the traditional Jewish educational system, in favor of one with an emphasis on secular studies. Opposition to Chasiddus Landau was a staunch opponent of the nascent Hasidic movement. In one response, he writes "...In this generation of ours [people] have abandoned God’s Torah and the source of living waters–the two Talmuds, Bavli and Yerushalmi–to dig for themselves broken cisterns. And in the haughtiness of their hearts they exalt themselves; each one says "I am the one who sees, to me the gates to heaven have opened, and on my account the world is sustained". These [people] are the destroyers of the generation and of this orphaned generation I say that God's ways are just, and the righteous shall walk in them, and the Chasidim shall stumble in them [This is an alteration of Hoshea 14:14, in which the prophet says that sinners will stumble in them.]..." Opposition to the Sabbatean movement According to Sid Z. Leiman and Maoz Kahana, although Landau was extremely active in combating the Sabbatean movement, he believed the most effective means of eradicating it would be to aggressively counter overt Sabbateanism, while ignoring those Sabbateans who stayed hidden. Simultaneously, Landau sought to weaken the appeal of kabbalah (the study of which often lured people to the Sabbatean movement). Thus, Landau aimed to deprive the Sabbateans of any platform, and cause the Sabbatean movement to wither on its own. Besides the specific debate over the status of Jonathan Eybeschuetz, Jacob Emden expressed strong disagreement with Landau's approach, advocating instead for a far more aggressive anti Sabbatean strategy. References External links Ezekiel ben Judah Landau, jewishencyclopedia.com Yechezkel Landau – The Nodah Biyehudah, jewishvirtuallibrary.org Rabbi Ezkiel Landau (5473-5553; 1713-1793), chabad.org Dagul Mervavah HaNoda Bihudah Umishnato Noda Bihudah, Prague, 1776 Noda Bihudah, Mahadura Kamma, New York, 1960 Noda Bihudah, Mahadura Tinyana, New York, 1960 Ziun L'nefesh Chaya on Brachot Ziun L'nefesh Chaya on Beitza Ziun L'nefesh Chaya on Psachim Drushei HaTzlach Ahavas Tziyon Doresh Letziyon Deists, Sabbatians and Kabbalists in Prague: A Censored Sermon of R. Ezekiel Landau, 1770 (Hebrew) Eulogy on Queen Maria Theresa Shevaḥ ṿe-hodaʼah ʻal hatslaḥot adonenu ha-Ḳesar Yozef ha-sheni is a digitized sermon Leo Baeck Institute, New York 1713 births 1793 deaths People from Opatów Polish Orthodox rabbis 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian rabbis Czech Orthodox rabbis Rabbis of Prague Exponents of Jewish law Rabbis Authors of books on Jewish law