Nahman of
Bratslav, hagiography with footnotes: edifying tales and the writing of history in Hasidism, from prophetess to madwoman: the displacement of female spirituality in the post-Sabbatian era, on women in Hasidism: S.
Kirsch comments on excerpts from eighteen sources (not coincidentally, in gematria 18 = "life"): Deuteronomy, the Book of Esther, Philo of Alexandria's Exposition of the Law, Josephus' Jewish War, the Talmudic tractate Chapters of the Fathers, Benjamin of Tudela's Itinerary and Yehuda Halevi's Kuzari, Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed, the Zohar, the Tsenerene and the Memoirs of Gluckel of Hameln, Spinoza's Theological-Political Treatise, the Autobiography of Solomon Maimon and Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem, the Tales of Nachman of
Bratslav, Theodor Herzl's Jewish State and Old New Land, and finally Sholem Aleichem's Tevye the Dairyman.
Most Hasidic groups retained their focus on exclusivity and segregation while others, particularly Chabad-Lubavitch and
Bratslav, developed missionizing ideologies and activities directed to the wider Jewish world.
Both Reb Shlomo and Reb Zalman loved to tell the Hasidic stories of the Baal Shem Tov and Reb Nachman of
Bratslav. Deep in the forest, a voice is calling out, "Ribono Shel Olam, Master of the Universe.
Major organization :
BRATSLAV EDUCATIONAL COMPLEX: PRE-SCHOOL, BOARDING SCHOOL I-III LEVELS - HIGH SCHOOL VINNYTSIA REGIONAL COUNCIL
In his instructions, Charles X Gustav commanded his envoy to offer the Cossack leader a choice between keeping a free state in Ukraine consisting of three palatinates (Kyiv, Chernihiv and
Bratslav) and remaining in the Polish state (much of it under the Swedish control) under the provision that all Cossack demands would be met and their rights and liberties protected.
BAGHDAD / Nina /-- Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, confirmed during a meeting with Serbian Defense Minister
Bratslav Jashitsh and his accompanying delegation,that Iraq and Serbia enjoying strong ties that can be invested in military fields and the development of expertise, a statement issued by al-Mutlaq's office reported today.
203-224 (focusing on Jeremiah 31:15-16 and selections from Tan huma, Saadia Gaon, Jacob Emden, Nahman of
Bratslav, and Mordecai Kaplan)
Against an off-white background, fifteen panels hang from the ceiling, ten of which are inscribed with psalms (rewritten by Hamoy using non-gendered language) based on the teachings of the Hasidic rabbi, Reb Nachman of
Bratslav (1772-1810) and intended to promote healing.
"Elimelekh and many others of the Maggid's inner circle remained committed to a more elitist vision that continued to place the Tzaddik at the center of the religious experience and limited the agency of the masses." (37) The Besht's great-grandson, Nahman of
Bratslav, focused his asceticism solely on "the 'true tzaddik" (by which Nahman meant himself) [who] experiences pain rather than pleasure during the sexual act." (38) And it is clearly the perspective of Mendel of Kotzk.
* Fifty-five
Bratslav Hasidim and right-wing activists boarded themselves up in Joseph's Tomb, in the West Bank.
Rodger Kamanetz's BURNT BOOKS: RABBI NACHMAN OF
BRATSLAV AND FRANZ KAFKA (9780805242577, $25.00) comes from a teacher who for many years taught a course in Prague on Franz Kafka.
