
Published online:
22 March 2012
Published in print:
30 May 2002
Online ISBN:
9780520925076
Print ISBN:
9780520223943
Contents
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Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk: A Call for Peace Rabbi Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk: A Call for Peace
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Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady: Defense of the Vilna Gaon Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady: Defense of the Vilna Gaon
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The Maggid of Mezhirech: The Strategy of Restraint The Maggid of Mezhirech: The Strategy of Restraint
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After the Vilna Gaon’s Death: “Not to Speak Ill After the Bier of a Torah Scholar” After the Vilna Gaon’s Death: “Not to Speak Ill After the Bier of a Torah Scholar”
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Maẓref Ha’avodah: Opposition to Hasidism as a Legitimate Error Guided by the Hands of Heaven Maẓref Ha’avodah: Opposition to Hasidism as a Legitimate Error Guided by the Hands of Heaven
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Beit Rabi—a Controversy for the Sake of Heaven Beit Rabi—a Controversy for the Sake of Heaven
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The Rebbe, Rabbi Joseph Isaac: The Victory of the Hasidim in the Minsk Debate The Rebbe, Rabbi Joseph Isaac: The Victory of the Hasidim in the Minsk Debate
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The Rebbe Joseph Isaac on Hasidim, Mitnagdim, and Maskilim The Rebbe Joseph Isaac on Hasidim, Mitnagdim, and Maskilim
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Yehoshua Mondshine: A Plot of the Parnasim and the Weakness of the Vilna Gaon Yehoshua Mondshine: A Plot of the Parnasim and the Weakness of the Vilna Gaon
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Between Hasidic Historiography and Critical Research Between Hasidic Historiography and Critical Research
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Apologetics, Harmonization, and Intentional Forgetfulness Apologetics, Harmonization, and Intentional Forgetfulness
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Conclusion Conclusion
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Chapter
4 The Vilna Gaon and the Mitnagdim as Seen by the Hasidim
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Pages
96–150
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Published:May 2002
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Etkes, Immanuel, 'The Vilna Gaon and the Mitnagdim as Seen by the Hasidim', The Gaon of Vilna: The Man and His Image (Oakland, CA , 2002; online edn, California Scholarship Online, 22 Mar. 2012), https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520223943.003.0005, accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
Abstract
This chapter examines how the persecuted Hasidim regard their persecutor and how did the Hasidic leaders explain to themselves and to their flocks the fact that their chief opponent, Vilna Gaon, was the greatest scholar of their generation. It analyzes the letters written by Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady. The findings reveal that Zalman's response to the role played by the Vilna Gaon in the struggle against Hasidism was dual. While he acknowledged the Gaon's eminence as the greatest scholar of his day, he also challenged his authority to determine that Hasidism was a heresy.
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