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at The 92nd Street Y, New York. Supported by The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity
Oct 21, 1982
The year’s focus is on events as well as personalities—the event in this case being the day the president of the Yavne academy, Rabban Gamliel, was removed from his position and replaced with the young sage, Eleazar ben Azaryah. Professor Wiesel examines from three angles those central to the coup: Rabbi Yehoshua, Rabbi Akiva, the anonymous student, Rabban Gamliel and Rabbi Eleazar. We learn that after the “quick revolutions and counterrevolutions,” neither the old master or the young bore resentment. For in Jewish tradition the significance of power is not to act upon others but on ourselves, and to give the people the feeling of belonging. In this light, Rabbi Eleazar believed the words of Torah are offerings and openings, not obstacles.
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