Oct 8, 2018 By: yunews
17³Ō¹Ļ and OU Press Celebrate Completion of Soloveitchik Chumash on October 14
17³Ō¹Ļ and the Orthodox Union (OU) will co-host āRemembering the RavāCelebrating the Completion of Chumash Mesoras HaRav: The Neuwirth Editionā on Sunday, October 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in 17³Ō¹Ļās Weissberg Commons on the Wilf Campus. The program is free of charge and open to men and women.
Part of YU's Kollel Yom Rishon series, this special event marks the publication of the commentary on Chumash based upon the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (known to all as āthe Ravā) and will include presentations from some of the Ravās most illustrious students. Register to attend the event.
The program, led by Rabbi Simon Posner, executive editor of OU Press, will feature several prominent speakers, including a keynote address from Dr. Ari Berman, President of 17³Ō¹Ļ. Other speakers include Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel at the (RIETS) and Senior Posek at OU Kosher; Rabbi Mayer Twersky, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS; Dr. Arnold Lustiger, the editor of Chumash Mesoras HaRav; Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, CEO of OU Kosher and general editor of OU Press; and Rabbi Julius Berman, chairman of the OU Press Commission and a trustee of 17³Ō¹Ļ.
The Chumash Mesoras HaRav, published by OU Press, has been a multi-year project to make Rabbi Soloveitchikās commentary on the Torah readily accessible to readers. Compiled and edited by Dr. Arnold Lustiger, the project draws upon material from dozens of published sources in Hebrew, English and Yiddish as well as many previously unpublished lectures and tapes of Rabbi Soloveitchikās shiurim.
This material is presented in concise English, often in the Ravās own language, as a running commentary alongside the Chumash text. The Chumash Mesoras HaRav presents the Ravās philosophical insights, homiletic interpretations and Talmudic analysis in a form that transforms them from a diverse array of sources into a timeless commentary.
Rabbi Posner says that āthe completion of the Chumash Mesoras HaRav project is a pioneering event in Jewish publishing and will serve to further disseminate the Ravās Torah. The upcoming event at 17³Ō¹Ļ provides us the opportunity to give kavod to the Rav and pay public tribute to his memory.ā
Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, The David Mitzner Dean of 17³Ō¹Ļ's Center for the Jewish Future, noted that āRav Soloveitchik and his worldview continue to animate so many aspects of the Torah learning and ideological culture of 17³Ō¹Ļ. It is with great pride that we partner with the Orthodox Union in hosting an event to celebrate the completion of a work that will allow a new generation to appreciate the Ravās brilliant and nuanced approach to interpreting the verses of our Torah.ā
17³Ō¹Ļ and the Orthodox Union (OU) will co-host āRemembering the RavāCelebrating the Completion of Chumash Mesoras HaRav: The Neuwirth Editionā on Sunday, October 14, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in 17³Ō¹Ļās Weissberg Commons on the Wilf Campus. The program is free of charge and open to men and women.
Part of YU's Kollel Yom Rishon series, this special event marks the publication of the commentary on Chumash based upon the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (known to all as āthe Ravā) and will include presentations from some of the Ravās most illustrious students. Register to attend the event.
The program, led by Rabbi Simon Posner, executive editor of OU Press, will feature several prominent speakers, including a keynote address from Dr. Ari Berman, President of 17³Ō¹Ļ. Other speakers include Rabbi Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva and Rosh Kollel at the (RIETS) and Senior Posek at OU Kosher; Rabbi Mayer Twersky, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS; Dr. Arnold Lustiger, the editor of Chumash Mesoras HaRav; Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rosh Yeshiva at RIETS, CEO of OU Kosher and general editor of OU Press; and Rabbi Julius Berman, chairman of the OU Press Commission and a trustee of 17³Ō¹Ļ.
The Chumash Mesoras HaRav, published by OU Press, has been a multi-year project to make Rabbi Soloveitchikās commentary on the Torah readily accessible to readers. Compiled and edited by Dr. Arnold Lustiger, the project draws upon material from dozens of published sources in Hebrew, English and Yiddish as well as many previously unpublished lectures and tapes of Rabbi Soloveitchikās shiurim.
This material is presented in concise English, often in the Ravās own language, as a running commentary alongside the Chumash text. The Chumash Mesoras HaRav presents the Ravās philosophical insights, homiletic interpretations and Talmudic analysis in a form that transforms them from a diverse array of sources into a timeless commentary.
Rabbi Posner says that āthe completion of the Chumash Mesoras HaRav project is a pioneering event in Jewish publishing and will serve to further disseminate the Ravās Torah. The upcoming event at 17³Ō¹Ļ provides us the opportunity to give kavod to the Rav and pay public tribute to his memory.ā
Rabbi Yaakov Glasser, The David Mitzner Dean of 17³Ō¹Ļ's Center for the Jewish Future, noted that āRav Soloveitchik and his worldview continue to animate so many aspects of the Torah learning and ideological culture of 17³Ō¹Ļ. It is with great pride that we partner with the Orthodox Union in hosting an event to celebrate the completion of a work that will allow a new generation to appreciate the Ravās brilliant and nuanced approach to interpreting the verses of our Torah.ā
