Meir Soloveichik
Meir Soloveichik
Meir Yaakov Soloveichik is an American Orthodox rabbi and writer. He is the son of Rabbi Eliyahu Soloveichik, grandson of the late Rabbi Ahron Soloveichik and the great nephew of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, the late leader of American Jewry who identified with what became known as Modern Orthodoxy...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth29 July 1977
CountryUnited States of America
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When the Temple was destroyed, the Jewish people faced a crisis unlike any other in its history. For centuries, the sacrificial system had served as the primary medium of atonement before the Almighty.
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The practice of shaving makes its first appearance in the Bible in connection with the story of Joseph, who as a young man was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt, where he was subsequently imprisoned on false charges.
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We live in an age in which the biblical-moral traditions that have guided us for centuries are increasingly being forgotten.
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While Jews and Christians both agree on many religious issues, we disagree, and believe each other profoundly wrong, about others.
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The moment that one person in an argument claims to be God, dialogue and debate become impossible.
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The Hebrew Bible, while firmly opposing pagan sexual practices, nevertheless celebrates man's and woman's desire for each other as divinely designed.
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The election of the Jewish people is the result of God's falling in love with Abraham and founding a family with him.
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Rather than forgive, we can wish ill; rather than hope for repentance, we can instead hope that our enemies experience the wrath of God.
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Of all the rabbinic sages of antiquity, perhaps none was more influential or famous than Rabbi Akiva.
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Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.
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If Christians see Mormonism as a dramatic deviation from a millennia-old, biblically-based faith, Jews see Christianity in the same light.
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I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.