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Lectures from the Oxford University Chabad Society events.
Controlled Ecstacy: incrementalism and the absolute in the inner life
Mystical Transactions and the Chabad Chasidic Discourse
Bati LeGani; of the last two Lubavitcher Rebbes - a literary edifice of the 20th century: Rabbi Joseph Isaac Shneersohn taught the first version of his Bati LeGani discourse in 1923, and issued it...
Dr Israel Sandman discusses early 14th century Isaac Israeli’s interpretation of a Talmudic test of astronomy.
From the Sacred to the Profane - the Ambiguities of Tanya Ch. 8.
From the Zohar to Chassidic Teachings
Discussing the image of Rabbi Shimon bar Yohai, sage of the Mishnah and author of the Zohar.
Dr Naftali Loewenthal presents a fascinating new book by Boruch Oberlander and Elkanan Shmotkin, “The Early Years, the formative years of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson”.
Dr. Israel Sandman explores the Chassidic and kabbalistic conception of the soul's progressive stages of development. The lecture examines how Hasidic thought maps the journey of the soul through...
Dr. Naftali Loewenthal explores the tension between collectivist and individualist tendencies in Hasidic thought and practice. The lecture examines how Chassidism balances communal identity with the...
Dr. Israel Sandman explores the significance of Maimonides depicting the history of idolatry, of Abraham discovering Monotheism and other historiographical passages in this work. Presented at Oxford...
Rabbi Eli Brackman discusses the case of "Jacob the Jew", an early 17th century figure in Oxford, who fled to escape public baptism. The case is analysed in terms of relevant halachic literature on...
Dr. Naftali Loewenthal discusses Maimonides' approach to creation and how this was understood by later scholars. Presented at Oxford Chabad Yom Limmud 22 Nov 2015.
Dr. Israel Sandman discusses categorization and synthesis in the Tzemach Tzedek's chassidic thought.
Dr. Naftali Loewenthal discusses 'Book of Philosophy, Path of Faith' an intriguing book on philosophy written by the Tzemach Tzedek.