Author: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826418883
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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Book Description
This is a life, in stories, of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov (1700-1760), the founder of Hasidism. The Baal Shem Tov, or the Besht, as he is commonly called, led a revival in Judaism that put love and joy at the center of religious life and championed the piety of the common folk against the rabbinic establishment. He has been recognized as one of the greatest teachers in Jewish history, and much of what is alive and vibrant in Judaism today, in all denominations, derives from his inspiration. Abraham Joshua Heschel, who was descended from several illustrious Hasidic dynasties, wrote: "The Baal Shem Tov brought heaven to earth. He and his disciples, the Hasidim, banished melancholy from the soul and uncovered the ineffable delight of being a Jew.">
Author: Dovid Sears
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1568219725
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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The original teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of chasidism, on more than fifty subjects.
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374516480
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Author: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787966959
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 331
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What is a "holy woman," or a holy man for that matter? According to the Jewish mystics, a holy person is someone who has not lost the holiness that every baby is born with. A holy person is someone who fulfills it. Stories about Jewish holy women have rarely been collected in such an engaging and entertaining form. The tales display a specifically female Jewish spirituality, giving us a peek into a world of devotional beauty that focuses on kindness. These stories of laughter and tears, humility and bravery, striving and trance, have an appeal spanning the denominational spectrum: they are spiritual nourishment for the soul. The rabbis say there are both male and female angels and angels are on earth as well as in heaven. These tales enhance our appreciation of the female angels on earth.
Author: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787966967
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 291
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Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy reveals the happiness that awaits us if we strive for real spirituality. The stories are about pious rabbis and humble tailors, about dancing, singing, laughing, and crying, but their common denominator is always joyous ecstasy. Drawing us into a world of devotion, the tales allow us to taste the bliss that comes from a life lived from the very center of one's self. Each story comes alive in joy and produces a "holy shiver" that speaks to the soul.
Author: Ani Tuzman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780997484403
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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1707. Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth. A young orphan, deemed a simpleton and harder to tame than the wind, defies expectation and convention to follow an inner call. This rich reimagining of one of history's most revered and revolutionary mystics transports readers back in time to experience the true meaning of power and the timeless grace of love
Author: Simcha Raz
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 9780765799722
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Collected in this volume are over one thousand of the most popular and trenchant aphorisms of the past several centuries of hasidic teaching that have captured the heart and soul of world Jewry since the birth of hasidism. Most remarkable about these pithy hasidic sayings is how they combine the wisdom of Jewish tradition with sound modern psychological and spiritual insight.
Author: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN: 1568212062
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 772
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The Jewish mystic path and its practices to attain God-consciousness.
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195093887
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 433
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Over 150 tales from the Talmud, the Zohar, Jewish folktales, and Hasidic lore.
Author: Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780826608819
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Teachings of R. Yisrael Baal Shem Tov (1698-1760) on the Torah and the Jewish festivals, selected from Keter Shem Tov, a work compiled by a prolific Torah giant named R. Aharon of Apta, first published in 1794. An addendum-teachings of the Baal Shem Tov transmitted by the Chabad Rebbes-was added to the 1973 Kehot edition. This was broadened with additional material and rearranged in 1998 and 2004 respectively.The lessons in this book were chosen with the intent that a novice to Chasidic in-depth analysis will also be able to follow the message, take it to heart, and live with it. Originally appearing in the popular Chayenu weekly study pamphlet, they are presented here as an organized self-standing work.
