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Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of The Hasidic Masters

Zalman Schachter Shalomi

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Early in the eighteenth century the legendary holy man and teacher Rabbi Israel Ba'al Shem Tov launched a spiritual movement in Eastern Europe known as Hasidism. The Hasidic movement thrived on parables and stories promulgating joy, the potential for personal transformation, aspirations of the Divine, and the infusion of daily life with music, dancing, and loving exultation-- and there is no Jewish institution today that has not been affected by Hasidism. Since the time of the Ba'al Shem Tov, generations of disciples, holy men, gurus, rabbis, and teachers have spread the Hasidic movement throughout the world. Now this book presents in one volume a collection of profound insights from the greatest Hasidic masters.

Wrapped in a Holy Flame offers rare stories, new translations, and an innovative introduction to the meaning and value of these classic tales and teachings. It features the work of Hasidic masters of legendary fame and influence, including the Maggid of Mezritch, Reb Pinchas of Koretz, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Reb Nachman of Bratzlav, all the way to the twentieth century Rebbe and artist Reb Shlomo Carlebach. The author has studied and taught Hasidic stories and teachings for over fifty years. This book contains a lifetime of experience and will stand for years to come as the basic, definitive work in the field.

The Bostoner Rebbetzin Remembers: Rebbetzin Raichel Horowitz of Boston/Har Nof Recalls Jewish Life in Poland, America and Israel (Artscroll History Series)

Raichel Horowitz

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An unassuming woman, a truly great woman 5 out of 5 stars.
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Having had the good fortune to know the Bostoner Rebbetzin, reading her memoirs is for me a way to reconnect with this special person who passed away two years ago, after a rich and varied life of giving.

You will see much humor despite the the tremendous heartbreaks she endured. Her own parents divorced shen she was small, her mother remarried, causing them to relocate to Cleveland Ohio, leaving the rich legacy of Chassidic Poland behind, for good. Helpless when her beloved sister walked to her death an ocean away, along with so many precious, pious relatives in a holocaust that was her personal story too. Her dear stepfather passed away after a lengthy illness.

And what did Raichel Horowitz do? She moved forward despite her losses. She and her husband, the Bostonner Rebbe, struggled in an often thankless job to re-establish Chassidut in a new land after its destruction in the old. She connected with and encouraged anyone who came her way in the Berditchever tradition of tolerance. She kept smiling and told others to smile also. She lived to a ripe old age with humor and love. And near the end of her rich life, she was given a glimpse of the redemption that she worked tirelessly for: during a depressing visit of decimated Jewish Poland, she saw the mural of the Leviathan on the ceiling of her beloved former synagogue, now a Polish library. She could have been bitter...but no, she was overjoyed.

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This is the Bostoner Rebbetzin's own story, from European roots to the United States, to new chapters in Har Nof, Israel. Boston chasidus is a wellspring of the baal teshuvah movement, a source of compassion and medical assistance, and the model of vibrant Torah Judaism.

The Aleph-Bet Book

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, Nahman

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Throughout his life Rebbe Nachman penned succinct, powerful and challenging epigrams containing the distilled wisdom of the Torah on all areas of life, spiritual and physical. Calling his collection My dearly beloved friend, he used it to inspire himself along the path that led him to greatness.

Conscious Community: A Guide to Inner Work

Andrea Cohen-Kiener

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good job on translation 5 out of 5 stars.
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This book is a translaiton of a particularly challenging hebrew version. I am not certain how true the translation is to the author's original version, but I found the translation to be unusually lucid. Instead of losing the reader in the general difficulties associated with reading in translation, they packaged the words of the great Rabbi Shapira in a "new agey" relatable kind of lexicon. Most people are not aware that the Torah has expression as is described in this book.

Graceful and inspiring 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is Rabbi Andrea Cohen-Kiener's interpretive translation of a mid-20th century work found buried in the rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto. Reb Kalonymous Kalman Shapira, its author, came from a long line of distinguished Hassidic rabbis, and his writings show that he lived up to his birthright. Amid the degradation within the ghetto, he was able to write a manual for transforming one's emotions and perceptions to focus on the spiritual. Rabbi Cohen-Kiener's translation makes use of contemporary spiritual vocabulary (drawn in part from the Fourth Way tradition) to make Reb Kalman's thought accessible to a wider audience.

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Within this volume, Reb Kalonymus teaches the art of self-observation with an emphasis on organizing and running a spiritual community. The reader is exhorted to be mindful of God at all times, with specific advice given for enhancing the experience of prayer. By addressing adults who are not withdrawn from worldly pursuits, Reb Kalonymus has provided a timeless guide to Jewish spirituality that will be an invaluable resource for today's seekers.

The Tales of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

Adin Steinsaltz

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Rabbi Nachman's tales were originally told in Yiddish. They were recorded by his outstanding pupil, Rabbi Nathan, who translated them into Hebrew and published them after Rabbi Nachman's death. While these tales are structurally similar to folk or fairy tales, they include highly compressed and clearly defined Torah teachings expressed in literary and poetic form. Rabbi Nachman's stories are a medium for conveying hidden aspects of Torah, yet in such a veiled way that the content is not outwardly apparent. These complex allegories, intended by their author to have several dimensions, are presented here by Rabbi Steinsaltz with his own commentary, pointing the way for the modern reader to begin to grasp Rabbi Nachman's profound tales.

Hasidic Williamsburg: A Contemporary American Hasidic Community

George Kranzler

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Hasidic Williamsburg recounts the dramatic emergence of this unique community in the face of major crises. It is the story of the loyalty of its members to their rebbes and their teachings and to the milieu they created in an old Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Based on his previous book Williamsburg: A Jewish Community in Transition, which reported the transformation of this moderately Orthodox Jewish community and its rise to prominence after the influx of numbers of refugees from Nazi persecution and the Holocaust, George Kranzler presents the findings of a decade of research into the survival and life-style of Hasidic Williamsburg as a functioning community. Hasidic Williamsburg portrays the desperate struggle and relentless efforts of its leaders, foremost among them the Rebbe of Satmar and other prominent hasidic rebbes, to stem the progressive disintegration of the Jewish neighborhood. It presents their valiant attempts to provide the vital resources for its survival in the face of persistent poverty and other grave problems and to develop programs that would secure the future of this unique hasidic community. Kranzler concludes with the assertion that at the beginning of the '90s its inhabitants are hopeful of being able to weather the present crisis and to continue to function as one of pluralist America's viable religious communities.6220; HIS022000; J100; J106; REL040000

Restore My Soul (Meshivat Nefesh)

Nachman of Breslov

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Glimpses of Rebbe Nachman, introduced by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan. 5 out of 5 stars.
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This is a valuable collection of spiritual insights and aphorisms -- a taste of Breslov teachings. One of my favorites is: "When asked, 'What is in reality the power of choice?' the Rebbe answered, 'Simple. If you want, you do. If not, not.'"

I've treasured this book since it was first published in 1980. It was one of the first translations of Rebbe Nachman into English and a courageous undertaking at the time. The introduction by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan is inspiring reading in itself.

Rabbi Rocks! 5 out of 5 stars.
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Rabbi Nachman is more than credible, his wisdom is universal, humanistic and bottom-line. It is not only for jews, but for all faiths.

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No situation is so desperate that it cannot be turned to good; God has spread good throughout the Creation, even in the darkest places. This is a book for people in all walks of life. It contains extracts from the entire corpus of Breslov writings in order to combat hopelessness and depression and on how to draw from the wellsprings of joy and spiritual strength.

LIKUTEY MOHARAN Volume 1 (Likutey Moharan)

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

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The first authoritative translation of Rebbe Nachman's magnum opus, presented with facing punctuated Hebrew text, full explanatory notes, source references and supplementary information relating to individual lessons. With appendices of a variety of charts to assist the reader with the kabbalistic teachings found in the text. Volume 1 contains Reb Noson's introduction to the original work, short biographies of Rebbe Nachman and Reb Noson and a bibliography. Volume 1 Lessons 1-6.

Niggun: Stories Behind the Chasidic Songs That Inspire Jews

Mordechai Staiman

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Extremely worthwhile and authentic 4 out of 5 stars.
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The author is totally familiar with this subject and he conveys its essence with skill and wit. The reader will come away with a new understanding of Chassidic thought and he will hear the melodies of the Chassidim with deeper understanding.

The author's style is disarmingly naive, masking what must have been many months of laborious research. Few Chassidim know as much about these unique melodies as is contained in ths delightful work.

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Stories about the power that the niggun -- the Jewish tune -- displays in the lives of the people who encounter it.

Likutey Moharan Volume 2 (Likutey Moharan)

Rebbe Nachman of Breslov

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The first authoritative translation of Rebbe Nachman's magnum opus, presented with facing punctuated Hebrew text, full explanatory notes, source references and supplementary information relating to individual lessons. With appendices of a variety of charts to assist the reader with the kabbalistic teachings found in the text. Lessons 7-16