Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis and Discontent in the History of HasidismThis fascinating volume reveals some of the dark, dramatic episodes concealed in the folds of the hasidic cloak--shocking events and anomalous figures in the history of Hasidism. Using tools of detection, Assaf extracts historical truth from a variety of sources by examining how the same events are treated in different memory traditions, whether hasidic, maskilic, or modern historical, and tells the stories of individuals from the hasidic elites who found themselves unable to walk the trodden path. By placing these episodes and individuals under his historical lens, Assaf offers a more nuanced historical portrayal of Hasidism in the nineteenth-century context. |
Contents
Hasidic History as a Battlefield | 1 |
In the Footsteps of Moshe the Sonof Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Lyady | 29 |
The Fall of the Seer of Lublin | 97 |
The Opposition to Bratslav Hasidism | 120 |
The World of Rabbi Akiva Shalom Chajes of Tulchin | 154 |
The World of Rabbi Menahem Nahum Friedman of Itscan | 175 |
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Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis & Discontent in the History of Hasidism David Assaf Limited preview - 2010 |
Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis and Discontent in the History of Hasidism David Assaf Limited preview - 2011 |
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