Collected Writings of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch, Volume 9

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