1.0Shalem Collegehttps://shalem.ac.il/enrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="xXBQybvlUt"><a href="https://shalem.ac.il/en/news/richie-lewis-wins-prestigious-literary-award/">Shalem Lecturer’s Book on Classical Rabbinic Attitudes Toward Honor and Humility Wins Prestigious Literary Award</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://shalem.ac.il/en/news/richie-lewis-wins-prestigious-literary-award/embed/#?secret=xXBQybvlUt" width="600" height="338" title="“Shalem Lecturer’s Book on Classical Rabbinic Attitudes Toward Honor and Humility Wins Prestigious Literary Award” — Shalem College" data-secret="xXBQybvlUt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://shalem.ac.il/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2020/12/richie-Matanel-Prize00046-420-250.jpg420250The tension between privilege, position, and authority on the one hand, and equality on the other is as old as human society. When social and spiritual leadership is concentrated in the same hands, the tension becomes especially acute.  Dr. Richie (Shmuel) Lewis, Shalem lecturer in rabbinic thought, explores the talmudic treatment of this sensitive issue in a recent book, which has just been awarded the Matanel Prize, given to the best book in Jewish thought for 2013-2014 by the World Union of Jewish Studi