The light of the eyes : homilies on the Torah / Rabbi Menaḥem Nahum of Chernobyl ; translation, introduction, and commentary by Arthur Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nahum, of Chernobyl, approximately 1730-approximately 1797, author.

Contributor:

Green, Arthur, 1941- translator.

Series:

Stanford Studies in Jewish Mysticism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Pentateuch--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.

Bible.

Hasidism--Early works to 1800.

Hasidism.

Talmud--Commentaries--Early works to 1800.

Talmud.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (879 pages)

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Hasidism is an influential spiritual revival movement within Judaism that began in the eighteenth century and continues to thrive today. One of the great classics of early Hasidism, The Light of the Eyes is a collection of homilies on the Torah, reading the entire Five Books of Moses as a guide to spiritual awareness and cultivation of the inner life. This is the first English translation of any major work from Hasidism's earliest and most creative period. Arthur Green's introduction and annotations survey the history of Hasidism and outline the essential religious and moral teachings of this mystical movement. The Light of the Eyes, by Rabbi Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl, offers insights that remain as fresh and relevant for the contemporary reader as they were when first published in 1798.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Approbation of the Briliant Rabbi and Famous Hasid, Head of the Rabbinic Court of Berdichev

Editor's Introduction

Sefer Mèor 'Eynayim

Bereshit

Shemot

Va-Yiqra

Be-Midbar

Devarim

Addendum

Translator's Reflection

Abbreviations Used in Notes

Bibliography

Index of Sources

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503611023

1503611027

OCLC:

1252420401