Exchange with Naomi Hochstein about Mistaken Identity with R. Maurice Lamm (1968)

1. Naomi Hochstein to R. Lamm (Apr. 28, 1968)

1. Naomi Hochstein to R. Lamm (April 28, 1968)

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Exchange with R. Maurice Lamm about Assisting Him with Book (1968)

Dear Norm, This is a minuscule note for your great assistance in aiding the book. I know how much work you put into it and that is really an adequate, gracious way in which we can thank the faster. You did more than cared, obviously. You advised and prodded – and that was just as valuable.

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Exchange with R. Maurice Wohlgelernter about Pamphlets on R. Kook and Marriage (1966)

Dear Nochum: I chanced upon your pamphlet Rav Kook: Man of Faith and Vision, published by the Jewish National Fund. It reads beautifully and covers the highlights of his life and thought. I regret only the omission of his views on Kodesh Vechol discussed so excellently in your article in the Leo Jung Jubilee Volume. But, in a work designed principally for the uninitiated laymen, this, needless to say, is a minor caveat. I understand you are issuing a pamphlet on the "Jewish Concept of Marriage." If possible, let me have a copy on publication. I trust all is well. Warmest personal regards.Sincerely yours, Maurice Wohlgelerntner

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Exchange with William Frankel about R. Lamm's Views on Divine Revelation (1969)

Dear Rabbi Lamm, As you may by now have seen, I published your letter in our last week's issue. You make the point that because you accept "Torah min ha-shamayim" and Dr. Jacobs does not, you are Orthodox and he is not. That would be perfectly fine and explicit if we knew what you meant by "Torah min ha-shamayim" since this was the basis of the "local polemics" to which your letter refers. Dr. Jacobs has made his position quite clear but neither your letter nor any other of your writings that I have seen are equally explicit on this subject. I am sure that you don’t wish intentionally to cloud the issues by deliberately vague formulations – indeed meaningless formulations. Would you therefore care to write an article for me, of not more than 1,200 words, on how you define "Torah min ha-shamayim" from the point of view of "modern Orthodoxy" as distinct from the non-modern acceptance of verbal inspiration? I am sure that such an article from you would have more than local interest and would be an important contribution to what I consider to be at the root of what you have described as "Modern Orthodoxy’s identity crisis". With kind regards, yours sincerely, William Frankel.

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