Body and Soul

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Healing in Hasidism: From the Baal Shem Tov to the Lubavitcher Rebbe

A talk by Naftali Loewenthal given at the Boston U Campus Chabad House in December 2015, based on a paper presented at the AJS Conference. This presents rational and supra-rational aspects of the...

The Meaning Of The Mitzvot

5773

The meaning of the 613 Mitzvot by drawing on the Sages' teaching about their correspondence with the 248 limbs and 365 sinews of the human body. The insight is that the Mitzvot are designed to...

Body And Soul

5770

The relationship between body and soul, drawing on the Tanya and on the Sages' commentary on the opening of the Sedra. The insight is that Sarah's life in Hebron, the 'City of the Four,' points to...

Shabbat for a Healthy Body and Soul

Inspire 2007

A talk by Rabbi Yosi Asherov from the Inspire 2007 conference on the physical and spiritual health benefits of Shabbat observance. Drawing on Jewish sources and contemporary understanding, the talk...