Epic Exposition: Schedule

09:45am
Refreshments

10:00am
Welcome
Rabbi Zalman Shmotkin

Opening Remarks
Prof. Lawrence Schiffman

10:15am
The Soul in the Later Writings of RaShaB
Prof. Jonathan Garb

11:00am
The Apotheothis of Physicality in the Thought of the RaShaB
Dr. Naftali Loewenthal

11:45am
Ayin Bet as the Culmination of a Conceptual Renaissance
Rabbi Nochem Grunwald

12:30pm
The Mystical Thought of RaShaB in its Educational Context
Dr. Aryeh Solomon

1:00pm
Lunch

2:00pm
Tiferet ha-Nelam: Inverting the Tzimtzum Narrative & the Natural Nature of Nature
Rabbi Tzvi Freeman

2:45pm
Nequddat ha-Reshimu: Time of Transcendence and the Transcendence of Time in the RaShaB
Prof. Elliot Wolfson

3:45pm
Reflections on The Hasidic Weltanschauung (Hebrew)
Rabbi Yoel Kahn

4:30pm
Round-Table Discussion: The Conference In Review
Prof. Don Seeman

5:15pm
Closing Remarks
Rabbi Menachem Schmidt

5:30pm
Conclusion