Rav Chaim Volozhin -
Rabbi Dr. Rafael Shuchat
MA, Jewish Philosophy, Hebrew University
PhD., Jewish Philosophy, Bar Ilan University,
Dissertation - “The Process of Redemption in the Writings of the Vilna Gaon”
Semicha, Rabbinic Ordination, Jerusalem Rabbinate, Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Mordechai Eliyahu
Second ordination, Rabbi Leib Baron, Montreal
Lecturer, Jewish Philosophy, Basic Jewish Studies. Bar-Ilan University
Minister of Education's Prize
Israel Academy of Science Grant for Jewish Studies
Selected works:
Jewish Faith in a Changing World: A Modern Introduction to the World and Ideas of Classical Jewish Philosophy
Conversations with R. Hayyim of Volozhin
Episode #1
Rav Chaim of Volozhin & The Vilna Gaon
Episode #2
Was the Yeshiva of Volzhin the prototype
for today’s Yeshivot?
Episode #3
#3 What was Rav Chaim Volozhin’s approach
toward Hasidism?
Episode #4
#4 What are the Hanhagot of Rav Chaim Volozhin?
Episode #5
#5 What is Torah Lishmah according to
Rav Chaim Volozhin?
Episode #6
#6 Why didn’t Rav Chaim Volozhin move to the Land of Israel?
Episode #7
#7 Rav Chaim Volozhin – 5 Things You Didn’t Know
Episode #1
Rav Chaim of Volozhin & The Vilna Gaon
Episode #2
Was the Yeshiva of Volzhin the prototype
for today’s Yeshivot?
Episode #3
What was Rav Chaim Volozhin’s approach
toward Hasidism?
Episode #4
What are the Hanhagot of Rav Chaim Volozhin?
Episode #5
What is Torah Lishmah according to
Rav Chaim Volozhin?
Episode #6
Why didn’t Rav Chaim Volozhin move to the
Land of Israel?
Episode #7
Rav Chaim Volozhin – 5 Things You Didn’t Know