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1 RABBI DR. DAVID HORWITZ Address: 527 Central Place Cedarhurst, NY Tel. (516) (Home) (212) (Work) (917) (Cell) Home OBJECTIVE Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University (Rabbi David Lifshitz Professor of Talmud), Professor of Jewish Thought, RIETS, Yeshiva University (Mahshevet Yisrael program), Adjunct Instructor of Jewish Philosophy, Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University, desires to complement his current academic post with speaking and writing ventures where his commitment and devotion to the principles and ideals of Modern Orthodoxy and Religious Zionism can be expressed
2 MOST RECENT RABBINIC EXPERIENCE: SUMMER 2008: Rabbinic Advisor for the Schottenstein Honors Trip to Italy: Lectured on Bavli and Yerushalmi, Berakhot, Chapter 5 PREVIOUS RABBINIC EXPERIENCE: SUMMER 2007: Rabbinic Advisor for the Schottenstein Honors Trip to Japan; Lectured on Bavli and Yerushalmi, tractate Berakhot, chapter 4. Educational Experience: Yeshiva College for Men: Instructor of Jewish History and Jewish Philosophy: Current Course at YC: (Spring, 2009) Jewish Medieval Intellectual History (With a focus on the Jewish Experience in Spain) Previous course (Fall 2008): Jewish Medeival Intellectual History. Previous course (Fall, 2007): Jewish Philosophy in the Middle Ages RELATED RABBINIC/ EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE: STERN COLLEGE FOR WOMEN Course in SCW: (Spring, 2008): History of the Jews in Italy Previous Course in SCW: (Fall, 2007): Survey of Medieval Jewish Philosophy I: R. Saadiah Gaon Through the Maimolnidean Controversy Previous Course in SCW: (Spring, 2007): Survey of Medieval Jewish Philosophy II:Ralbag (Gersonides) Through Yehudah Abravanel Previous Course in SCW (Fall, 2006): Survey of Medieval Jewish Philosophy I: R. Saadiah Gaon Through the Maimolnidean Controversy RELATED RABBINIC/ EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE RIETS: MAHSHEVET YISRAEL Current Course in RIETS: Mahshevet Yisrael (Spring 2009): R. Moses Hayyim Luzzato: Part III: Intensive Study of Mesillat Yesharim Previous Course in RIETS: Mahshevet Yisrael: (Fall, 2007): Rabbi Moses Maimonides 13 Dogmas of Judaism Previous course in RIETS: Mahshevet Yisrael: (Spring, 2007): Issues in Rabbi Moses Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed, II Previous course in RIETS: Mahshevet Yisrael: (Fall, 2006): Issues in Rabbi Moses Maimonides Guide of the Perplexed, I Previous Course in RIETS: Mahshevet Yisrael: (Spring, 2006): Rabbi Moses Maimonides: Sefer Ha-Madd a II: Hilkhot Aboda Zara and Hilkhot Teshuvah Previous Course in RIETS:Mahshevet Yisrael: (Fall 2005): Rabbi Moses Maimonides: 2 Sefer Ha- Madd a I: Hilkhot Yesodei Ha-Torah and Hilkhot Talmud Torah Previous Course in RIETS:Mahshevet Yisrael: (Spring 2005): Rabbi Obadiah Sforno ( ): A Jewish Italian Humanist And His Commentary on the Torah
3 A Sampling of Recent Public Lectures: Scholar in Residence, Houston Texas, UOS, Shavuot 2008 May, 2008, Toronto, Canada (Rabbi Weber s shul) Passover Vacation, 2008: Scholar in Residence at Inverrary Hotel, fort Lauderdale, Florida (over half a dozen shiurim concerning various topics regarding Pesah) Septermber 2007: Topic: Eastern European Jewry s Parables and R. Menachem Ha-Meiri s (medieval Provencal) Rationalistic Understandings about God s Nearness to man during the Ten Days of Penitence. Avenue N Jewish Center, Flatbush NY (Rabbi Max Schreier) August Shemittah and Yovel bi-zeman ha-zeh (lecture delivered in Lawrence, NY) Passover Vacation, 2007: Scholar in Residence at Meisners Hotel, New Jersey (over half a dozen shiurim concerning various topics regarding Pesah) Passover Vacation, 2006: Scholar in Residence at Meisners Hotel, New Jersey over half a dozen shiurim concerning various topics regarding Pesah) January 1, Kollel Yom Rishon, Yeshiva University. Topic: Hadar, Hiddur and Mehadrin. The notion of beautifying mitzvoth in Jewish law. December, Hanukah lecture: Engelwood, N.J. Topic: The connection between Hanukah and Sukkot. December 2005, Midreshet Yom Rishon, Yeshiva University. Topic: Special Days, Special Prayers: Rosh Hodesh and Hanukah Sept. 17, 2005: Shiur on Talmud Bavli, Sukkah 44a-b: Halakhah le-mosheh mi-sinai, dinei de-rabanan, and the question of Berakhot: Avenue N Jewish Center (Rabbi Max Schrier) August, Tish a B Av lecture: Engelwood, N. J. Topic: Esau, Edom, Rome, and the Catholic Church May (Last Day of Pesah): Lectured at Holocaust symposiam at Avenue N Jewish Center (Rabbi Max Schrier) Passover Vacation: 2005: Scholar in Residence at Meisner s Hotel, New Jersey. Topics: The four cups of Wine, Laws of Matzot, Customs of Pesah in Jewish History March, 2005: Lectured at Congregation Ohev Zedek, 3
4 Manhattan. Rabbi Allen Schwartz. (Topic: Parashat Sheqalim: The Jewish Way of Giving) Dec Scholar in Residence: East Meadow Jewish Center, Long Island: Rabbi Sam Krasner Topic: (1) Hiddur mitzvah on Hanukah and in other areas of Jewish Life (2) The Relevance of Hiddur Mitzvah to contemporary Jewry Additional Lecture: The Reconciliation of Joseph and his Brothers at the Conclusion of the Book of Genesis May 2002-present Avenue N Jewish Center: Rabbi Max Schreier Delivered sermons during summers when Rabbi Schreier was in Israel Delivered sermons during holidays and other occasions when Rabbi Schreier was in Israel Delivered shiur as part of Shavuot program. Topic: How does one allocate time for both God and man on Yom Tov? Most recent Sabbath lecture (January 2005): Zakhor Ve- Shamor: the dual nature of Sabbath observance May Cong. Etz Chaim of K. G. H. : Rabbi Moshe Rosenberg Delivered numerous shiurim and sermons As part of Jewish History program, delivered four-part series of lectures Topic: Rabbenu Gershom and the pre Jewish community of Germany present: Cong. Anshe Motele (West Rogers Park, Chicago): Rabbi Alan Abramson As Shavuot Scholar in Residence delivered various shiurim and sermons to the congregation every year. Delivered Pirkei Avot shiur to women during these years. During other visits to Chicago gave regular shiurim to the members of the congregation. Topics: Numerous themes in Talmud, Maimonides, Halakhah, Aggadah, Jewish 4
5 Philosophy, Jewish History and the conflicts between Judaism and Scientific Knowledge and strategies for their resolution : The Jewish Flame (adult education institute that holds free summer classes at New York Univeristy) Director: Bob Garber, Esq. Adult Education Instructor of Jewish Thought Topic of Course: Rabbi Moses Maimonides: The Man and his Ideas Topic of Course: The Morality of the Patriarchs Topic of Special Lecture: Differences between Judaism and Christianity 1995-present Cong. Rinat Yisrael, Teaneck, N.J. Rabbi Yossi Adler Delivered Sunday morning shiurim on various topics Riverdale Jewish Center: Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt Delivered year-long Monday-night lectrure series Topic: Preparing for and Enjoying the Sabbath Topic: the Festivals through the Mirror of Halakhah Lincoln Square Synagogue (Upper West Side, Manhattan) Gave a weekly Gemara shiur (tractate Moed Qatan) to the members of the hashkamah minyan Cong. Ohav Shalom (Upper West Side, Manhattan) Scholar in Residence: Shavuot; Scholar in Residence: Tisha B Av Program 1988-present Rosh Yeshiva: Yeshiva University 5
6 Delivered shiurim in various cities, including Boca Raton, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis, Montreal, Canada and in various synagogues in the N. Y. metropolitan area Instructor of Talmud, Isaac Breuer College, Yeshiva Univ. Delivered shiurim in vartious locales in the NYC area Young Israel of Brookline, Mass As Rosh Kollel of the Yeshiva University Boston Summer Kollel delivered daily high-level Talmudic lectures to groups of students as well as more general shiurim to members of the community Fellow: Gruss Kollel Elyon, RIETS, Yeshiva University Delivered Shiurim in Baltimore, Md., Berkeley Calif., Lawrence- Cedarhurst, N.Y., Riverdale, N. Y., Los Angeles, Cal.., Oakland Cal., Sacramento Cal., and elsewhere, as well as in various locales in the New York metropolitan area 1980 Fellow: Boston Yeshiva University Summer Kollel Taught Adults various Talmudic Topics EDUCATION Secular Degrees January 2006: Doctor of Philosophy (dissertation successfully defended on 12/28/2005) Bernard Revel Graduate School: Yeshiva University Title of Dissertation: The Ethics of Gersonides Dissertation Supervisor: Prof. David Berger 1986: Master of Arts Bernard Revel Graduate School: Yeshiva University 6
7 Title of Thesis: The Role of Philolsophy and Kabbalah in the Works of Rashba (229 pp.) Thesis Advisor: Professor David Berger 1981: B. A. in Political Science. Yeshiva College, Mazer Yeshiva Program: Yeshiva University Recipient of Orthodox Union Award for Excellence in Jewish Studies Recipient of Award in Talmud Graduated magna cum laude. Senior Assistant to Dr. Ruth Bevan, Chairperson of the Political Science Dept. Rabbinic ordinations 1984: Semichah Yoreh-Yoreh Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary: Yeshiva University 1985: Semichah Yadin-Yadin Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary: Yeshiva University Rabbinic Ordinations (cont.) 1987: Private Semichah: Topics in Shulhan Arukh Hilkhot Ishut Rabbi Eliezer Shapira, Israel 7
8 PUBLICATIONS Hebrew Publications On Talmudic Topics 1982: Regarding Stems of Foods and Handles of Vessels, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol. 15 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Concerning a Woman who Initially is Raped but Subsequently Consents to an Illegal Act of Intercourse, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol. 17 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp (This article was judged a winning entry in a contest sponsored by the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture) 1986: The Nature of the Blessing upon Spices, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol. 18 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Laws of Trespass Regarding the Red Heifer: A Divergence between the Interpretations of R. Hayyim Soloveitchik and R. Mosheh Soloveitchik, Hadarom, Vol. 56 (New York, 1987), pp : The Case of the High Priest who Discovers his Disqualifying Lineage on the Day of Atonement, Bet Yosef Shaul, Vol. 2 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Suicide As Equivalent to Homicide in Jewish Law Or Ha-Mizrach, Vol. 35 (New York, 1987), pp
9 1989: Waivers of Tokens of Honor: The Case of the High Priest and the Case of the King, Bet Yosef Shaul, Vol. 3 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Commandments Classified as General Prohibitions, Bet Yosef Shaul, Vol. 3 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Regarding the Declaration that Accompanies an Eruv Tavshilin, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol. 21 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Concerning the Prohibition to Add an Additional Biblical Verse to the Set of Three Verses that Constitutes the Priestly Blessing, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol. 22 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Rashi s Understading of the Requirement of Two Cups of Wine at Contemporary Wedding Ceremonies, Zichron HaRav (Yeshiva University, New York, 1994), pp : Disputes between Bet Hillel and Bet Shammai and Halakhic Implications of the Desire to Immediately Rebuild the Temple, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol. 34 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : Concerning the Halakhic Permission to Offer Sacrifices at the Place of the Temple in Jerusalem in the Absence of the Building, Sefer K sones Yosef (Yeshiva University, New York, 2002), pp : A Case where R. Zerachiah Ha-Levi Forgave R. Isaac Alfasi s Halakhic Mistake, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol.35 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : The Status of the Concluding Blessing that One who is Called to Read the Torah Recites, and its Relation to the Intermediate Period Between Aliyot to the Torah, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol.35 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : A Proposed Solution to a Powerful Question Posed by R. 9
10 Aqiva Eger Concerning a Purported Position of Rashi, Bet-Yitzhak, Vol.35 (Yeshiva University, New York), pp : The Status of the Resh Galuta vis a vis the Commandment to Appoint a King Or Ha-Mizrach, Vol. 48 (New York, 2003), pp English articles concerning Halakhic and Talmudic Topics and Issues of the Day R. Moshe Sternbuch s Halakhic Novellae, Tradition 20:3 (1982), pp A Case of Vinegar Made From Alcohol that was Distilled from Stam Yeinam (a translation of a Hebrew article by Rabbi Hershel Schacter), Tradition 22:4 (1987), pp The Sea Change in American Orthodox Judaism: A Symposium, Tradition 32:4 (1998), pp Visitors in Israel and Yom Tov Sheni, Journal of Halachah and Contemporary Society, Vol. 6 (1983), pp Scholarly Publications in English (Besides my M. A. Thesis and Ph. D. Diss.) Rashba s Attitude Towards Science and Its Limits, The Torah U- Madda Journal, Vol. 3 ( ), pp Ha-Haritzut Emet: Ralbag s View of a Central Pragmatic/Ethical Characteristic of Abraham, in Hazon Nahum (Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm Festschrift), ed. Y. Elman and J. Gurock (New York, 1997), pp
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