The Revealed and Hidden Writings of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav: His Worlds of Revelation and Rectification

Zvi Mark

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The Revealed and Hidden Writings of Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

His Worlds of Revelation and Rectification

Zvi Mark

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2015

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Zvi Mark uncovers previously unknown and never-before-discussed aspects of Rabbi Nachman’s personal spiritual world. The first section of the book, Revelation, explores Rabbi Nachman’s spiritual revelations, personal trials and spiritual experiments. Among the topics discussed is the powerful “Story of the Bread,” wherein Rabbi Nachman receives the Torah as did Moses on Mount Sinai – a story that was kept secret for 200 years. The second section of the book, Rectification, is dedicated to the rituals of rectification that Rabbi Nachman established. These are, principally, the universal rectification, the rectification for a nocturnal emission and the rectification to be performed during pilgrimage to his grave. In this context, the secret story, “The Story of the Armor,” is discussed. The book ends with a colorful description of Bratzlav Hasidism in the 21st century.

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Zvi Mark, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part One: Revelation
Chapter One. The Test of Letter Combinations: The Mystical Initiation Ceremony that Rabbi Nachman Underwent, and its Echoes in Likutei Moharan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Chapter Two. “The Story of the Bread”: Receiving the Torah Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Chapter Three. The Stream of Mystical Consciousness: The Character of Mystical Experience and the Way that it is Shaped as Literature in “The Guest Who Came In” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	90
Part Two: Rectification
Introduction: The Enterprise of Rectifications Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Chapter Four. The Formulation of the Universal Rectification, the Rectification for a Nocturnal Emission, and the Pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman’s Grave–and their Connection to Bratslavian Messianic Fervor Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	142
Chapter Five. The Booklet of Tests and Rabbi Nachman’s Practice of not Avoiding Tests Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
Chapter Six. “The Story of the Armor”: More from the Bratslav Archives Containing Suppressed Texts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Chapter Seven. Arrows and Melodies: “The Story of the Beggar without Hands” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	257
Chapter Eight. Uman – “Behold, I Give Over my Soul” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	278
Chapter Nine. Two Hundred Years Later – from Individual to Universal Rectification: The Pilgrimage to Uman on Rosh Hashanah, the Worldwide Universal Rectification, Tashlikh and Body Jewelry Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	312
Afterword Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Appendix
Appendix One. “The Story of Rabbi Perachia”: Additional Links between the Zoharic Literature and “The Guest Who Came In” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347
Appendix Two. Mysticism and the “Stream of Consciousness”: a Note Following the Analysis of “The Guest Who Came In” Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	350
Appendix Three. Photographs of Manuscript Pages Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	361
Name Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	381

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eBook published on:

April 24, 2015

eBook ISBN:

9783110407747

Hardcover published on:

April 17, 2015

Hardcover ISBN:

9783110407716

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Front matter:

10

Main content:

385

Illustrations:

3

Coloured Illustrations:

10

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110407747

eBook ISBN: 9783110407747

Hardcover ISBN: 9783110407716

Keywords for this book

Rabbi Nachman von Bratslav; Chassidismus; Kabbalah; Uman

Audience(s) for this book

Academics in the fields of Hasidism, Judaic Studies and Israel Studies

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