Authors: Louis David Solomon, Aryeh Solomon
ISBN-13: 9780765760920, ISBN-10: 0765760924
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
Date Published: January 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), was perhaps the twentieth century's most well-known Orthodox Jewish leader. For over forty years, as spiritual leader of the Habad-Lubavitch Hasidic Movement, he spearheaded the worldwide reconstruction of post-Holocaust Jewish religious life, inspiring a re-awakening of Jewish awareness and observance in as many as fifty countries. His initiatives impacted on many individuals formerly far removed from Jewish living. This work is the culmination of five years of intensive research into Rabbi Schneerson's writings undertaken for the doctoral degree within the Graduate School of Education at Melbourne's La Trobe University. It is the first systematic analysis of Rabbi Schneerson's educational philosophy conducted according to strict academic criteria.
Preface | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Habad Leaders and Texts | ||
Introduction | 1 | |
I | The Writings | |
1 | The Seventh Admor of Habad as an Educator of Significance | 17 |
2 | Themes from Ten Sichot 1950 to 1964 | 47 |
3 | Themes from Ten Sichot 1965 to 1979 | 113 |
4 | Themes from Ten Sichot 1979 to 1992 | 163 |
5 | Relating the Educational Writings to Rabbi Schneerson's General Themes | 205 |
6 | Contextualizing the Educational Writings | 257 |
Pt. II | The Educational Context | |
1 | The Educational Orientation of the Hasidic Movement | 227 |
2 | A Succinct Biography of Rabbi Schneerson | 307 |
3 | Education as a Central Concern | 341 |
4 | Educational Initiatives | 357 |
5 | The Educational Process Derived from the Names of the Passover Festival | 371 |
6 | Evaluating the Research Findings | 379 |
Glossary | 429 | |
Bibliography | 445 | |
Index | 481 |