Authors Posts by Levi Morrow
Levi Morrow
Levi Morrow is a teacher, writer, and translator, and he is currently writing his PhD dissertation on Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's political theology at Hebrew University. He received his semikhah from the Shehebar Sephardic Center in the Old City of Jerusalem, before which he also studied at Yeshivat Orayta and Har Etzion. Levi wrote his MA thesis on Rav Shagar while studying at Tel Aviv University, and translated a collection of Rav Shagar's holiday derashot called Living Time (Maggid Books, 2024). He is a research fellow at both the Franz Rosenzweig Minerva Research Center and the Shalom Hartman Institute. He teaches Jewish Philosophy in Jerusalem, where he lives with his wife and their three children.
Autonomy Comes Apart, the Mesorah Cannot Hold:Rav Soloveitchik’s Afterlife in the 21st Century
Levi Morrow reviews four new books that examine and apply the thought of R. Joseph B. Solovetichik of blessed memory.
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A Prehistory of Rav Kook
What can we learn from Rav Kook's writings before he immigrated to the land of Israel? As Yom Ha-Atzma'ut approaches, Levi Morrow reviews Yehuda Mirsky's new prehistory of Rav Kook.
Human Words: Rav Elhanan Nir’s “Intentions for Rosh Hashanah”
Levi Morrow provides an all-new translation of Rav Elhanan Nir’s “Kavvanot for Rosh Hashanah,” and analyzes how these theological poems speak about our relationship with God and prayer on Rosh Hashanah.
Rabbinic Creativity and the Waters that would Consume the World
Levi Morrow explores how the Rabbis use creative exegesis to save the world
from drowning in a flood
God, Torah, Self: Accepting the Yoke of Heaven in the Writings of Rav Shagar
Rav Shagar's postmodern insights on accepting the yoke of Heaven, for your pre-Shavuos reading pleasure!
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