e-TiM: Online Program
Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook Wednesdays, 11:00 am EST

Dates

September 9, 2020 September 23, 2020

Time

Wednesdays 7:00 AM Eastern

Location

Online

Class recordings

One of the marks of great religious thinkers is their infusing familiar concepts with new meaning. Among the many ideas which Rav Kook revolutionized was repentance, teshuvah. Drawing on the Kabbalah, philosophy, his sense of the times and his own remarkable inner life, he understood teshuvah as an invigorating celebration of spiritual freedom, for individuals, the Jewish people, and the world. 

In this series we will study some of his rich ideas, as well as the sources on which he drew, and explore their meanings for us today.

Texts will be presented in the original and with English translation.

Topics:

Teshuva

Meet the speaker

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky

Yehudah Mirsky is professor of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis, and as well a member of the faculty of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. He teaches courses on the history of Israel on Zionism, on Jewish intellectual history, and on human rights.   He worked in Washington for a number of years on Capitol Hill, at a think tank, and served in the Clinton Administration as special advisor in the US State Department's human rights bureau.   After the attacks of…

Dr. Yehudah Mirsky bio & resources

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Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook-Part 2

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Teshuva in the Teachings of Rav Kook (Part 1)

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Source Material

Sources: Teshuvah in the Thought of Rav Kook (PDF)

Sources: Teshuvah in the Thought of Rav Kook -3rd session (PDF)