Rabbi Menachem Dov Genack

Rabbi Menachem Genack is CEO of OU Kosher, overseeing the kashrut certification of 9,000 facilities in 100 countries, and general editor of OU Press. He studied under Rav Soloveitchik for more than 15 years. Rabbi Genack lives in Englewood, New Jersey, where he has served as spiritual leader of Congregation Shomrei Emunah since 1980.

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The Rav On Purim And The Megillah

By Rabbi Menachem Dov Genack

Megillat Esther is the sole book of Tanach in which God’s name is not mentioned. This too can only be understood as an irony which confirms His pervasive, but hidden, presence.