Emes Ve-Emunah: Vote for Rivkie

Friday, January 16, 2009

Vote for Rivkie

I don’t usually do this but… it’s my daughter. So I am making an exception because I love her.

Intel is having a contest called "What's Inside You" for people that do creative work using intel processors . She entered. She is a very talented graphic artist and deserves to win - in my humble opinion. So… I ask everyone to drop what their doing and click immediately on the link below and vote for her. It shouldn’t take more than an hour. Just kidding. It’ll take a couple of seconds - if your slow. All you have to do is click on the link and vote. Click here to vote.

My outlook on Judaism is based mostly on the teachings of my primary Rebbe, Rabbi Aaron Soloveichik from whom I received my rabbinic ordination. It is also based on a search for spiritual truth. Among the various sources that put me on the right path, two great philosophic works stand out: “Halakhic Man” and “Lonely Man of Faith” authored by the pre-eminent Jewish philosopher and theologian, Rabbi, Dr. Joseph B. Soloveitchik. Of great significance is Rabbi, Dr. Norman Lamm's conceptualization and models of Torah U’Mada and Dr. Eliezer Berkovits who introduced me to the world of philosophic thought. Among my early influences were two pioneers of American Elementary Torah Chinuch, Rabbis Shmuel Kaufman and Yaakov Levi. The Yeshivos I attended were Yeshivas Telshe for early high school and more significantly, the Hebrew Theological College where for a period of ten years, my Rebbeim included such great Rabbinic figures as Rabbis Mordechai Rogov, Shmaryahu Meltzer, Yaakov Perlow, Herzl Kaplan, and Selig Starr. I also attended Roosevelt University where I received my Bachelor's Degree - majoring in Psychology.