The Joy of Talmud Torah

Listen to this morning's class, "The Joy of Talmud Torah," here. Follow along with the sources here.

For further research:

1) See the various sources that we cited from Pahad Yisshak in their "original": a) Shavuot 6, b) Igerot UMikhtavim 2, c) Hanukkah 6, d) Shavuot 30.

2) Read the full article by Prof. Yaakov Elman, cited in the class, here.

3) Read R. Yitzchak Blau's excellent "The Joy of Torah Study According to Rav Hutner," here.

4) Read our related devar Torah for Parashat VaEthanan here.

Are You Living a Double Life?

Listen to this morning's class, on R. Hutner's approach to divrei reshut - the realm that is neither obligatory nor forbidden, here.

Follow along with his Iggerot UKetavim, Pahad Yisshak - Shavuot (no. 36), and Pahad Yisshak - Pesah (no. 69).

For further research:

1) Read R. Yitzchak Blau's thorough analysis of this topic, on Yeshivat Har Etzion's VBM website, here.

2) Read our related devar Torah for Parashat Korah here.

3) To learn more about the life and thought of R. Hutner, see Steven Schwartzschild's "An Introduction to the Thought of Isaac Hutner" here, Yaakov Elman's "Pahad Yitzhak: A Joyful Song of Affirmation" here, Hillel Goldberg's "Isaac Hutner: A Synoptic Interpretive Biography" here, and Matis Greenblatt's "Rabbi Yitzchak Hutner: The Song Before His Eyes" here.