Schiffman on the Lubavitcher Rebbe as a Torah scholar

REFLECTIONS: The Lubavitcher Rebbe as a Torah Scholar (crownheights.info).

Watch as Professor Lawrence Schiffman gives an introduction to the Torah of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, and his greatness as a Torah Scholar.

Professor Lawrence Schiffman is Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor in Hebrew & Judaic Studies at New York University and director of the Global Institute for Advanced Research in Jewish Studies. He is author of many books including serving as co-editor of the “Oxford Encyclopedia of the Dead Sea Scrolls” and editor of “The Dead Sea Scrolls: Fifty Years after Their Discovery”

The thirtieth anniversary of the death of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, was in June. PaleoJudaica has many posts on him and the messianic traditions about him, with reflections on their potential for illuminating earlier messianic movements and traditions. Start here (cf. here) and follow the links.

Professor Schiffman's video presentation is technical, but I link to it for those who are interested.

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