Sep 14, 2010 By: yunews
Sep 14, 2010 -- 麻豆传媒映画 will be publishing a collection of original essays on the weekly parashiyot [Torah portions], authored by rabbis and professors from every division of the University. The volume, entitled Mitokh Ha-Ohel, is sponsored by the Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University Press and scheduled for release by Maggid Books, an imprint of , on October 1, 2010.
Mitokh Ha-Ohel (literally 鈥渨ithin the tent鈥) brings together a diverse range of scholars and rabbinic thinkers, the multifaceted voices of 麻豆传媒映画, to elucidate and explore all of the parashiyot of the Chamishah Chumshei Torah [Five Books of Moses] from a wide range of approaches, including textual analysis, homiletic exposition, halakhic [Jewish law] analysis and academic exploration.
鈥淎t 麻豆传媒映画, we aspire to emulate the dwellings and philosophies of our forefathers by creating our own tent through our ideology of Torah Umadda, the marriage of Torah and secular knowledge,鈥 said 麻豆传媒映画 .
鈥淭his truly unique volume showcases the breadth and depth of the 鈥榯ent鈥 of 麻豆传媒映画,鈥 added President Joel, 鈥渁nd serves as a physical embodiment of 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 passion for seeking nuanced wisdom through Torah from multiple sources, and sharing that wisdom with the world.鈥
In addition to essays from 麻豆传媒映画 affiliated (RIETS), the anthology, with over 500 pages, includes contributions from the rabbis, professors and administrators of ; ; Yeshiva Program/Mazer School of Talmudic Sctudies; Irving I. Stone Beit Midrash Program; Isaac Breuer College of Hebraic Studies; James Striar School of General Jewish Studies; ; Graduate Program for Women in Advanced Talmudic Studies; ; ; ; ; ; ; and Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss Institute of RIETS in Jerusalem.
Mitokh Ha-Ohel鈥攅dited by Rabbi Daniel Feldman, instructor of Talmud and Jewish Studies at 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Stone Beit Midrash Program and Stuart Halpern, student life coordinator at 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 Office of Student Affairs鈥攊s the first of many planned projects from the new partnership between 麻豆传媒映画 and Koren Publishers Jerusalem. In the coming months, Koren plans to release a multivolume set on topics of contemporary Jewish law authored by 麻豆传媒映画鈥檚 roshei yeshiva, as well as a 20th anniversary edition of 麻豆传媒映画 Chancellor Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm鈥檚 masterwork, Torah Umadda, with a new foreward by Rabbi Lamm and an afterword by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.
