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June 1, 2016

Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Tradition, Authority, and Historical Change

The Torah doesn’t need external validation.

Focusing on a speech given by the 20th-century sage in 1975, Jeffrey Woolf analyzes Soloveitchik’s understanding of the halakhic authority of tradition, and his response to those who would say that Jewish law must change to keep up with a changing world:

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June 1, 2016

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    Spot the difference.

  2. The British Labor Party’s Sham Response to Anti-Semitism in Its Ranks

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  4. Joseph B. Soloveitchik on Tradition, Authority, and Historical Change

    The Torah doesn’t need external validation.

  5. A Medieval Jewish Scholar’s “Feminist” Reading of a Talmudic Passage

    "There is nothing that satisfies her more than that you will listen to her."