Reverence and Joy in Torah Study
More highlights from my current series on Torah study at Yeshivat Har Etzion's Virtual Beit Midrash: As captured by Rambam (Hilkhot Yesodei Ha-Torah 2:1-2) and »
Dr. Norman Lamm’s Trailblazing Talmudic Methodology
https://www.thelehrhaus.com/commentary/dr-norman-lamms-trailblazing-talmudic-methodology/ Two trends are particularly prominent in contemporary Modern Orthodox Torah study. First, the last two decades have seen a rise »
Talmud Torah as Self-Actualization
Very much enjoying working on my current VBM series on Torah study. I particularly enjoyed writing the section below, in which I discuss Talmud Torah as »
Resurrecting Moses Mendelssohn
Originally published at The Lehrhaus. As chronicled in Robert Putnam’s 2000 classic book, Bowling Alone, loneliness is one of the vexing challenges of modern life. »
Neila 5778 - Singing at Neila
I still remember the Friday night of December 27, 2002. I spent that year back at Yeshivat Har Etzion, and I was almost entirely immersed in »