תשרי תשע”א תורה וחכמת ישראל מקהילת עלי ציון TORAH AND JEWISH STUDIES FROM ALEI TZION TISHREI 5771 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 1 שנה טובה ומתוקה RABBI DANIEL AND NA’AMAH ROSELAAR DEVORAH, ELISHEVA, NETANEL AND CHANANYA TOGETHER WITH KEHILLAT ALEI TZION, WISH THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY A HAPPY NEW YEAR Family Aarons Family Levy of King’s Close Jessica, Sam, Aviva, Gil, Nomi, Noa and Lauren and Simon Levy Emuna Caplan Daniel Livshin Raph Cooper Miriam, Eli and Eytan Lopian Family Coutts Adina, Rafi and Ella Mendelsohn Ben Elton Yolanda, Jonathan, Alex and Gidon Joshua Freedman Rosalki Lucinda, Martin and Azriella Glasser Fabia, Stephen, Gideon, Aaron and Rachy Shaw, together with Gaby and Alistair and Gemma Goldrein Sam Lebens Family Goldscheider Leah, Trevor and Noa Silverman Luaren, Neil and Orly Hamburger Devorah, Moishe Dovid, Tzivia and Avi Spitzer Emily Harman and Anthony Cowan Joseph Sueke Ayalah, Ashley, Meital and Limor Hirst Sandy Tapnack Family Katten Sarah, Nathan, Sophie and Benjamin Susie, Eliot, Rina and Sara Kaye Woodward Family Klein CONTENTS Editor 4 Notes from the editor Ben Elton BEN ELTON ז’ל Design 6 Hesped for Marc Weinberg David Bloxham with CHIEF RABBI LORD SACKS thanks to Tammy ז’ל Youngerwood 8 Hesped for Harav Yehuda Amital 10 May a baal teshuva benefit from hillul Shabbat in his parents’ home? Sub-editors RABBI DANIEL ROSELAAR Jemma Jacobs, Sandy Tapnack, Edward Zinkin 15 Discovering the Shem Mi’Shemuel of Sochaczew: Rosh Hashana and the tension between submission and self-expression Front cover illustration RABBI HARVEY BELOVSKI Yolanda Rosalki 23 Is Tsaraat infectious? A unified theory of Tsaraat Yolanda Rosalki is a artist MD SPITZER and illustrator, for more information on how her 32 The Making of Gedolim: do we all have an equal capacity for Torah greatness? designs can enhance your RAFI GANZ simha, email:
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