Category Archives: R. Elazar Shach

The Rav Shach Show

Shach (1899-2001) speaks in declaratives. He states. He does not qualify, does not hedge, does not leave a sentence open at the end for the other man to walk through. A vote not cast for the right party counts as … Continue reading

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From Margin to Center: How the Lithuanian Haredi Stance Captured Power in Israel, 1967–1980

In June 1967, the central Haredi public, the world of Agudat Yisrael, met the war with euphoria. HaModia compared the IDF’s advance to the Exodus. Daglenu (דגלנו, “Our Banner” was the journal of Tze’irei Agudat Yisrael, the youth movement of … Continue reading

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