Language:
Hebrew
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
דרך ספר; שי לזאב גריס
Angaben zur Quelle:
(2021) 317-332
Keywords:
Menahem Mendel,
;
Abraham ben Alexander Katz, Correspondence
;
Abraham ben Alexander Katz,
;
Hasidism History 18th century
;
Mysticism Judaism
Abstract:
The concept of Hassidism as "Kabbalah become ethos" was initially accepted by all researchers of Hassidism, despite the uncertainty surrounding this ethos. The article explores the essence of homiletic literature in early Hassidism through thee pistles sent by R. Abraham Katz of Kalisk (1741-1810) from Tiberius to his followers in Russia, and a teaching on the Torah portion of "Acharei Mot" from the book Pri HaAretz of his teacher R. Menahem Mendel of Vitebsk (1730-1788).The study of these epistles and homiletic literature reinforces the claim that themeeting between the Maggid of Mezeritch, the Kabbalist Dov Ber, with the BaalShem Tov changed the focus of Dov Ber's life from the asceticism of a learned Kabbalist to a search fordevekut (devotion) as the ability to span the gap between corporeal life and divinity by cleaving inwardly to God. R. Abraham of Kalisk's epistle to R. Shneur Zalman of Ladi, author of the book of Tania, suggests that the teachings inculcated by the Maggid were not geared at the intellectual attainment of his listeners but rather at inspiring them todevekut . This is what Buber means when he writes concerning the Tsaddik in The Hidden Light, "The words of his teachings are themselves embodied in their enactment."
Note:
With an English summary.
URL:
אתר את הפרסום בקטלוג המאוחד של ספריות ישראל
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