'Defying Laws of Nature': Yiddish Address of Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik zt"l, delivered at the 45th Anniversary Dinner of The United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth (29 Sivan 5702), translated and published on the Occasion of the 80th Birthday of Rav Hershel Schachter (4 Av 5781) is the Yiddish transcription and English translation of the address delivered by Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik at the gala dinner was held in Crown Heights on June 14, 1942 (29 Sivan 5702) to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the establishment of The Central Yeshiva "Tomche Tmimim" United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth.

The publication of this volume on July 13, 2021 (4 Av 5781), offered as part of the launch of a yearlong celebration of a "Shenas Gevurah," is a literary gift presented on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Rav Hershel Schachter, shlita, a devoted disciple of Rav Soloveitchik, and Rosh Yeshiva of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, where he serves for the past half-century as the Rosh Kollel of RIETS' Marcos and Adina Katz Kollel.