Rabbi Norman Lamm ( the Chancellor, Rosh Yeshiva of the yeshiva ", and former president of Yeshiva University, a major Modern Orthodox Jewish institution ) advocated that some ( although not all ) homosexuals should be viewed as diseased and in need of compassion and treatment, rather than willful rebels who should be ostracized.

Rabbi Norman Lamm, one of the leaders of Modern Orthodoxy and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University's Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, opposes giving semicha to women.

Richard M. Joel is Yeshiva University's president, while Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm serves as chancellor.

* Rabbi Norman Lamm-Rosh Yeshiva, Yeshiva University ; Orthodox Forum ; author of Torah U-Maddah.

* Some Comments on Centrist Orthodoxy ( JPEG ) Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm

* Modern Orthodoxy and Its Future, Rabbi Norman Lamm

In the 1980s Orthodox Rabbi Norman Lamm, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva University, along with other American and Israeli Orthodox rabbis, worked with Conservative and Reform rabbis to come up with solution to the " Who is a Jew?

" again arose in the State of Israel, and Orthodox leaders such as Rabbi Norman Lamm publicly backed the Neeman commission, a group of Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis working to develop joint programs for conversion to Judaism.

His critique of Modern Orthodox Judaism has been commented on by many, including Hillel Halkin, columnist for the New York Sun ; Andrew Silow-Carroll, editor of the New Jersey Jewish News ; Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union ; Rabbi Shalom Carmy, tenured professor of Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University ; Rabbi Norman Lamm, chancellor of Yeshiva University ;, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach ; Gary Rosenblatt, editor of Jewish Week, the editorial board of the Jewish Press ; Rabbis Ozer Glickman and Aharon Kahn, roshei yeshiva at Yeshiva University ; Ami Eden, Executive Editor of The Forward ; Rabbi David M. Feldman, author of Where There's Life, There's Life ; and Jonathan Rosenblum, columnist for the Jerusalem Post.

* Rabbi Norman Frimer 1975-1979

Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, former chancellor of Yeshiva University, has also written on this subject, asserting that if the existence of extraterrestrial life should be confirmed, religious scholars must revise previous assumptions to the contrary.

As articulated by Rabbi Norman Lamm, in a widely quoted paragraph:

The actual philosophy underlying the combination of Torah and secular wisdom at Yeshiva University was variously articulated, first by Rabbi Dr. Bernard Revel, by his successors Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin and Rabbi Dr. Joseph Soloveitchik, and most recently, and formally, by Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm.

* Some Comments on Centrist Orthodoxy ( JPG ) Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm

*" Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Worldly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition ", Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm, Jason Aronson, 1990.

* Orthodox Judaism in light of several questions ( Hebrew ), Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm, daat. ac. il

Rabbi Lamm wanted this to be only the beginning of a solution to Jewish disunity.

" In fact, in his book, Rabbi Lamm explores six separate models of Torah Umadda, including those presented by Maimonides, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Abraham Isaac Kook.

" In the words of Rabbi Lamm, " Torah Umadda does not imply ... coequality.

In it, Gans writes of an audience between the Maharal and Rudolph II: " Our lord the emperor … Rudolph … sent for and called upon our master Rabbi Low ben Bezalel and received him with a welcome and merry expression, and spoke to him face to face, as one would to a friend.

But Rabbi Benjamin Hecht writes that one Orthodox rabbi views homosexuality as a deliberate rebellion against God.

Rabbi Nissim Gaon in his Hakdamah Le ' mafteach Hatalmud writes that many of these laws were so well known that it was unnecessary for Rabbi Judah to discuss them.

" Rabbi Marc D. Angel writes that " There has been a general reluctance in Jewish tradition to speculate on the metaphysical aspects of creation ," and that " the general Jewish attitude throughout the ages has been that God created the world ex nihilo and further notes:

Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz writes that " If the Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, then the Talmud is the central pillar ... No other work has had a comparable influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life, shaping influence on the theory and practice of Jewish life " and states:

Rabbi Gedaliah of Semitizi, who went to Jerusalem in 1699, writes that scrolls of the Law were brought to the Wall on occasions of public distress and calamity.

* Satmar leader and Holocaust survivor Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum writes:

; 1013 – 1073: Rabbi Yitchaki Alfassi ( from Morocco, later Spain ) writes the Rif, an important work of Jewish law.

; 1040 – 1105: Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaki ( Rashi ) writes important commentaries on almost the entire Tanakh ( Hebrew Bible ) and Talmud.

; 1270 – 1343: Rabbi Jacob ben Asher of Spain writes the Arba ' ah Turim ( Four Rows of Jewish Law ).

; 1525 – 1572: Rabbi Moshe Isserles ( The Rema ) of Kraków writes an extensive gloss to the Shulkhan Arukh called the Mappah, extending its application to Ashkenazi Jewry.

He writes that one of Schneerson's editors, David Olidort, " told how most of Rabbi Schneerson ’ s aides and editors adored him and saw him as virtually infallible, despite their numerous corrections of his failing scholarship.

Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits writes that " Judaism is Judaism because it rejects Christianity, and Christianity is Christianity because it rejects Judaism.

Rabbi Marcia Prager writes:

Rabbi Moshe Schreiber writes that it is an acronym for his father's name Mattityahu Kohen Ben Yochanan.

Rabbi Salanter writes that the only possible answer to this quandary is to learn ethical teachings with great emotion hamusar behispa ' alut.

Rabbi Allen Lew in his book, This is Real and You are Completely Unprepared, writes, " The thoughts that carry our attention away prayer or meditation are never insignificant thoughts and they never arise at random.

Orthodox Rabbi Yosef Edelstein writes:

Orthodox Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan writes:

Solomon Schechter writes " however great the literary value of a code may be, it does not invest it with infallibility, nor does it exempt it from the student or the Rabbi who makes use of it from the duty of examining each paragraph on its own merits, and subjecting it to the same rules of interpretation that were always applied to Tradition ".

The son ( and successor as Chief Rabbi ) of Nathan Marcus Adler, the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica writes that he " raised the position Chief Rabbi to one of much dignity and importance.

The Jewish Encyclopedia writes that the mention of the " Holy of Holies " in this passage is not an anachronism, as Grätz thinks, for while it is true that Eliezer and Joshua were present as the geonim par excellence at Elisha's circumcision — which must, therefore, have occurred after the death of Johanan ben Zakkai ( 80 )— it is also true that the " Holy of Holies " is likewise mentioned in connection with Rabbi Akiva ( Makkot, end ); indeed, the use of this expression is due to the fact that the Rabbis held holiness to be inherent in the place, not in the building ( Yevamot 6b ).