Hasidic Prayer

First published 1972
First issued paperback 1993
Paperback reprinted 2001
First digital on-demand edition 2006

Hasidic Prayer was first published over twenty years ago. As a number of important works of relevance to the theme of the book have been published since then, I shall here make reference to the further light they throw on the subject while also taking the opportunity to revise some of my own earlier comments with regard to a number of topics.

• Bittul Ha-yesh
• Habad Hasidism
• The Baal Shem Tov
• Women in Hasidic Lift
• Oriental Zaddikim
• Hasidic Prayer-books
• Writings on Hasidic Prayer from Sources within the Hasidic World

Published reviews of Hasidic Prayer

From its very beginnings, the hasidic movement was suffused with a joyous enthusiasm and optimism derived from the notion of God being in all things. This led to an insistence on joy as an essential element in divine worship and a distinctive attitude to prayer. In this classic work, Louis Jacobs examines the hasidic rebbes’ works and records preserved by their disciples. Copious quotations from these writings form a sound basis for his masterly analysis and enable the reader to gain a familiarity with Hasidic thought on the subject of divine worship at first hand.

‘Hasidism is not what you think it is’ – Review of ‘Hasidic Prayer’

Devotion and Fervour – A Review of ‘Hasidic Prayer’ by Harry Rabinowicz

Review of ‘Hasidic Prayer’ by Alan L. Berger