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A collection of academic articles by Dr Naftali Loewenthal, on themes of Chassidism, modernity, feminism, prayer, self-sacrifice and more.
An earlier (1995) version or related piece by Naftali Loewenthal on women and the dialectic of spirituality in Hasidism, tracing the historical development of this scholarly analysis and its...
A companion piece to Naftali Loewenthal's article on women and the dialectic of spirituality in Hasidism, further exploring the complexities of female spiritual life within the Hasidic world and the...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal examining the dialectic of spirituality for women in the Hasidic tradition. The article traces the tension between women's formal exclusion from certain...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal drawing on the scholarship of Willensky, exploring the concept of womanhood within the Hasidic tradition. The piece examines how Hasidic thought and practice...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal examining the spiritual experiences and religious education of young people, including girls, within the Hasidic world. The article explores how Hasidic...
Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's study on the self-sacrifice of the Zaddik in Chabad thought, continuing the exploration of how total self-abnegation shapes the Rebbe's role and his...
Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the concept of self-sacrifice (mesirut nefesh) of the Zaddik (Chassidic Rebbe) in Chabad-Lubavitch thought. The article examines how Chabad...
Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's study on reason and supra-rationality in Chabad thought, further exploring the dialectic between intellectual understanding and the transcendent...
Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the tension between rational understanding and supra-rational faith in Chabad-Lubavitch thought. The article examines how Chabad theology...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal, likely contributed to the "Midrash Unbound" volume edited by Michael Fishbane, examining the theme of radiance and illumination in Chabad textual...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal engaging with Rivka Schatz-Uffenheimer's influential thesis on the "neutralization" of Messianism in early Hasidism. The paper examines the tension between...
A chapter by Naftali Loewenthal in the volume "Midrash Unbound: Transformations and Innovations" (Littman Library, 2013), examining how Chabad-Lubavitch engaged with and transformed Midrashic...
Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's academic study on the Lower Unity (Yichuda Tata'ah) in Chabad thought, further exploring its theological implications and its role in shaping Chabad...
Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the kabbalistic concept of the Lower Unity (Yichuda Tata'ah) in Chabad-Lubavitch thought. The article examines how this key concept from the...
A chapter by Naftali Loewenthal in the volume "Traditions of Maimonideanism" (IJS Studies in Judaica, UCL, 2009), exploring the relationship between Maimonidean rationalist philosophy and...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal examining the role of the Iggeret HaKodesh (the fourth part of the Tanya) in shaping and motivating Chabad-Lubavitch outreach. The article analyses how this...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal (UCL) examining how early Hasidism sought to unite a fragmented Jewish society by revealing the holiness inherent in every person. The article traces how...
A historical study by Naftali Loewenthal tracing the practice and theology of contemplative prayer (hitbonenut) in Chabad-Lubavitch from its origins in the late 18th century through to 1920. The...
Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's article tracing the development of women's activism in twentieth-century Chabad, from local Ladies' Auxiliaries to the internationally organised...
Part one of an academic article by Naftali Loewenthal, published in "A Touch of Grace" (Zalman Shazar Center), tracing the transformation of women's roles in Chabad-Lubavitch from informal Ladies'...
An entry contributed by Naftali Loewenthal to the Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics (Brill, 2013), examining the role and use of the Hebrew language within the Hasidic movement. The...
An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal exploring the identity and role of women in Hasidic society, examining whether the Hasidic woman is defined primarily through her relationship to the male...
An academic paper by Naftali Loewenthal, presented at an international conference (1993), on the role of contemplative prayer (hitbonenut) in twentieth-century Chabad-Lubavitch. The paper examines...
Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's study on the paradox of redemption in contemporary Chabad, further exploring how the movement navigates messianic belief and institutional continuity...
Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the paradox of redemption in contemporary Chabad-Lubavitch, examining the theological and sociological tensions arising from the messianic...
An excerpt from Naftali Loewenthal's book on how Chabad-Lubavitch communicates the infinite dimensions of Chassidic teaching to a broad audience. The work explores the methods by which deep mystical...
Part two (continuation) of Naftali Loewenthal's academic study on the concept of Da'at in Chabad thought, continuing the examination of how knowledge-union transforms into active divine service and...
Part one of an academic study by Naftali Loewenthal on the Chabad concept of Da'at (knowledge/union), examining how this faculty drives active divine service in Chabad thought. The article traces the...