Beit Avi Chai presents "The Great Leaders": A lecture series.
Leaders and movements in Eastern Europe in the Modern Age
They founded religious movements, molded their images, and forged their paths. Who were the great leaders in Eastern Europe in the Modern Age? What were their attitudes, and how did they influence one another? About leaders and leadership and how one person can truly make a difference.
Speaker: Prof. (emeritus) Immanuel Etkes, Department of Jewish History, the Hebrew University in Jerusalem
Session 1: Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov and Early Chassidism
Should the Ba'al Shem Tov be viewed as the founder of Chassidism? An in-depth examination of the Ba'al Shem Tov's innovations in the service of God, of his activities as a leader, and of his disciples.
Wednesday, January 11, 7:30 PM
Session 2: Rabbi Shneor Zalman of Liadi and Chabad Chassidism
Chabad Chassidism received its unique character from this leader. Who was Rabbi Shneor Zalman of Liadi, and what made Chabad's leader, the author of the Tanya, such an influential figure?
Wednesday, January 18, 7:30 PM
Session 3: Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and the Lithuanian Yeshivot
The Vilna Gaon's star pupil became his successor as the leader of the Misnagdim and established the Volozhin Yeshiva, the "mother of the Lithuanian yeshivot." On Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin's religious thought and his educational enterprise in light of the challenge posed by Chassidism.
Wednesday, January 25, 7:30 PM
Session 4: Rabbi Israel Salanter and the Mussar Movement
He sought to infuse the lives of Lithuanian Jews with spirituality. What is the innovation of Rabbi Israel Salanter's philosophy and his concept of Mussar? In what way did he wish to change the face of society? Did he succeed?
Wednesday, February 1, 7:30 PM
Session 5: Rabbi Josef Yoizel Hurwitz and the Novaredok Yeshivot
The Mussar yeshivot aimed to integrate the ethos of erudition of the Lithuanian yeshivot with the ideas and educational practices of the Mussar movement. The Novaredok yeshiva stood out for its radical and even bizarre nature, which generated admiration and opposition in equal measure. How did Rabbi Josef Yoizel Hurwitz, the yeshiva's founder and leader, conceive of Mussar?
Wednesday, February 8, 7:30 PM
Admission: NIS 30; students, NIS 20; NIS 120 for the series
This is a Hebrew-language only event.
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