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: title: The Hasidic tale as perceived by Hasidim; title: The tsadik, his followers, and his opponents; title: Matchmaking and marriages; title: The blessing of children: birth and offspring; title: Agunot; title: A life of sin; title: Illness and physicians; title: The dead, burial, and the world to come; title: Transmigration of the soul and dybbuks; title: The powers of evil and the war against them; title: Apostasy and apostates; title: Ritual slaughterers; title: The Tamim: the simple person; title: Hidden tsadikim; title: Hospitality; title: The prophet Elijah; title: The Ba'al Shem Tov's unsuccessful pilgrimage to the land of Israel.