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The New Modern Orthodox Humash At Last?: A Review of the Rabbi Sacks Humash

JL;DR SUMMARY Yosef Lindell reviews the newly published Koren Sacks Humash, a project initiated by Rabbi Jonathan Sacks to create a modern Orthodox commentary on the Torah for synagogue use. 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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RashiRabbi Jonathan SacksJewish ThoughtModern OrthodoxTranslationKoren PublishersTorah CommentaryTargum OnkelosIntegration Of Secular WisdomSynagogue Use

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United Kingdom
"There was a commentaryits still used in Anglo Jewrycalled the Hertz Chumash, written by one of my predecessors [as the British Chief Rabbi]."
United States
"I use it nonetheless because it describes and resonates with the North American community in which his Humash is likely to have the largest impact."
Yemen
"as is still practiced today in Yemenite communities (xii)"

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