A talk by Tali LOewenthal at a Yom Limmud at the David Slager Oxford Centre in August 2013, entitled 'Post-Modern Aspects of Hasidic Teachings on Repentance'. Click to download audio file or click icon to play.
Commemorating the 200th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, 24 Tevet 5573-5773 (1813-2013) this talk by Tali Loewenthal was given at a Chassidic gathering at the Or HaTorah Library in Stamford Hill, London. 'Seven Dorot of Avodat HaTefilah' - '7 Generations of Spiritual Prayer'. A major focus of Rabbi Shneur Zalman's teachings and those of his successors concerns intense spiritual prayer. Click to download audio file or click icon to play.
A talk to Women of the Adeni Community, Stamford Hill, for Tu BiShevat 5773. Jacob planted trees in Egypt which were used to build the Sanctuary. Within each of us is a Sanctuary where the Divine Presence and the real You dwell. Click to download audio file or click icon to play.
Commemorating the 200th Yahrzeit of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, 24 Tevet 5573-5773 (1813-2013) this talk by Tali Loewenthal was given at a Chassidic gathering at the Or HaTorah Library in Stamford Hill, London. 'Seven Dorot of Avodat HaTefilah' - '7 Generations of Spiritual Prayer'. A major focus of Rabbi Shneur Zalman's teachings and those of his successors concerns intense spiritual prayer. Click to download audio file or click icon to play.
A talk at the Yom Limmud of Sunday 2 September 2012 at the David Slager Oxford Chabad Centre by Tali Loewenthal on 'Models of Inclusivism' in the Jewish community in the 18th-20th centuries, focusing on the founder of Chassidism, Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady, founder of Chabad, and the thought of Rabbi Menachem Schneerson. Click to download audio file or click icon to play.
Rabbi Shmuel Lew talking in Chicago, June 2012, on Sholom Bayis (Wholesome Marriage), and on Chinuch, education. The latter talk was addressed to professional educators. click here for Shalom Bayis or click the icon:
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Tali Loewenthal speaking at a Stamford Hill Women's group on the theme 'Taking Chanuka into the Future' (28 Dec 2011). click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
Tali Loewenthal speaking at the London School of Jewish Studies, 21 November 2011, on the themes Tzimtzum, the Breaking of the Vessels and Tikkun in Kabalistic-Chassidic thought. click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
Tali Loewenthal speaking at the Walford Road Synagogue, Stoke Newington, 25 Sept.2011, on the Mystical Interlink between the New Year Festivals, from Rosh Hashanah to Simchat Torah. click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
Tali Loewenthal speaking in Leeds, 1st August 2011, at the inaugural lecture opening the Blima Lorie Library in the Lubavitch Centre. The topic is Womanhood in Europe, 16th-20th Centuries. click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
Tali Loewenthal speaking on "Rabbi Menachem Schneerson's Theory of Spiritual Leadership" at the Summer Seminar at the Oxford Chabad House, July 2011. click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
Professor Kate Miriam Loewenthal and Dr Tali Loewenthal presented a joint session at Nachas Ruach, a society for orthodox psychotherapists, in November 2010. In the first part Kate Miriam spoke about Mental Illness in the Orthodox Community. Click here to view the Power Point presentation which illustrated her talk. The second part of the presentation by her husband Tali presented Chassidic Teachings relevant to Mental Health. Click here to see the handout for this second part of the presentation. For the audio recording of the two lectures click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play it. The two lectures are in one file.
Tali Loewenthal speaking on Rabbi Shalom Dovber Schneersohn, known as the Rashab (1860-1920), at the 150th anniversary of his birth at the Oxford Chabad House. Click here to view the Power Point presentation and click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
<>Tali Loewenthal speaking on the Baal Shem Tov, founder of Chassidism, in Melbourne, July 2010. Click here to view the Power Point presentation and click here to download the audio file or (better) click the icon to play the audio file.
Professor Kate-Miriam Loewenthal speaking at the Sinai Scholars Conference, Dartmouth College, USA in April 2010 on "A Chabad Woman in the academic world of psychology".Click here to download or click the icon to play.
Rabbi Shmuel Lew talking on Jewish Marriage at the Hendon Chabad House, Sunday 10 January 2010. Click here to download or click the icon to play.
Tali Loewenthal's talk to the students in the Lubavitch Yeshivah in London concerning the Mitteler Rebbe, the second Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Dov Ber (1773-1827). The talk was given on 9 Kislev 2009, the birthday and Yahrzeit of the Mitteler Rebbe. Click here to download or click the icon to play.
Rabbi Shmuel Lew's talk by webcam on Chinuch - Jewish Education - to the teachers in a Lubavitch school in Detroit (September 09). Click here to download or click the icon to play.
Tali Loewenthal's talk in the Lubavitch Yeshiva in London on 'Contemplative Prayer leading to inner and General Redemption' (July 09). Click here to download or click the icon to play.
Dayan Leivi Yitzhak Raskin gave a talk to Neshei Chabad of London in May 2009 on a commentary by Rabbi Obadia Bartenura (the famous Mishnah commentator) on the Book of Ruth. This has an interesting discussion of the theme of the Messiah, which is explored in terms of the historical context of the time when the commentary was written. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO DAYAN RASKIN ON THE BOOK OF RUTH MAY 2009
His Excellency Yehudah Avner, former Israeli Ambassador, speaking at Lubavitch House on "My Relationship with the Lubavitcher Rebbe and with five Prime Ministers of Israel", 28 February 2009. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO YEHUDAH AVNER FEB 2009
THE MENORAH AND THE KABBALAH,a talk by Tali Loewenthal at Chabad of Bristol, December 2008. CLICK
HERE TO LISTEN TO 'THE MENORAH AND THE KABBALAH', BRISTOL
'JUDAISM AND MODERNITY", a talk by Tali Loewenthal at Sutton Synagoge, November 2008. This talk was given in memory of Rabbi Yitzhak David Groner, head of Lubavitch in Australia. His grandson, Rabbi Avraham Groner, is the Rabbi of Sutton. Rabbi A Groner introduced the speaker.CLICK
HERE TO LISTEN TO "JUDAISM AND MODERNITY", SUTTONCLICK
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'WAS THE RAMBAM A RATIONALIST OR A MYSTIC?' OTTAWA, APRIL 2008, talk by Tali Loewenthal in the home of Dr Yosef and Devora CaytackCLICK
HERE TO LISTEN TO TALK ON THE RAMBAM
