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The light of the eyes : homilies on the Torah / Rabbi Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl ; translation, introduction, and commentary by Arthur Green.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Hebrew Series: Stanford studies in Jewish mysticismPublisher: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781503611023
  • 1503611027
Uniform titles:
  • Meʼor ʻenayim. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Light of the eyes.DDC classification:
  • 222/.107 23
LOC classification:
  • BS1225.53
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Partial contents:
Overview : what is Hasidism? -- Setting the stage : Ashkenazic piety before Hasidism -- The Baʻal Shem Ṭov and his disciples -- Around the Maggid's table : the circle in Miedzyrzecz biography -- The Meʼor ʻeynayim : description and publication history -- The theology of the Meʼor ʻeynayim -- The Ṣaddiq in the Meʼor ʻeynayim -- The last Chernobyl dynasty -- Approbation by Rabbi Yiṣḥaq of Berdichev -- Sefer Meʼor ʻeynayim -- Addendom : Yesamaḥ Lev on the Tractate Avot -- Translator's reflection: The enduring value of the Meʼor ʻeynayim.
Summary: "This is the first complete and academic English translation of the Me'or 'Eynayim ("The Light of the Eyes"), a collection of Hasidic homilies following the order of the Torah portions, written by Rabbi Menachem Nochum Twersky of Chernobyl (1730-1797). First published in 1798, it has long been considered one of the great classics of early Hasidism"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview : what is Hasidism? -- Setting the stage : Ashkenazic piety before Hasidism -- The Baʻal Shem Ṭov and his disciples -- Around the Maggid's table : the circle in Miedzyrzecz biography -- The Meʼor ʻeynayim : description and publication history -- The theology of the Meʼor ʻeynayim -- The Ṣaddiq in the Meʼor ʻeynayim -- The last Chernobyl dynasty -- Approbation by Rabbi Yiṣḥaq of Berdichev -- Sefer Meʼor ʻeynayim -- Addendom : Yesamaḥ Lev on the Tractate Avot -- Translator's reflection: The enduring value of the Meʼor ʻeynayim.

"This is the first complete and academic English translation of the Me'or 'Eynayim ("The Light of the Eyes"), a collection of Hasidic homilies following the order of the Torah portions, written by Rabbi Menachem Nochum Twersky of Chernobyl (1730-1797). First published in 1798, it has long been considered one of the great classics of early Hasidism"-- Provided by publisher.

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