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Full Description
The Passover Haggadah is perhaps the most popular Jewish liturgical
book after the siddur. Each year families gather around their tables to
retell the story of the Exodus of the nascent Jewish community from
Egypt, using an ancient text made ever-relevant by each generation's
added commentaries. Now the OU PRESS [small caps] has the honor of
publishing Rabbi Norman Lamm’s Haggadah commentary, a work of brilliant
insights expressed in Rabbi Lamm’s inimitable style, articulate and
engaging, while sensitive and moving.
Rabbi Norman Lamm, Chancellor of Yeshiva University and Rosh HaYeshiva
of its affiliated Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, is one of
the most gifted and profound thinkers of the Modern Orthodox community.
He was the founding editor of Tradition, the journal of Orthodox
thought published by the Rabbinical Council of America, and to this day
convenes the Orthodox Forum, a think tank of rabbis, academicians, and
community leaders that meets annually to discuss topics of concern in
the Orthodox community. Before assuming the presidency of Yeshiva
University, Rabbi Lamm served for many years as Rabbi of The Jewish
Center, one of New York City’s most prominent and vibrant Orthodox
synagogues. A prolific author in the field of Jewish philosophy and
law, a distinguished academician, and a charismatic pulpit rabbi, Rabbi
Lamm has made, and continues to make, an extraordinary impact on the
Jewish community. With a rare combination of penetrating scholarship
and eloquence of expression, he has successfully presented a Torah view
of contemporary Jewish life that speaks movingly to all.
For this commentary, Rabbi Lamm’s weekly sermons and divrei Torah
delivered while he was Rabbi of The Jewish Center have been culled for
his insights on the Haggadah and the Passover holiday. Together with
relevant selections from his written works, they make up this new and
compelling commentary on the Haggadah. We now have the opportunity on
Passover evening to join Rabbi Lamm at his Royal Table and retell the
story of the Exodus with new understanding and insight.
The commentary was compiled and edited by Dr. Joel B. Wolowelsky, Dean
of the Faculty at the Yeshivah of Flatbush. He is associate editor of
Tradition and the series MeOtzar HoRav: Selected Writings of Rabbi
Joseph B. Soloveitchik. He is a member of the steering committee of the
Orthodox Forum and serves as a member of various professional advisory
boards, including the Bar Ilan University Lookstein Center for Jewish
Education in the Diaspora, the Boston Initiative for Excellence in
Jewish Day Schools, the Pardes Educators Program in Jerusalem, and
Atid: the Academy for Torah Initiatives and Directions.
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