Bezalel Naor
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When Rambam Met the Izhbitser Rebbe: Response to a Straussian Reading of Hilkhot Teshuvah
27 Dec 2018
In response to Leo Strauss's notion of authors writing on multiple levels, including an esoteric one, scholar Bezalel Safran applies this idea to Maimonides'...
27 Dec 2018
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Rav Kook’s Space Odyssey
23 Aug 2018
Rav Kook, a renowned Jewish thinker, is reflected upon in relation to the classic film "2001: A Space Odyssey," which traces mankind's evolution from ape to ...
23 Aug 2018
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First Fruits (Bikkurim) and the Talmudic View of Capital: An Essai in the Philosophy of Halakhah
14 May 2018
The text delves into the concept of first fruits (bikkurim) in Jewish tradition, focusing on the Talmudic view of this practice and its philosophical implica...
14 May 2018
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The Hasidism of Rav Kook
25 Dec 2017
Rabbi Bezalel Naor explores the concept of a new Hasidism proposed by Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, often seen as a precursor to modern Neo-Hasidism. Naor delves...
25 Dec 2017
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The Philosopher King and the Poet Messiah: Hellenic and Hebrew Republics Compared
22 May 2017
Bezalel Naor delves into the comparison between the Jewish and Hellenic views of leadership and the ideal states through the lenses of Talmudic legends and t...
22 May 2017
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A Night of Watching in the House of the Rav
2 Mar 2017
Pinchas Peli, a renowned writer and professor of Jewish thought, played a significant role in popularizing the ideas of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Joseph B. ...
2 Mar 2017
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When Elijah’s Mantle Fell: The Judaism of Leonard Cohen
15 Dec 2016
Leonard Cohen's Jewish identity and spirituality are explored in this text, highlighting his farewell song "You Want It Darker" as his most Jewish compositio...
15 Dec 2016