20th Century Teshuvot

(5783) (Mondays) The 20th century hosted many more remarkable poskim than we tend to notice. This series will give us a chance to get more acquainted with the teshuvot of R. Kook (known more for his philosophical works), R. Uziel (the first Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel), R. Herzog (the first Ashkenazic one), these latter two involved in the interesting questions that arise when building a new country, and R. Hayyim David HaLevi, the longtime Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Tel Aviv. By sampling their responsa, we will get a sense of who they were, what they contributed to the Torah conversation of the Jewsh people, and how.