Majesty and Humility

Majesty and Humility: The Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Maimonides School Cost: FREE - Registration not required. February 04, 2012—08:00 PM to 10:00 PM Maimonides School , 34 Philbrick Road, Brookline, MA 02445 Rabbi Reuben Ziegler will introduce his new book, Majesty and Humility: The Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, at a free public lecture at Maimonides School, 34 Philbrick Road, Brookline. More information at infos., 617-232-4452 , ext. 405.

This new book was crafted by Rabbi Ziegler to make the complex ideas of, Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, zt”l, founder of Maimonides School, accessible to the general reader.

Rabbi Ziegler, of Alon Shvut, Israel, is a scholar who has edited numerous volumes of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s writings. He will present Majesty and Humility: The Thought of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, which is being released in conjunction with this lecture.

The book is sponsored by the Maimonides School, in memory of Abraham Levovitz, z”l, president emeritus. Publisher is Urim of Jerusalem.

“Encountering the Rav’s writings is an exciting and fascinating endeavor, but not always an easy one,” Rabbi Ziegler wrote in the preface to his volume. “This book attempts to facilitate the reading of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s works by providing explication and analysis of his thought.”

“Ideally, I would like the volume to encourage and accompany the reading of Rabbi Soloveitchik’s works, not substitute for it,” he continued. “Nevertheless, recognizing that not everyone will read the primary sources, I have striven to make this book self-contained.”

Rabbi Ziegler, director of research and archives for the Toras HaRav Foundation and editor-in-chief of Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Virtual Beit Midrash, prepared Majesty and Humility at the request of the Maimonides School & Rabbi Jacob J. Schacter, former director of the Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik Institute in Brookline.