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The Life-Giving Zeal of Humility: Reflections on Rav Amital

JL;DR SUMMARY Rav Yehuda Amital's legacy, elucidated on the occasion of his 15th yahrtzeit, is one of profound humility and a life deeply rooted in action rather than written doctrine. 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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LeadershipHolocaustJewish EducationHumilityTorah StudyCommunityReligious ZionismMoral ComplexityRav Yehuda AmitalSpiritual Commitment

Places mentioned

Hungary
"Born in 1924 in prewar Hungary, he lost his entire immediate family in the Holocaust."
Jerusalem, Israel
"On liberation, he came to Jerusalem, quickly establishing himself as a rising scholar, before joining the Israeli army the day after independence was declared in May 1948."
Rehovot, Central District, Israel
"in the years after he stood with his father-in-law at the head of a yeshiva in Rehovot,"
Gush Etzion, Jerusalem, Israel
"After the Six Day War he was asked to stand at the head of a new yeshiva in Gush Etzion,"
Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Israel
"a bloc of kibbutzim destroyed in 1948 and now being rebuilt, on the road between Bethlehem and Hebron."
Hebron, Central District, Israel
"a bloc of kibbutzim destroyed in 1948 and now being rebuilt, on the road between Bethlehem and Hebron."
Safed, Northern District, Israel
"Until their students student Moshe of Safed2 came and said: It is from the fire of strength (gevurah) that is set aflame with judgment."
Brandeis University, Massachusetts, United States
"Yehudah Mirsky lives in Jerusalem. He is a former US State Department official, Professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University."

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