An academic article by Naftali Loewenthal engaging with Rivka Schatz-Uffenheimer's influential thesis on the "neutralization" of Messianism in early Hasidism. The paper examines the tension between apocalyptic Messianic expectation and the inward, spiritualized ethos of Hasidic teaching, and evaluates this thesis in light of Chabad sources.
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