The Sefirot and the Educational Process: A Mystical Model for Understanding the Teacher Student Relationship
Rabbi Shneur Zalman, founder of the Chabad school of Chasidism, uses the Sefirot to describe the relationship between teacher and student. Using practical examples, Dr. Loewenthal shows how this model has been applied by Chabad leadership in the modern era.
| Topics: | Lubavitcher Rebbe, Chassidism, University; Higher Education, R. Schneur Zalman of Liadi (Alter Rebbe), Sefirot, Education, 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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Rabbi Lowenthal, Didn't you miss two sefirot-Tiferet and malchut? How do they fit into the system? Please advise. Thanks. Pnina