Tension, Awareness, and Holistic Self-understanding
Nachas Ruach Melave Malka 01/12/12
The Quest for Authenticity, Contemplating the Abyss and the Value of Laughter
LSJS October – November 2012
Dostoevsky, whose ‘Crime and Punishment’ defines the psychological novel, and Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner, the controversial Rebbe of Izbica, were contemporaries from entirely different worlds. Yet surprisingly, their writings address similar issues, reflecting the existential angst of their time. In this short series, Rabbi Belovski will compare the approaches of these two writers in areas such as death, laughter and the pursuit of authenticity.
Class 1: The Quest for Authenticity
Class 2: Contemplating the Abyss
Class 3: The Value of Laughter
Superficial Gossips, Self-Interested Crooks or Altruistic Visionaries?
LSJS April – May 2012
Session 1: The Text, Chazal and Rishonim 1
Session 2: Rishonim 2
Session 3: Ari and Shelah
Session 4: The School of Przysucha
Sinner or Tragic Hero?
LSJS March 2012
Session 1: The Text, Chazal and Rishonim
Session 2: Other Sources
A Multi-Layered Adventure
LSJS November – December 2011
Session 1: The Text and Chazal
Session 2: Rishonim 1
Session 3: Rishonim 2
Session 4: 19th-Century Chassidic Sources
Akeidat Ishbitz: uncertainty, confusion and triumph
JLE 19/10/10
Ishbitz perspectives on the Tower of Bavel – same objectives, new strategy
JLE 05/10/10
Holistic spirituality and the Sukkah: Sochaczew and Ishbitz perspectives
JLE 21/09/10
Korach the determinist and the all-blue tallit
JLE 08/06/10