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Derashot Harav

Selected Lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

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Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ("the Rav") has left a formidable legacy of public lectures, or derashot. These discourses combined profound halakhic depth with emotional power, completely mesmerizing his audience. The Rav would weave halakhah and homiletics so compellingly that the line between them blurred and often disappeared entirely. This merging of derush and halakhah is particularly evident in those derashot that were presented in Yiddish. Unfortunately, because many young people today do not understand Yiddish,these lectures have not been accessible to them. In this volume, Dr. Lustiger has summarized, organized and annotated seven of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s most riveting derashot. He includes Biblical, Talmudic and Midrashic sources, and provides cross-references with citations from Rabbi Soloveitchik’s written works as well as historical notes that provide context to important themes in these lectures.

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Derashot Harav, Arnold Lustiger, Joseph Ber Soloveitchik, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

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Title
Derashot Harav
Subtitle
Selected Lectures of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Language
English
Released
2003
Format
Hardcover
Pages
256
ISBN10
0966623215
ISBN13
9780966623215
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Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik ("the Rav") has left a formidable legacy of public lectures, or derashot. These discourses combined profound halakhic depth with emotional power, completely mesmerizing his audience. The Rav would weave halakhah and homiletics so compellingly that the line between them blurred and often disappeared entirely. This merging of derush and halakhah is particularly evident in those derashot that were presented in Yiddish. Unfortunately, because many young people today do not understand Yiddish,these lectures have not been accessible to them. In this volume, Dr. Lustiger has summarized, organized and annotated seven of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s most riveting derashot. He includes Biblical, Talmudic and Midrashic sources, and provides cross-references with citations from Rabbi Soloveitchik’s written works as well as historical notes that provide context to important themes in these lectures.