Title: The legend of the Baal-Shem.
Authors: Buber, Martin, 1878-1965
Publisher: Harper
Year: 1955
Subjects: Baʻal Shem Ṭov,; Hasidism.; Hasidim Legends
Abstract: A retelling of the legends surrounding Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer, also known as the Baʻal Shem Ṭov, the founder of the Hasidism sect of Judaism in 18th century eastern Europe.
Contents: The life of the Hasidim -- Hitlahavut: ecstasy -- Avoda: service -- Kavana: intention -- Shiflut: humility -- The werewolf -- The prince of fire -- The revelation -- The martyrs and the revenge -- The heavenly journey -- Jerusalem -- Saul and David -- The prayer-book -- The judgement -- The forgotten story -- The soul which descended -- The psalm-singer -- The disturbed Sabbath -- The conversion -- The return -- From strength to strength -- The threefold laugh -- The language of the birds -- The call -- The shepherd.