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By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l March 9, 1956—The deleterious and disintegrating effect that modern American life has had upon both Jews and Judaism is best demonstrated by the unfortunate schism that has been introduced by us into what was once an organic, integral, unified, and complete Jewish way of life. That schism or break is […]

By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt’l February 1964—The episode of the Egel haZahav, the golden calf, was probably the most traumatic experience in the life of our nation during its infancy. It left an indelible impression on the psyche of the folk. Its echo can be detected throughout the life and the literature, the dreams and […]

By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt”l February 1967—Our Sidra of this morning manifests certain stylistic peculiarities that are deserving of our attention. Surprisingly, the name of Moses is not mentioned once in this Sidra. Instead, three times in succession Hashem addresses Moses using the pronoun v’attah, “and thou,” as if to emphasize some special assignment given […]

By Rabbi Norman Lamm, zt”l February 1970—One of the grand old men of Hebrew letters in Israel, Eliezer Steinman, wrote: “Who is a Jew? One who doesn’t ask, ‘Who is a Jew?’” The very raising of the question in our days is a troubling phenomenon. It means that our very identity, our Jewishness, has become […]