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| 1. |  | Rabbi Jonathan Sacks's Haggadah: Hebrew and English Text With New Essays and Commentary by Jonathan Sacks (Hebrew Edition) from Continuum Price: $15.80 Customer Review:  This is an important and inspirational work. What sets it apart from other commentaries is the emphasis on overarching themes of Passover. Rather than emphasizing the parsing of individual words and phrases, Rabbi Sacks gives you deep analysis of the meaning of Passover that will add to your... |
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| 2. |  | The Empty Chair: Finding Hope & Joy - Timeless Wisdom from a Hasidic Master, Rebbe Nachmann of Breslov from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $5.55 Customer Review: The Empty Chair: Finding Hope and Joy (1996) is a brief collection of timeless, flawless inspirational advice. Though written from a Jewish perspective, the advice given is of universal value. This is a book you can refer back to over and over. The book also makes a nice gift for those you know who... |
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| 3. |  | The Rebbe's Army: Inside the World of Chabad-Lubavitch from Schocken Price: $8.56 Customer Review:  The only thing about this book that I didn't like was that it wasn't critical. It was very positive regarding the movement. Which is a good thing, it just would be nice to get varying perspective. |
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| 4. |  | Toward a Meaningful Life, New Edition: The Wisdom of the Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson from Harper Paperbacks Price: $7.43 Customer Review: Havn't had the chance to read it yet.... but from 1st glance- much to learn there, much to contemplate, much to grow... |
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| 5. |  | Opening the Tanya: Discovering the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah from Jossey-Bass Price: $13.11 Customer Review: An infinite divinity bursting from the pages of a single book! Opening the Tanya was an eye-opener, and more importantly, a soul-opener. Superbly written, engaging, insightful, a real pleasure. Unbelievably thorough research, background information, meaning and information. I'm very impressed. What... |
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| 6. |  | Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism from Schocken Price: $5.99 Customer Review: The shipping was very quick and I found the book to be as decribed by the seller. |
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| 7. |  | Tales of the Hasidim (v. 1-2) from Schocken Price: $11.95 Customer Review: As someone who has taught Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) classes, I had to choose carefully what texts to recommend to my students. "Tales of the Hasidim" was always one of the first books that I suggested that they read. Filled with stories of the holy people of the 18th century Hasidic... |
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| 8. |  | Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menahem Mendel Schneerson from Columbia University Press Price: $25.04 Customer Review: This academician connects the teachings of Menahem Mendel Schneerson with the Jewish mystical tradition that transcends the body as well as time, redefining the past and projecting into the future. |
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| 9. |  | Light And Fire of the Baal Shem Tov from Continuum Price: $20.96 Customer Review: This is truly a special book. What comes through these pages are not just words and stories, but a real taste of the light and fire of the Baal Shem Tov. As I read it I had the sense that the book was a true vehicle for transmission. I was also touched by the effort of the author as I read the book.... |
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| 10. |  | Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters from Simon & Schuster Price: $6.00 Customer Review: Elie Wiesel conveys the richness of the lives of these Hassidic masters in a compelling way. The stories inspire. |
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| 11. |  | Learning From the Tanya: Volume Two in the Definitive Commentary on the Moral and Mystical Teachings of a Classic Work of Kabbalah (Arthur Kurzweil Book) from Jossey-Bass Price: $14.61 Customer Review: amazon.com: please change the excerpt from the book. as a big fan of the tanya, i must say this is an excellent book. rabbi steinsaltz' commentary is very helpful and even inspiring. helping to give more light to the great teachings of the alter-rebbe. the excerpt here is too "legal sounding".... |
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| 12. |  | Lessons in Tanya: The Tanya of R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi (5 Volume Set with ribbon bookmarks) from Kehot Publication Society Price: $75.44 Customer Review: Lessons in Tanya leads the reader through every paragraph and page, illuminating the mystical, often allusive, Talmudic, Kabbalistic, and Scriptural verses and concepts. It fills many gaps in what the terse Tanya text assumes to be the reader's background knowledge. A well-lit and accesible... |
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| 13. | [no image] | Legend of Baal-Shem from Schocken Price: $59.07 Customer Review:  I was originally drawn to Judaism by Martin Buber's wonderful "Tales of the Hasidim" (which has a good section on the Baal Shem Tov). But Buber disavowed his earlier "Legend of the Baal Shem" because it was too flowery and departed too far from the original material; it is also only a mere snippet... |
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| 14. |  | The Way Of Man: According to the Teaching of Hasidism from Citadel Price: $12.95 Customer Review: I teach a graduate counseling course on Martin Buber's anthropology and philosophy of dialogue as it illumines the art and science of pastoral counseling. A rabbi at a workshop I did for military chaplains told me about it. It is a gem - one of the top ten books I have ever read. It is without... |
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| 15. |  | Mitzvah Girls: Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn from Princeton University Press Price: $37.12 Customer Review: For my anthropology class we were given a choice of books to read; I selected this one (living in Brooklyn I was somewhat familiar with the subject of the book). For an assignment book this one provided many interesting insights into the Hasidic community. The author uses interviews, and what is... |
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| 16. |  | Holy Days: The World Of The Hasidic Family from Touchstone Price: $13.95 Customer Review: Overall, I really enjoyed this book, after having heard so many good things about it for so long. Ms. Harris had long been curious about the Hassidim because of some old family photos of her own Hassidic ancestors, and she finally got a chance to not only indulge her curiosity but also to learn more... |
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| 17. |  | Restore My Soul (Meshivat Nefesh) from Breslov Research Inst Price: $5.19 Customer Review: I'm blessed for having the privlege of reading this little book. The words and thoughts of Rabbi Nachman are transformitive. Blessed be he. |
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| 18. |  | Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $6.62 Customer Review: I'm so glad I have this book on my bookshelf. I have learned some important things about the meanings of prayers, which makes my life more meaningful to me. |
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| 19. |  | Your Word Is Fire: The Hasidic Masters on Contemplative Prayer (A Jewish Lights Classic Reprint) from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $9.31 Customer Review: Let me just say that if your reading this then buy this book now... fate has brought you here. Read this book over and over and be enriched and renewed angain and again---connected to the ONE source of ALL. |
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| 20. |  | A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters from Jewish Publication Society of America Price: $27.49 Customer Review: This long book (400+ pages) by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez contains teachings from the first three generations of the Hasidic movement; especially the Baal Shem Tov, the Maggid of Mezritch, and Elimelekh of Lizhensk. But the book is much more than this as these... |
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| 21. |  | Boychiks in the Hood: Travels in the Hasidic Underground from HarperOne Price: $1.49 Customer Review: After struggling with religious identity for a long time I was blown away by how these people live their lives in the complete service of Hashem. After devouring the book, I re-opened some doors and am now in the process of becoming a Lubavitcher Hasid. This book showed how although these people may... |
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| 22. |  | Toward a Meaningful Life, New Edition: The Wisdom of the Sages from William Morrow Price: $8.56 Customer Review: The author of this book compiles teaching from the Rebbe (Menachem Schneerson, the Lubavitcher rebbe until 1994) in a simple and skillful way, dividing them into topics that can be readily addressed. There are chapters on children and education, marriage and choosing a wife, sadness and how to cope... |
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| 23. |  | A Passion for Truth (A Jewish Lights Classic Reprint) from Jewish Lights Publishing Price: $10.95 Customer Review: The book analyses the thoughts of the Kotzker Rebbe by contrasting and comparing him to the Danish theologian and philosopher, Soren Kierkegaard. Few men could ever have conceived and written such an incisive work; no one else could have approached it with such an inner feel for the Hasidic... |
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| 24. |  | Rabbi Nachman's Stories from Breslov Research Institute Price: $23.61 Customer Review: 'fiction' is in quotes because Rav Bezanson a well-known figure in Na Nach Breslov, (ometz.co.il) says that these stories are really true, but that we won't understand what they mean until the coming of the Moschiach. Is there really anything like these stories?!??!?!? Ephraim Jeffrey... |
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| 25. |  | Bringing Heaven Down to Earth: 365 Meditations of the Rebbe from Class One Press Price: $24.97 Customer Review: This is one of the most special books in my collection because it was a present from Rabbi Chaim Adelman of the Chabad House at UMass-Amherst in May of 2002. (In addition to being a great person and really funny, Rabbi Adelman was also quite possibly my favorite rabbi I've ever had.) There was a... |
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| 26. |  | To Heal the Soul: The Spiritual Journal of a Chasidic Rebbe from Jason Aronson Price: $34.11 Customer Review: this book, if read and followed, can help anyone grow in spirit. Especially if one is searching their Jewish roots, this book can be very helpful. It is sensitive and personal, clearly written and profoundly moving. Not just the content but the historical context of the book is inspirational as well |
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| 27. |  | The Mystical Origins of Hasidism from Littman Library of Jewish Civilization Price: $25.95 | |
| 28. |  | Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society from Oxford University Press, USA Price: $59.99 Customer Review: This is by far the most informative, well-documented and clearly argued portrayal of Polish Hasidism available in any language. This book brought me into the world of nineteenth century Hasidism and Polish Jewry. It illuminates the paradox of Hasidism: a soaring mystical movement bouyed by music,... |
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| 29. |  | Hasidic Tales: Annotated & Explained (Skylight Illuminations) from Skylight Paths Publishing Price: $8.50 Customer Review: This is a collection of stories written by and for Hasidic Jews, which I, a Gentile, read for the purpose of gaining insight into Hasidism. I had found that every Hasidic Jew I had become acquainted with turned out to be very likable, which aroused my curiosity, because I had confused Hasidism with... |
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| 30. |  | Crossing the Narrow Bridge from Breslov Research Inst Price: $18.92 Customer Review: Crossing The Narrow Bridge is the starting point and introduction to Rabbi Nachman's teachings. Afterwords, I highly recommend studying Likutey Moharan (A Collection of my Rebbe's Works), translated into English by Rabbi Chaim Kramer. It is recommended to study this series with a Chavrusa. All of... |
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