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853392
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Shivḥe ha-Beshṭ.English.
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In praise of the Baal Shem Tov = : (Shivhei ha-Besht) : the earliest collection of legends about the founder of Hasidism /\ translated edited by Dan Ben-Amos Jerome R. Mintz.
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Northvale, N.J. :: Jason Aronson,, ©1993.
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xxx, 353 pages ;; 24 cm
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1568211473
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: 9781568211473
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| Notes
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Legends compiled by Dov Baer ben Samuel of Linits.
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Previously published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1970.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-279) and index.
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| Contents
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1. Rabbi Eliezer -- 1a.Rabbi Eliezer: A Second Version -- 2. Rabbi Eliezer and the Viceroys Daughter -- 3. Birth of the Besht -- 4. Besht's Education and Youth -- 5. Rabbi Adam and the King's Banquet -- 6. New Coat of Rabbi Adam's Wife -- 7. Secret Manuscripts and Rabbi Adam's Son -- 8. Besht's Marriage -- 9. Besht and the Robbers -- 10. Vengeful Robber -- 11. Besht's Journey to the Holy Land -- 12. Besht and the Frog -- 13. Besht Serves as Rabbi Gershon's Coachman -- 14. Besht Reveals Himself -- 15. Besht Reveals Himself to the Sect of the Great Hasidim -- 16. Besht Locks up the Secret Manuscripts -- 17. Beginning of the Writer's Manuscript -- 18. Fingernails -- 19. Besht's Seclusion -- 20. Besht Exorcises a Madwoman -- 21. Besht's Prayer Produces Rain -- 22. Besht Cures a Madman -- 23. Besht Exorcises Demons from a House -- 24. Innkeeper's Death -- 25. Besht Attracts Followers -- 26. Besht and the Physician -- 27. Besht Predicts a Need for Bloodletting -- 28. Rabbi Gershon, the Besht, and the Zohar -- 29. Elijah the Prophet Reveals Himself to the Besht -- 30. Stolen Horse -- 31. Besht Reveals Himself to Rabbi David of Kolomyya -- 32. Melamed's Dream -- 33. Delayed Homecoming -- 34. Besht's Trembling in Prayer -- 35. Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Second Version -- 36. Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Third Version -- 37. Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Fourth Version -- 38. Sincere Prayer -- 39. Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Fifth Version -- 40. Dream of Rabbi Joseph Ashkenazi -- 41. Besht in the Messiah's Heavenly Palace -- 42. Palace of the Bird's Nest -- 43. Besht and His Guests -- 44. Wailing of the Shekinah -- 45. Destruction of Balta -- 46. Rabbi Gershon Imitates the Besht -- 47. Rabbi Jacob Joseph Recognizes the Greatness of the Besht -- 48. Rabbi Jacob Joseph Is Expelled from Shargorod -- 49. Ascetic Fasting of Rabbi Jacob Joseph -- 50. Rabbi Jacob Joseph Observes the Sabbath in Shargorod -- 51. Protective Prayers -- 52. Asceticism of Rabbi Jacob Joseph -- 53. Voyage of Rabbi Gershon -- 54. Rabbi Gershon's Sin -- 55. Prayers for Rain in Jerusalem -- 56. Quarrel in Safed -- 57. Rabbi Lipeh Quarrels with Rabbi Gedaliah -- 58. Mocking Song -- 59. Sick Girl -- 60. Blood Libel -- 61. Dance of the Hasidim -- 62. Great Maggid and the Besht -- 63. Death of Rabbi Eliezer Rokeah -- 64. Book Hemdat ha-Yamim -- 65. Dream of Rabbi Jacob Joseph -- 66. Besht and Shabbetai Tsevi -- 67. Rabbi Isaac Drabizner -- 68. Perjury -- 69. Oxen of Rabbi Barukh -- 70. Stolen Halter -- 71. Shohet Who Was a Drunkard -- 72. Death of Rabbi Abraham the "Angel" -- 73. Rabbi Abraham as a Sandek -- 74. Rabbi Abraham as a Mohel -- 75. Wife of Rabbi Abraham -- 76. City of Adultery -- 77. Advice of the Great Maggid -- 78. Prayers of the Hasidim -- 79. Two Brothers -- 80. Sounding Out the Nature of the Besht -- 81. Lithuanian Jew and the Besht -- 82. Besht and Rabbi Sa'adyah Gaon -- 83. Besht's Sermon -- 84. Besht Banishes Demons -- 85. Rabbi's Wife in Labor -- 86. Church That Caught Fire -- 87. Hose-Maker -- 88. Sin of Pride -- 89. Two Hasidim Visit Hell -- 90. Court in Heaven -- 91. Besht and the Angel of Death -- 92. Repentant Rich Man -- 93. Defective Tefillin -- 94. Tefillin Written by Rabbi Isaac -- 95. Righteous Woman -- 96. Righteous Woman and Her Sons -- 97. Blessing of Rabbi Pinhas -- 98. Besht's Combat with a Witch -- 99. Choice of Punishment -- 100. Revenant -- 101. Redemption of Sparks -- 102. Reader's Stand of Rabbi Samson -- 103. Dismissed Arrendator -- 104. Besht's Devekut -- 105. Besht Resuscitates a Child -- 106. Magical Enkindling of a Tree -- 107. Choice -- 108. Fish and the Dog -- 109. Dance of Rabbi Yudel -- 110. Rabbi Nahman's Sigh -- 111. Rabbi Nahman's Prayer -- 112. Rabbi Jacob Joseph's Prayer -- 113. Pure Prayers -- 114. Interruption of the Besht's Vision -- 115. Rabbi Leib's Death -- 116. Rabbi Aaron in Heaven -- 117. Sick Woman -- 118. Adulterer -- 119. Besht Cures by Bloodletting -- 120. Death of Rabbi Joseph the Melamed -- 121. Parable of the Dog -- 122. Present Generation -- 123. Dowry -- 124. Rabbi Abraham and the Besht -- 125. Combat in Magic -- 126. Combat in Magic: A Second Version -- 127. Jewish Thief -- 128. Besht's Funeral -- 129. Rabbi Nahman Travels to the Holy Land -- 130. Rabbi Mendele Visits with Rabbi Jacob Joseph -- 131. Prayers of Rabbi Mendele and Rabbi Fridel -- 132. Heavy Load of Honor -- 133. Rabbi Nahman's Cold Mikveh -- 134. Iniquities and Prayers -- 135. Preacher's Sermon -- 136. Madman Feigns Death -- 137. Martyrs -- 138. Adulterous Woman -- 139. Delayed Homecoming: A Second Version -- 140. Besht, the Merchant, and the Robbers -- 141. Besht Discharges a Shohet -- 142. Optimism of Rabbi Nahman -- 143. Rabbi Nahman Prays Minhah -- 144. Feeling the Tefillin -- 145. Height of Prayer -- 146. Ascension to Heaven -- 147. Besht's Second Coming -- 148. Perpetual Error -- 149. Ring -- 150. Rabbi Motil -- 151. Rabbi Gershon's Enemies -- 152. Wandering Soul -- 153. Dream Teaching -- 154. Forbidden City -- 155. Hunchback -- 156. Forbidden Country -- 157. Spiritual Cure -- 158. Stolen Stockings -- 159. Writing Down the Besht's Torah -- 160. Besht and his Son -- 161. Generosity of the Besht -- 162. Demons -- 163. Guest Who Snored -- 164. Impure House -- 165. Preacher Who Spoke Evil of the Jews -- 166. Dead Man in Hell -- 167. Servant's Evil Thoughts -- 168. "Streams of Wisdom" -- 169. Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Nahman -- 170. Contaminated Bed -- 171. Rabbi Tsevi's Dream -- 172. Protective Tefillin -- 173. Rabbi Jehiel Mikhel -- 174. War Between the Greeks and the Ishmaelites -- 175. Flickering Candle -- 176. Poverty and Generosity of the Besht -- 177. Shabbetian Shohet -- 178. Hen Shohet -- 179. Melamed's Death -- 180. Invisibility of the Besht -- 181. Rabbi Moses' Death -- 182. Rabbi Zusman -- 183. Death of the Arrendator's Wife -- 184. Bastard -- 185. Praying Word for Word with the Besht -- 186. Defective Mezuzah -- 187. Amulet -- 188. Devoted Weaver -- 189. Turnip -- 190. Two Rabbis David -- 191. Angel Hadarniel -- 192. Young Martyr -- 193. Rabbi Gershon in the Holy Land -- 194. Storytelling and Ma'aseh Merkavah -- 195. Man in the World -- 196. Demon -- 197. Competing for the Arrendeh -- 198. Imprisonment of Israel Shafir -- 199. Preacher Cancels Charges Against a Rabbi -- 200. Sermon of Rabbi Moses -- 201. Angels' Request -- 202. Rabbi Moses the Mohel -- 203. Besht Chokes on his Food -- 204. Charm for Easy Delivery -- 205. Heavenly Garments -- 206. Besht in the Mikveh -- 207. Kind Boy -- 208. Gematria -- 209. Rabbi Nahman of Kosov -- 210. Flight of the Besht -- 211. Chief Arrendators -- 212. Tenth for a Minyan -- 213. Fall of the Chief Arrendators -- 214. Bear -- 215. Exceptional Horse -- 216. Death of Rabbi David Forkes -- 217. Brand Plucked Out of the Fire -- 218. Rabbi's Lolkeh -- 219. Hasid who Prayed in the Fields -- 220. Besht Saves a Drowning Man -- 221. Council of Four Lands -- 222. Blessing of a Poor Man -- 223. "The Hour has Come But Not the Man" -- 224. Jonah -- 225. Three Brothers -- 226. Hearing at Will -- 227. Sinner -- 228. Rabbi Nahman and the Besht -- 229. Besht as Rabbi Nahman's Guest -- 230. Parable of the King's Crown -- 231. Blind Boy -- 232. Paralyzed Woman -- 233. Son Who Hit His Father -- 234. Charity -- 235. Besht Prevents a Blood Libel -- 236. Gentile Who Blessed the Jews -- 237. Language of the Animals -- 238. Loose Woman -- 239. Besht and the Old Priest -- 240. Rabbi Isaac of Berdichev -- 241. Rabbi David Forkes' Dream -- 242. Glass of Wine -- 243. Besht's Dinner -- 244. Besht Resuscitates a Child: A Second Version -- 245. Doctor -- 246. Careless Shohet -- 247. Besht's Death -- 248. Rabbi Leih Kessler's Offer -- 249. Besht's Son -- 250. Fish and the Dog: A Second Version -- 251. Burning of Rabbi Jacob Joseph's Books.
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Baʻal Shem Ṭov,approximately 1700-1760
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Baàl Shem Ṭov,ca. 1700-1760-- Legends.
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Baʻal Shem Ṭov,approximately 1700-1760
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Ba'al Shem Tov,ca1700-1760.
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Hasidim, Legends.
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Jewish legends.
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11.26 movements within Judaism.
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Hasidim.
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Jewish legends.
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Chassidisme.
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| Dewey Classification
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296.8/332/092B
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BM755.I8S4413 1993
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11.26bcl
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| Added Entry
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Dov Baer ben Samuel,of Linits.
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Ben-Amos, Dan.
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Mintz, Jerome R.
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