Exchange with Prof. Ze'ev Lev about the Mitzvah to Study Torah (1992)

1. R. Lamm to Prof. Ze'ev Lev (July 31, 1992)

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The Yeshiva and the World (1997)

A Yeshiva is not a place of learning and attitude-building alone. In a yeshiva a student must also prepare and adjust to his future life. And if when in yeshiva he will restrict himself to its ד׳ אמות, and not prepare himself to live in the outer society, to mingle with people even as he inwardly communes with his Maker (as taught in חובות הלבבות), he will not attain the right way in his later career, after he leaves the confines of the yeshiva – and certainly he will not be prepared to exercise influence over the world, which is the mission of every Jew: to sanctify the Name, which is possible only if one is involved with his fellow men... We must therefore strive to find the middle path between the two extremes, such that the yeshiva student will intensively pursue the goals of yeshiva life and, at the same time, seek out occasions to develop relations with the outside world...One must also ponder how best to relate to others. There is nothing more harmful to the influence we can exert on others than snobbism. Our environment does not tolerate arrogance and superciliousness, especially by young people, and one cannot influence others unless he is liked by them.The author of these words is the distinguished Rosh Yeshiva R. Elyah Meir Bloch of Telz.

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Exchange with Zvi Kolitz about Funding for Special Talmud Program at Camp Morasha (1965)

רבי לם היקר, זה מזמן שאני חייב לך תשובה למכתבך, בימים קשים למחזה ולי – אתה, אדוני, עמדת לצדי, הבטחתי לך כי ביום המחזה יכניס רווחים אני אקדיש חלק מהם למטרה שתצביע עליה. אך המחזה הפסיד. אני באופן אישי, הפסדתי, בחשבון סופי הפסדתי אלפיים. אני מבקש ממך להאמין לי כי ברגע אין ביכלתי למלא את בקשתך. זה עלול להשתנות. אני מקווה כי זה יהיה בקרוב. אני מכין משהו חדש אשר עלול ליצור מצב חדש. רק קצת סבלנות. עוד משהו: גיסי לשעבר, רבי פיליפ טץ (הוא התגרש מאחותי, הנמצאת ב

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