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רבי חיים מוולוז’ין

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Rav Kook Lecture Series (1963)

I. Introduction: (A.) In manifold problems that confront and confound life today, often hear expressions "if only R. Kook were alive today!" Comes from all quarters, religious and secularist, Israeli and Diaspora. B. What manner of man was this who, 30 years after his death, is still so sorely missed? What were distinctive qualities of this personality who seemed so out of place in our age — as if G-d created his soul out of purity and grandeur of days of old, together with vision and courage of days yet unborn? What were the main outlines of the thought and philosophy of this unusual man who was, at one and the same time, a disciplined, rationalist legal scholar, and a soul that soared to mystic heights and overflowed in passionate poetry of exquisite charm — a man of whom Prof. Gershom Scholem said that he was the last authentic Jewish mystic of the ages?C. Our 3 lectures will be devoted to discovering what we can about him — his life and his thought. It should be emphasized that these 2 elements — life and thought — are deeply intertwined in his case! That his biography is his philosophy, and his thinking is his life-story.D. I trust that these discoveries will be interesting — if they are not, it is the fault of the lecturer, not his subject. But let me confide in you: it was difficult to prepare these lectures. For one thing, there is the paradoxical nature of the man himself: rationalist and mystic, man of affairs and solitary thinker, communal leader and poetic soul, creative Halakhist and imaginative Kabbalist. For another, he was extremely prolific. He is the author of over 30 works, most of which are as yet unpublished. The literature about him is even more extensive: about 1000 pieces, ranging from essays to whole books. Another difficulty: the problems he dealt with and the answers he offered, for which he was both passionately defended and viciously attacked, are still very much with us and, in some circles, still debated. For we are speaking now not o…
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נושא 4: הרב קוק

1. רקע משעורים שעברו. החסידות, בפרט מאסכולת בעל-התניא: שיטת האיממנטיות (מכה"כ) שסופה במוניזם מחלטה – הגר"ח: התנגד לזה עקב סטיות מן ההלכה וסכנות וונטינומיות או יתר חמורות. במל בשם פלורליזם של ערכים, בסיס ההלכה. 2. הראי"יה (נפ' 1935: הקוים הביוגרפים ידועים) שאב משני המקורות – אמא – ממשפחה חב"דית. אביו – משולח של ישיבת וולוז'ין. הוא שמר על ההלכה (לכאת בסיסה הפלורליסטית) במלואה – אך מבעדה חזה חזיון ההרמוניה. האחדות והייחוד.
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ר' ישראל מסלנט ושיטת המוסר

I. ראשית המסרות. הקדמת "חובות הלבבות". טיב המוסר בסוף ימה"ב – האיום... המוסר בקבלה: תומר דבורה, ראשית חכמה, של"ה, הגר"א. הגר"ח. ר' יוסף זונדל מסלנט. II. המוסר כתנועה. לימוד המוסר כמוסד דתי קבוע. *תכנית, אוירה אמוציונלית, בנין מיוחד. *ר' ישראל ליפקין מסלנטר. *תלמידיו: ר' יצחק בלאקר (פטרבורגר); ר' נפטלי מאמשטרדם; ר' שמחה קיפל מקלם. *ההתנגדות למוסר. המשבר בסלבודקה. השביתה בוולוז'ין. החזו"א. ["צמח אטלס" – חיים גראדה]
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