Overview : what is Hasidism? -- Setting the stage : Ashkenazic piety before Hasidism -- The Baʻal Shem Ṭov and his disciples -- Around the Maggid's table : the circle in Miedzyrzecz biography -- The Meʼor ʻeynayim : description and publication history -- The theology of the Meʼor ʻeynayim -- The Ṣaddiq in the Meʼor ʻeynayim -- The last Chernobyl dynasty -- Approbation by Rabbi Yiṣḥaq of Berdichev -- Sefer Meʼor ʻeynayim -- Addendom : Yesamaḥ Lev on the Tractate Avot -- Translator's reflection: The enduring value of the Meʼor ʻeynayim
Summary
"This is the first complete and academic English translation of the Me'or 'Eynayim ("The Light of the Eyes"), a collection of Hasidic homilies following the order of the Torah portions, written by Rabbi Menachem Nochum Twersky of Chernobyl (1730-1797). First published in 1798, it has long been considered one of the great classics of early Hasidism"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
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