Yom HaIyun In Memory of HaRal zt"l - live!
Baruch Dayan HaEmet.
There is a chilling symbolism in the death of our alumnus Rabbi Elyashiv Knohl on the 5th of Iyar. Rav Knohl was born a few months after the fall of Gush Etzion, while his father, Dov Knohl, one of the founders of Gush Etzion, was captured by the Jordanians. Rav Knohl merited to take part in the renewal of Gush Etzion post 1967, and among other things, served as the rabbi of Kfar Etzion.
But beyond the national symbolism, Rabbi Elyashiv was both a scholar and a wonderful man, pleasant and welcoming, loving peace and pursuing peace, loved by people and certainly beloved by Hakadosh Baruch Hu. His book "Man and Woman" was a must-have for each couple before their wedding, explaining in detail the halachic foundations between man and wife, in such a way as to suit his Torah greatness and pleasant personality.
תהא נשמתו צרורה בצרור החיים
Monday, 1 Iyar, April 16th
THE THIRD YAHRZEIT OF MOREINU VERABBEINU
HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN ZT"L
CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS.
LAG BA'OMER, Thursday the 18th of Iyar, May 3rd, 2018
we will be hosting a special Yom Iyun in his memory
on the topic of
Yeshivot Hesder: Goals and Challenges
The program will be in Hebrew.
CLICK HERE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS.
IN HONOR OF MOREINU VERABBEINU'S 3RD YAHRZEIT
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A LIFE STEADY AND WHOLE
Recollections and Appreciations
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"In his absence, as in his lifetime, we continue to ask ourselves what he would think about the way we contend with our everyday challenges and what he would say about our struggle against torpor and faithlessness."
- Rabbi Shalom Carmy
You are cordially invited to a four part learning series
with Rabbi Dr. Yonatan Grossman ('88)
on the four chapters of Megillat Ruth
at the offices of Daniel Schwartz ('85),
York Capital Management, 767 Fifth Avenue, NYC
(between 58th and 59th Street, 17th floor)
This four-part series will take place Tuesdays April 17 & 24 and May 1 & 15 @12:00 -1:30 PM
Due to limited space, RSVP for each session is required. Please click here.
The shiur will be given in basic Hebrew. A light lunch will be served.
NEW BY MOREINU
HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN zt"l
KEDUSHAT AVIV is the latest in a series of Torah Literature by Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, this one on the subject of holiness. Harav worked on this sefer in his lifetime, and it was completed posthumously by incorporating manuscripts and recordings of his lessons. What is the nature of holiness? What is the
difference between the sanctity of Shabbat and the sanctity of Yom Tov? What is the connection between the sanctity of the Land of Israel and Jerusalem? The Temple and the Holy of Holies? How is holiness created and how is it uprooted?Click here to see the Table of Contents, a sample chapter, as well as a serious and insightful review by Rav Elyakim Krumbein. CLICK HERE TO ORDER TODAY!
AND NOW this classic book, newly reissued,
contains Harav Aharon Lichtenstein's definitive
100-page essay
on Torah and general culture.
Click here for more information!
HAR ETZION IN SOUTH AFRICA
with Rav Moshe Taragin
In Johannesburg, Thursday, March 15,
at 17:45 at the Mizrachi BM
and at 8pm at the Beit Mordechai Campus Kollel
and in Capetown, for Shabbat Parshat Vayikra and Sunday.
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HAR ETZION IN AUSTRALIA
with Rav Moshe Taragin
in Melbourne
from Tuesday March 20th to Wed March 21
and in Sydney
from Thursday March 22 thru Sunday March 25th
Click here for complete program details.
ANNUAL ETZION FOUNDATION DINNER
Tuesday, the 20th of March
6 pm Shiurim with
Rabbanit Esti Rosenberg, Rosh Beit Midrash Migdal Oz
"Question Mark or Exclamation Point:
Questions, Hallel and the Seder Night"
Rav Amnon Bazak, Ram at Yeshivat Har Etzion
The Dual Meaning of the Plague of Blood
We hope you had a wonderful time!
HAR ETZION IN THE USA
with
Shabbat Parshat Vayakhel-Pekudei, Rav Moshe Taragin,
scholar in residence at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, NJ
Wednesday, March 14th, and Thursday, March 15th, Rav Menachem Leibtag
at Congregation Or Torah in Skokie, IL, the shul of Rabbi Zvi Engel ’92.
THIS PAST SHABBAT, Parashat Vayikra,
Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, the scholar-in-residence
at Kemp Mill Synagogue in Silver Spring, Marylan;
Rav Baruch Gigi, the scholar-in-residence
at Congregation Shaarei Orah in Teaneck, NJ, the shul of Rabbi Haim Jachter ’81.
Rav Menachem Leibtag, the scholar-in-residence
at Shaarei Torah in Cincinatti, Ohio.
Rav Yonatan Shai Freedman, at Yeshiva University,
for Thursday night's Chulent and Chizuk and over Shabbat as well.
Esti Rosenberg, Rosh Beit Medrash in Migdal Oz,
will be in LA for Shabbat and will speak at Beth Jacob, the shul of Rabbi Kalman Topp ’90.
Motzaei Shabbat Vayikra, Rav Baruch Gigi and Rav Amnon Bazak, in Brooklyn, NY.
Sunday, March 18th, Rav Amnon Bazak, at Rinat Yisrael in Teaneck, NJ.
Sunday, March 18th, Rav Menachem Leibtag,
at Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, NJ
IT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL WEEK OF GUSH TORAH!
Purim Sameach!! Click on the picture for shiurim...
Thank you Rabbi Dr. Ari Berman for joining us!
Har Etzion in the USA
with
Rav Yair Kahn visiting college campuses on the east coast, from February 5-13. Click here for details.
with
Rav Moshe Taragin
Feb 9-10 Beth Aaron in Teaneck;
March 10 Ahavat Achim in Englewood
with
Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Feb 9-10 Ohr Saadya in Teaneck
and with
Rav Menachem Leibtag
Thursday night (February 8) at 6:15 PM at the UCLA Hillel;
Feb 9-10 at the Westwood Kehilla in LA
WE ENJOYED SEEING YOU!!
CHODESH TOV AND ADAR SAMEACH!!
Welcome GUSH MTA 2018!!
Welcoming Gush's newest talmidim
from Australia and South Africa!
Wishing a Tzetchem LeShalom
Gush MTA 2017
כִּי בְשִׂמְחָה תֵצֵאוּ וּבְשָׁלוֹם תּוּבָלוּן הֶהָרִים וְהַגְּבָעוֹת יִפְצְחוּ לִפְנֵיכֶם רִנָּה
וְכָל עֲצֵי הַשָּׂדֶה יִמְחֲאוּ כָף
(photo taken by Gush shana Alef talmid, Yaacov Davidowitz)
Har Etzion in the USA
with
Rav Mordechai Friedman at Columbia University
January 27th, Parashat Beshalach
Sign up here... Any questions? Please email Adin Goldstein
with
Rav Moshe Taragin
Feb 2-3 Beth Abraham in Bergenfield; Feb 9-10 Beth Aaron in Teaneck; March 10 Ahavat Achim in Englewood
and with
Rav Dovid Gottlieb
Sunday Feb 4th @9:30am
at Cong Beth Abraham in Bergenfield
with a shiur on:
The Rebbe-Talmid Relationship: The Key to Success
Feb 9-10 Ohr Saadya in Teaneck
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU!!
WELCOMING ALL MTA ALUMNI NOW IN ISRAEL.
CLICK ON THE PICTURE ABOVE FOR INFO!
Revava Chanuka Yemei Iyun!
This year's topic:
דת.com TORAH AND THE MEDIA
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 13-14, 2017.
Click here for the complete program. Click here for pictures.
To watch/listen to the sessions, click here.
Revava Chanuka Yemei Iyun!
This year's topic:
דת.com TORAH AND THE MEDIA
with
Rosh Yeshivat Orot Shaul, Rav Yuval Cherlow,
Senior Israeli journalist Dan Margalit,
Dr. Tehilla Schwartz Altschuler, Israeli Institute of Democracy,
Udi Leon, Gesher Film Fund
Emanuel Shilo, Editor of BeSheva
Yifat Ehrlich, Yediot Achronot
in addition to our Roshei yeshiva and ramim.
Wednesday and Thursday, Dec 13-14, 2017.
Click here for the complete program. Click here for pictures.
To watch/listen to the sessions, click here.
Guess Who was in Edison NJ
for Shabbat Vayeshev?
Rav Moshe Taragin
Dec 8-9 at the Ohr Torah Congregation
Friday evening Oneg Shabbat lecture:
The Impact of Hasidut upon Zionism
Shabbat morning
Teen/Youth Minyan: How to be Inspired by Role Models
Main Minyan: Yaakov, Chanuka and the Jewish Odyssey
Lecture following mincha
Benefits and Dangers of Chumrot
Hope you enjoyed this wonderful opportunity!
And Rav Dovid Gottlieb was
the scholar-in-residence at
Congregation Beth El Atereth Israel
in Newton, MA
Parashat Vayeshev Dec 8-9
Friday night at the home of Tami and Sam Wald
Civilian Casualties: Moral Dilemmas and Halachic Values
in Israel's War on Terror
After Hashkama in the Library
From Milan to Meah She'arim:
Fashioning Jewish Identity in the Modern World
After Mussaf in the Main Sanctuary
Banishing the Darkness:
Learning to Live with Religous Mindfulness
Seuda Shelishit
Who is the Real Hero of Chanuka?
Machzorim 1 and 2 came back to learn in the yeshiva on Gimel Kislev,
commemorating the establishment of the yeshiva in Kfar Etzion,
Gimel Kislev 1968. For details....
Yeshivat Har Etzion's Annual Alumni Shabbaton
took place on November 17-18 - Parshat Toldot
at Congregation Rinat Yisrael
389 W Englewood Avenue, Teaneck, NJ
with Rosh Hayeshiva Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein,
Eli Weber and Rav Mordechai Friedman
COMPLETE SCHEDULE...
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2017 Migdal Oz Shabbaton
with Esti Rosenberg, Shayna Goldberg and Racheli Schmell December 1st and 2nd - Parshat Vayishlach
at Congregation Rinat Yisrael
389 W Englewood Avenue, Teaneck, NJ
WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME, HOPE YOU DID AS WELL!
"Some people’s Torah is to be found in their books, for others, in their lives,” my late, revered teacher, Rav Yehuda Amital once shared with me.
BACK IN PRINT!!
In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant issues from an unusually wide perspective.
Rabbi Lichtenstein’s essays reflect not only a staunch commitment to Halakha and a firm grounding in rigorous Torah study, but also a deep spirituality, a profound moral sensitivity, and a keen awareness of both the challenges and opportunities of modernity. While being enlightened by Rabbi Lichtenstein’s penetrating analyses and wide-ranging learning, the reader will also be inspired by the beauty of his vision of the religious life.
Click here to read introductory chapter. To order...
Guess Who will be in Skokie
for Shabbat Vayishlach?
Rav Moshe Taragin
Dec 1-2 at the Or Torah Congregation
And Rav Dovid Gottlieb will be
the scholar-in-residence at
Congregation Bais Tefilah
in Woodmere, NY
Parashat Vayishlach Dec 1-2
Guess Who was in New Rochelle for Shabbat Vayera?
Rav Moshe Taragin
And Rav Menachem Leibtag with a 10-day LineUp!!
Shabbat Vayera [Nov. 3-4]
at University of Maryland Hillel.
Motzei shabbat @ Woodside Synagogue
8pm, Silver Spring.
Sunday morning @ Kemp Mill Synagogue 9:35 am, Silver Spring.
Monday Nov. 6th
12:15 pm @ Queens College Hillel.
6pm @ University of Penn Hillel.
Tuesday Nov. 7th
6:30pm @ Harvard Hillel, 9:30pm @ Brandeis.
Wed Nov. 8th @ 5pm, Columbia Kraft Center, NY.
Shabbat Chayei Sara [Nov. 10-11] @ SIR in West Orange, NJ.
Sunday Nov. 12 @ 8:45 am, Rinat, Teaneck, NJ.
HOPE YOU MANAGED TO CATCH UP WITH HIM!!
The Yeshiva is stunned by the untimely passing of our friend Rav Yisrael Rosen z"l, a man of great vision and action. We share the great mourning of Rebbetzin Shlomit and their children, and hope that they will find solace in his many merits. Yehi zikhro barukh.
REGISTRATION FOR THE
5778 classes of theIsrael Koschitzky
Virtual Beit Midrash
IS NOW OPEN!
Click here for more information...
NEW SEFER BY MOREINU
HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN zt"l
KEDUSHAT AVIV is the latest in a series of Torah Literature by Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, this one on the subject of holiness. Harav worked on this sefer in his lifetime, and it was completed posthumously by incorporating manuscripts and recordings of his lessons. What is the nature of holiness? What is the
difference between the sanctity of Shabbat and the sanctity of Yom Tov? What is the connection between the sanctity of the Land of Israel and Jerusalem? The Temple and the Holy of Holies? How is holiness created and how is it uprooted?Click here to see the Table of Contents
and a sample chapter.
$30 surface mail, $42 airmail shipping; $62 with Express Mail Service
CLICK HERE FOR SECURE ONLINE ORDER
TO ORDER BY EMAIL: michals@haretzion.org.il
SHAVUA TOV FROM OUR SHANA BET TALMIDIM
after Shabbat at the home of Eli and Elka Weber!
HOPE YOU JOINED US @ THE
ASSERET YEMEI TESHUVA
YOM LIMUD AT THE YESHIVA
Thursday Sept 28th.
Click here to listen to shiurim.
LEIL HOSHANA RABBA WITH HAR ETZION REBBEIM
@Heichal Shlomo
Shiurim in both Hebrew and English
Entrance free for Har Etzion talmidim and alumni
with no need to register!
Click here for the complete schedule. To see pictures...
CONGRATULATIONS TO RABBI ARI BERMAN '87
UPON HIS INVESTITURE AS THE FIFTH PRESIDENT OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY, Sunday, September 10th, 2017.
THEY HAVE ARRIVED!! WELCOME MACHZOR 2017...
Please join us for a Lunch and Learn
with
Rav Shlomo Brin, Chairman-Elect, Yeshivat Har Etzion
"The Relation of Mitzvat Shofar
to Mitzvat Teshuva"
Tuesday, September 12th, 2017 12:30 - 2pm @
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
200 Park Avenue, 46th Floor, NYC
Shiur will be in basic hebrew.
Registration is required.
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You are invited to join us for a Discussion
with
Rav Shlomo Brin, Chairman-Elect, Yeshivat Har Etzion
"תפילתו של הרב יהודה עמיטל זצ"ל בימים הנוראים"
Sunday, September 10th, 2017
at the home of
Shlomo and Ronni Troodler
Upland Terrace 167, Bala Cynwood, PA
Shiur will be in basic hebrew.
Registration is requested.
Gush Overseas Staff preparing for the upcoming Zman - Elul 5777! Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, Rabbi Mordechai Friedman, Rav Yair Kahn, Rabbi Danny Rhein, Rabbi Pini Cohen, Rabbi Moshe Taragin, Eli Weber, and Rabbi Doniel Schreiber
For a selection of shiurim by Moreinu Harav Amital zt"l, click here.
On the seventh anniversary of the death of
Moreinu veRabbeinu Founding Rosh Yeshiva
Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l
special shiurim (in hebrew) and mishnayot were held
leiluy nishmato on Thursday July 20th at the yeshiva.
Click here for the complete schedule. Listen here...
Aliya to the kever, Friday 27 Tammuz, July 21, at 10am
Har Hamenuchot, Jerusalem, Section 32, Lot 3, Row 10
SPECIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITY
WITH RABBI DR. YONATAN GROSSMAN!
"The Ladder Dream: Promises and Missed Opportunities"
LUNCH AND LEARN at the offices of
York Capital Management
767 Fifth Avenue, NYC
(between 58th and 59th Street, 17th floor)
Thursday June 29th @ 12:30 PM
We hope you were able to come!
The shiur was given in basic Hebrew.
RAV MOSHE TARAGIN IN RAANANA
SHABBAT PARASHAT SHELACH
(JUNE 16-17, 2017)
GIVING SHIURIM IN
BOTH HEBREW AND ENGLISH
AT BET KNESSET OHEL ARI
SPECIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
WITH RABBI MENACHEM LEIBTAG AND RABBI MOSHE TARAGIN
Hodu laShem Ki Tov
We here in yeshiva were thrilled to participate in a hachnasat Sefer Torah, donated by the Katsch Family, whose sons, Shealtiel '01, Yishai '07 and Itamar '11 learned in yeshiva.
The Sefer Torah was dedicated in memory of Moreinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, and in memory of their grandfather, Reb Machlouf Hayoun.
The ceremony took place on Lag Ba'Omer, Sunday May 14th, at the yeshiva, following the 3pm mincha. To view more pictures of this event...
Yom Yerushalayim 2017 - Celebrate With Us!!
Yom Yerushalayim Sameach
- a Message from Rosh Yeshiva Harav Baruch Gigi
...For more divrei Torah regarding Yom Yerushalayim, click here
Click on the picture above for shiurim related to Yom HaZikaron / Yom HaAtzmaut.
Click here to see this year's Yom HaZikaron ceremony
at the Kfar Etzion Cemetery,
with a short shiur by Rabbi Moshe Taragin,
introducing the event.
Yehi zikhram barukh.
In commemoration of the second yahrzeit of
Moreinu v'Rabeinu, HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l,
the Etzion Foundation is hosting 3 special events in the NY/NJ area.
With Rabbis Helfgot, Fridman, Taragin, and Taubes.
Wednesday Evening, April 26 in Teaneck
Thursday Afternoon, April 27 in Manhattan
and Thursday Evening, April 27 in Bergenfield
Click here for details and registration.
Thursday April 27th, 1 Iyar, on the second yahrzeit of Moreinu Harav Aharon zt"l, we will have two special shiurim in the beit midrash in Harav's memory, by Rav Meir Lichtenstein and Rav Shmuel Shimoni. (Mincha at 3pm, followed by the shiurim until 17:00). A bus will then leave for the Har Hamenuchot Cemetery, where we will gather at 18:15 at Harav's gravesite. (Area 51, Lot 1). Yehi zikho barukh.
Moreinu HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l would host a 'Seudat Mashiach' as is the hassidic custom on 'Shvei Shel Pesach.' Here is the Niggun 'Yam LeYabasha' that the Rosh Yeshiva ztl would sing at that seuda.
Congratulations to Rav Daniel Rhein and Racheli Schmell (Rhein) upon receiving a well-deserved, Dor l'Dor Award, at the Etzion Foundation Annual Dinner. Thank you both!!
Jeffrey and Michelle Greenberg Kobrin - Alumnus of the Year
Simcha and Barbara Hochman - Parents of the Year
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL!
To make a donation in their honor, click here.
WE ARE THRILLED BY YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. עלו והצליחו!
Shavua tov from Har Etzion's Shana Bet Shabbaton
Shabbat Ki Tisa 2017 in Chemdat!
BACK IN PRINT!!
In this volume, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein explores the development of the religious personality. He advocates a life centered on the service of God, but recognizes multiple paths to this goal. Acknowledging that both the Jewish value system and human experience are multifaceted, he examines the relevant issues from an unusually wide perspective.
Rabbi Lichtenstein’s essays reflect not only a staunch commitment to Halakha and a firm grounding in rigorous Torah study, but also a deep spirituality, a profound moral sensitivity, and a keen awareness of both the challenges and opportunities of modernity. While being enlightened by Rabbi Lichtenstein’s penetrating analyses and wide-ranging learning, the reader will also be inspired by the beauty of his vision of the religious life.
Click here to read introductory chapter. To order...
AND NOT ONLY IN THE USA!!
Rosh Yeshiva Harav Baruch Gigi giving shiur in Melbourne, Australia!
