Rabbi Shlomo Goren: Torah Sage and General Book

1	Childhood	17
2	Young learner	21
3	Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaKohen Kook ztz"l	24
4	University student	26
5	Courageous young soldier	27
6	Relationship with Ben-Gurion	31
7	First Passover Seder	35
8	Saving Jerusalem from Jordanian invasion	38
9	Establishing the army rabbinate	40
10	Mitzva of bringing fallen soldiers to Kever Yisrael	42
11	Activities as an army rabbi	45
12	Sinai campaign	51
13	First religious paratrooper	54
14	Israel prize	55
15	Plan for the holy places	56
16	Six day war : Jerusalem reunited	57
17	Taking Rachel's tomb and the cave of the patriarchs	65
18	Forbidding Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount	69
19	Jewish prayer at the cave of the patriarchs : Dayan vs. Goren	74
20	From the army to Tel Aviv	76
21	Chief rabbinate	78
22	Last years	85
23	Rabbi Goren's worldview	93
24	A redemptive vision of modern Jewish history	95
25	The land of Israel according to Halacha	97
26	Settling Eretz Yisrael	98
27	The Jewish state : between exile and the messianic age	99
28	Religious significance of the state of Israel	101
29	Jewish right to sovereignty in all of Eretz Yisrael	103
30	Halachic status of Judea and Samaria	104
31	Rabbi Goren's opposition to a Palestinian-Arab state	105
32	Oslo betrayal	106
33	Peace as an ultimate Jewish ideal	108
34	Unfortunate hour of his leaving	109
35	Building the temple	113
36	Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount	114
37	The Temple Mount accusation	116
38	Worshiping on the Temple Mount : how not to make peace	124
39	Letter to the government : Jewish prayer on the Temple Mt	126
40	Recommendation for Jews to go up to the Temple Mount	127
41	A warning to Menachem Begin	129
42	Historical precedent for prayer on the Temple Mount	130
43	Diaspora communities and Aliya	133
44	A trip to Poland	134
45	Lessons of the shoah	136
46	Baseless hatred and gratuitous love	141
47	Foundation of Rabbi Goren's thought : "as God is merciful and compassionate, so are we to be merciful and compassionate"	142
48	Work ethic	143
49	Extraordinary pains to help others	145
50	To save one soul in Israel	146
51	Rabbi Goren as a father	149
52	Rabbanit Tzvia Goren	151
53	Friends and associates	153
54	Relationship with Yitzhak Rabin	155
55	Courage and genius	159
56	Conviction and tireless energy	161
57	Loyalty	162
58	Tremendous power of determination	163
59	As leader	165
60	Consistency in life and thought	166
61	Absence of regret	167
62	Price of being a leader	168
63	A man of controversy	169
64	Shortcomings	172
65	Misconceptions gathered around a name	176
66	Outlook as a posek	181
67	Rabbi Dr. Abraham Steinberg on Rabbi Goren as posek	182
68	Well-known Halachic rulings	184
69	Case of the brother and sister : the Langer case	187
70	Interview with Rabbi Joseph Klausner	189
71	Method of Rabbi Goren's thought	201
72	Writings	203
73	Rabbi Goren's relevance today	211
74	Lessons for today	215