“droshe”
Texts & Translation
מועתק בלשונו הק׳
In His Holy Idiom
R. Aaron of Karlin
Translation by Joshua Schwartz
Article
Yokhed ve-tsiber: Individual Expression and Communal Responsibility in a Yiddish Droshe by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik
Ariel Evan Mayse
Scholarship on Soloveitchik’s teachings has tended to focus exclusively on his Hebrew or English works rather than his Yiddish writings, but the present essay traces Soloveitchik’s style and exploring the nuances of intellectual legacy through the lens of an important Yiddish homily, a little-studied but critical essay called “Yokhed ve-tsiber” (“The Individual and the Collective”), an undated work was first delivered as a droshe (sermon) on his father’s yortsayt.
Feb 11, 2019
Texts & Translation
מיקווה און מיצווה
Mikvah and Mitzvah: Melancholia and the Spiritual Life