Moses in Each Generation: Five models of Jewish spiritual leadership
An introduction to the classic kabbalistic concept that there is an "extension of the spirit of Moses" in each generation and how this idea has come to be applied to the Rebbe-Chassid relationship in modern times.
| Topics: | Lubavitcher Rebbe, Moses, Leadership & Authority, Rebbe, Role of; Rebbe-Chassid Relationship, Neshamah Kelalit; Nasi HaDor, Kabbalah & Chassidism |
Dr. Tali Loewenthal is Lecturer in Jewish Spirituality at University College London, director of the Chabad Research Unit, author of Communicating the Infinite: The Emergence of the Habad School and of Hasidism Beyond Modernity: Studies in Habad Thought and History (Littmann Library, 2020), and a frequent contributor to the Chabad.org weekly Torah reading section.
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