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Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
Rav Aharon Kotler inspired a Torah revolution on three continents — but that’s just part of the story

By Dovi Safier and Yehuda Geberer

Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
Once the boy arrived, it was Rav Aharon who caused the transformation

By Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky

Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
Even though six decades have passed, the brilliant shiurim and ma’amarim of Rav Aharon are speaking to a new generation

By Shmuel Botnick

Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
In Lakewood, “Torah iz di beste sechoirah” is not a lullaby to put a child to sleep. Rather, it is the clarion call that brought a revolution to America’s yeshivah world.

By Nison Gordon

Torchbearer: Rav Aharon Kotler Supplement
Rav Aharon’s talmidim gained a privileged close-up view to the fiery genius who became the architect of America’s postwar Torah world. 

By Yehuda Esral

Podcast: The Builders
New Podcast: The Builders: Rav Aharon Kotler

By Gedalia Guttentag and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky

Podcast: The Builders
The Builders: Rav Yosef Shlomo Kahaneman

By Gedalia Guttentag and Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Galinsky

The Moment
You asked for an invention to solve the colored-candle problem. You forget the obvious. Monochromatic boxes. You’re welcome

By Shmuel Botnick and Yosef Herz

Serial
Benny shrugged. “Listen, I’m in the beis medrash every day. I’ve seen a lot of guys over the years. I don’t know everything, but I could tell you weren’t happy"

By Blimi Rabinowitz

Outlook
There is within our spiritual genetic pool the potential for great mesirus nefesh

By Yonoson Rosenblum

Open Mic
How long can anyone keep up such a demanding schedule for almost no monetary compensation before they burn out?

By Rabbi Moshe Bender

DMCs
I wish I was like Mirelle, I told Hashem, that night. Why am I me and not her? But it was unrealistic, I knew. I’d never be like you

By Devorah Grant

Magazine Feature
Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter has seen his once-mocked program transformed into a global Torah force that operates on a scale that no one could have imagined

By Gedalia Guttentag