From Rational to Metaphysical: R. Hayyim of Volozhin’s Torah Lishmah as a Radical Concept

Many see the mithnagdim as total rationalists. Therefore it has been assumed that R. Hayyim of Volozhin’s approach to Torah study was the same. Although rationalism may be a correct characterization of the method he used in talmudic study, it does not capture how R. Hayyim understood the essence of...

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Main Author: Shuchat, Raphael (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: The journal of Jewish thought & philosophy
Year: 2023, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-101
Further subjects:B Mysticism
B Hasidim
B mithnagdim
B Vilna Gaon
B Kabbalah
B R. Hayyim of Volozhin
B Torah
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