Volume 30

 

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Letters to the Editor


RAV YOSEF DOV SOLOVEITCHIK, ZẒ”L

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Remarks at the Ḥanukat Ha-Bayit of the Talner Shtibel, Jacob J. Schacter
R. Soloveitchik and R. Shubow: A Eulogy Rediscovered, a Friendship Reexamined, Jonah Steinmetz
The Rav at Revel; The Rav at RIETS, Robert Blau
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Portrayal of the Patriarchs, Yocheved Friedman
A Debate on the Nature of Kedushas Eretz Yisrael, David and Harold Neustadter
 

TORAH AND MEDICINE

Danger in Sabbath Law: A Novel Perspective Using Causality and Statistics, Marshall M. Joffe
Halakhic Issues Related to Synthetic Biology, John D. Loike, Ira Bedzow and Moshe Tendler
Does Halakhah Permit Recreational Marijuana?, Sharon Galper Grossman
A Consideration of the Halakhic Categories, Ethan Eisen
 

MINHAG

The Number of Candles in the Context of Mitzvas Ner Shabbos, Ari Z. Zivotofsky
A Shabbat Candle for Every Family Member, Zvi Ron
In Search of Ancient Roots of Dairy on Shavuot, Aton Holzer
 

JEWISH THOUGHT

Ibn Ezra: ‘The All Knows Every Part via the All’, H. Norman Strickman
 

TORAH AND SCIENCE

How Science Deepens Our Understanding of Torah, Nathan Aviezer
Kinnim (3:2): An Intuitive Mathematical Approach, William J. Gewirtz
 

HISTORY

Introduction: The 1934 Diary of Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman (the actual diary), Moshe Sherman
Books So Titled as a Remembrance for the Author, Marvin J. Heller


TALMUD TORAH  

Hilchos Avodas Yom HaKippurim: A Study in Organization, Asher Benzion Buchman
The Meanings of מסכנות and מס (Exodus 1:11), Mitchell First
Fathers and Sons and Eliyahu HaNavi, Yaacov Krausz
 


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