High Holidays 5781: ”The Emotions of Repentance: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe” (2/3) with Rabbi Dr. Yosef Bronstein

Handout: https://drisha.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Handout_Bronstein_Emotions-of-Teshuva_Part2.pdf

In addition to delineating the technical process of repentance, Jewish literature has also explored the emotions that are supposed to accompany this process. In this class we will trace The Emotions of Repentance from the medieval authorities (Rambam and Rabbeinu Yonah) through the great twentieth century thinkers, Rabbi Soloveitchik, Rav Kook and the Lubavitcher Rebbe.

In this session we will explore Rav Soloveitchik’s painful but empowering approach to the emotions of repentance and contextualize it within the broader project of his thought.