January 2, 2023

Concepts in Halakha as Elaborated Upon by the Aggada and Kabbala

Download TRADITION’s special e-book publication of lecture notes, transcribed by R. Yaakov Homnick, on a course Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik taught at the Bernard Revel Graduate School in 1946–1947. This document presents a sustained argument for the preeminence of Halakha within Jewish tradition, over and above the realms of Aggada and Kabbala. The Rav argues that the centrality of Halakha served to shift the balance of Judaism away from other modes of practice: “The greatest contribution of the Halakha was its purging Judaism of all magical, mythical and ceremonial elements.”
December 29, 2022

Alt+SHIFT: HaHardalim 

Kicking off our new Alt+SHIFT series, helping to “translate” trends in Israeli religious life for readers of TraditionOnline, Yitzchak Blau presents Yair Sheleg’s recent profile of the Haredi Leumi (nationalist ultra-Orthodox camp).
December 28, 2022

Review Essay: The Interstices of Halakha – and of a Great Mind: Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s Halakhic Morality

December 27, 2022

Alt+SHIFT: Series Introduction

Alt+SHIFT is the keyboard shortcut allowing us quick transition between input languages on our keyboards—for many readers of TRADITION that’s the move from Hebrew to English (and back again). Yitzchak Blau introduces a new TraditionOnline series offering his insider’s look into trends, ideas, and writings in the Israeli Religious Zionist world helping readers from the Anglo sphere to Alt+SHIFT and gain insight to worthwhile material available only in Hebrew.
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