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Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Rooting the Rebbe’s far-reaching campaigns directly in the Baal Shem Tov’s ideology, a sociologist explains why the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s vision was best suited to and carried out from the land of the free Sara Jo...

20th centuryAmerican JewsBook ReviewsChabadColumnsHasidismIssue 53 | July 2020Jewish CommunitiesMenachem Mendel SchneersonNew York

Tale of a Trail | Kfar Hasidim

Tamar HaYardeni

Who exactly were the Hasidic devotees who gave Kfar Hasidim its name? What led them to leave Poland and settle beside the secular Zionist farmers of Nahalal? A Hasidic tale from the Zebulun Valley Tamar...

20th centuryColumnsGalileehasidic sectsHasidismHistoric Walks in IsraelIssue 47 | April 2019Pre-state of IsraelRabbisTale of a TrailUltra-orthodoxZionism

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Roee Horen

As one of the Ottoman Empire’s few Mediterranean ports, Salonika welcomed Jewish refugees from Spain and Portugal. Four great mystics emerged from its shores – each with a different approach to redeeming the Jewish people...

ArticlesIssue 51 | February 2020kabbalaRabbi Yosef KaroRenaissanceSalonikaShavuot

Messianic Mania – Shabbetai Tzvi

Yehuda Yifrach

The synergy between Nathan of Gaza, a charismatic young genius, and Shabbetai Tzvi, a complex, troubled personality, led to a dramatic upheaval among the Jewish people. A glimpse into the unbelievable Sabbatean story Yehuda Yifrach...

ArticlesEarly modern periodfalse messiahsGazaIssue 5 | June 2011IzmirkabbalaMessianismprophetsSalonikaShavuot

Zohar Unzipped

Yehuda Yifrach

Outside the Box The Zohar is structured as a commentary on the Torah, divided into sections corresponding to the weekly portion. The commentaries in the Zohar are traditionally believed to have been handed down...

ArticlesIssue 2 | June-July 2010kabbalaLag B'OmerLiterature and CultureMedieval PeriodRabbisSpain

Z-rated: For Forties Plus – The Zohar

Yehuda Yifrach

The secret of the Zohar's allure seems to be in its novel ideas and the challenging concept of freedom that it proffers – the freedom to interpret anew, to imagine, to initiate and develop. The...

ArticlesIssue 2 | June-July 2010kabbalaLag B'OmerLiterature and CultureMedieval PeriodSpain

Mystery of the Zohar

Yehuda Yifrach

Since the secret oral traditions of the Kabbala were first committed to parchment in the 13th century, the controversy has raged fast and furious. Who wrote the Zohar? And why? Yehuda Yifrach In 1286 the...

ArticlesIssue 2 | June-July 2010kabbalaLag B'OmerLand of IsraelLiterature and CultureMedieval PeriodRabbisSpain

Blasting Away – Shofar

Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky

When is a shofar not a ram’s horn, and when can it be heard besides this time of year? The answer lies in Djerba and Yemen Ari Greenspan and Ari Z. Zivotofsky Reverberating throughout Elul...

19th centuryArticlesFestivals of TishreiIssue 33 | August 2016JudaismRabbisTunisiaYemenite Jews

A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha

Sara Jo Ben-Zvi

Has the Maresha excavation unearthed a pile of junk or the key to a Judea much more diverse than we’d supposed? The best thing is, you can find out for yourself Sara Jo Ben-Zvi Maresha...

Alexander JannaeusarchaeologyArticlesHasmonean periodIssue 32 | June 2016Land of Israelritual purity

Salvation at Stake – Shlomo Molkho

Moti Benmelech

The product of two worlds, New Christian Diogo Pires secretly delved into Jewish mysticism even as he rose through the ranks of Portuguese society. Then a visitor from the kingdom of the ten lost tribes...

Articlesconversosfalse messiahsIssue 33 | August 2016kabbalaMessianismPortugalRenaissance

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Book Review | Social Vision

Tale of a Trail | Kfar Hasidim

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Messianic Mania – Shabbetai Tzvi

Zohar Unzipped

Z-rated: For Forties Plus – The Zohar

Mystery of the Zohar

Blasting Away – Shofar

A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha

Salvation at Stake – Shlomo Molkho

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Book Review | Social Vision

Tale of a Trail | Kfar Hasidim

Salonika’s Mystic Quartet – Kabbalists in Salonika

Messianic Mania – Shabbetai Tzvi

Zohar Unzipped

Z-rated: For Forties Plus – The Zohar

Mystery of the Zohar

Blasting Away – Shofar

A Dig Full of Holes – Maresha

Salvation at Stake – Shlomo Molkho

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