Aryeh Carmell

May 4, 1917 (age 88)

London, England

Rabbi Carmell was a successful mortgage broker and real estate developer, living and working in London, England. His passion, however, was Torah study. In addition to giving regular classes in Torah at his home in the Stamford Hill neighborhood, he founded the Jewish Scholarship Center, the British Shabbos Observance Bureau and the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists. He was in constant communication with the prominent rabbis of the day. He also co-authored a Hebrew-language book entitled "Michtav Maine"Eliyahu" ("A letter from Eliyahu"), which was the first written exposition of the philosophical teachings of Rabbi Dessler. "Michtav Maine"Eliyahu" became a very popular work of philosophy and ethics, and was translated into several languages. Rabbi Carmell personally translated it into English (under the name "Strive for Truth!") and into modern Hebrew (the original work containing too much Aramaic for the average Hebrew speaker). In addition to Rabbi Dessler, Rabbi Carmell saw Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch as an important influence, and based his Masterplan on the concept of Rabbi Hirsch"s Horeb. In 1972, Rabbi Carmell and his family moved to Jerusalem, where he taught at the Jerusalem Institute ("Dvar Yerushalayim") and elsewhere and where he continued to write and publish. Besides, Rabbi Carmell is also know as a translator. He translated "Strive for Truth", 3 volumes by Rabbi Dessler, as well as contributed to translation of videoseries "Living Judaism".

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Aiding Talmud Study

(Contains key Aramaic words, phrases, and abbreviations, w...)

1986

Challenge: Torah Views on Science and Its Problems by Aryeh Carmell (1988-01-30)

1988

Masterplan: Judaism--Its Program, Meaning & Goals

(An exploration of the mitzvot as a dynamic program for ac...)

1991

The Majesty of Torah: Selected Writings of Rabbi Aryeh Carmell, Life-Long Disciple and Disseminator of the Teachings of Rav Eliyahu Eliezer Dessler

(The scope and breadth of Rabbi Aryeh Carmell s teachings ...)

Rav Dessler on the Parasha - Mussar Concepts on the Weekly Torah Portions, the Prophets, and Writings

(In over a thousand lectures throughout his lifetime of te...)

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Background

Aryeh Carmell was born on May 4, 1917 in London, England, to a Russian family of Jews.

Education

He was educated at public (ie State) schools, and then by private tutors. His primary tutor was Rav Dessler, one of the outstanding Torah scholars of the generation, who later became Rosh Kollel at Gateshead in the early 1940s, and then (in the late 1940s) went on to serve as Mashgiach Ruchani at the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak.

Career

Rabbi Carmell was a successful mortgage broker and real estate developer, living and working in London, England. His passion, however, was Torah study.

In addition to giving regular classes in Torah at his home in the Stamford Hill neighborhood, he founded the Jewish Scholarship Center, the British Shabbos Observance Bureau and the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists.

He was in constant communication with the prominent rabbis of the day. He also co-authored a Hebrew-language book entitled "Michtav Maine"Eliyahu" ("A letter from Eliyahu"), which was the first written exposition of the philosophical teachings of Rabbi Dessler.

"Michtav Maine"Eliyahu" became a very popular work of philosophy and ethics, and was translated into several languages. Rabbi Carmell personally translated it into English (under the name "Strive for Truth!") and into modern Hebrew (the original work containing too much Aramaic for the average Hebrew speaker).

In addition to Rabbi Dessler, Rabbi Carmell saw Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch as an important influence, and based his Masterplan on the concept of Rabbi Hirsch"s Horeb.

In 1972, Rabbi Carmell and his family moved to Jerusalem, where he taught at the Jerusalem Institute ("Dvar Yerushalayim") and elsewhere and where he continued to write and publish.

Besides, Rabbi Carmell is also know as a translator. He translated "Strive for Truth", 3 volumes by Rabbi Dessler, as well as contributed to translation of videoseries "Living Judaism".