Machshava
"You Shall Be Called 'My Delight'"
by Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l
In the period of Israel’s rebirth, God exposed an image: the image of Israeli paratroopers weeping at the Western Wall. Secular people, kibbutz members – this was the picture of the great longing of secular Jews, cut off from their religious roots.
Tanakh
The Torah's Response to Calamity
by Rav Yair Kahn
The rebuke in this week's parasha contains five phases. Despite the destruction and death, the devastation and exile, the covenant will not be broken...
This year, in conjunction with our annual dinner, we will host a two-day
RABBINIC ALUMNI CONFERENCE
exclusively for those YHE alumni professionally employed in either Jewish education and/or the rabbinate. The two day conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on May 20-21 and we will have the privilege of hosting Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein, Rav Baruch Gigi, Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein, Migdal Oz Rosh Beit Midrash, Mrs. Esti Rosenberg, and other prominent rabbis associated with the Yeshiva. For complete schedule. To register.
Nearly 600 alumni and friends of the yeshiva came to hear Harav Aharon and his wife Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein speak about "Education and Family in the Modern World". The event, held in Congregation Ohel Ari, in Ra'anana, and moderated by Rav Benni Lau, was sponsored by the Gelman Family in honor of the 16th yahrzeit of their beloved father Rabbi Aaron S. Gelman z"l. To view the event. For audio file only. Note: language is hebrew.
פֶּן תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר רָאוּ עֵינֶיךָ וּפֶן יָסוּרוּ מִלְּבָבְךָ כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ וְהוֹדַעְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ וְלִבְנֵי בָנֶיךָ
Our talmidim have returned
from their trip to Poland.
Read a sample of their impressions...
Rosh HaYeshiva Harav Yaakov Medan
Rav Medan has returned from a successful and intensive trip to the US and Canada. Many bogrim were amongst the impressive crowds who attended his Shiurim in New Jersey, Philadelphia, New York and Toronto in preparation for Pesach and Leil HaSeder. Together with Racaz Bnei Chu"l, Danny Mirvis, he also met with parents of current and former talmidim. They were joined by many alumni of the Yeshiva and Migdal Oz at memorable reunions in Penn and Columbia.
South Africa Welcomes
Rav Baruch Gigi
VE-SHAVU BANIM 
What opportunities are there for special-needs high school graduates who also want to have a year in Israel - and a fulfilling life after that?
Rav Kahn was Scholar in Residence Shabbat Parshat Yitro in Brookline, giving shiurim Friday night, Shabbat morning and seuda shlishit, as well as Sunday morning in Newton. For details. The community was also invited to a melave malka and shiur in memory of Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l - "The Torah wasn't Given to Heavenly Angels," motzaei Shabbat, February 11th at the home of Raphi '93 and Yonit Schorr - Thank you Raphi and Yonit for your hospitality!
Rav Kahn's trip included giving bechinot in the NY, Boston and Cleveland areas. Contact Rav Kahn by email or phone 216-702-7922.
"In all thy ways, acknowledge Him" (Mishlei 3:6)
Har Etzion alumni Dr. Yisrael Strous '98 Kollel and Rabbi Dr. Ari Zivotofsky '80 have apparently disproved the claim that the process of stunning animals before slaughter is humane and minimizes their suffering. "Introducing stunning, as we know from the experience in psychiatry on humans, defeats the objective of more humane slaughter,” they wrote. The “stunning bill” which was already passed in the lower house in the Netherlands, was delayed in the upper house due to much lobbying – including academic input, such as the Strous-Zivotofsky research. Read more.
Thursday January 19th, 24 Tevet
Har Etzion was honored to host President of Yeshiva University Richard Joel here at yeshiva. Following shacharit, President Joel joined our overseas students for a festive breakfast, and from there continued on to visit the Midrasha students at Migdal Oz.
To see pictures of the visit
MAJESTY AND HUMILITY - The Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, by Reuven Ziegler
Listen to a panel discussion featuring the author Rabbi Reuven Ziegler '86, together with Rabbi Michael Rosensweig, Rabbi J.J. Schacter and Dr. David Shatz.
Read more about this book and about other book launches in Boston and Ra'anana.
Harav Aharon Lichtenstein
with Rav Chaim Sabato
On Monday evening, January 2, at 8 PM, Yediot Sefarim in cooperation with The Jerusalem Great Synagogue, sponsored a program - in Hebrew – with Harav Aharon and Rav Sabato. Israel's Justice Minister, the Hon. Yaakov Neeman gave words of greeting. The program was in celebration of their recently published book Mevakshay Panecha. To listen to Rav Aharon's presentation - To view this special event
From Vilna to Har Etzion
The Vilna Gaon Exhibition at Yeshivat Har Etzion Library - Revelations of Eliyahu in Torah and Redemption officially opened on the evening of the 18th of Sivan, 20.6.11. This exhibit was made possible through the generous loan of many special items from the private collection of Mr. Yeshayahu Vinograd of Yerushalayim, to whom we are very grateful. The opening event, including both a tour of the exhibit by Head Librarian and Curator Aharon Bejell, as well as an Erev Iyun with three special lecturers, was well attended, with over 120 participants from the Gush Etzion area and beyond. For the full story and links to recordings and video
What's Happening in Israel
Visits to Har Etzion by the most elite instructional institution in the IDF - The IDF Command and Staff College ("Pum") - seem to have become a tradition, with the most recent one on June 15th, 2011. Brigadier General Commander Noam Tivon explains why: "I consider Rav Medan a leader, an ideological leader, but also a leader who seeks ways to build bridges, and therefore it is so important to hear him." To view a video
