Rav Shagar: Studying Torah as a Quest for God
Ari Ze’ev Schwartz and Levi Morrow •
15 min readRav Shagar believed that Torah study should be a spiritual and meaningful experience, one that transforms the student's life.
You Can Go Home Again
Zachary Truboff •
50 min readOn the centrality of Baitiut in the thought of Rav Shagar, and our ability to feel at home with Judaism.
Meaning and Language in Rav Shagar’s Approach to Talmud Study
Levi Morrow •
4 min readWhat are we looking for when we're studying Talmud? personal meaning or talmudic language?
Sukkot: Dwelling In the Shade of Faith
Zachary Truboff •
7 min readThis essay explores Rav Shagar's experience during the Yom Kippur War and how it contributed to his understanding of emunah. To dwell in the sukkah is to experience not God's light but rather God's shade, and it is this model of faith we must
Rav Shagar: Zionism and Exile Within the Home
Ari Ze’ev Schwartz and Levi Morrow •
45 min readA dialogue about Rav Shagar's complex views of Zionism, redemption and the state of Israel.