Gershom Scholem, Life, Library & Legacy - 

Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Leshem

 

BA, History, Columbia University

BA, Talmud, Jewish Theological Seminary

MA, Jewish History and Philosophy, Touro College

PhD, Bar-Ilan University, "Between Messianism and Prophecy: Hasidism According to the Piaseczner Rebbe

Semicha, Rabbinic Ordination, Chief Rabbinate of Israel

Director, Gershom Scholem Collection for Research in Kabbalah and Hasidism, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem

Scholarly publications: Piaseczner Rebbe, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Hasidic education, the philosophy of Rav Shagar and Gershom Scholem

Author, "Redemptions: Contemporary Chassidic Essays on the Parsha and the Festivals” (2006)