Among the most significant essays published by Tradition were those penned by the Rav, R. Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt”l. Tradition is proud of our historic association with the Rav’s Torah and with our role as a platform for serious scholarship and analysis of his teachings.

Rabbi Soloveitchik’s Tradition essays included:

• “The Lonely Man of Faith” 7:2 (Summer 1965)
• “Confrontation” 6:2 (Spring-Summer 1964)
• “Addendum to Confrontation,” A Treasury of Tradition (1967)
• “Community” 17:2 (Spring 1978)
• “Majesty and Humility” 17:2 (Spring 1978)
• “Catharsis” 17:2 (Spring 1978)
• “Redemption, Prayer, Talmud Torah” 17:2 (Spring 1978)
• “A Tribute to the Rebbetzin of Talne” 17:2 (Spring 1978)
• “Jewish Sovereignty and the Redemption of the Shekhina” 53:1 (Winter 2021) 
• “Concepts in Halakha as Elaborated Upon by the Aggada and Kabbala” (e-book, January 2023)

• The Jewish Religious Experience from Halakhah, Aggadah and Kabbalah (TRADITION & Hakira, 2024)

• Click here for the archive of essays published in Tradition about Rabbi Soloveitchik’s teaching and life.