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Not Everything I Needed to Know in Life I Learned in Rabbinical School
3 Jan 2023
In this article, Nathaniel Helfgot discusses two important aspects of being a rabbi or Jewish educator that are not often emphasized in rabbinical training. ...
3 Jan 2023
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Taking Responsibility For Halakhic Guidance: A Response to Ezra Schwartz
26 Apr 2021
In this response to an essay by R. Ezra Schwartz, Nathaniel Helfgot discusses the centralization of halakhic decision-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wh...
26 Apr 2021
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Decision-Making on Matters of Halakhic Public Policy or Meta-Halakhic Issues: Some Tentative Thoughts
1 Apr 2019
In this essay, Nathaniel Helfgot explores the decision-making processes involved in matters of halakhic public policy and meta-Halakhah within the contempora...
1 Apr 2019
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Rav Hayyim and the Love of Lernen
21 Aug 2017
Rabbi Hayyim Soloveitchik's innovative method of Talmud study, known as the Brisker method, became popular in Lithuanian yeshivot in the early 20th century. ...
21 Aug 2017