Sheds light on obscure corners of the Hasidic movement and the lives of the Rebbes. After a brief account of the history and rise of Hasidism in the eighteenth century to its restoration in the New World after the Holocaust, novel developments, some of them startling, are examined. The book surveys the whole question of the relationship of the Rebbe to his disciples, showing that it was not always beneficial. As a fascinating essay in the book demonstrates, the holy man could be a source of numinous power, bringing danger as well as goodwill.
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CONTRIBUTORS: Louis Jacobs
EAN: 9780853035664
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 331 g
HEIGHT: 229 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
DATE PUBLISHED: 2005-01-30
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GENRE: RELIGION / Judaism / Orthodox, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies
WIDTH: 152 cm
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Rabbi Louis Jacobs, CBE, was Rabbi of the New London Synagogue for more than thirty years and was Visiting Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. His books include We Have Reason to Believe (1957, fifth revised edition 2004), Jewish Values (1960), Principles of the Jewish Faith (1964), A Jewish Theology (1973), God, Torah, Israel (1990) and Their Heads in Heaven (2004). His autobiography, Helping with Inquiries (1989), describes the controversy that erupted after the first appearance of We Have Reason to Believe, and the subsequent establishment of the New London Synagogue.
