The Kotzk Podcast
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Kotzk Podcast 030: Is a Halachic environmental discourse even possible?
Is a Halachic environmental discourse even possible? (Kotzk Blog: 485)
Kotzk Podcast 029: Babylonian Talmudic notion of 'Temporary Marriage'
Babylonian Talmudic notion of 'Temporary Marriage' (Kotzk Blog 484)
Kotzk Podcast 028: Religion and (or) Social Justice: A Jewish Perspective
Religion and (or) Social Justice: A Jewish Perspective(Kotzk Blog 481)
Kotzk Podcast 027: What did the Kotzker Rebbe say?
What did the Kotzker Rebbe say? (Kotzk Blog 480)based extensively on the research by Professor Yaakov Levinger[1]examines the authenticity of many of the sayings popularly attributed to theChassidic Rebbe, Menachem Mendel of Kotzk (1787-1869).
Kotzk Podcast 026: R. Yitzchak of Warka and the rise of the Chassidic movement in Poland.
R. Yitzchak of Warka and the rise of the Chassidic movement in Poland (Kotzk Blog 479)This article explores the rise ofChassidismin early nineteenth-century Poland asRebbeshad to embrace the notion of Shtadlanut (politics and statesmanship) in a
Kotzk Podcast 025: 'Fixing' broken Messiahs The extreme messianic mysticism of the students of the Vilna Gaon (Part II)
'Fixing' broken MessiahsThe extreme messianic mysticism of the students of the Vilna Gaon (Part II) (Kotzk Blog 478)
Kotzk Podcast 024: The extreme messianic mysticism of the students of the Vilna Gaon
The extreme messianic mysticism of the students of the Vilna Gaon (Kotzk Blog: 477)
Kotzk Podcast 023: Did the Vilna Gaon’s Religious Zionism precede modern Secular Zionism?
Did the Vilna Gaons Religious Zionism precede modern Secular Zionism? (Kotzk Blog: 476)
Kotzk Podcast 022: Messianic Mitnagdim
This article explores the surprising and radical messianism as expressed by what is usually considered to be the sober school of the students of the Vilna Gaon:Kotzk Blog: 475) Messianic Mitnagdim
Kotzk Podcast 021: A mind in motion: Maimonides correcting Maimonides
A mind in motion: Maimonides correcting Maimonides (Kotzk Blog: 474)