Emes Ve-Emunah: Shas Illuminated

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Shas Illuminated - Revisted

R' Aharon Sorscher - Magid Shiur at Shas Illuminated

...Just a quick note about Shas Illuminated, a website which I had recently reviewed. I based my critical comments on Shiurim given by someone whose method of delivery was very Yeshivish and difficult for most people to understand. I expressed my disappointment at that, felt that the website did not live up to its mission, and no longer recommended it.

But I have been informed by Rabbi Yacov Metz, one of the owners of that website, that they have corrected the problem and that the Magidei Shiur currently giving Shiurim are far more articulate - thereby restoring its original mission. If all the other people giving Shiurim are half as good as Rabbi Sorscher, who in my view is currently their best Magid Shiur, you will not be disappointed. I therefore withdraw my original criticism and apologize to Rabbi Metz. I regret any harm I may have caused to his website.

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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.