A foremost disciple of the renowned rabbi Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler (of blessed memory) and lifelong student of the Torah, Rabbi Aryeh Carmell is in every sense of the term a talmid chacham. Over the years he has devoted himself to the practical furtherance of Torah education and the observance of mitzvot in the community- first in England and now in Eretz Israel. A gifted writer, he has co-edited Michtav meEliyahu, the five volume posthumous edition of Rabbi Dessler's writings; and the Maharal of Prague's Commentary on the Aggadot (both in Hebrew). More recently he has been the co-author of Kav veNaki, a concise Hebrew commentary on massechtot of the Jerusalem Talmud. In addition, he has produced four volumes (thus far) titled Strive for Truth!, out of Rabbi Dessler's writings superbly rendered into English. With an academic background in science, Rabbi Carmell is a founder-member of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists in Great Britain; and is co-editor of Challenge: Torah Views on Science and its Problems. Today he serves as Vice-Principal, as well as Lecturer in Talmud and Ethics, at the Jerusalem Academy of Jewish Studies (Yeshivat Dvar Yerushalayim).
by Aryeh Carmell