Aaron Lopiansky
Aaron Shraga Lopiansky dit Aaron (parfois écrit Ahron) Lopiansky (en hébreu, אהרן שרגא לופיאנסקי), né le à Manhattan, New York, est un rabbin orthodoxe américano-israélien, posek (décideur en matière de loi juive) et rosh yeshiva (directeur d'étude) à la Yeshiva of Greater Washington, à Silver Spring au Maryland. Il est l'auteur de plus de vingt ouvrages consacrés à la pensée de la Torah, à la liturgie et à la philosophie.
Biographie
modifierAaron Lopiansky est né le 1er septembre 1953 dans le Lower East Side à Manhattan, New York où il grandit. Il est le fils du rabbin Bentzion Lopiansky et de Esther Raizel Berliner[1]survivants de la Shoah.
Ben Zion Lopiansky est né le 21 Juillet 1906 en Lituanie et est mort le 15 juin 1994 dans le Lower East Side à Manhattan, New York[2]. Il est le fils de Ahron Dovid Lopiansky et de Chajah Y Lopiansky[3], née Kunes[4]. Esther (Raizel) Berliner est née le 15 décembre 1921[5] et est morte le 14 juin 2016 à Silver Spring (Maryland), Maryland[6]. Elle est la fille de Feivel Berliner[7].
La langue maternelle d'Aaron Lopiansky est le Yiddish. Il ne commence à parler anglais qu'au Second Grade[8] (équivalent au Cours élémentaire 1re année ou CE1 en France).
Études
modifierIl étudie à l'école juive de son quartier, le Lower East Side, Rabbi Jacob Joseph School.
Enseignement
modifierAaron Lopiansky enseigne à la Yeshiva Aish HaTorah de 1983 à 1990[9]. Il enseigne à la Yechiva de Mir, de 1990 à 1995.
Le rabbin Ahron Lopiansky est le Rosh Yeshiva de la Yeshiva of Greater Washington – Tiferes Gedaliah, depuis juillet 2014[10],[11].
Famille
modifierAaron Lopiansky a un frère le rabbin Aryeh Leib. Lopiansky[12], qui enseigne le Chumash en Israël[13]..
Aaron Lopiansky épouse Yaffa Finkel, fille du Rosh Yeshiva de la Yeshiva de Mir, Binyomin Beinush Finkel. Les autres gendres de ce dernier sont les rabbins Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Binyomin Carlebach, Nachman Levovitz et Yisroel Glustein, donc beaux-frères d'Aaron Lopianky.
Œuvres
modifierLivres
modifier- (en) Ben Yeshiva. Pathway to Alyah.[14],[15]
- (en) Orchos Chaim – Ben Torah for Life. (ISBN 9781614659754)[16],[17]
- (en) Time Pieces: Reflections on the Jewish Year. December 2013. (ISBN 1494819732)
- (en) Seed of Redemption: An Adaptation of Nachlas Yosef on Megillas Rus
- (en) Golden Apples Shemos: Reflections on the Parsha'
- (he) Ashlei Da'as (Shiurim sur le Chumash)[18]
En collaboration
modifier- Rabbi Shraga Freedman & Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky. Living Kiddush Hashem - From The Inside Out Sanctifying Hashem in everything we do. August 2026[19].
Articles
modifierPodcasts
modifierAaron Lopiansky aborde des sujets variés[22]:
- Armchair Generals
- Uplifting Torah
- Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv: Man of Truth & Tranquility
- The Olympics & Completing the Talmud
- Witchcraft and Judaism
- Our Legacy Passed Along
- Understanding the Spiritual Roots of the Destruction of the Temple
- Rosh Hashanah: Why Judgment Day?
- The Fairest of Them All
- Shavuot: Where Heaven Meets Earth
- Selling Dreams
- United in Soccer
- Taking Back Nature: A Reflection
- Threadbare
- The Six Million Kedoshim
- Slavery of the Aimless
- Redemption by Reversal
- The Sniper
- Israel's Glory vs. Greek's Beauty
- The Darkness that was Greece
- Why a Joy Filled Sukkot?
- Rediscovering the Revelation
- The Human Core
- A Home for the Soul
- The Last Laugh: Thoughts on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
- All the Rage
- The Freedom of Simplicity
- Yesodai HaTorah [23]
- Hesped for Rebbetzin Esther Finkel – Never Taking (Hebrew)[24]
- Hespedim[25]
- Fundamentals of the Parsha[26]
- Torah Downloads[27]
- History [28]
- Nefesh HaChaim
- Gevuros Hashem
- Perek Chelek
- Even Shleima (Gra)
- Da Mah Shetashiv
- Gedolei Torah
- Explore Rabbi Lopiansky's Torah [29]
- Rav Aaron Lopiansky Tisha B'Av Kinnos. YGW Bais Medrash [30]
- Rashi[31]
Notes et références
modifier- ↑ (en) Yonoson Rosenblum. Harmony through Opposites. The contrast between Rav Aaron Lopiansky’s parents could not have been greater<mishpacha.com. June 8, 2022.
- ↑ (en) Lopiansky Family History Page. sortedbyname.com.
- ↑ (en) Ben Zion Lopiansky (1906 - 1995). geni.com.
- ↑ (en) Chajah Y Lopiansky (Kunes) (deceased). geni.com.
- ↑ (en) Esther Lopiansky. mylife.com.
- ↑ (en) Updated as of June 16 with Hesped Given by HaRav Lopiansky. BDE: Mrs. Esther Lopiansky, a’h. baltimorejewishlife.com.
- ↑ (en) Esther Lopiansky (Berliner) (b. - 2016). geni.com.
- ↑ (en) Rav Aaron Lopiansky: What Tribes do you Contain Inside? In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we sit down with Rav Aaron Lopiansky, Rosh HaYeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, to talk about the challenges facing American Orthodoxy, life-long education, and value education. 18forty.org.
- ↑ (en) Q+A with Rabbi Aharon Lopiansky. etzion.org.il. November 2, 2024.
- ↑ (en) Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky. Yeshiva of Greater Washington–Tiferes Gedaliah. tikvah.org.
- ↑ (en) Eytan Kobre. Where Maryland Meets the Mir. “When he learned that Rav Lopiansky, then a maggid shiur in Mir Yerushalayim, was willing to consider the position, he made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.” mishpacha.com. December 30, 2014.
- ↑ (en) Shmuel Botnick. Journey to Self. Mishpacha Magazine. September 4, 2024, p. 63-71.
- ↑ (en) Shabbos Delights. seforimplace.com.
- ↑ (en) Ben Yeshiva. eshelpublications.com.
- ↑ (en) Reviewed by Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer. Education. Ben Yeshiva: Pathway of Aliyah. jewishaction.com. Winter 2025.
- ↑ (en) Ben Torah For Life – Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky. rootedinyeshiva.com.
- ↑ (en) The Book Everyone is Talking About: Ben Torah for Life by Rabbi Lopiansky. theyeshivaworld.com. April 2, 2019.
- ↑ (en) Ashlei Da'as.
- ↑ (en) Living Kiddush Hashem - From The Inside Out Sanctifying Hashem in everything we do.
- ↑ (en) Dialogue: Volume 9 by Rabbi Aharon Feldman , Rabbi Akiva Tatz , Rabbi Mordechai Plaut , Rabbi Aaron Lopiansky , Rabbi Mattisyahu Rosenblum , Rabbi Abba Zvi Naiman & Rabbi Herschel Grossman . 1800eichlers.com Dec 29, 2022.
- ↑ (en) Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky. Eretz Yisrael: The Divine Exception to the Natural Order. torahweb.org.
- ↑ (en) Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky. aish.com.
- ↑ Yesodai HaTorah.
- ↑ Hesped for Rebbetzin Esther Finkel – Never Taking (Hebrew).
- ↑ (en) Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky. Hespeidim. torahdownloads.com.
- ↑ (en)R. Aaron Lopiansky. Fundamentals of the Parsha.
- ↑ (en) Rabbi Ahron Lopiansky. torahdownloads.com.
- ↑ (en) History. shiurim.eshelpublications.com.
- ↑ (en) Explore Rabbi Lopiansky's Torah. torahweb.org.
- ↑ (en) Rav Aaron Lopiansky Tisha B'Av Kinnos. YGW Bais Medrash. open.spotify.com.
- ↑ (en) Rashi. shiurim.eshelpublications.com.