Moshe Meiselman
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Rabbi Moshe Meiselman is the Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Toras Moshe in Jerusalem and the author of Jewish Women in Jewish Law. He received a doctorate in math from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1967 for his thesis The Operation Ring for Connective K-Theory.[1] He studies Talmud with Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb. He is a son-in-law of the Ziditshoiver Rebbe
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[edit] Rabbi Meiselman and Rabbi Soloveitchik
Rabbi Meiselman was one of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik's close students, albeit the former never attended Yeshiva University. Rabbi Meiselman has espoused a view of Rabbi Soloveitchik which places him in the role of a traditional haredi Rosh Yeshiva. Rabbi Meiselman believes that Rabbi Soloveitchik's zionism and secular studies were solely for the purpose of outreach and a view on how to handle the Americanization of Jews--an alternative to Rabbi Aaron Kotler's [2]. This has led him to gain the ire of certain Modern Orthodox and Mizrachi thinkers.[3]
[edit] Rabbi Meiselman and Yeshiva University
Although Rabbi Meiselman has a certain amount of respect for Rabbi Hershel Schachter, he believes that YU is in the control of those who do not correctly espouse Rabbi Soloveitchik's philosophy. Therefore, Rabbi Meiselman used to discourage his students from attending YU. This led YU to cease accepting Toras Moshe's credits.
[edit] Rabbi Meiselman and Rabbi Slifkin
Rabbi Meiselman gave three lectures at Toras Moshe in which he criticised Rabbi Nosson Slifkin's The Camel, The Hare, and The Hyrax. Rabbi Slifkin posted the lectures on his website and then sent a letter to Rabbi Meiselman rebutting his critique. Rabbi Meiselman requested that Rabbi Slifkin remove the lectures from his website, a request that Slifkin did not acquiesce to. A certain long-time student of Rabbi Meiselman, under the alias of "Freelance Kiruv Maniac", debated with Slifkin on the blogosphere on the legitimancy of Rabbi Meiselman's views until Slifkin became fed up with what he perceived as an irrational and insulting opponent.[4]
[edit] References
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- ^ Moshe Meiselman, "The Rav, Feminism and Public Policy: An Insider's Overview," Tradition 33.1 (1998): 5--30.
- ^ Tradition 33.2 (1999), Communications by Rabbis Yosef Blau, Nathaniel Helfgot, and Eli Clark. See also "Revisionism and the Rav: the Struggle for the Soul of Modern Orthodoxy" by Rabbi Lawrence Kaplan.
- ^ http://www.zootorah.com/controversy/ravmeiselman.html Rabbi Slifkin's website's section about Rabbi Meiselman and Freelance Kiruv Maniac
