Studying Hasidism: Halakhah

Introduction

The attached chapter, entitled “Halakhah” and written by Rabbi Levi Cooper is available as part of a new textbook that discusses thirteen different sources for the study of Hasidism: derashot, stories, writings of mitnaggedim, writings of maskilim, newspapers, archives, music, visual images, ego-documents, folk tales, big data, material culture, and halakhah.

Download the Chapter

Studying Hasidism: Sources, Methods, Perspectives, ed. Marcin Wodziński, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2019 is available for purchase at Amazon or at Rutgers University Press.

Levi Cooper

Dr. Levi Cooper is Senior Faculty at Pardes, teaching Jewish Law and Hasidut. He holds an LL.B., LL.M. and Ph.D from Bar-Ilan University, where he currently teaches in their Faculty of Law. Levi has been awarded multiple post-doctoral research grants, held academic visitor and educational advisory roles in Europe and Asia, and written extensively for academic publications.

Known as the Maggid of Melbourne, Levi hails from Australia. He currently lives in Zur Hadassa, where he has served as rabbi since 2005, co-founded the Lavi Primary School, and spearheaded other communal initiatives.