Marc B. Shapiro writes circa 2000: Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899) was, together with Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, the pioneer of Torah im Derekh Erez in modern times. Although each of them understood this concept differently, with Hildesheimer advocating Orthodox Wissenschaft … Continue reading Rabbi Esriel Hildesheimer’s Program of Torah u-Madda