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Hasidic Prayer

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Introduction to the Paperback Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
Note on Names and Dates

I Hasidism
II The Nature ofHasidic Prayer
III The Hasidic Prayer Book and Prayer House
IV Preparations for Prayer
V Gestures and Melody in Prayer
VI Contemplative Prayer
VII Contemplative Prayer (continued)
VIII Ecstatic Prayer
IX The Elevation of ‘Strange Thoughts’
X Prayer as Inspiration
XI The Prayers of the Zaddik
XII The Polemic on the Recital of Le-Shem Yihud
XIII Hasidic Prayer in the Responsa

Notes
Bibliography
Index

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

 

 

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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

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