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Poems for a World Built, Destroyed, and Rebuilt
...thought of Nir’s teacher, R. Shimon Gershon Rosenberg (Shagar). Shagar once remarked to Nir that when he, Shagar, had been recovering in a burn ward in Haifa during the war,...
Letters to the Editor: Raphael Jospe and Zach Truboff
...thinkers of Religious Zionism in the English-speaking world today. The goal of my essay was to draw attention to an idea Rav Kook and Rav Shagar felt to be crucial....
The Utilitarian Case for Torah u-Madda
...response–is R. Shagar. R. Shagar’s greatness lay in his fusion of profound empathy for and understanding of his students, with a return to the immediate historical circumstances, as well as...
Thoughts on Aliyah and the Akeidah from Israel at war
...of inspiration for the current situation. Rav Shagar had a distinct perspective on the akeidah which is closely related to his life-long concern with the challenge of post-modernism to halakhic...
The Development of Neo-Hasidism: Echoes and Repercussions Part IV: Arthur Green and Conclusion
...Isaac Kook, as do the writings, teachers and teachings of Chabad and Breslov, but neo-Hasidic writers and teachers such as Rav Shagar have also played an important role.[19] Carlebach’s significant...
Dr. Norman Lamm’s Trailblazing Talmudic Methodology
...two decades have seen a rise in the popularity of non-halakhic spiritual texts, particularly hasidut. The popularity of Netivot Shalom, Sfat Emet, the Piazescner, and Rav Shagar, to name just...
A Prehistory of Rav Kook
...national self. Even somewhat iconoclastic thinkers like Rav Shagar and Rav Froman who were willing to challenge Religious Zionist assumptions have tended to remain within this expressivist sensibility. Confronted with...
Mind Blown: Shofar as Divine Encounter Beyond the Limits of Human Comprehension
...personified evil forces. [4] In an innovative reading, Rav Shagar sees demystification beginning within the Talmudic text itself, in the manner in which the Gemara frames R. Yitzhak’s suggestion. Shimon...
On Yom Kippur, determinism and national unity
...will of the blessed God to be such.[4] (Tzidkat Ha-Tzaddik 40, 100) In his masterful exposition of approaches to repentance, Shuvi Nafshi,[5] R. Shimon Gershon Rosenberg (R. Shagar) elaborates that...
Has Bob Dylan Been Reading Emmanuel Levinas?
...Dylan’s line ‘Can you tell me, please,’ see also R’ Shimon Gershon Rosenberg, Lessons on Likkutei Moharan volume 1 (Centre for the Writings of Rav Shagar, 2012, 220 [Hebrew]). There,...