Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady the origins of Chabad Hasidism / Immanuel Etkes.

Author/creator Etkes, I.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWaltham. Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]
Descriptionix, 344 pages ; 25 cm.
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SeriesTauber institute series for the study of European Jewry
Contents Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady's rise to leadership -- A leader of Hasidim -- Between center and periphery -- Sefer Shel Beinonim: the Book of Average Men -- On the front line against the mitnagdim: excommunications and prohibitions -- At the front versus the mitnagdim: the first imprisonment -- At the front against the mitnagdim: the second arrest -- Zaddikim as human beings: the conflict with Rabbi Abraham of Kalisk -- Between Napoleon and Alexander.
Abstract "The history of Hasidism and East European Jewry through the biography of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014017838
ISBN9781611686777 (cloth : alk. paper)

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