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| 1. |  | The Rebbe: The Life and Afterlife of Menachem Mendel Schneerson from Princeton University Press Price: $18.51 Customer Review:  The book paints a sympathetic picture of the evolution of Mendel Schneerson, an unassuming engineer, into the world leader that we had in the Rebbe. It offends the sensibilities of those who would deify him or see him as infallible, immortal or as Superman. Take those reviews with a grain of salt... |
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| 2. |  | Holy Days: The World Of The Hasidic Family from Touchstone Price: $8.54 Customer Review:  Overall, I really enjoyed this book, after having heard so many good things about it for so long. Ms. Harris had long been curious about the Hassidim because of some old family photos of her own Hassidic ancestors, and she finally got a chance to not only indulge her curiosity but also to learn more... |
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| 3. |  | Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn from Princeton University Press Price: $44.38 Customer Review: For my anthropology class we were given a choice of books to read; I selected this one (living in Brooklyn I was somewhat familiar with the subject of the book). For an assignment book this one provided many interesting insights into the Hasidic community. The author uses interviews, and what is... |
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| 4. |  | The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch from Schocken Price: $8.55 Customer Review: Fishkoff has actually lived with several Lubavitcher couples - and families - who so passionately go out into the world as emissaries of their deep faith. This truly inside view is presented impartially and thoroughly in an eminently readable manner. |
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| 5. |  | Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism from Schocken Price: $11.24 Customer Review: The shipping was very quick and I found the book to be as decribed by the seller. |
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| 6. |  | Toward a Meaningful Life, New Edition: The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson from Harper Paperbacks Price: $8.22 Customer Review: Havn't had the chance to read it yet.... but from 1st glance- much to learn there, much to contemplate, much to grow... |
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| 7. |  | Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers: An Intimate Journey among Hasidic Girls from NYU Press Price: $12.99 Customer Review: This was such a wonderful eye-opening book about the variety of girls in the Lubavitch community in Crown Heights. This book breaks the stereotype that says that girls from very religious families become "drone-like" or don't have their individuality. Within their very prescribed world, because of... |
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| 8. |  | The Empty Chair: Finding Hope & Joy - Timeless Wisdom from a Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachmann of Breslov from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $5.50 Customer Review: The Empty Chair: Finding Hope and Joy (1996) is a brief collection of timeless, flawless inspirational advice. Though written from a Jewish perspective, the advice given is of universal value. This is a book you can refer back to over and over. The book also makes a nice gift for those you know who... |
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| 9. |  | Hasidic Tales: Annotated & Explained (Skylight Illuminations) from Skylight Paths Publishing Price: $8.50 Customer Review: Rabbi Shapiro translates, annotates, and explains over 80 legendary tales that focus on the founder of the modern Chassidic movement, Israel ben Eliezer (1698-1760), known as the Baal Shem Tov, the Master of the Good Name, and the Chasidic rabbis who followed him. The stories are sometimes mystical,... |
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| 10. |  | Tales of the Hasidim (v. 1-2) from Schocken Price: $12.55 Customer Review: Chassidic tales - the stories of Chassidic rabbis - is the subject of scholarly study. Papers, books, and dissertations are written on the subject. Scholars identify all kinds of issues and debate them with fervor. Why, they ask, were these stories told and why were they written down? Does... |
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| 11. |  | Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters from Simon & Schuster Price: $3.71 Customer Review: I haven't read this book yet. It is in line as the next one up. I can only say the book inside and outside flaps and preface seem to hint of a very stimulating and "don't stop reading" feeling. Will re-review after it is read. The book came quickly and in perfect condition. Great job to all... |
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| 12. |  | Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov from Continuum Price: $23.04 Customer Review: This is truly a special book. What comes through these pages are not just words and stories, but a real taste of the light and fire of the Baal Shem Tov. As I read it I had the sense that the book was a true vehicle for transmission. I was also touched by the effort of the author as I read the book.... |
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| 13. |  | A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $28.20 Customer Review: This long book (400+ pages) by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez contains teachings from the first three generations of the Hasidic movement; especially the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and Elimelekh of Lizhensk. But the book is much more than this as these... |
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| 14. |  | A Passion for Truth (A Jewish Lights Classic Reprint) from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $12.21 Customer Review: This book is built around two sets of comparison. In the first the Baal Shem Tov is compared to Menahem Mendl of Kotzk. The sharp contrasts between the two are highlighted. The Baal Shem came to the world to bring it light and blessing. He raised the spirits of the disheartened and depressed Jewish... |
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| 15. |  | Opening the Tanya: Discovering the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah from Jossey-Bass Price: $14.78 Customer Review: I'm a wandering Jew looking to get back to my Jewish roots and make my peace with the religion of my birth. I have some emotional issues from my Jewish secular upbringing that I need to work on before focusing on any classical texts. Upon discussing my personal situation with a Rabbi from [...], he... |
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| 16. |  | Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menahem Mendel Schneerson from Columbia University Press Price: $25.99 Customer Review: I've taught in the Religion Department of a highly-regarded liberal arts college for 23 years, and over that period have fought a constant uphill battle in my own teaching to avoid watering down material for students. This past semester, in a course on Jewish messianism, I decided to assign "Open... |
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| 17. |  | Learning From the Tanya: Volume Two in the Definitive Commentary on the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah (Arthur Kurzweil Book) from Jossey-Bass Price: $15.31 Customer Review: Remarkable teachings. Not for the casual reader, or the timid. It's been made accessible for a patient person with a good teacher. Tanya has highly complex thoughts and sentence structure, but well worth the journey down the Rabbit Hole. And it beats finding a guru in the Himalayas, this is the real... |
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| 18. |  | Lessons in Tanya: The Tanya of R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi (5 Volume Set with ribbon bookmarks) from Kehot Publication Society Price: $83.83 Customer Review: Lessons in Tanya leads the reader through every paragraph and page, illuminating the mystical, often allusive, Talmudic, Kabbalistic, and Scriptural verses and concepts. It fills many gaps in what the terse Tanya text assumes to be the reader's background knowledge. A well-lit and accesible... |
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| 19. |  | Untold Tales of the Hasidim: Crisis and Discontent in the History of Hasidism (Tauber Institute for the Study of European Jewry Series) from Brandeis Price: $34.75 Customer Review: This is an arresting series of tales that demonstrate that hasidic rebbes are not just saints but real human beings with human flaws and lives worthy of examination. Hasidim will probably criticize Assaf as they have criticized Heilman & Friedman's book THE REBBE: THE LIFE AND AFTERLIFE OF... |
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| 20. |  | The Language of Truth from Jewish Publications Society Price: $42.74 Customer Review: Good translation and the subject material in this book creates a deep emotional connection to parashah commentary. Highly recommended. Also the introduction to the book is well written and presents an interesting introduction to the Sfat Emet. |
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| 21. |  | Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $10.24 Customer Review: I'm so glad I have this book on my bookshelf. I have learned some important things about the meanings of prayers, which makes my life more meaningful to me. |
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| 22. |  | Toward a Meaningful Life, New Edition: The Wisdom of the Sages from William Morrow Price: $13.47 Customer Review: The author of this book compiles teaching from the Rebbe (Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher rebbe until 1994) in a simple and skillful way, dividing them into topics that can be readily addressed. There are chapters on children and education, marriage and choosing a wife, sadness and how to cope... |
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| 23. |  | Through a Speculum That Shines from Princeton University Press Price: $41.40 Customer Review: This book is one of the most sublime works of genius anywhere, of any epoch. The riches beyond are brought to you, then lovingly placed at eye level. |
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| 24. | [no image] | The Legend of the Baal-Shem from Audio Literature Price: $14.99 Customer Review:  I was originally drawn to Judaism by Martin Buber's wonderful "Tales of the Hasidim" (which has a good section on the Baal Shem Tov). But Buber disavowed his earlier "Legend of the Baal Shem" because it was too flowery and departed too far from the original material; it is also only a mere snippet... |
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| 25. |  | The Way Of Man: According to the Teaching of Hasidism from Citadel Price: $29.00 Customer Review: I teach a graduate counseling course on Martin Buber's anthropology and philosophy of dialogue as it illumines the art and science of pastoral counseling. A rabbi at a workshop I did for military chaplains told me about it. It is a gem - one of the top ten books I have ever read. It is without... |
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| 26. |  | Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground from HarperOne Price: $3.23 Customer Review: I read Boychiks in 1997, and recently picked it up again for a second read. There is no doubt that Eisenberg has created an enjoyable reading experience in this work. It is funny, humorous, self-depreciating, and shows the world of the ultra-orthodox in very human shades. In the 13 years since I... |
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| 27. |  | Wisdom of the Heart: The Teachings of Rabbi Yaakov of Izbica-radzyn from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $21.60 Customer Review: Every generation has its great thinkers, and every generation should not forget the previous thinkers. "Wisdom of the Heart: The Teachings of Rabbi Ya'akov of Izbica-Radzyn" looks into the work of this nineteenth century rabbi and how he brought new thought and opinion to Hasidic Jewish thought that... |
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| 28. |  | Bringing Heaven Down to Earth: 365 Meditations of the Rebbe from Class One Press Price: $19.90 Customer Review: This is one of the most special books in my collection because it was a present from Rabbi Chaim Adelman of the Chabad House at UMass-Amherst in May of 2002. (In addition to being a great person and really funny, Rabbi Adelman was also quite possibly my favorite rabbi I've ever had.) There was a... |
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| 29. |  | Hasidism: Between Ecstasy and Magic (Suny Series in Judaica: Hermeneutics, Mysticism, and Religion) from SUNY Press Price: $26.29 Customer Review:  Hasidism or Chasidism was a 17th-20th century Eastern European Jewish movement emphasizing feeling over intellect (compared to normative, legalistic Judaism). There were, however, earlier movements called Hasidic in Western Europe (i.e. Germany) sometimes referred to as Ashkenazi Hasidism. The... |
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| 30. |  | Families in Ancient Israel (Family, Religion, and Culture) from Westminster John Knox Press Price: $25.89 Customer Review: This book's first strength is that it is divided into sections which describe the family based upon each scholar's area of expertise. So, Meyers takes the archaeological discussion, and Perdue takes the theological discussion. Meyers does a good job of describing the way in which rural... |
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