Mor Altshuler

Mor Altshuler (Hebrew: מור אלטשולר; born 1957) is an Israeli scholar of Hasidism,[1] Kabbalism, and Jewish messianism.

She studied Jewish thought, Jewish philosophy, comparative literature and Talmudic studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv University.

[3] Altshuler has published studies in both Hebrew and English and wrote the television series The Guide – Rabbi Joseph Karo and the Golden Age of Kabbalah in Safed which she hosted for the Israeli T'chelet [he] channel in 2003.

Her views on contemporary issues have been published in Ynet's opinions section.

"[5] She claims that the first Hasidic tzadik was not the Baal Shem Tov but the Maggid of Zlotshov.