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Koren Mesorat HaRav Tehillim

with commentary based on the teachings of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik

The Rabbi Dr. Raymond Harari Edition

ISBN 9789655831429

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Sefer Tehillim has served as the collective beating heart of the Jewish people for millenia. In times of national crisis or personal joy, it is to the poetry of King David that we instinctively turn. Now, a profoundly enriching new lens through which to experience these timeless words has been made available with the publication of the Koren Mesorat HaRav Tehillim.

A consummate Brisker Talmudist, the Rav was also a man of immense depth of religious feeling, an exemplar of the ne’im zemirot Yisrael, the “sweet singer of Israel.” The Rav’s philosophical worldview, which so brilliantly embraced the dialectical tensions of human existence, finds its perfect biblical counterpart in the Book of Psalms. The Rav’s homo religious is mirrored in the emotional turbulence of King David.

Compiled and edited by Reuven Mohl (ed. Mesorat HaRav Megillat Ruth) who masterfully and seamlessly stitched together the commentary from Rav’s vast corpus. The commentary breathes life into verses we have recited by memory for years.

This edition is dedicated as The Rabbi Dr. Raymond Harari Edition, honoring the memory of a lifelong student of the Rav. As the touching dedication notes, Rabbi Dr. Harari lived comfortably with the dialectical worldview taught by his rebbe, embodying both Adam I (the purposeful builder of institutions) and Adam II (the inward seeker of the covenant).

This volume is an indispensable addition to the modern Jewish library. It succeeds not only in preserving the legacy of one of the twentieth century’s greatest Jewish thinkers but also in elevating the recitation of Psalms into a deeply transformative encounter with the Master of the Universe.