New Tradition
March 8, 2010 by Shlomo Brody
Filed under New Posts, Tradition
Editor’s Note: Fear of Flesh and Blood by Shalom Carmy
Jewish Philanthropy – Whither? by Aharon Lichtenstein
Is Courage a Jewish Value by Yitzchak Blau
From the Pages of Tradition: Benzion Katz: Mrs. Baba Bathra by Shnayer Z. Leiman
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Medical and Cosmetic Tattooing by J. David Bleich
Book Review: Created Equal by Joshua Berman Reviewed by Shawn Zelig Aster
Communications: Notes on the Flood Story, The Priestly Blessing, Transforming Identity
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Just came across this foot note in the R’ Lichtenstein article in the latest Tradition :”See Horiyot 13a,where, on the one hand, technical factors of one’s formal status in the scale of Yohasin is presented as a ground for priority, while, on the other hand, at the bottom, personal spiritual qualities are assigned supremacy. Currently the element of Yohasin as a yardstick of triage is relatively neglected- whether because, as R’ Moshe Feinstein held, its use is rather impractical in the modern reality, it was no longer decisive, or some other reason.” {Me – Someone help me please – I keep seeing various formulations of this type of construct and it keeps sounding to me like – we don’t know why or things change, deal with it}
KT
Perhaps we should consider giving the title of rabbi to our luminaries that author Tradition articles.
Where is the copy of the tshuva of the Bet Meir promised in R. Broyde’s letter?