Yosef Bronstein: Only for Chabad? Modern Orthodoxy and the Rebbe [Mysticism II 3/4]

Join our email list to receive, among other great 18Forty content, a coupon code for 10% off your Koren Publishers order, good through Aug. 31. In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, we talk to Yosef Bronstein—a rabbi, writer, and scholar—about the philosophy of Chabad and the Lubavitcher Rebbe. For much of the Jewish world, the Chabad movement plays a part in our lives, but it’s not necessarily something we understand deeply. Rabbi Bronstein, author of the newly published Engaging the Essence: The Philosophy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Koren), helps us fix that. In this episode we discuss:What draws a Litvak to the Torah of the Lubavitcher Rebbe? What were the Rebbe’s essential innovations of Judaism?How might a messianic consciousness enhance our Torah lives?Tune in to hear a conversation about what Orthodox Jews outside of the Lubavitch community can learn from Chabad. Interview begins at 15:33Yosef Bronstein received rabbinic ordination and a PhD in Talmudic Studies from Yeshiva University. He is the Rosh Bet Midrash of Machon Zimrat Ha’aretz, a community learning center and rabbinical training program in Efrat, Israel, and also teaches Jewish philosophy at Yeshiva University’s Isaac Breuer College. Rabbi Dr. Bronstein is a beloved lecturer, writer, and teacher on topics of Jewish thought, and is the author of The Authority of the Divine Law: A Study in Tannaitic Midrash and Engaging the Essence: The Philosophy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.References:Engaging the Essence: The Philosophy of the Lubavitcher Rebbe by Rabbi Dr. Yosef BronsteinTanyaThe Steinsaltz TanyaLessons in TanyaHeaven on Earth Reflections on the theology of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe by Faitel LevinHalakhic Man by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik18Forty Podcast: "Yosef Bronstein: Rav Tzadok & Rav Kook on Jewish History"Pirkei Avot 1KuzariMishneh TorahOpen Secret by Elliot R. WolfsonThe Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference by David BergerSichos“Bittul Torah or a Taste of the World To Come? Fathers and Young Children” by Yosef BronsteinBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/18forty-podcast--4344730/support.