Contemporary uses and forms of Hasidut / edited by Shlomo Zuckier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zuckier, Shlomo, editor.

Hain, Shmuel, series editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Orthodox Forum series

The Orthodox forum

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hasidism--21st century.

Hasidism.

Hasidism--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

516 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Brooklyn, NY : KTAV Publishing ; Jerusalem : Urim Publications, [2022]

Language Note:

Text in English and Hebrew.

Summary:

"Recent years have seen a shift in the approach to religious life among members of the Israeli Religious Zionist and the American Modern Orthodox communities. The trend towards spirituality, and to Hasidic teachings and practices in particular, is noteworthy and deserving of exploration. A range of leading American and Israeli thinkers - rabbis and philosophers, anthropologists and theologians - weigh in on these trends"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part I. Hasidic thought in Mitnagdic thinkers

Pahad Yitzhak and its sources: an opening inquiry / Yaakov Elman

Beyond the ban: Rav Dessler's vision of a yeshiva combining Lithuanian Lomdut, Chabad, and Polish Hasidut / Paul Franks

"Everyone asks where he is": mystical-Hasidic elements in U-Vikkashtem mi-Sham / Alex Sztuden

Part II. Recent (Neo-)Hasidic thinkers

The development of Neo-Hasidism: echoes and repercussions / Ariel Evan Mayse

Niggun as spiritual practice, with special focus on the writings of Rabbi Kalonymus Shapira, the Rebbe of Piaseczna / Nehemia Polen

The use of Hasidism in responding to the challenges of postmodernism and technology: the case of Rav Shagar / Miriam Feldmann Kaye

Part III. Sociology of contemporary Neo-Hasidut

Post-Kookism and Neo-Hasidut / Shlomo Fischer

The year in Israel has changed: Neo-Hasidut and American modern Orthodoxy / Yehuda Turetsky

Didan Notzach: toward a Hasidic modern Orthodoxy / David Landes

Part IV. Theological perspectives on neo-Hasidut.

Om Shalom: East meets West in the Jewish Spirituality renaissance / Yakov Nagen

Or Penimi: why Penimiyut ha-Torah might help reinvigorate our synagogues / Zev Reichman

The appeal of Neo-Hasidut in the twenty-first century / Reuven Boshnack

Hesitations regarding contemporary Neo-Hasidut / Yitzchak Blau.

Notes:

Michael Scharf Publication Trust of the Yeshiva University Press, New York.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781602803985

1602803986

OCLC:

1252738581

Publisher Number:

99995466708