Dr. Oded Israeli
Oded Israeli is a professor in the Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought at Ben Gurion University of the Negev and the Solly Yellin Chair in European Jewish Thought and History. He is also the director of the Center for the Study of Conversion and Inter-Religious Encounters (CSoC).
Articles by Dr. Oded Israeli
The Secret of Wine
Priests are forbidden from drinking wine because they bear responsibility for guarding the core of Jewish holiness.
The Secret of Youth
The Zohar's counterintuitive claim that the Shekhinah dwells only where the spirit of youth prevails.
Cleaving to God Through Song
How the Zohar understands the function of song in the quest to connect to God.
The Exile of Speech
The Zohar reimagines Moses' famous speech impediment as a deficiency in his prophetic power.
Descent For the Sake of Ascent
According to the Zohar, the Israelites had to endure Egyptian slavery in order to become spiritually purified.
