Wrapped in a holy flame : teachings and tales of the Hasidic masters / Zalman Schachter-Shalomi ; edited by Nataniel M. Miles-Yepez.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, 1924-2014.

Contributor:

Miles-Yepez, Netanel.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Library of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (University of Pennsylvnia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hasidism.

Hasidim--Biography.

Hasidim.

Hasidim--Legends.

Habad.

Shneur Zalman, of Lyady, 1745-1812. Liḳuṭe amarim.

Shneur Zalman.

Genre:

Biographies.

Legends.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth (donor) (Libra copy)

Physical Description:

xiii, 352 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, [2003]

Summary:

Early in the eighteenth century the legendary holy man and teacher Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov launched a spiritual movement in Eastern Europe known as Hasidism. The Hasidic movement thrived on parables and stories promulgating joy, the potential for personal transformation, aspirations of the Divine, and the infusion of daily life with music, dancing, and loving exultation -- and there is no Jewish institution today that has not been affected by Hasidism. Since the time of the Ba'al Shem Tov, generations of disciples, holy men, gurus, rabbis, and teachers have spread the Hasidic movement throughout the world. Now this book presents in one volume a collection of profound insights from the greatest Hasidic masters. Wrapped in a Holy Flame offers rare stories, new translations, and an innovative introduction to the meaning and value of these classic tales and teachings. It features the work of Hasidic masters of legendary fame and influence, from the Maggid of Mezritch, Reb Pinchas of Koretz, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, and Reb Nachman of Bratzlav all the way to the twentieth-century Rebbe and artist Reb Shlomo Carlebach. The author has studied and taught Hasidic stories and teachings for over fifty years. This book contains a lifetime of experience and will stand for years to come as the basic, definitive work in the field.

Contents:

A Renaissance of Piety: The Teachings of Hasidism and the Shifting Paradigm 1

A Hidden Fire Revealed: The Ba'al Shem Tov 27

The Teachers of the Aha! The Maggid of Mezritch and Reb Pinchas of Koretz 45

The Ascetic Saint: Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk 55

The Passionate Defender: Reb Levi Yitzhak of Berditchev 61

Heaven Is Here! Reb Moshe Leib of Sassov 71

Dancing from the Infirmary: The Maggid of Koznitz 79

A Guide for the Exceptional Average: Seven Generations of Chabad Rebbes 89

Between Perfection and Evil 105

Soul Matters 117

Attributes and Garments of the Soul 129

The Victory of the Rational Soul 143

The Duality of Good and Evil 149

Woman and the Divine Feminine 161

Fear and Love 165

Annihilation of Existence and Brokenheartedness 171

The End of the Journey 181

The Word That Creates: Sha'ar HaYichud VeHaEmunah and the Rest of the Tanya 185

Radical Hasidism and the Challenge of Changing Paradigms 201

Dreamer of Archetypes: Reb Nachman of Bratzlav 205

Who Walks on the Edge of the Sword: Reb Menachem Mendel of Kotzk 245

Deployed by God: Reb Mordecai Yosef of Ishbitz 251

A Latter-Day Saint: Reb Arele Roth 263

Loving the Land and Its People Is Loving God: Reb Abraham Isaac Kook 271

Yea, Though I Walk Through the Shadow of Death: Reb Kalonymous Kalmisch of Piasetzna 275

The Mystic Proletarian: Reb Hillel Zeitlin 279

The Master of Virtuous Reality: Reb Shlomo Carlebach 287

Precocious Mystical Feminism: Reb Channah Rochel of Ludmir 297.

Notes:

"An Arthur Kurzweil book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-326) and index.

Local Notes:

Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has dustjacket retained.

Presented to the Penn Libraries by the Board of Governors of Adas Kodesch Shel Emeth.

ISBN:

0787965731

OCLC:

51095442