In Praise of Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei Ha-Besht
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In Praise of Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei Ha-Besht

the Earliest Collection of Legends About the Founder of Hasidism)

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In Praise of Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei Ha-Besht

the Earliest Collection of Legends About the Founder of Hasidism)

About this book

In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov is the first complete English translation of the tales surrounding the Besht, a rabbi and kabbalistic practitioner whose teachings bolstered the growing Hasidic movement in the eighteenth century. An important source on the life, philosophy, and mystical works of the Besht, In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov also reveals the daily life and concerns of eastern European Hasidic Jews in the late 1700s. Though portions of the book have been in print since its original publication in 1814, this edition avoids the common practice of reshaping Hasidic tales according contemporary expectations. With this commitment to accuracy and authenticity, In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov offers readers an unsullied look at the Besht through the eyes of his contemporaries.

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Information

Publisher
Jason Aronson, Inc.
Year
1976
eBook ISBN
9781461628897
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Translators’ Note
  7. Introduction
  8. The Printer’s Preface
  9. The Writer’s Preface
  10. 1. Rabbi Eliezer
  11. 1a. Rabbi Eliezer: A Second Version
  12. 2. Rabbi Eliezer and the Viceroys Daughter
  13. 3. The Birth of the Besht
  14. 4. The Besht’s Education and Youth
  15. 5. Rabbi Adam and the King’s Banquet
  16. 6. The New Coat of Rabbi Adam’s Wife
  17. 7. The Secret Manuscripts and Rabbi Adam’s Son
  18. 8. The Besht’s Marriage
  19. 9. The Besht and the Robbers
  20. 10. The Vengeful Robber
  21. 11. The Besht’s Journey to the Holy Land
  22. 12. The Besht and the Frog
  23. 13. The Besht Serves as Rabbi Gershon’s Coachman
  24. 14. The Besht Reveals Himself
  25. 15. The Besht Reveals Himself to the Sect of the Great Hasidim
  26. 16. The Besht Locks up the Secret Manuscripts
  27. 17. The Beginning of the Writer’s Manuscript
  28. 18. Fingernails
  29. 19. The Besht’s Seclusion
  30. 20. The Besht Exorcises a Madwoman
  31. 21. The Besht’s Prayer Produces Rain
  32. 22. The Besht Cures a Madman
  33. 23. The Besht Exorcises Demons from a House
  34. 24. The Innkeeper’s Death
  35. 25. The Besht Attracts Followers
  36. 26. The Besht and the Physician
  37. 27. The Besht Predicts a Need for Bloodletting
  38. 28. Rabbi Gershon, the Besht, and the Zohar
  39. 29. Elijah the Prophet Reveals Himself to the Besht
  40. 30. The Stolen Horse
  41. 31. The Besht Reveals Himself to Rabbi David of Kolomyya
  42. 32. The Melamed’s Dream
  43. 33. The Delayed Homecoming
  44. 34. The Besht’s Trembling in Prayer
  45. 35. The Besht’s Trembling in Prayer: A Second Version
  46. 36. The Besht’s Trembling in Prayer: A Third Version
  47. 37. The Besht’s Trembling in Prayer: A Fourth Version
  48. 38. A Sincere Prayer
  49. 39. The Besht’s Trembling in Prayer: A Fifth Version
  50. 40. The Dream of Rabbi Joseph Ashkenazi
  51. 41. The Besht in the Messiah’s Heavenly Palace
  52. 42. The Palace of the Bird’s Nest
  53. 43. The Besht and His Guests
  54. 44. The Wailing of the Shekinah
  55. 45. The Destruction of Balta
  56. 46. Rabbi Gershon Imitates the Besht
  57. 47. Rabbi Jacob Joseph Recognizes the Greatness of the Besht
  58. 48. Rabbi Jacob Joseph Is Expelled from Shargorod
  59. 49. The Ascetic Fasting of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
  60. 50. Rabbi Jacob Joseph Observes the Sabbath in Shargorod
  61. 51. The Protective Prayers
  62. 52. The Asceticism of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
  63. 53. The Voyage of Rabbi Gershon
  64. 54. Rabbi Gershon’s Sin
  65. 55. Prayers for Rain in Jerusalem
  66. 56. A Quarrel in Safed
  67. 57. Rabbi Lipeh Quarrels with Rabbi Gedaliah
  68. 58. The Mocking Song
  69. 59. The Sick Girl
  70. 60. The Blood Libel
  71. 61. The Dance of the Hasidim
  72. 62. The Great Maggid and the Besht
  73. 63. The Death of Rabbi Eliezer RokeaḼ
  74. 64. The Book Ḥemdat ha-Yamim
  75. 65. The Dream of Rabbi Jacob Joseph
  76. 66. The Besht and Shabbetai Tsevi
  77. 67. Rabbi Isaac Drabizner
  78. 68. Perjury
  79. 69. The Oxen of Rabbi Barukh
  80. 70. The Stolen Halter
  81. 71. The Shohet Who Was a Drunkard
  82. 72. The Death of Rabbi Abraham the “Angel”
  83. 73. Rabbi Abraham as a Sandek
  84. 74. Rabbi Abraham as a Mohel
  85. 75. The Wife of Rabbi Abraham
  86. 76. The City of Adultery
  87. 77. The Advice of the Great Maggid
  88. 78. The Prayers of the Hasidim
  89. 79. The Two Brothers
  90. 80. Sounding Out the Nature of the Besht
  91. 81. The Lithuanian Jew and the Besht
  92. 82. The Besht and Rabbi Sa‘adyah Gaon
  93. 83. The Besht’s Sermon
  94. 84. The Besht Banishes Demons
  95. 85. The Rabbi’s Wife in Labor
  96. 86. The Church That Caught Fire
  97. 87. The Hose-Maker
  98. 88. The Sin of Pride
  99. 89. Two Hasidim Visit Hell
  100. 90. The Court in Heaven
  101. 91. The Besht and the Angel of Death
  102. 92. The Repentant Rich Man
  103. 93. The Defective Tefillin
  104. 94. The Tefillin Written by Rabbi Isaac
  105. 95. The Righteous Woman
  106. 96. The Righteous Woman and Her Sons
  107. 97. The Blessing of Rabbi PinḼas
  108. 98. The Besht’s Combat with a Witch
  109. 99. A Choice of Punishment
  110. 100. The Revenant
  111. 101. The Redemption of Sparks
  112. 102. The Reader’s Stand of Rabbi Samson
  113. 103. The Dismissed Arrendator
  114. 104. The Besht’s Devekut
  115. 105. The Besht Resuscitates a Child
  116. 106. The Magical Enkindling of a Tree
  117. 107. The Choice
  118. 108. The Fish and the Dog
  119. 109. The Dance of Rabbi Yudel
  120. 110. Rabbi Naḥman’s Sigh
  121. 111. Rabbi Naḥman’s Prayer
  122. 112. Rabbi Jacob Joseph’s Prayer
  123. 113. Pure Prayers
  124. 114. The Interruption of the Besht’s Vision
  125. 115. Rabbi Leib’s Death
  126. 116. Rabbi Aaron in Heaven
  127. 117. The Sick Woman
  128. 118. The Adulterer
  129. 119. The Besht Cures by Bloodletting
  130. 120. The Death of Rabbi Joseph the Melamed
  131. 121. The Parable of the Dog
  132. 122. The Present Generation
  133. 123. A Dowry
  134. 124. Rabbi Abraham and the Besht
  135. 125. A Combat in Magic
  136. 126. A Combat in Magic: A Second Version
  137. 127. The Jewish Thief
  138. 128. The Besht’s Funeral
  139. 129. Rabbi NaḼman Travels to the Holy Land
  140. 130. Rabbi Mendele Visits with Rabbi Jacob Joseph
  141. 131. The Prayers of Rabbi Mendele and Rabbi Fridel
  142. 132. The Heavy Load of Honor
  143. 133. Rabbi Naḥman’s Cold Mikveh
  144. 134. Iniquities and Prayers
  145. 135. The Preacher’s Sermon
  146. 136. A Madman Feigns Death
  147. 137. The Martyrs
  148. 138. The Adulterous Woman
  149. 139. The Delayed Homecoming: A Second Version
  150. 140. The Besht, the Merchant, and the Robbers
  151. 141. The Besht Discharges a Shohet
  152. 142. The Optimism of Rabbi NaḼman
  153. 143. Rabbi NaḼman Prays Minhah
  154. 144. Feeling the Tefillin
  155. 145. The Height of Prayer
  156. 146. Ascension to Heaven
  157. 147. The Besht’s Second Coming
  158. 148. The Perpetual Error
  159. 149. The Ring
  160. 150. Rabbi Motil
  161. 151. Rabbi Gershon’s Enemies
  162. 152. The Wandering Soul
  163. 153. Dream Teaching
  164. 154. The Forbidden City
  165. 155. The Hunchback
  166. 156. The Forbidden Country
  167. 157. The Spiritual Cure
  168. 158. The Stolen Stockings
  169. 159. Writing Down the Besht’s Torah
  170. 160. The Besht and his Son
  171. 161. The Generosity of the Besht
  172. 162. The Demons
  173. 163. The Guest Who Snored
  174. 164. The Impure House
  175. 165. The Preacher Who Spoke Evil of the Jews
  176. 166. The Dead Man in Hell
  177. 167. The Servant’s Evil Thoughts
  178. 168. “Streams of Wisdom”
  179. 169. Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi NaḼman
  180. 170. The Contaminated Bed
  181. 171. Rabbi Tsevi’s Dream
  182. 172. The Protective Tefillin
  183. 173. Rabbi Jehiel Mikhel
  184. 174. The War Between the Greeks and the Ishmaelites
  185. 175. The Flickering Candle
  186. 176. The Poverty and Generosity of the Besht
  187. 177. The Shabbetian Shohet
  188. 178. The Hen Shohet
  189. 179. The Melamed’s Death
  190. 180. The Invisibility of the Besht
  191. 181. Rabbi Moses’ Death
  192. 182. Rabbi Zusman
  193. 183. The Death of the Arrendator’s Wife
  194. 184. The Bastard
  195. 185. Praying Word for Word with the Besht
  196. 186. The Defective Mezuzah
  197. 187. The Amulet
  198. 188. The Devoted Weaver
  199. 189. The Turnip
  200. 190. Two Rabbis David
  201. 191. The Angel Hadarniel
  202. 192. The Young Martyr
  203. 193. Rabbi Gershon in the Holy Land
  204. 194. Storytelling and Ma‘aseh Merkavah
  205. 195. Man in the World
  206. 196. The Demon
  207. 197. Competing for the Arrendeh
  208. 198. The Imprisonment of Israel Shafir
  209. 199. The Preacher Cancels Charges Against a Rabbi
  210. 200. The Sermon of Rabbi Moses
  211. 201. The Angels’ Request
  212. 202. Rabbi Moses the Mohel
  213. 203. The Besht Chokes on his Food
  214. 204. A Charm for Easy Delivery
  215. 205. Heavenly Garments
  216. 206. The Besht in the Mikveh
  217. 207. The Kind Boy
  218. 208. Gematria
  219. 209. Rabbi NaḼman of Kosov
  220. 210. The Flight of the Besht
  221. 211. The Chief Arrendators
  222. 212. A Tenth for a Minyan
  223. 213. The Fall of the Chief Arrendators
  224. 214. The Bear
  225. 215. The Exceptional Horse
  226. 216. The Death of Rabbi David Forkes
  227. 217. A Brand Plucked Out of the Fire
  228. 218. The Rabbi’s Lolkeh
  229. 219. The Hasid who Prayed in the Fields
  230. 220. The Besht Saves a Drowning Man
  231. 221. The Council of Four Lands
  232. 222. The Blessing of a Poor Man
  233. 223. “The Hour has Come But Not the Man”
  234. 224. Jonah
  235. 225. The Three Brothers
  236. 226. Hearing at Will
  237. 227. The Sinner
  238. 228. Rabbi NaḼman and the Besht
  239. 229. The Besht as Rabbi Naḥman’s Guest
  240. 230. The Parable of the King’s Crown
  241. 231. The Blind Boy
  242. 232. The Paralyzed Woman
  243. 233. The Son Who Hit His Father
  244. 234. Charity
  245. 235. The Besht Prevents a Blood Libel
  246. 236. The Gentile Who Blessed the Jews
  247. 237. The Language of the Animals
  248. 238. The Loose Woman
  249. 239. The Besht and the Old Priest
  250. 240. Rabbi Isaac of Berdichev
  251. 241. Rabbi David Forkes’ Dream
  252. 242. A Glass of Wine
  253. 243. The Besht’s Dinner
  254. 244. The Besht Resuscitates a Child: A Second Version
  255. 245. The Doctor
  256. 246. The Careless Shohet
  257. 247. The Besht’s Death
  258. 248. Rabbi Leib Kessler’s Offer
  259. 249. The Besht’s Son
  260. 250. The Fish and the Dog: A Second Version
  261. 251. The Burning of Rabbi Jacob Joseph’s Books
  262. Glossary
  263. A Selected Bibliography
  264. The Legends and Their Sources
  265. Index of Motifs
  266. Notes
  267. Index
  268. About the Editors