Collected Writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Volume 9

Timeless Hashkafah and Index Volume

This supplemental volume to the Collected Writings of Rav Samson Raphael Hirsch, the founder of Torah im Derech Eretz, contains articles not published in the original 8 volumes, as well as a comprehensive subject and source index to the entire Collected Writings series. The articles reflect the ever-valid Hirschian ideology, on the following topics:

• Naphtulei Niphtalti-a refutation of Reform rationales
• Jewish Observations - a statement against anti-Semitism and derision of Torah
• Rabbinic Judaism and General Education - an affirmation of "Torah im Derech Eretz"
• Address: Schiller Centenary - an evaluation of the worth of the secular within Torah parameters
• Outrage in Hamburg - a criticism of a Jewish community's response to a forbidden marriage, thereby highlighting the need for independent Orthodoxy
• Address: Battle of the Nations - an appreciation of civil freedom and its meaning for Jews
• Two Letters - on the Aggadah - an analysis of the authority of Halachah and Aggada
• Carmel and Sinai - a call to faithful Torah observance amidst the challenge of the times