Letter from Yeshiva University Student about "The Royal Table" (2010)

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Letter from Rabbi about Visiting Camp Morasha (1968)

Dear Rabbi Lamm, I want to take this late opportunity of thanking you for your many kindnesses to [redacted] me when we visited with you and Mrs. Lamm late last week. We were most impressed with the camp and the people there and are grateful for our reception at Morasha. The visit gave us a brief respite from the turmoil that is the daily routine and permitted us a chance of becoming ourselves again, if only briefly. Your name came up over lunch with Rabbi Besdin today as we discussed your article on unity. It was this discussion that prodded my conscience, reminding me that I owe you at least a note of thanks, and much more. I hope that it will not be long before we can get together and talk, as I took much away with me from our conversations. Please thank Mrs. Lamm for me for her many kindnesses. She should have received [redacted] not by now but I add to that note. Looking forward to seeing you before long, and thanking you for your kindnesses, I remain Cordially,

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Follow-up Letter to Ephraim Propp about the Need for Kosher Dining on Upper West Side (1969)

Dear Effie: I am sure that after the Sunday night lecture, you are really a "Free Man." In that case, Effie, you are "free" to pursue the matter I have written to you about several times, namely, the attempt to arrange for appropriate eating facilities for Jews in our neighborhood... Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter to Students of Yeshiva University about Distribution of "Torah Umadda" (1990)

Yeshiva University – Office of the President September 2, 1990 / 12 Elul 5750 Dear Students: Welcome to Yeshiva University! It is a personal pleasure to present you with a copy of Torah Umadda: The Encounter of Religious Learning and Worldly Knowledge in the Jewish Tradition as my gift to you. This book was written more for you, my students, than for any other group within the Jewish and academic community. It reflects my commitment to the basic truth we hold so dear at Yeshiva – that the ben and bat Torah must encounter and struggle with the issues raised by our study of the secular even as we are fully immersed in and guided by the world of the Torah. I know that during your years with us, you will frequently and unavoidably be confronted by Torah Umadda issues. Do not shy away from them. Meet them head on with the help of your rabbis and teachers as well as your colleagues and schoolmates. I pray that my book, which is not the end of your search but part of the beginning, will help you in your intellectual and spiritual quests. Most of all, may you have siata di’shemaya in all your undertakings.

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