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Sunday, March 7, 2010 • 21 Adar 5770

Chag Hasemikhah Dinner 09

SPOTLIGHT ON...

Effy Unterman
Semikhah student

Effy UntermanRIETS has afforded me with superior learning, excellent pastoral training, and vast resources that ensure that my educational needs are always satisfied. But my deep affection for this place is mostly due to my extraordinary rabbis, mentors, and friends. They have given me far more than I could have asked for, and I love them for it. They make RIETS not just my yeshiva, but my home.

TORAH FROM RIETS

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TORAH FROM RIETS

Torah from RIETS

YUTORAH.ORG

YUTorah.org offers some 20,000 shiurium in audio, video, and text formats, many given by our illustrious Roshei Yeshiva.

The site receives more than one million visits a month, bringing the light of Torah to learners across the globe.

PUBLICATIONS

RIETS faculty and students are involved in the publication of many other scholarly works.

  • Beit Yitzchak, the oldest Torah publication of RIETS, features articles of Talmudic and halakhic analysis by RIETS roshei yeshiva, kollel fellows, and students. Published annually, this work generally has more than 500 pages of article.

  • The Bella and Harry Wexner Kollel Elyon and Semikhah Honors Program publishes an annual journal of scholarly articles on Talmud, Kol Zvi. Generally focusing on a Talmudic tractate or topic, it contains highly original and erudite essays by the Kollel faculty and fellows.

  • Yeshiva University Press, through the Michael Scharf Publication Trust, issues works of significant Talmudic scholarship. Examples include Eretz Hatzevi-Be’urei Sugyot by Rabbi Hershel Schachter, a collection of 40 essays; Am Mordechai by Rabbi Mordechai I. Willig, an analysis of various topics in Tractate Berakhot; B’Netivot Ha-Halacha (2 vols.) by Rabbi J. David Bleich; and Sefer Y’samach Av (2 vols.) by Rabbi Eli B. Shulman; and Divine Footsteps: Chesed and the Jewish Soul by Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman.

  • Kevod HaRav, a volume of Torah essays in honor of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik z”l, and Zichron HaRav, a volume issued as a memorial to the Rav, sponsored by Rabbi Julius Berman, contain major scholarly pieces by RIETS faculty members and other leading Torah authorities.

  • Ketonet Yosef (2002), a memorial volume to Rabbi Joseph Wanefsky, z"l, a beloved faculty member and mentor to generations of students, includes essays by faculty, students and outside scholars.

  • Zeved Tov (2008), a collection of many essays written by Rabbi Zevulun Charlop, Dean Emeritus, was published in September 2008 in conjunction with the RIETS Annual Dinner of Tribute, which honored Rabbi Charlop for his extraordinary achievement in Torah learning and leadership.

  • The Orthodox Forum Series (1992-, various publishers), includes contributions by various roshei yeshiva including Rosh HaYeshiva Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm and, frequently, Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein.

Other student publications include Enayim L’Torah, on the weekly Torah portion.