Avraham Korman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article may not meet the general notability guideline or one of the following specific guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. If you are familiar with the subject matter, please expand or rewrite the article to establish its notability. The best way to address this concern is to reference published, third-party sources about the subject. If notability cannot be established, the article is more likely to be considered for redirection, merge or ultimately deletion, per Wikipedia:Guide to deletion.
This article has been tagged since October 2007.

This article needs additional citations for verification.
Please help improve this article by adding reliable references. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (October 2007)

Avraham Korman (1917-2002) was a Polish-born Orthodox rabbi who wrote extensively and prolifically on many subjects relating to rabbinic literature.

[edit] Biography

Korman was born in Narol, Galicia, Southern Poland in 1917. As a youth he attended the Yeshiva of the Bobov sect and was by all accounts a brilliant young student. When the Nazis invaded Poland, most of his family – including his father – were taken away and murdered. He along with his mother survived the Holocaust and emigrated to Canada after the war.

He made aliya to Israel alone and settled in Tel Aviv. he taught 'Jewish thought' for several years at the prestigious 'Midrashiat Noam' in Pardes Hannah.

He died in 2002 at the age of 84, leaving over 50 books behind and no progeny.

[edit] Controversy

Korman was an unconventional rabbi who didn't quite belong to any particular Orthodox group though he is most commonly identified with the Religious Zionist (Dati-Leumi) community.

Some in the chareidi community in Israel viewed many of his writings as heretical and the Supreme Rabbinic court of the Edah HaChareidis issued a ban against his books.

Scholar Rabbi Yosef Shani dedicates a large chapter in his book "Shaar Yosef" to refute some of Korman's writings particularly the latter's stance on the "four bechinot" (basic elements) which form an integral part of the Kabbalah. According to Rabbi Korman the origin of these concepts lie in ancient Greece and not Judaism.