The Hasidic tale
By: Gedalyah Nigal ; translated by Edward Levin.
Series: Littman library of Jewish civilization; Littman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
Publisher: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; Portland, Or
Language: eng
Number of pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781904113072
Subjects: Hasidim -- Legends -- Themes, motives.; Hasidic parables -- Themes, motives.
Genres: Legends
Work titles: Siporet ha-Ḥasidit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-359) and index.
Table of contents: value: The Hasidic tale as perceived by Hasidim; value: The tsadik, his followers, and his opponents; value: Matchmaking and marriages; value: The blessing of children: birth and offspring; value: Agunot; value: A life of sin; value: Illness and physicians; value: The dead, burial, and the world to come; value: Transmigration of the soul and dybbuks; value: The powers of evil and the war against them; value: Apostasy and apostates; value: Ritual slaughterers; value: The Tamim: the simple person; value: Hidden tsadikim; value: Hospitality; value: The prophet Elijah; value: The Ba'al Shem Tov's unsuccessful pilgrimage to the land of Israel.