This edition, bringing together Volumes One and Two of Buber's classic work, contains marvelous tales - terse, vigorous, often cryptic - of the Has...
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Jun 15, 2010
Tony
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75. Buber, Martin. TALES OF THE HASIDIM. (1947(?); this ed. 1961). ****. Buber was a Professor of Social Philosophy at the Hebrew University and was descended from an old and famous rabbinical family of Galicia, the province that had been an active center of Hasidism. By his fusion of the world of Jewish piety and European learning, he initiated a Jewish cultural renaissance which has left its mark on succeeding generations of Jewish youth and found a wide resonse in Protestant and Catholi
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Nov 24, 2007
Nick
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When I read this book at age 17, it came close to making me want to convert to Judaism, enter a Yeshiva and study Torah all day. My Jew-fandom has since waned considerably, but this is still one of the most romantic, evocative, picturesque, insightful, and downright readable pieces of so-called "religious literature" I know of.
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Jul 25, 2007
Jeff
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A Master Scholar this work shares the exuberant and joyous celebration of the Hasidim expression of Judiasm. I learned a great deal I did not know about what lies or did lie at the core of this amazing group. Buber points out that personal celebration of the divine need not be dogmatic or follow "the norm."
With people breaking into dance or song during worship... You may discover powerful and amazing Hebrew words like "Hitlahavut" or the burning ecstasy of God..
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With people breaking into dance or song during worship... You may discover powerful and amazing Hebrew words like "Hitlahavut" or the burning ecstasy of God..
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