Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein
Born	1933 France

Aharon Lichtenstein (born 1933) is a noted Orthodox Jewish rabbi and rosh yeshiva. Image File history File links Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Orthodox Judaism is the formulation of Judaism that adheres to a relatively strict interpretation and application of the laws and ethics first canonized in the Talmudic texts (The Oral Law) and as subsequently developed and applied by the later authorities known as the Gaonim, Rishonim, and Acharonim. ... Rabbi, in Judaism, means teacher, or more literally great one. The word Rabbi is derived from the Hebrew root word רַב, rav, which in biblical Hebrew means great or distinguished (in knowledge). Sephardic and Yemenite Jews pronounce this word רִבִּי ribbī; the modern Israeli pronunciation רַבִּי rabbī is derived from a recent (18th... Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ...

Rabbi Lichtenstein was born in France, but grew up in the United States, studied in Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner. He earned a BA and semicha ("rabbinic ordination") at Yeshiva University and a PhD in English Literature at Harvard University, where he studied under Douglas Bush. Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin (also known as Mesivta Rabbi Chaim Berlin) (MYRCB) or as Chaim Berlin, is a major Orthodox Judaism all-male yeshiva located in Brooklyn, New York. ... Yitzchok (Isaac) Hutner (1906 - 1980) was an Orthodox rabbi born in Warsaw, Poland, to a family with both Ger Hasidim and non-Hasidic Lithuanian Jews in their origins. ... Bachelor of Arts (B.A., BA or A.B.), from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus is an undergraduate bachelors degree awarded for either a course or a program in the liberal arts or the sciences, or both. ... Semicha (Hebrew: ‎, leaning [of the hands]), also semichut (Hebrew: ‎, ordination), or semicha lerabbanut (Hebrew: ‎, rabbinical ordination) is derived from a Hebrew word which means to rely on or to be authorized. It generally refers to the ordination of a rabbi within Judaism. ... Yeshiva University is a private university in New York City whose first component was founded in 1886. ... PhD usually refers to the academic title Doctor of Philosophy PhD can also refer to the manga Phantasy Degree This is a disambiguation page — a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. ... Harvard University (incorporated as The President and Fellows of Harvard College) , is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. One of the eight Ivies, it was founded in 1636. ... Douglas Bush (1896–1983) was a literary critic and literary historian. ...

After serving as Rosh yeshiva at Yeshiva University for several years, Rabbi Lichtenstein answered Rabbi Yehuda Amital's request in 1971 to join him at the helm of Yeshivat Har Etzion, located in Gush Etzion, Israel, and moved to Jerusalem. He still maintains a close connection to Yeshiva University as a Rosh Kollel for the Gruss Institute in Jerusalem, an affiliate of Yeshiva University and its rabbinical school, Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. In 2005, he and his wife Tovah moved to Alon Shvut, where Yeshivat Har Etzion is located. Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ... Rav Yehuda Amital (born 31 October 1924), a noted Orthodox Jewish rabbi, is a Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivat Har Etzion and a former member of Knesset. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... Yeshivat Har Etzion Yeshivat Har Etzion, commonly known as The Gush, is a Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Shevut, a settlement in Gush Etzion near Jerusalem, Israel. ... Tunnel to Gush Etzion Gush Etzion (Hebrew גוש עציון, literally bloc of the tree) is a group of Israeli settlements in the northern Judea region of the West Bank. ... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... A kollel (Hebrew: כולל; a gathering/collection [of scholars] is an institute for advanced studies of the Talmud and of rabbinic literature for post-graduate Jewish adults, essentially a yeshiva which pays married men a regular monthly stipend or annual salary (and/or provides housing and meals) to study Judaisms... Hebrew יְרוּשָׁלַיִם (Yerushalayim) (Standard) Yerushalayim or Yerushalaim Arabic commonly القـُدْس (Al-Quds); officially in Israel أورشليم القدس (Urshalim-Al-Quds) Name Meaning Hebrew: (see below), Arabic: The Holiness Government City District Jerusalem Population 724,000 (2006) Jurisdiction 123,000 dunams (123 km²) Jerusalem (Hebrew:  , Yerushaláyim or Yerushalaim; Arabic:  , al-Quds, the Holiness)[2... Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary or RIETS (Yeshivat Rabbeinu Yitzchak Elchanan) is the most important yeshiva component of Yeshiva University. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alon Shvut from the West. ...

On January 4, 2006, Rabbi Yaaqov Medan and Rabbi Baruch Gigi were officially invested as co-roshei yeshiva alongside Rav Amital and Rav Lichtenstein, with an eye toward Rabbi Amital's intention to retire.[1] January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Yaaqov Medan (Hebrew: ) (born 1950) is an Orthodox rabbi in Israel. ... Yeshivat Har Etzion Yeshivat Har Etzion, commonly known as Gush, is a Hesder Yeshiva located in Alon Shvut, a settlement in Gush Etzion near Jerusalem, Israel. ... Rosh yeshiva (Hebrew: ראש ישיבה) (pl. ...

He is committed to intensive and original Torah study and articulates a bold Jewish worldview that embraces elements of modernity within the framework of a Torah life, reflecting the tradition of his teacher and father-in-law, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik in line with Centrist Orthodoxy. Torah study is the study by Jews of the Torah, Tanakh, Talmud, responsa, rabbinic literature and similar works, all of which are Judaisms religious texts, for the purpose of the mitzvah (commandment) of Torah study itself, meaning study for religious (as opposed to academic) purposes. ... Rav Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik (Hebrew: ) () was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. ...

He is a source of inspiration for a wide circle of Jewry, for both his educational attainments and his intellectual and spiritual leadership.

Family tree

This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Chaim (Halevi) Soloveitchik (חיים סולובייציק) (also known as Reb Chaim Brisker), (1853-July 30, 1918) was a rabbi and Talmudic scholar credited as the founder of the Brisk yeshivas and of an approach to Talmudic study within Judaism. ... Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveithchik ( Velvel Soloveithchik, 1886-1959) also referred to as the Brisker Rav, was a son of Rabbi Chaim Soloveitchik of Brest, Belarus (known amongst the Jews of the area as Brisk). He is also commonly known as the GRYZ, an acronym for Gaon Rabbi Yitzchak Zev (genius... Rabbi Moshe Soloveitchik (1879 - 1941), son of the renowned Reb Chaim Soloveitchik famous for his unparalled talmudic methodology (1853-1918) and grandson of the Beit HaLevi - Rav Yosef Baer Soloveitchik (1820 - 1892) was the younger of Reb Chaims two sons. ... Rabbi Meshualam Dovid Soloveitchik (known as Reb or Rav Dovid) heads one of the largest branches of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel attended by select young Talmudists, mainly from the United States. ... Rabbi Berel (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik was the son of Rabbi Yitzchak Zev Soloveitchik and one of the leading Rosh Yeshivas (heads of the yeshiva) of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel. ... Rav Joseph Ber (Yosef Dov) Soloveitchik (Hebrew: ) () was an American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist and modern Jewish philosopher. ... Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik;(May 1, 1917 - October 4, 2001) was a scholar of Halakha and a Rosh Yeshiva; known especially within circles of Orthodox Judaism. ... Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Soloveitchik is one of the leading Rosh Yeshivas of the Brisk yeshivas in Jerusalem, Israel that admits mostly young elite Talmudical students from the United States. ... Isadore Twersky (1930–October 12, 1997) was Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at Harvard University. ... Rabbi Dr. Haym Soloveitchik is the only son of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik. ...

Works

• By His Light: Character and Values in the Service of God, based on Lichtenstein's addresses and adapted by Reuven Ziegler
• Leaves of Faith (vol. 1): The World of Jewish Learning
• Leaves of Faith (vol. 2): The World of Jewish Living

Based on Rabbi Lichtenstein's Talmud classes at Yeshivat Har Etzion, his students' notes have been edited and published as Shiurei Harav Aharon Lichtenstein on Tohorot, Zevahim, the eighth chapter of Bava Metzia, the third chapter of Bava Batra, the Ramban's pamphlet on Dinah DiGarmi and the first chapter of Pesahim. The first page of the Vilna Edition of the Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berachot, folio 2a The Talmud (Hebrew: תלמוד) is a record of rabbinic discussions pertaining to Jewish law, ethics, customs and history. ... Tohorot (The Order of Purities) is the sixth order of the Mishnah (also the Tosefta and Talmud). ... Kodshim (קדשים, Holy Things in Hebrew) is the fifth order in the Mishna (also the Tosefta and Talmud). ... Category: ... Bava Batra is the third of the three tractates in the Talmud in the order Nezikin; it deals with a persons responsibilities and rights as the owner of property. ... Nahmanides is the common name for Moshe ben Nahman Gerondi; the name is a Greek translation of the Hebrew Ben Nahman, meaning Son of Nahman. He is also commomly known as Ramban, being an acronym of his Hebrew name and title, Rabbi Moshe ben Nahman, and by his Catalan name... Moed (Festivals) is the second Order of the Mishnah (also the Tosefta and Talmud), Of the six orders of the Mishna, Moed is the third shortest. ...

External links

• Yeshivat Har Etzion - English - Hebrew
• "An Ideal Rosh Yeshiva". Edah Journal 5:1 (Tammuz, 2005) (PDF), Dr Alan Brill
• For Torah and Culture, David Singer