The Hasidic tale / Gedalyah Nigal ; translated by Edward Levin.

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Nigal, Gedalyah

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)Publication details: Oxford ; Portland, Or. : Littman Library of Jewish Civilization, ©2008.Description: 1 online resource (viii, 383 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781909821095
1909821098

Uniform titles:

Siporet ha-Ḥasidit. English

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hasidic tale.DDC classification:

296.8/332 22

LOC classification:

BM532 .N5413 2008eb

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Contents:

The Hasidic tale as perceived by Hasidim -- The tsadik, his followers, and his opponents -- Matchmaking and marriages -- The blessing of children: birth and offspring -- Agunot -- A life of sin -- Illness and physicians -- The dead, burial, and the world to come -- Transmigration of the soul and dybbuks -- The powers of evil and the war against them -- Apostasy and apostates -- Ritual slaughterers -- The Tamim: the simple person -- Hidden tsadikim -- Hospitality -- The prophet Elijah -- The Ba'al Shem Tov's unsuccessful pilgrimage to the land of Israel.

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Summary: This thematically arranged compendium with accompanying historical analysis makes a fascinating contribution to the history of hasidism, of Hebrew literature, and of Jewish popular culture.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-359) and index.

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This thematically arranged compendium with accompanying historical analysis makes a fascinating contribution to the history of hasidism, of Hebrew literature, and of Jewish popular culture.

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