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Rabbi Dr. Zvi A. Yehuda

  • The Rabbinic Mind

    Be inspired by Rabbi Dr. Zvi A. Yehuda's timeless teachings.

  • The page contains a sampling of articles and items related to Rabbi Yehuda's close connection with his teacher, the Hazon Ish.

  • Reflections on the Hazon Ish

  • Some of the letters חלק מהמכתבים מהחזון איש

    To see them all, visit the National Archives in Israel or see a record of the archives on their website in Hebrew or English.

    • https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997012427270005171/NLI or https://www.nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997012427270105171/NLI
    • https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997012427275105171/NLI or https://www.nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997012427270005171/NLI
    • https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997012427270105171/NLI or https://www.nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997012427275105171/NLI
    • https://www.nli.org.il/he/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997008880681605171/NLI or https://www.nli.org.il/en/archives/NNL_ARCHIVE_AL997008880681605171/NLI 

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  • Selected Articles

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    מה באמת כתב החזון איש בנושא שמיטה

    Class notes for Hazon Ish on Bitachon and Shmitta (Hebrew)

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    תורת מוסר של חזון איש

    Class notes for Hazon Ish on Mussar

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    חזון איש בנושא ביקורת טקסט והלכה

    Hazon Ish on Textual Criticism and Halacha (Published in Tradition)

    Tradition Website
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    חזון איש על עתידה של מדינת ישראל

    Hazon Ish on the Future of the State of Israel (Published in Tradition)

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    Tradition Website
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    חזון איש על סמכות ההלכה של התלמוד

    Hazon Ish on Reliance on the Talmud

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    חזון איש על השוואה בינו לבין ה״חפץ חיים״

    Hazon Ish: Comparison to "Hafetz Hayim"

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  • Additional context

    Featured on other sites

    Rabbi Zvi Yehuda on The Sefarim Blog: https://seforimblog.com/2021/04/response-to-criticism-part-4-rabbi-zvi-yehuda-and-the-hazon-ish/

    Torah in Motion: https://torahinmotion.org/speakers/rabbi-dr-zvi-a-yehuda 

    Torah Musings: https://www.torahmusings.com/2007/05/r-zvi-yehuda-on-chazon-ish/

    Their connection

    In the mid-1940s, Zvi joined his father Jacob Jehuda, at a visit with the Hazon Ish. The Hazon Ish conversed with the young Zv'aryeh and invited him to study together. He was impressed with his critical thinking skills. Hazon Ish had no children; yet had a small group of young students for whom he was like a father/mentor figure. During this time, Jabob Jehuda was very involved in work as an architect and artist (he had participated in the 1939 World's Fair displaying his work on Solomon's Temple), and it worked out well that young Zvi would stay with the Hazon Ish, help him around the house, and study with him daily. Hazon Ish also asked that Zvi accompany him during visits to yeshivot and during certain meetings where he felt it was important to have another person in the room to capture the conversation and comment on the discussion. They developed a close connection.

     

    The Hazon Ish passed away in 1953, while Zvi had enlisted in the IDF. Quite the passivist and academic by nature, Zvi was not a combat soldier but was assigned to the army educational division. During their years together and afterward, they wrote to each other, and Zvi kept the letters all his life. Some were published in the קובץ אגרות חזון איש (the publisher removed the names of letter recipients). After Rabbi Yehuda's passing, the Yehuda family donated the letters Zvi carefully saved to the National Archives of Israel where they remain on display in the National Library.

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