Author: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780826418883
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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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: I. Etkes
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9781584654223
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 366
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Now available in English, a provocative new biography of the founder of Hasidism
Author: Moshe Rosman
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520916760
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering the historical Israel ben Eliezer--known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht--the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism. As the progenitor of Hasidism, the Ba'al Shem Tov is one of the key figures in Jewish history; to understand him is to understand an essential element of modern Jewish life and religion. Because evidence about his life is scanty and equivocal, the Besht has long eluded historians and biographers. Much of what is believed about him is based on stories compiled more than a generation after his death, many of which serve to mythologize rather than describe their subject. Rosman's study casts a bright new light on the traditional stories about the Besht, confirming and augmenting some, challenging others. By concentrating on accounts attributable directly to the Besht or to contemporary eyewitnesses, Rosman provides a portrait drawn from life rather than myth. In addition, documents in Polish and Hebrew discovered by Rosman during the research for this book enable him to give the first detailed description of the cultural, social, economic, and political context of the Ba'al Shem Tov's life. This book goes farther than any previous work in uncovering the historical Israel ben Eliezer--known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, or the Besht--the eighteenth-century Polish-Jewish mystic who profoundly influenced the shape of modern Judaism. As the progenitor of
Author: Salomo A. Birnbaum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hasidism
Languages : en
Pages : 120
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Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0374516480
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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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: Salomo Birnbaum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258940133
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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This is a new release of the original 1933 edition.
Author: Naftoli Hertz Ehrmann
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
ISBN: 9781583308929
Category : Hasidim
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Bound photocopy of a book; the original German language book is available through the LBI library.
Author: Baʻal Shem Ṭov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781891785795
Category : Hasidism
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Pillar of Prayer: Guidance in Contemplative Prayer, Sacred Study, and the Spiritual Life from the Baal Shem Tov and his Circle is the largest organized collection of spiritual guidance on Jewish meditative-prayer and the contemplative lifestyle from the earliest and most creative period of Hasidic Mysticism. In addition to furnishing the reader with more than double the material ever assembled on this subject in previous Hebrew-language collections, this accessible, bilingual volume provides original translations and commentaries that make its unique treasures intelligible to scholar and seeker alike. Book jacket.
