Hasidism Reappraised

This volume is arranged under seven headings: the social history of Hasidism; the social functions of the mystical ideals; distinctive schools of thought within Hasidism; the Hasidic tale; the history of Hasidic historiography; contemporary Hasidism; and present research on Hasidism.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Preface
pp v-viii

Contents
pp ix-xii

Notes on Contributors
pp xiii-xvi

Introduction
pp xvii-xxiv

PART I - JOSEPH G. WEISS AS A STUDENT OF HASIDISM
pp 1-2

1 - Joseph G. Weiss: A Personal Appraisal
pp 3-9

2 - Joseph Weiss: Letters to Ora
pp 10-42

PART II - TOWARDS A NEW SOCIAL HISTORY OF HASIDISM
pp 43-44

3 - The Conditions in Jewish Society in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Middle Decades of the Eighteenth Century
pp 45-50

4 - Social Conflicts in Międzybóż in the Generation of the Besht
pp 51-62

5 - Hasidism and the Kahal in Eastern Europe
pp 63-75

6 - Hasidism after 1772: Structural Continuity and Change
pp 76-140

7 - The Hasidic Managing Editor as an Agent of Culture
pp 141-156

PART III - THE SOCIAL FUNCTION OF MYSTICAL IDEALS IN HASIDISM
pp 157-158

8 - The Zaddik: The Interrelationship between Religious Doctrine and Social Organization
pp 159-167

9 - The Paradigms of Yesh and Ayin in Hasidic Thought
pp 168-179

10 - Walking as a Sacred Duty: Theological Transformation of Social Reality in Early Hasidism
pp 180-207

11 - Hasidism and the Dogma of the Decline of the Generations
pp 208-213

12 - Personal Redemption in Hasidism
pp 214-224

13 - Hasidism as a Socio-religious Movement on the Evidence of Devekut
pp 225-248

PART IV - DISTINCTIVE OUTLOOKS AND SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT WITHIN HASIDISM
pp 249-250

14 - The Influence of Reshit ḥokhmah on the Teachings of the Maggid of Mezhirech
pp 251-257

15 - Torah lishmah as a Central Concept in the Degel maḥaneh Efrayim of Moses Hayyim Ephraim of Sudylkow
pp 258-267

16 - The Teachings of R. Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk
pp 268-287

17 - Habad Approaches to Contemplative Prayer, 1790-1920
pp 288-300

18 - The Fluidity of Categories in Hasidism: Averah lishmah in the Teachings of R. Zevi Elimelekh of Dynow
pp 301-320

19 - R. Naphtali Zevi of Ropczyce (‘the Ropshitser’) as a Hasidic Leader
pp 321-342

PART V - THE HASIDIC TALE
pp 343-344

20 - New Light on the Hasidic Tale and its Sources
pp 345-353

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