How the Hasidic Masters Read the Torah
Aryeh Wineman
Description
The Hassidic Masters offered readings of the Torah very distant from the more evident and conventional understanding of that sacred text. Examining passages from the homily-texts of Hasidism’s classical period, we will explore together the nature of the revolutionary transformation in the way Hasidism approached and understood the Torah.
We will also probe what the explicit and implicit ideas underlying that transformation might suggest to us today as a resource for a renewed Jewish spirituality.
Aryeh Wineman, rabbi and author, is engaged in research and writing in the areas of Hebrew literature and Jewish Mysticism. He has taught several courses at the Institute over the years.
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Categories
- Arts and Literature
- Spiritual and Religious Life
- Afternoon Course