Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. SoloveitchikIn Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, insights into Jewish law from the preeminent figure of twentieth-century modern Orthodoxy are presented in a clear and concise manner. Commonly known as "the Rav," Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt"l, has stimulated and influenced the intellectual mind and touched the sensitive hearts of thousands of people. While he was not necessarily known as a decisor, or poseik, of halakha, he was widely recognized as an individual who had the uncanny ability to conceptualize the spirit of Jewish law on a universal level. Throughout his lifetime, the Rav published few works, transmitting his Torah knowledge through classes and lectures instead. As a student of Rabbi Soloveitchik for many years, Rabbi Aharon Ziegler accumulated a vast library of notes and tapes on the Rav's halakhot. In this volume he shares the Rav's unique and perhaps lesser known halakhic positions on a wide range of topics, including: *The procedure for lighting candles on Friday night; *Celebrating Thanksgiving and eating turkey; *Using grape juice for the four cups of wine at a Seder; *Giving an aliyah on Mincha Yom Kippur to someone who cannot fast; *Covering one's head during davening; *Fast days and pregnant women; *Bris Milah through a nonobservant Mohel; *Discarding old, worn-out tzitzis; and *Many other issues involving the Sabbath, holidays, prayer, and life cycle events. Whether studied in the synagogue, school, or Jewish home, these words of wisdom from the Rav provide glimpses into the exceptional mind of one of the greatest thinkers in Jewish history. |
Contents
15 | |
IIITefilla and Davening | 57 |
IV Krias Hatorah | 99 |
V Questions Pertaining to Aveilus | 115 |
VI Fast Days | 131 |
VII The Wedding Ceremony | 139 |
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According to Rav Acharonim aliyah aliyos Aron Hakodesh Aseres Hadibros Aveil Bais Hamikdosh Bava Biur Halakha bracha bris milah candles Chazal Chazoras HaShatz Chol Hamoed chosson chuppah custom davening Deah duchen Eretz Yisroel Erev Yom fast days grape juice Halakha Hanukkah Havdalah Jewish kaddish kaddishim kallah kedusha kiddush kiddushin kiyyum Kohanim kohen koton Krias HaTorah Maariv Mechaber melacha mevushal Mincha minhag minyan Mishna Berura mitzvah Modim mourner name of Hashem nissuin opinion Orach Chaim Oruch Orach Chaim Parshas Pesach posuk prohibited Purim Rabbeinu Rambam Ramo adds Ramo Orach Chaim Rashi Rav Moshe Feinstein Rav Soloveitchik felt recite regarding Reshus Rosh Chodesh rule second Adar Seder Sefer Shabbos Shacharis Sheliach Tzibbur Shemini Atzeres Shemonah Esrei shul Shulchan Oruch Orach simcha sukkah Sukkos taam Taanis Tzibbur Taanit Esther Talmud tefillin teshuva Tisha B'av Torah reading Torah Sheh Tosfos tzitzis Uvaletzion wash wine Yerushalayim Yitzchok Yom Ha-shishi Yom Kippur Yom Tov