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New From OU Press – Spring 2026

JL;DR SUMMARY Aggadot HaRav, a new volume edited by Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman and translated by Rabbi Shaul Hutner, presents Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's lectures on Aggadah delivered in the Moriah Synagogue during the 1950s and 60s. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryJewish PhilosophyJewish ThoughtRabbi Joseph B. SoloveitchikAggadahTalmudic InterpretationHalachic ManMasechet BerachotRabbi Yaakov HoffmanRabbi Shaul Hutner

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New York City, New York, United States
"The shiurim in this volume were skillfully translated from Yiddish by Rabbi Shaul Hutner and thoroughly edited by Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman to maintain the Ravs oratorical power."
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