A Life Steady and Whole: Recollections and Appreciations of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, zt''l - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1602802939 ISBN 13: 9781602802933

Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Rabbi Lichtenstein (1933-2015), born in France and educated in the United States, was Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shvut, Israel from 1971 until his death.Rabbi Lichtenstein's early Torah education was at Yeshivat Chaim Berlin, where he studied with Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner, and Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik. He received his advanced training and ordination at Yeshivat Rabbi Yitzchok Elchanan (Yeshiva University) from his primary mentor, the renowned Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik. In addition to his yeshiva studies, Rabbi Lichtenstein completed a Ph.D. in English Literature at Harvard University. He taught Talmud and was the first head of the Kollel at Yeshiva University. At Yeshivat Har Etzion, he taught Talmud and Jewish Thought and mentored generations of students from Israel and abroad.Rabbi Lichtenstein has written on a wide range of Torah topics – Gemara, Halacha, Mahshava, and Tanakh. He was awarded the Rabbi Kook Prize for Original Torah Literature in 2012 and Israel Prize for Torah Literature in 2014

Edition details

• Publisher: Ktav Pub & Distributors Inc
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1602802939
• ISBN 13: 9781602802933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 227
• Editor: Weber Elka, Wolowelsky Joel B.