News (2022)1 January 2023|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIImagine a certain person who, possessing a very old pool, desired to cleanse the latter of dirt and mire and to restore it. Certainly, a Divine favor...6 December 2022|Musar NewsNew PublicationPhoto: Peeters"'There is Neither Food Nor Drink in the World to Come': Fasting as Ascetic Practice in Elijah de Vidas's Reshit Ḥokhmah" by Patrick B. Koch1 December 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIThe MaHaRal of Prague created a golem, and this was a great wonder. But how much more wonderful is it to transform a corporeal human being into a...24 November 2022|Musar NewsOpen Haus at ZK/U BerlinPhoto: ZK/UThe first cohort of artists-in-residence of the Mus|ar|t program, Leor Grady and Boris Jöns, will be presenting their work at the upcoming OpenHaus at...1 November 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIAll the words of Solomon, peace be upon him, are words of musar, for he rebukes a person and guides him / her on the right path. Indeed, the one who...4 October 2022|Musar NewsNew PublicationPhoto: BrillWe are pleased to announce the publication of Ilaria Briata, "Demons and Scatology: Cursed Toilets and Haunted Baths in Late Antique Judaism" in...1 October 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIAnd now, for the treatment of soul, I present you a tested formula, pleasant and sweet when neshamah is debilitated, beneficial for preventing any...11 September 2022|Musar NewsCongratulationsPhoto: UHHWe congratulate PD Dr. Patrick Benjamin Koch, who habilitated at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Hamburg with a monographic study on...1 September 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIHappy are the virtuous who have lived pure days, which will endure to the World to Come: when they pass away, those days assemble and create a garment...1 August 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIEven though zeal is extremely praiseworthy, one must be careful not to be overly hasty in his service for one who rides too quickly is very apt to...1 July 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIThe essential thing […] is the training to habituate one’s mind and thought continuously so that it always remains imprinted in his heart and mind...15 June 2022|Musar NewsLaunch "Early Modern Musar in Print" DatabasePhoto: Anna AvlasovichWe cordially invite you to celebrate with us the launch of the "Early Modern Musar in Print" database on June 28, 2022 at 6 pm at the Institute for...8 June 2022|Musar NewsGerman-Israeli Summer School "Fear of Sin"Photo: Anna AvlasovitchWe cordially invite you to the German-Israeli Minerva School "Fear of Sin in Jewish Literature," which will be held between June 27-29 at the...1 June 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIHow should a person train himself to acquire the quality of Sovereignty (Malkhut)? First and foremost, he should not be proud in his heart because of...1 May 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIRabbi Yitsḥak said, “The righteous are destined to see the evil impulse in the shape of a mountain. Astounded, they will say, 'How were we able to...1 April 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIHuman existence requires living together, as well as supporting and helping each other in all tasks and needs. Therefore, the inhabitants of the world...1 March 2022|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLIA person should be peace-loving and peace-seeking, as it is said "seek peace and strive for it" (Psalm 34:15). Seek it from those you love, and strive...21 February 2022|Musar NewsMusART — Artist-in-Residence Program // OPEN CALLPhoto: Anna AvlasovitchThis is an Open Call that invites artists to produce an artistic research-based project, which questions moral and ethical codes of global societies...18 February 2022|Musar NewsSpecial Issue "Kabbalah and Knowledge Transfers in Early Modernity"Photo: BrillWe are pleased to announce the publication of “Kabbalah and Knowledge Transfers in Early Modernity,” a special issue of the European Journal of Jewish...7 February 2022|Musar NewsCollaborative Workshop "Musar in Context"Photo: Anna AvlasovitchWe cordially invite you to our joint Zoom workshop "Musar in Context", which will be held together with the Goethe University Frankfurt.More articles