Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
(28 Iyar 5693, May 23, 1933 France - 1 Iyar 5775, April 20, 2015 Israel)
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By His Light First shown at the Etzion Foundaton 2016 Dinner. |
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Shloshim for Moreinu VeRabbeinu HaRav Aharon Lichtenstein ztl First shown at the Sheloshim Program |
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Hundreds of Divrei Torah by Moreinu veRabbeinu Harav Aharon Lichtenstein - available on the Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash.
To read some of Harav Lichtenstein's halakhic essays, click here.
TORAT CHESED: A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HARAV AHARON'S WRITINGS, English and Hebrew
STUDIES IN THE THOUGHT AND SCHOLARSHIP OF RABBI AHARON LICHTENSTEIN ZT”L - Special Edition of Tradition Magazine
Videos of Harav Lichtenstein's Life and Work
Memories of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, by Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig - shared with the talmidim of Har Etzion in November 2016
Eulogies and Divrei Torah uploaded to Har Etzion's Ki Mitzion Tetze Torah / KMTT audio site
Video: Dr. Tovah Lichtenstein, Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon, Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein, Yom Limud in Memory of Harav Aharon, Friday May 8th, Beit Knesset Alon Shevut Darom
Video: Hespedim for Rav Lichtenstein זצ״ל by Rabbi Yosef Blau, Rabbi Nati Helfgot '81 and Rabbi Dr. David Berger, @Azkarah at Ohab Zedek, NY [85:55] . Click here for an audio file.
Video: Classic Chinuch - Stuie Hershkowitz '75 speaks about Two Incidents with Harav Aharon Lichtenstein that Made a Lasting Impression
Video: Rabbi David Silber - Reflections on My Teacher
Video: Rav Tabory and Rav Bick talk about Harav Aharon (May 2013)
Video: Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue, Toronto - Azkara April 26th with Rav Michael Rosensweig, Rabbi Seth Grauer, Rabbi Chaim Strauchler
Video: Finchley United Synagogue in Kinloss, London - Azkara April 26th with Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence, David Pruwer , Rabbi Daniel Epstein, Rabbi Daniel Roselaar, Rav Yair Kahn
Video: Maayanot HS Azkarah for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein - Mrs. Esther Krauss
Video: Maayanot HS Azkarah for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein - Rabbi Gedalyah Berger
Video: Maayanot HS Azkarah for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein - Rabbi Benzion Scheinfeld
Video: Akiva Hebrew day school in Southfield, Michigan - R.Yochanan Schrader, alumnus of Yeshivat Yerucham
Video: Rabbi Noach Gardenschwartz Hesped for Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
Video: Rabbi Abraham ("Avi") S. Robinson '97, speaking to the students at the Hebrew High School of New England (HHNE) near Hartford, Connecticut
Video: Hespedim given at Yeshiva College South Africa, by Rabbi Daniel Kaplan'03MTA, the National Shaliach of Bnei Akiva South Africa, and by campus Rabbi, Rabbi Ilan Raanan '89MTA
Video: Rabbi Dr. Aaron Adler '72, Hesped
Video: An Evening in Beloved Memory of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l, at the Yeshurun Synague, Jerusalem, Sunday June 14th. With Rabbi Jeffrey Bienenfeld, Harav Mosheh Lichtenstein, Rabbi Daniel Tropper, Rabbi Dov Frimer. For details. Click here to view. Click here for audio.
Eulogies uploaded to yutorah.org - audio files - hebrew and english (including Rabbi Yehoshua Grunstein H'95, Rabbi Jeffrey Saks, Rabbi Yedidya Berzon, YU-Torah miTzion Toronto Kollel, Rabbi Jesse Horn '96, Rabbi Shalom Carmy, Rabbi Moshe Taragin '83, Rabbi Noah Gardenswartz '02, Rabbi Aharon Kahn, Rabbi Dovid Miller, Rabbi Marc Penner '88, Rabbi Michael Rosensweig '73, Rabbi Michael Taubes '77, Rabbi Aaron Cohen, Rabbi Yonason Sacks, Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig, Rav Yehuda Susman '81 and Rabbi Dovid Ebner, Rabbi Yechezkel Yakovson, Rabbi Eliezer Lerner '75, Rabbi Michael Siev '95, Rabbi Reuven Taragin '88, Rabbi Eytan Feiner, Rabbi Avishai David, Rabbi Menachem Linzer '95PC, Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet-Rothkoff, Rabbi Assaf Bednarsh '88, Rabbi Dovid Miller, Mordy Weisel '07, Rav Mordechai Schnaidman, Noach Lerman '04 and Rabbi Ezra Schwartz '11, David Roth '07, Rabbi Menachem Schrader '72, Rabbi Netanel Wiederblank, Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb, Daniel Fridman '02, Rabbi Yisroel Kaminetsky, Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz, Rabbi Michael Taubes '77, Rabbi Chaim Jachter '81, Rabbi Aaron Segal '99, Professor Aaron Koller '95, Rabbi Ari Kahn '80, Rabbi Eliav Silverman '95, Rabbi Tzvi Sinensky '98, Rav Yosef Zvi Rimon H'86, Rav Shlomo Hochberg, Rabbi Julius Berman, Rabbi Fabian Schonfeld, Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider, and others)
Manchester UK Hespedim by Rabbi Benjy Rickman '96 and Rabbi Chaim Kanterovitz '93 - Click here.
Eli Weber '81, Radio Interview with Zev Brenner - In Tribute to Harav Lichtenstein zt"l
Yitzchok Adlerstein, Reflections of a non-Talmid
Ben Atwood '14, Aharei Mot haRav Aharon
Harav Shlomo Aviner, The Upright and Proper Gaon
Rav Aharon Adler 72, Majesty and Humility
Rav Joshua Amaru 85, A Deliberateness of Speech
Rav Avi Baumol '88, A Eulogy for my Rabbi, Rav Aharon: Rudderless
Prof. David Berger, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l
Michael Berkowitz '77, My Thoughts on R. Aharon Lichtenstein
Rabbi Julius Berman, A Personal Reminiscence
Rabbi Scot Berman '77, Reflections on HaRav HaGaon Aharon Lichtenstein, ztvk”l
Rabbi Yosef Blau, The Loss of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
Rabbi Moshe Bleich, Reflections on Rav Aharon Lichtenstein Zatzal and Kabbalat haTorah 5775
Rabbi Yossie Bloch '95, My Rebbe is Gone
Rabbi Nasanayl Braun '92, The Death of Rabbi Akiva's Students
Rabbi Nasanayl Braun '92, Acts of Love and R. Aharon Lichtenstein, zt”l
Rav David Brofsky '90, “Since R. Aharon’s passing, not a day, an hour, barely a moment passes in which I do not feel a sense of loss…”
Rav David Brofsky '90, A Year Later
Rav Shlomo Brin, Shloshim Azkara at the Jewish Center, transl. by Dr. Kalman Neuman
Rabbi Shalom Carmy, On Complexity and Clarity
Rabbi Shalom Carmy, A Personal Perspective
Rabbi Shalom Carmy, The Mantle of Elijah
Herb Cohen, I was a student in Rabbi Lichtenstein’s class in 1965-66
Rafi Cohen H'98, What My Rabbi's Death Means to Me
Jeremy Cooper '12, The Massive Influence One Man Had
Nathan Diament, An Approachable Giant
Rabbi Ori Einhorn H'90, A Tribute by a Minor Student
Michael Eisenberg '89, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein (מורי ורבי), Yehi Zichro Baruch
David J. Eisenman '82, Divrei Zicharon L’Moreinu v’Rabbeinu Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l
Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenman '79, A Gentle Giant of Torah
Rabbi Ron Yitzchak Eisenman '79, Rebbe Zt”l
Rabbi Zvi Engel '92, A Personal Reflection on the Loss of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein, ztl
Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom '83, Written from the Heart, Dictated by Tears
Rabbi Dr. Eliezer Finkelman, A Memory of My Late Teacher
Rabbi Joel Finkelstein '81, All That We Aspire To
Rabbi Elli Fischer '99Kollel, Who Was Aharon Lichtenstein?
Rabbi Daniel Fridman '02, For This You Have Been Created
Rav Binny Freedman '81, Rav Lichtenstein zt”l: ‘We have lost the greatest of us’
Rav Binny Freedman '81, We have Lost the Greatest of Us - unabridged
Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rav Aharon: An Appreciation for Complexity
Rabbi Menachem Genack, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein: A Personal Reminiscence
Alan Jay Gerber: Rav Lichtenstein: A Jewish Communal Tribute
Alan Jay Gerber, A Sheloshim Tribute
Chaim Goldberg '11, A Grandfather Figure
Rabbi Hillel Goldberg, What is the Legacy of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein?
Rabbi Hillel Goldberg, "Happy is he who saw this, even if only a portion thereof"
Rabbi Aaron Goldscheider, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l: Four Vignettes
Rabbi Alan Haber '86, Gedol HaDor
Rabbi Nati Helfgot '81, Divrei Azkarah
Dr. Aton M. Holzer '95, This week has been a very difficult one.
Rabbi Sam Iser '06C, Thoughts and Reflections on a Life of Simplicity
Aliza Israel,"What Does Rav Aharon Say?"
Rav Alex Israel '85, Lessons from Rav Lichtenstein z"l on the First Yahrzeit
Rabbi Chaim Jachter '81, Father has died.
Elie Jesner '95, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein: A champion of spiritual sensitivity
Rav Ari Kahn '80, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, Rav Gustman, and the Legend of the Milkman
Rav Ari Kahn '80, The Life and Learning of Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
Rabbi Avi Kannai H'86, "I Have Set the Lord Before Me, Always "
Rabbi Maury Kelman '83, An Appreciation - Rav Lichtenstein: A Man of Truth
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Bearing the Weight of a Complex World
Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, The Integrated Religious Life
David Koppel '77, It Was Signed Aharon Lichtenstein
Rabbi Benji Levy '04MTA, Be Among the Students of Aharon
Rav Paul Lewin '90MTA, My Rebbe
Rabbi Menachem Linzer '95, Principal Hillel Torah, In Mourning the Passing of our Gadol Hador
Rabbi Dr. Gil Perl '96, The Searing Silence ; Gadol HaDor - audio
Rabbi Benjy Rickman, '96 A Personal Recollection
Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg, Geshem vTal
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Finest Exponent of Torah ve-Chokhmah in our Generation
Prof. Chaim Saiman '96PC, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein: The Impassioned Moderate
Rabbi BenTzion Spitz, Chief Rabbi of Uruguay, My Lodestar, My Rosh Yeshiva
Rabbi Moshe Stavsky '99, In Memory of Harav Lichtenstein zt"l
Nadav Steindler '04PC, How to Say Nothing in 500 Words on Rav Lichtenstein
Rabbi Chaim Strauchler '95, The Legacy of Rabbi aharon Lichtenstein
Rav Moshe Taragin '83, My Rebbe: A Unique Blend Of Intellect, Piety And Humility
Rabbi Michael Taubes '77, "Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom is the spirit of God?"
Rabbi Michael Taubes '77, Divrei Hesped on the Occasion of his First Yahrzeit
Rabbi Kalman Topp '90, My Rebbe and Mentor
Adrian Treger '97, My Rav
Avraham Wein '12, Of Sensitivity and Humility: An Exposition of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein’s Approach to the Suffering of Others
Nathan Weissler '12, My Tribute to Rav Aharon Lichtenstein z"l
Jonathan Wiesen '99, I don’t know what we will do at the next Gush Shabbaton without R’ Ahron to carry our tune
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld '07, From Aharon to Aharon: Immediate Reflections on the Death of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein zt”l
Rav Eliyahu Yaniger '78, Rav Lichtenstein Thoughts
Rabbi Yonatan Ziring '06, Some Thoughts From, and About, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
Rabbi Yonatan Ziring '06, Eliyahu's Mantle: Some Thoughts from the Eulogies
Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier '05, Rav Lichtenstein and Intensity
Rabbi Shlomo Zuckier '05, A Piece of Lomdus on Avelus for One's Rav
YU News, YU Mourns Passing of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l
The Orthodox Union, The Enduring Legacies of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
Tablet Magazine, Yair Rosenberg '06, American-Raised Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein Wins the Israel Prize
Tablet Magazine, Yair Rosenberg '06, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein, a Leader of Modern Orthodoxy, Dies at 81
Jerusalem Post, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein - Modern Orthodox Visionary, Dies at 81
The Times of Israel, Renowned Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein Dies at 81
Atlanta Jewish Times, Rav Lichtenstein, a Jewish Leader of Rare Value
Israel National News, Ari Soffer '07, Leading Religious-Zionist Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein Passes Away
An assortment OF PERSONAL ANECDOTES AND WORDS OF CONDOLENCE.
ALEI ETZION VOLUME 16 - A SPECIAL ISSUE IN HONOR OF HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN
Special Issue of OU's Jewish Action: Remembering Rav Aharon Lichtenstein. Volume 76, No. 1 (Fall 5776/2015)
Special Issue of Tradition: Essays on the Thought and Scholarship of Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein. Volume 47, No. 4 (Winter 2014)
An Interview with Harav Aharon Lichtenstein, transcribed by Rav Dov Karoll
In anticipation of Rav Lichtenstein's being honored at the RIETS Annual Dinner of Tribute on November 13th, 2011.
Special Section of Jewish Action - Spring 2004
"In this section, we celebrate the seventieth birthday of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein. Rav Lichtenstein’s impact upon thousands of his talmidim is not due solely to his encyclopedic Torah knowledge. It is also due to his special sensitivity and refinement, which provides a model of an ish hashalem. In the pages ahead, Shalom Carmy provides a taste of the Brisker method of lomdus and Rav Lichtenstein’s significant contribution to the unfolding of that derech halimmud (methodology).Yitzchak Blau provides a window into Rav Lichtenstein’s thought. Both of these writers—who are disciples of Rav Lichtenstein and talmidei chachamim in their own right—enhance our appreciation of this eminent Torah personality."
"And they also prophesied" by Rabbi Hillel Goldberg, A Tribute to Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
“Humanism, Democracy, and Individual Rights in the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein,” by Prof. Aviad HaCohen and Prof. Eliezer Hadad (Hebrew)
Beis Yitzchak Vol. 47 (RIETS) included a large section on the Torah of Rav Lichtenstein (Hebrew).
Halakha and Humanism: Essays on the Thought and Scholarship of Rabbi Aharon LIchtenstein. Ed. by Rabbi Yitzchak Blau, Dr. Alan Jotkowitz, and Rabbi Reuven Ziegler. For more info, click here.
ARCHIVE OF SHIURIM BY HARAV AHARON LICHTENSTEIN ZTL - AVAILABLE ON YUTORAH.ORG
In order to help courses and self-study in the thought of Rav Lichtenstein zt"l, Rabbi Yaakov Bieler has developed a series of educational units based upon the primary sources that R. Aharon quotes in his essays. The primary sources are translated and presented with guiding questions and questions for further thought. The essays themselves are available online. The website is here:https://rayanotyaakov.wordpress.com/studying-the-essays-of-r-aharon-lichtenstein/
Exploring the Thought of Rav Aharon Lichtenstein
