Lichtenstein |
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On Rav Lichtenstein’s Methodology of Learning |
Rav Elyakim Krumbein |
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Zekhirat Yetziat Mitzrayim The Mitzva of Recalling the Exodus from |
Rav Dr. Avraham Marcus |
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Hilkhot Se’uda: Laws Relating to a Meal |
Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon |
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Lighting Shabbat Candles – Part I |
Rav Doniel Schreiber |
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Scheduling a Sunday Pidyon Ha-ben For a Child Born on Shabbat |
Rav David Silverberg |
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Biblical Perspectives on Monarchy |
Rav Ezra Frazer |
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"No Kingdom Encroaches upon Another Even to the Extent of a Hairsbreadth:" |
Rabbi Dr. Shlomo Spiro |
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Corrections |
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Teshuva: Segregated and Holistic |
Rav Moshe Aberman |
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“And Yaakov Was an Ish Tam” |
Rav Amnon Bazak |
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An Unforgettable Presence |
Rav Doniel Schreiber |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 13
In memory of our talmid Yoni Jesner z"l
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Author |
Alon Bakhut |
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"Mi-Devar Sheker Tirchak": Parameters of False Speech |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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A Pure Heart: Refining Character and Balancing Values |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstien |
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God’s Handiwork: Human Dignity as a Halakhic Factor |
Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
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Lighting Shabbat Candles – Part II |
Rav Doniel Schreiber |
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Transforming Sorrow to Joy: Rashi and the Four Fasts |
Dr. Maier Becker |
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Special Treatment for the Ten Commandments? |
Rav Ezra Frazer |
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“And he shall live by them and not die by them:” The value of life in the thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik |
Dr. Alan Jotkowitz |
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Yaakov and Lavan’s Sheep: Peshat and Genetics |
Dr. David Neustadter |
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A Son of Avraham |
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Yoni the Tzaddik |
Harav Yehuda Amital |
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“How Have the Heroes Fallen!” |
Rav Mordechai Friedman |
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In a Place Where There Are No Men Strive to be a Man |
Gideon Black |
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“O Yonatan, Slain Upon Your High Places” |
Rav Alex |
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“Va’yidom Aharon” |
Rav Yair Kahn |
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“My Brother Yonatan, You Were Most Dear To Me” |
Rav Moshe Taragin |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 14
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Title |
Author |
The Religious Significance of the State of |
HaRav Yehuda Amital |
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Rav Soloveitchik's Approach to Zionism |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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The Religous Meaning of Yom HaAtzmaut |
Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
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The God Who is Revealed Through Historical Events: Rav Kook, Rav Amital, and the Interpretation of History |
Moshe Maya |
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The Prohibition of Ribbit in the Modern Economy |
Rav Daniel Wolf |
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"Anyone Who Says that Reuven Sinned..." |
Rav Yaaqov |
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Feasting and Fasting in Megillat Esther |
Rav Yonatan Grossman |
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The Dynamics of Musar Growth |
Rav Elyakim Krumbein |
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God Regrets Four Things |
Mois Navon |
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The Premature Birth from the Garden of Eden |
Daniel Eisenberg |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 15
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Title |
Author |
Religious Insecurity and Its Cures |
HaRav Yehuda Amital |
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The Dilemma of Shemitta Today |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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The Conceptual Foundations of Shemitta |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Arevut: Responsibility for Others’Observance of Mitzvot |
HaRav Baruch Gigi |
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Murdering with Guile |
HaRav Yaaqov |
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The Unique Role of Sim Shalom |
Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
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The Strange Blessing of Yotzer Or |
Allen Friedman |
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“And His Land will Atone for His People”: The Significance of Burial in Eretz Yisrael in Talmudic Thought |
Rav Naftali Balanson |
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The Image of God |
Rav Chaim Navon |
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Anticipation and Consummation: A Perspective on the Shofar |
Mois Navon |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 16
Special Edition in Honor of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein
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Title |
Author |
The Responsibilities of the Recipient of Charity |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Kofin al Middat Sedom: Compulsory Altruism? |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Does Involvement in Torah Study Exempt One from Mitzvot? |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
16-04yosef-final.rtf
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Yosef’s Tears |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
“The Woods are Lovely, Dark and Deep” – Reading a Poem by |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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“Kallot va-Chamurot”: Gradation of Sins in Repentance |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Jerusalem: Between Holiness and Purity |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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“Is This Not a Brand Plucked from the Fire?” |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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Bibliography-web.htm
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Torat Chesed: The Writings of Harav |
Bibliography |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 17
Dedicated by the Gelman Family in loving memory of Rabbi Aaron S. Gelman z"l
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Title |
Author |
A Eulogy for My Father, הכ"מ |
Rav Yoel Amital |
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The Legitimacy to Be Human in the Thought of Rav Amital zt"l |
Rav Amnon Bazak |
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17-03RYA-chillul.doc |
Chillul ha-Shem Committed by the State |
HaRav Yehuda Amital zt"l |
17-04RBG-resources.doc |
Allocating National Resources |
HaRav Baruch Gigi |
The Mitzvot of the Festivals |
HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein |
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The Mitzva of Hadas: Myrtle or Leafy Branch? |
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
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"An Eye for an Eye" |
Rav Yehuda Rock |
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Between the Flood and the Covenant |
Dr. David Neustadter |
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17-09Meskin-noach.doc |
Noach: The First Mitzva Observer |
Norman Meskin |
In Memory of Marc Weinberg z"l |
Lord Rabbi Jonathan Sacks |
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17-11RML-MarcWeinbergHesped.doc |
A Hesped for Marc Weinberg z"l |
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 18
Dedicated in loving memory of Faye and Leon Kronitz z"l, Lea Steinlauf z"l, and Thoms David Spitzer z"l
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Author |
Halakha, Reality, and the Relationship between Them |
Harav Baruch Gigi |
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Kedushat Aviv: Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l on the Sanctity of Time and Place |
Rav Elyakim Krumbein |
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AE18-04-RML.docx |
Chanuka: A Holiday of Renewing the Covenant |
HaRav Mosheh Lichtenstein |
AE18-05-RYM.docx |
Regarding Several Wedding Practices Mentioned at the Beginning of Ketubot |
HaRav Yaakov Medan |
The Yeshivat Har Etzion Approach to the Study and Teaching of Halakha: Its Application in American Modern Orthodox High School Classrooms |
Rav Yaakov Jaffe |
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The Voice is the Voice of Yaakov and the Hands are the Hands of Esav |
Dr. David Neustadter |
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The Punishment of Moshe: Korach vs. Mei Meriva |
Rav Dr. Aaron Ross |
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Shenayim Mikra Ve-Echad Targum |
Rav Avihud Shwartz |
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AE18-10-Wolfson.docx |
The Nature of Purim in Halakha and Machshava |
Rav Joe Wolfson |
Personal Accountability and Blunting the Teeth of the Rasha |
Rav Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky |
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