Mayer Twersky: Difference between revisions

In addition to Hebrew articles in RIETS's annual Torah journal, Twersky has published three English articles in the journal ''[[Tradition (journal)|Tradition]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100675 |title=Halakhic Axiology within the Sefer Ha-Hinnukh |author=Mayer Twersky |work=Tradition |publisher=Rabbinic Council of America |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095825/http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=100675 |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104729 |title=A Glimpse of the Rav |author=Mayer Twersky |work=Tradition |publisher=Rabbinic Council of America |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095853/http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104729 |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}</ref><ref name=WomensPrayerGroups>{{cite web |url=http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104801 |title=Halakhic Values and Halakhic Decisions: Rav Soloveitchik's Pesak Regarding Women's Prayer Groups |author=Mayer Twersky |work=Tradition |publisher=Rabbinic Council of America |accessdate=April 3, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728095910/http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104801 |archivedate=July 28, 2011 }}</ref> and an English article in the [[Orthodox Union]]'s magazine ''[[Jewish Action]]''.<ref name=MoonsLostLight>{{cite web |url=http://www.ou.org/jewish_action/article/the_moons_lost_light/ |title=The Moon's Lost Light |author=Mayer Twersky |date= |work=Jewish Action |publisher=Orthodox Union |accessdate=April 3, 2011}}</ref> Two of these four articles relate to the place of women in contemporary Orthodox Judaism.<ref name=WomensPrayerGroups /><ref name=MoonsLostLight />

 

The current shamash of the Rebbe is Jonah Steinmetz of [[Woodmere, New York|Woodmere]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Steinmetz spent two years studying in [[Yeshivat HaKotel|Yeshivat Hakotel]] (located in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]]) before coming to Yeshiva University and serving as the Rebbe's shamash. Past shamashim include Etan Schnall, Yitzi Genack and Yosef Schwartz.