Hemshekh Vekakhah Ha-gadol

Treading the Path of Redemption, Unveiling the Face of Effacement

A broad reexamination of the path that leads from the exodus of the Jews from Egypt to the ultimate redemption to be achieved in the messianic future, by Rabbi Shmuel Schneersohn of Lubavitch, the Rebbe Maharash.

Introduction

Part One: Genesis

The Hemshekh: A New Genre of Chassidic Exposition

Part Two: Understanding

Joy, Understanding and the Power of the Mitzvot

Part Three: Effacement

Intertextuality and Innovation in the Reconceptualization of Hokhmah

Part Four: Transformation

Hokhmah in Binah: The Concrete Trace of Essential Transcendence

Part Five: Being

Matzah, the Microzation of Hokhmah and the Modern Theory of Vision

Part Six: Singularity

The Four Species of Sukkot and the Knowing of the Unknowable

Part Seven: Redemption

‘The Light of the Moon Shall be Like the Light of the Sun’

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Michoel Dovid April 14, 2017

This series looks great! I've heard the name mentioned before and am looking forward to reading it over! Reply

Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch

The life and teachings of Rabbi Shmuel of Lubavitch, the fourth Chabad Rebbe, known as the Rebbe Maharash