The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov

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A&C Black, 5 Eyl 2006 - 448 sayfa
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.">
 

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Praise Promise and Prayer
1
The Authors Prayer
7
The PreBeshtian Hasidim and the Hidden Tzaddikim
13
Beginnings to Revelation
15
Fulfilling His Fathers Words
21
He Joins the Society of Hidden Tzaddikim
27
A Werewolf
33
Remarriage
39
Repairing the Damage
212
A Matter of Blindness
218
A Mature Teacher Full of Wisdom and Love
219
Comforting an Isolated Jew
227
The Besht Shows His Disciples Elijah
231
A Defective Mezuzah
248
Lighting a Candle
258
Dust and Ashes
272

With the Shepherds
45
May His Great Name Be Blessed
51
Hershel Goat
54
The Besht Opposes Preachers of Rebuke
68
As a Coachman
81
A Simple Mans Trust
96
He Sees Godliness Within and Without
101
Ahiyah Tells Him of the Previous Incarnation of His Soul
107
He Is Revealed to the World and Accepted as Master by the Pious of Kitov
113
Hai Elul
119
A Mission as a Teacher and Baal Shem
121
Rabbi Yaakov Koppel the Shivittinik
126
A Movement Forms and Opposition Grows
178
A Drunkards Prayer on Yom Kippur
206
Toward Redemption with the Sting of Persecution and Heresy
288
The Importance of Parables and Stories
294
The Palace of the Birds Nest
300
Persecution
306
Rabbi Dov Ber of Torchin the Maggid of Mezritch
312
Hearing with an Open Ear
318
Fixing Souls
325
Renewed Hostility
337
To Death and Beyond
340
ILLUSTRATIONS
355
GLOSSARY
409
BIBLIOGRAPHY
417
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Yitzhak Buxbaum is a maggid, a traditional Jewish Storyteller. He is the author of nine books, including Jewish Spiritual Practice, Jewish Tales of Mystic Joy, Jewish Tales of Holy Women and Storytelling and Spirituality in Judaism.

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