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Abstracts
meticulous observance of the mitzvot by all, together with the
concentration on the holiness of the Torah and the support of those
who devote their lives to its study and dissemination. This was the
way of true Judaism in the past, and is something that is contrary to
the ethos of the Zionists, whether religious or not-religious, who
seek to replace this with a new form of Jewish life. In this manner,
Rabbi Soloveitchik created a fascinating synthesis between a
desired social system that sees itself as perpetuating the traditional
way of life and its educational values, but in fact transforms itself
in its insistence to resist any required change or concession to
modernity.
In doing so, the meaning of the term "tradition" has been
changed. In the past the plain meaning of "tradition" referred
simply to the conservation of practices and customs that were
established in the past. In Rabbi Soloveitchik theory, the term
"tradition" is now used to mean his own practices or those of the
present-day haredim, without the wish or need to check whether
these were in fact practiced in the historical past.
Yisrael Rozenson
“And Here Is This Primary Doubt”:
Rav Avraham Moshe Vitkind – Religious Zionist Thought
and Educational Philosophy in Light of the Revolutions
in the First Third of the 20 th Century
Rav Avraham Moshe Vitkind (1882–1941), a congregational rabbi
in a rural community in Lithuania (Botraminch), was educated in a
Lithuanian yeshiva. His work was not widely known in the
religious world in general and specifically in the Zionist religious
camp. Although four of his books entitled “Tofaot Re’em” were
fairly widely known, his philosophy and teachings have not been