TY - BOOK AU - Nahum,Menahem AU - Green,Arthur TI - The light of the eyes: homilies on the Torah T2 - Stanford studies in Jewish mysticism SN - 9781503611023 AV - BS1225.53 U1 - 222/.107 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Stanford, California PB - Stanford University Press KW - Bible KW - Pentateuch KW - Commentaries KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Talmud KW - Commentaires KW - Ouvrages avant 1800 KW - fast KW - Hasidism KW - Hassidisme KW - Early works N1 - 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 N2 - "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"-- UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2934136 ER -