…so, it would be fascinating to know what he required from future converts and how he guided them.[1] Levy claims that R. Aharon Lichtenstein’s position in his famous article, “Brother…
…from the power of the Torah? Some might recognize this passage as it was subject to a very strong critique by R. Aharon Lichtenstein. I am sure that many in…
…miracle, the oil burning for eight days, became the center of a 19th-century controversy involving the polyglot Chaim Zelig Slonimsky. Both Zerachya Licht (“חז״ל ופולמס חנוכה“) and Marc Shapiro (“The…
…One source not cited by Licht is a recent article by Yisrael Rozenson that focuses on R. Alexandrov and the miracle of the oil. “‘Asukh shel Shemen Ehad,’ Al Nes…
The Chanukah Omission by Eliezer Brodt Every Yom Tov has its famous questions that show up repeatedly in writings and shiurim. Chanukah, too, has its share of well-known questions. In…
…חושבים שמדובר בשיגעון או טירוף. הציווי לבנות עולם ניתן גם לנשים וגם לגברים, ‘לעבדה ולשמרה’. This was not said by a liberal rabbi but by R. Aharon Lichtenstein.[8] R. Lichtenstein also…
