The Rebbe's Daughter
Subtitle: Memoir of a Hasidic Childhood
Contributors: Nehemia Polen (Translator)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society of America
Published: March 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780827607255
Subjects: Biography: general; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; European history: from c 1900 -; Judaism; 20th century; c 1800 to c 1900; Kozienice; Hasidim; b. 1895; Religion - Judaism; Religious; Religion; Poland; Judaism - General; Women; Childhood and youth; Biography; Jewish girls; Shapiro, Malkah,
First sentence: A cold wind blew and penetrated the courtyard, making the lantern's flame on top of the pole flicker up and down.s
Description: "Malkah Shapiro (1894-1971) grew up in Poland, the daughter of the Rebbe of Kozienice, a master from one of the most notable lineages in Hasidism. The Rebbe's Daughter is her story: the memoir of an eleven-year old girl awakening to physical maturity, religious consciousness, and an intense curiosity about the mysteries of hasidic spirituality and Kabbalah. It is a rare window into the world of a hasidic girl in pre-World War I Eastern Europe.".

"The author paints a picture of her family's life and her father's hasidic court. The atmosphere is ethereal and dreamlike, and the social and personal relations are mannered and deeply respectful. In Shapiro's account, her entire family is committed to a life of integrity and compassion, shaping every waking moment with reverential, meticulous care - whether it be in worship, study, holiday preparation, hosting students, or welcoming visitors from the Jewish homeland.".

"This is a learned text, filled with biblical, talmudic, kabbalistic, and hasidic allusions and direct quotations, demonstrating that, in contrast to the stereotype of traditional Jewish girls' education at the turn of the century, the author was blessed with a thorough education in Judaic classics."--BOOK JACKET.