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The “Between-the-Lines” Faith of Rabbi Hershel Schachter | The Lehrhaus
Z Eleff – The “Between-the-Lines” Faith of Rabbi Hershel Schachter

A shul that calls itself Orthodox cannot violate the Torah
Yes – A shul that calls itself Orthodox cannot violate the Torah

The disappointing Orthodox response to Hotovely
Yes, I stand with Tzipi – The disappointing Orthodox response to Hotovely

London rabbis call for boycott of local Jewish center over events for LGBT Jews | Jewish Telegraphic Agency
I’m surprised that they hadn’t banned it already. Apparently London Charedim are relatively liberal – London rabbis call for boycott of local Jewish center over events for LGBT Jews

About Gil Student

Rabbi Gil Student is the Editor of TorahMusings.com, a leading website on Orthodox Jewish scholarly subjects, and the Book Editor of the Orthodox Union’s Jewish Action magazine. He writes a popular column on issues of Jewish law and thought featured in newspapers and magazines, including The Jewish Link, The Jewish Echo and The Vues. In the past, he has served as the President of the small Jewish publisher Yashar Books and as the Managing Editor of OU Press. Rabbi Student has served two terms on the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America and currently serves as the Director of the Halacha Commission of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Jewish Action magazine, the Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society and the Achieve Journal of Behavioral Health, Religion & Community, as well as the Board of OU Press. He has published five English books, the most recent titled Search Engine volume 2: Finding Meaning in Jewish Texts -- Jewish Leadership, and served as the American editor for Morasha Kehillat Yaakov: Essays in Honour of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks.

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  1. R’ Schachter’s theology on the issue of halachic intuition is well known. It does not seem to me to deal with the selection process, whose halachic intuition rules, why were the Rogatchover or the GRA not accepted in their own times. I think the anwer would be HKBH directs the process but it seems to me he does it through amcha.

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