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The problem is that the rabbis he respects were almost all murdered.
Moshe Koppel • Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures
the pioneering movement and to attend Poalei Zion conferences. While living in New York, he met Paula Munweis and married her in 1917. They would have a son and two daughters.
Daniel Gordis • Israel: A Concise History of a Nation Reborn
the multiplicity of communities has the ironic consequence of highlighting the common core of halakha that is common to all these diverse communities.
Moshe Koppel • Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures
The sixth Rebbe deduced from this principle that Israel ben Eliezer (1698–1760), the Ba‘al Shem Ṭov, “master of a good name,” generally abbreviated as the Beshṭ, should be considered the “Moses of Ḥasidism” and Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the “Moses of Ḥabad.”
Elliot R. Wolfson • Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menaḥem Mendel Schneerson
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) boldly insists that in this amazing encounter, Moses serves as a paradigm for what is true of every human being: to be created in the image of God is to be assigned a specific task by God.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik (1903–1993) boldly insists that in this amazing encounter, Moses serves as a paradigm for what is true of every human being: to be created in the image of God is to be assigned a specific task by God.
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
At ten years old, I was the youngest person by about fifty years.
Rabbi Elie Kaunfer • Empowered Judaism: What Independent Minyanim Can Teach Us about Building Vibrant Jewish Communities
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