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Languages : en
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Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs
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Languages : en
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Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs
Author: Joseph Isaac Schneersohn
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Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs
Author: Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
Publisher: Kehot Publication Society
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
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Enter the magical world of mystics and scholars, and discover the fascinating history of the origins of the Chasidic movement. In Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, sixth leader of Chabad-Lubavitch, takes us back three centuries, to a time of extreme physical and spiritual hardship for the Jews of Eastern Europe. Here, we meet the heroes, the brilliant scholars and simple cobblers, the princes and dreamers, the giants of spirit that spawned this revolutionary movement. These captivating tales will warm the heart, stir the spirit, and inspire the soul.
Publisher: Kehot Publication Society
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Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Enter the magical world of mystics and scholars, and discover the fascinating history of the origins of the Chasidic movement. In Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs, Rabbi Yosef Y. Schneersohn, sixth leader of Chabad-Lubavitch, takes us back three centuries, to a time of extreme physical and spiritual hardship for the Jews of Eastern Europe. Here, we meet the heroes, the brilliant scholars and simple cobblers, the princes and dreamers, the giants of spirit that spawned this revolutionary movement. These captivating tales will warm the heart, stir the spirit, and inspire the soul.
My Life in Jewish Renewal
Author: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442213299
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This powerful memoir chronicles the life of one of America’s most celebrated rabbis—Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, or “Reb Zalman” as he is fondly known to friends and followers. The book traces his life from a youth in the shadow of the Nazis through the tumultuous 1960s in America to his position as a renowned religious leader today. Often controversial for his attraction to cultural mavericks and religious rebels, Reb Zalman’s colorful lifetime includes a striking cast of characters across faith traditions, including Timothy Leary, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, and more. The book traces Reb Zalman’s work creating the vibrant Jewish Renewal movement that emphasizes spiritual experience and continues to touch Jews around the world today. Reb Zalman often illustrates his talks with anecdotes from his life, and My Life in Jewish Renewal brings together the life story of this beloved leader for the first time. Reb Zalman often illustrates his talks with stories from his life, and My Life in Jewish Renewal brings together the complete life story of this beloved leader for the first time.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 1442213299
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
This powerful memoir chronicles the life of one of America’s most celebrated rabbis—Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, or “Reb Zalman” as he is fondly known to friends and followers. The book traces his life from a youth in the shadow of the Nazis through the tumultuous 1960s in America to his position as a renowned religious leader today. Often controversial for his attraction to cultural mavericks and religious rebels, Reb Zalman’s colorful lifetime includes a striking cast of characters across faith traditions, including Timothy Leary, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Thomas Merton, the Dalai Lama, and more. The book traces Reb Zalman’s work creating the vibrant Jewish Renewal movement that emphasizes spiritual experience and continues to touch Jews around the world today. Reb Zalman often illustrates his talks with anecdotes from his life, and My Life in Jewish Renewal brings together the life story of this beloved leader for the first time. Reb Zalman often illustrates his talks with stories from his life, and My Life in Jewish Renewal brings together the complete life story of this beloved leader for the first time.
Lubavitscher Rabbi's Memoirs
Author: Joseph Isaac Schneersohn
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Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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The Rebbe, the Messiah, and the Scandal of Orthodox Indifference
Author: David Berger
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 178694989X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book is a history, an indictment, a lament, and an appeal, focusing on the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It records the shattering of one of Judaism's core beliefs and the remarkable equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have allowed it to happen. This is a development of striking importance for the history of religions, and it is an earthquake in the history of Judaism. David Berger describes the unfolding of this historic phenomenon and proposes a strategy to contain it.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 178694989X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This book is a history, an indictment, a lament, and an appeal, focusing on the messianic trend in Lubavitch hasidism. It records the shattering of one of Judaism's core beliefs and the remarkable equanimity with which the standard-bearers of Orthodoxy have allowed it to happen. This is a development of striking importance for the history of religions, and it is an earthquake in the history of Judaism. David Berger describes the unfolding of this historic phenomenon and proposes a strategy to contain it.
Lubavitcher Rabbi's Memoirs
Author: Joseph Isaac Schneersohn
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Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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My Rebbe
Author: Adin Steinsaltz
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781592643813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In My Rebbe, celebrated author and thinker Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz shares his firsthand account of this extraordinary individual who shaped the landscape of twentieth-century religious life. Written with the admiration of a close disciple and the nuanced perceptiveness of a scholar, this biography-memoir inspires us to think about our own missions and aspirations for a better world.
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ISBN: 9781592643813
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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In My Rebbe, celebrated author and thinker Rabbi Adin Even-Israel Steinsaltz shares his firsthand account of this extraordinary individual who shaped the landscape of twentieth-century religious life. Written with the admiration of a close disciple and the nuanced perceptiveness of a scholar, this biography-memoir inspires us to think about our own missions and aspirations for a better world.
Turning Judaism Outward
Author: Chaim Miller
Publisher: Kol Menachem
ISBN: 1934152366
Category : Habad
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, took an insular Chasidic group that was almost decimated by the Holocaust and transformed it into one of the most influential and controversial forces in world Jewry. This superbly crafted biography draws on recently uncovered documents and archives of personal correspondence, painting an exceptionally human and charming portrait of a man who was well known but little understood. With a sharp attention to detail and an effortless style, Chaim Miller takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind and struggles of one of the most interesting religious personalities of the Twentieth Century. --
Publisher: Kol Menachem
ISBN: 1934152366
Category : Habad
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994), the Lubavitcher Rebbe, took an insular Chasidic group that was almost decimated by the Holocaust and transformed it into one of the most influential and controversial forces in world Jewry. This superbly crafted biography draws on recently uncovered documents and archives of personal correspondence, painting an exceptionally human and charming portrait of a man who was well known but little understood. With a sharp attention to detail and an effortless style, Chaim Miller takes us on a soaring journey through the life, mind and struggles of one of the most interesting religious personalities of the Twentieth Century. --
Uncovered
Author: Leah Lax
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163152996X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Uncovered is the only memoir to tell of a gay woman leaving the hasidic fold. Told in understated, crystalline prose, Leah Lax begins her story as a young teen leaving her secular home to become a hasidic Jew, then plumbs the nuances of her arranged marriage, fundamentalist faith, and hasidic motherhood as, all the while, creative, sexual, and spiritual longings tremble beneath the surface.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 163152996X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
Uncovered is the only memoir to tell of a gay woman leaving the hasidic fold. Told in understated, crystalline prose, Leah Lax begins her story as a young teen leaving her secular home to become a hasidic Jew, then plumbs the nuances of her arranged marriage, fundamentalist faith, and hasidic motherhood as, all the while, creative, sexual, and spiritual longings tremble beneath the surface.