Seminal Articles by Harav Yehuda Amital zt"l
Autobiographical Reflections
Forty Years Later: A Personal Recollection after the Holocaust
Prayer
Torah Study
Torah Study in the Modern World
The Importance of In-Depth Torah Study
(see also Shavuot)
The Jewish People
A Torah Perspective on the Status of Secular Jews Today
Rebuking a Fellow Jew: Theory and Practice
The Holocaust
A Kaddish for the Martyrs of the Holocaust
(See also Autobiographical Reflections)
Repentance (Pre-Selichot Speeches)
"Needy and Destitute, We Knock at Your Door"
How Can We Speak and How Can We Justify Ourselves?
"Righteousness is Yours, O Lord, while Shame is Ours"
Individual Repentance and National Repair
The Thirteen Attributes of Mercy
The State of Israel
"This Is the Day that God Has Made - Let Us Rejoice and Be Glad in It"
"Sing to Him, Praise Him, Speak of All His Wonders"
The Ethical Foundations of Rav Kook's Nationalist Views
The Social Challenges Confronting the State of Israel
On the Assassination of Prime Minister Rabin z"l
The Religious Significance of the State of Israel
"Reishit Tzemichat Ge'ulatenu": What Kind of Redemption Does Israel Represent?
The Kingdom of Justice and Truth
(see also Yom Ha-Atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim)
Connecting to Mitzvot
Commitment vs. "Connecting" – The Current Crisis of our Youth
The Search for Religious Enthusiasm among Today's Youth
"Your Mitzva is Very Broad" - Further Thoughts on the Search for "Connection"
From Commitment to Responsibility
Religious Insecurity and Its Cures
Relating to God
The Fear of God in Our Time, Part 1 of 2
The Fear of God in Our Time, Part 2 of 2
Distinguishing between Levels of Mitzvot
The Personal Element in Serving God
Naturalness in the Worship of God
Torah Values and Torah Commandments
Tension vs. Tranquility in the Worship of God
Relating to Others
The Obligation to Sanctify God's Name
Occupying Oneself with the Needs of the Community
How to Relate to One Who Has Lost His Faith
Relating to Oneself
Holidays
Rosh Ha-Shana
"Purify our Hearts to Serve You in Truth"
Hope and Despair in the Akeida
The Sound of a Silent Shofar: The Problem of Rosh Ha-shana which Falls on Shabbat
"So That Their Memory be Invoked before Me"
Yom Kippur
Three Suggestions Regarding Repentance
(See also Repentance)
Sukkot
"Etrog Ha-Murkav" - The Grafted Etrog
The Nature of the Mitzva of Lulav
Chanuka
Letting the Light of Torah Shine
The Significance of Chanuka according to the Maharal
Purim
Purim in the Teachings of the Maharal
(see also Halakha)
Pesach
"And God Hardened Pharaoh's Heart"
"And You Shall Know that I am the Lord"
Yom ha-Atzmaut
Israel's Independence Day in the Face of Adversity
Guardian of Israel - Watch over the State of Israel
The Splitting of the Sea and the War with Amalek
"This is the Lord's Doing – It is Wondrous in Our Eyes!"
Yom Yerushalayim
Burst Forth and Sing Together, Ruins of Jerusalem
"Again There Shall Be Heard ... in the Streets of Jerusalem"
"If I Forget You, O Jerusalem, Let My Right Hand Forget Its Cunning"
The Western Wall and "Western" Civilization
Shavuot
Two Essential Lessons before Receiving the Torah
Why Was Coercion Necessary in the Giving of the Torah?
"He Held the Mountain over Them"
Tisha be-Av
Halakha
Reading the Megilla Before Sundown
Reading the Megilla Before a Sunday Purim
A Sabbatical for Loans and the Land (1)
A Sabbatical for Loans and the Land (2)
The Wars of Israel according to the Rambam
"Mi-Devar Sheker Tirchak": Parameters of False Speech
Eretz Yisrael as a Precondition for Kiddush Ha-Chodesh
Desecration of God's Name Committed by the State
Activities before Morning Prayers in the Army
Counting Sabbath Desecrators in a Minyan
Selections from Harav Amital’s Writings
Commitment and Complexity: Jewish Wisdom in an Age of Upheaval, ed. Aviad Hacohen (Hebrew version: Kol Yehuda)
Audio (Hebrew)
Eulogies for Harav Amital zt”l
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