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Schacter-Shalomi, Zalman.

A heart afire : stories and teachings of the early Hasidic masters / translated and retold with commentary by Zalman Schacter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yepez ; with a foreword by Arthur Green. - Revised edition. - 1 online resource (xxvi, 412 pages) : illustration.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The hidden tradition and the Ba'al Shem Tov -- The circle of the Ba'al Shem and the Maggid of Mezritch -- The circle of the Maggid and the rebbe king.

A guided tour of Hasidism and Hasidic storytelling introducing the reader to rare and unique translations of Hasidism. Gives readers the opportunity to immerse themselves in the world of Hasidic wisdom and narrative and in the teachings of a modern Hasidic teacer.

ISBN: 9781939681621 1939681626

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hasidism--Legends.
Rabbis--Legends.
Jewish legends.
Hasidism--History.
Hassidisme--L�egendes.
Rabbins--L�egendes.
L�egendes juives.
Hassidisme--Histoire.
Hasidism.
Jewish legends.
Rabbis.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.
Legends.

LC Class. No.: BM532 / .S33 2017eb

Dewey Class. No.: [E]