Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein

Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein

Rabbi Dr. Aharon Lichtenstein (1933–2015) was born in Paris, France, and escaped the Nazi occupation with his family, arriving in the United States in 1941. After studying at Yeshivat Rabbi Chaim Berlin under Rabbi Yitzchok Hutner, he earned his rabbinic ordination at Yeshiva University and his PhD in English Literature at Harvard University. While at Yeshiva University, he became a close disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, who was later to become his father-in-law. After serving as a Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel at Yeshiva University for several years, Rabbi Lichtenstein made Aliya to Israel in 1971 and joined Rabbi Yehuda Amital at the helm of Yeshivat Har Etzion in Alon Shevut. Under their joint leadership over four decades, Yeshivat Har Etzion grew into a major center of advanced Torah study, graduating thousands of alumni – including hundreds of educators and community rabbis – and exerting a strong influence in Israel, the United States, and other centers of Jewish life.

Committed to intensive and original Torah study, Rabbi Lichtenstein also articulated a bold Jewish worldview that embraced elements of modernity within the framework of a Torah life. In recognition of his outstanding scholarship and contributions, Rabbi Lichtenstein was awarded in 2014 the State of Israel’s highest honor, the Israel Prize, in the category of Torah Literature. Alongside his genuine Torah greatness and the breadth and depth of his philosophy, he was renowned for his deep humility, nobility and love of humanity.

For a moving tribute by his students, see:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI3dWibBxgY

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In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a...

The issue of Judaism’s relationship to wisdom derived from non-Jewish sources has been one of the...

What is the essence of kedusha (sanctity)? What is the difference between the kedusha of Shabbat,...

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Minchat Aviv

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Available in Hebrew only. Minchat Aviv, is a comprehensive collection of HaRav Lichtenstein’s original writings on...

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Musar Aviv

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Available in Hebrew only and only from Korenpub.co.il האם היהדות מכירה במוסר שאינו תלוי בהלכה? מהו...

The process of repentance, teshuva, presents each of us with both challenges and opportunities. While self-scrutiny,...

Ruach Aviv

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This book is a collection of essays written by Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l and is for...

Halakha is the all-encompassing source of normative Jewish conduct, and values and ethics are among Judaism’s...

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