Tzvi Sinensky

Tzvi Sinensky

Rosh Yeshiva of the Gur Aryeh Program at Main Line Classical Academy, Director of the Lamm Heritage Archives, and Editor at The Lehrhaus.
A Return to Moderation:
Rabbi Lamm’s Passionate Plea for Civility

A Return to Moderation: Rabbi Lamm’s Passionate Plea for Civility

Originally published on The Lehrhaus [https://thelehrhaus.com/commentary/a-return-to-moderation-rabbi-lamms-passionate-plea-for-civility/] : R. Norman Lamm’s reputation rightly rides on his commitment to Torah u-Madda [https://amzn.to/3pbacaU]. Yet throughout his life, another motif rivaled, and perhaps even eclipsed, his embrace of Torah u-Madda: passionate moderation. Unlike Torah u-Madda, which became
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Lo Yilbash and Gender Difference: A Rejoinder to Moshe Kurtz

Lo Yilbash and Gender Difference: A Rejoinder to Moshe Kurtz

Moshe Kurtz is a passionate scholar who deserves credit for being unafraid to publish an essay weighing in on a sensitive contemporary subject [https://thelehrhaus.com/scholarship/cross-dressing-and-cross-conduct-when-lo-yilbash-meets-contemporary-western-culture/] . Kurtz, however, fails to demonstrate that lo yilbash provides an adequate foundation upon which to construct Torah-based opposition to contemporary gender-neutral trends.
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