Contemporary uses and forms of Hasidut /

Recent years have seen a shift in the approach to religious life among members of the Israeli Religious Zionist and the American Modern Orthodox communities. The trend towards spirituality, and to Hasidic teachings and practices in particular, is noteworthy and deserving of exploration. A range of l...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Zuckier, Shlomo (Editor), Hain, Shmuel (series editor.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Hebrew
Language Notes:Text in English and Hebrew.
Published: Brooklyn, New York : Jerusalem : KTAV Publishing ; Urim Publications, [2022].
Series:Orthodox Forum series.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Hasidic thought in Mitnagdic thinkers
  • Pahad Yitzhak and its sources: an opening inquiry / Yaakov Elman
  • Beyond the ban: Rav Dessler's vision of a yeshiva combining Lithuanian Lomdut, Chabad, and Polish Hasidut / Paul Franks
  • "Everyone asks where he is": mystical-Hasidic elements in U-Vikkashtem mi-Sham / Alex Sztuden
  • Part II. Recent (Neo-)Hasidic thinkers
  • The development of Neo-Hasidism: echoes and repercussions / Ariel Evan Mayse
  • Niggun as spiritual practice, with special focus on the writings of Rabbi Kalonymus Shapira, the Rebbe of Piaseczna / Nehemia Polen
  • The use of Hasidism in responding to the challenges of postmodernism and technology: the case of Rav Shagar / Miriam Feldmann Kaye
  • Part III. Sociology of contemporary Neo-Hasidut
  • Post-Kookism and Neo-Hasidut / Shlomo Fischer
  • The year in Israel has changed: Neo-Hasidut and American modern Orthodoxy / Yehuda Turetsky
  • Didan Notzach: toward a Hasidic modern Orthodoxy / David Landes
  • Part IV. Theological perspectives on neo-Hasidut.
  • Om Shalom: East meets West in the Jewish Spirituality renaissance / Yakov Nagen
  • Or Penimi: why Penimiyut ha-Torah might help reinvigorate our synagogues / Zev Reichman
  • The appeal of Neo-Hasidut in the twenty-first century / Reuven Boshnack
  • Hesitations regarding contemporary Neo-Hasidut / Yitzchak Blau.