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Benjamin Brown
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments VII
- Contents IX
- A Note on Interpretation and Transliteration XI
- Introduction: The Normative World of Hasidism as a Historical and Theoretical Question 1
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Part I: Hasidic Custom and Halakhah— Five Self-Perceptions
- 1 Introduction to Part I 15
- 2 Hasidic Custom as a Hyper-Halakhic Voluntary Personal Norm: The Early R. Shneur Zalman of Lyadi and R. Ḥayim of Sanz 22
- 3 Hasidic Custom as a Communal Norm: R. Moshe Teitelbaum of Uyhel 36
- 4 Hasidic Custom as a Full-Fledged Halakhic Norm: R. Yitzḥak Isaac of Komarno and R. Ya’akov of Keidan 48
- 5 Hasidic Custom as Custom: R. Avraham Yitzḥak Sperling and R. Shalom of Koidanov 65
- 6 Hasidic Custom As a Legitimate Deviation from Halakhah (‘Averah Lishmah): The Seer of Lublin and R. Tzvi Hirsch of Liszka 83
- 7 Hasidic Custom and Halakhah: Intermediate Summary 95
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Part II: Kedushah: The Sexual Abstinence of Married Men in Three Contemporary Hasidic Groups
- Introduction to Part II 103
- 8 Kedushah in Gur: The Ordinances of R. Yisrael Alter, the Beys Yisroel 105
- 9 Kedushah in Slonim: A Morality of Aspiration 109
- 10 Kedushah in Toldes Aaron: The Milder Version 112
- 11 Halakhic and Ethical Background (1): The Duty of ‘Onah 115
- 12 Halakhic and Ethical Background (2): The Dos and Don’ts of Conjugal Relations 120
- 13 Hasidic Background: Sources and Trends from Early Hasidism 127
- 14 Kedushah in its Theological Context (1): The Beys Yisroel of Gur 138
- 15 Kedushah in its Theological Context (2): The Nesives Sholem of Slonim 143
- 16 Kedushah in its Theological Context (3): The Rebbe of Toldes Aaron 150
- 17 The Kedushah Polemic 155
- 18 Kedushah in its Historical Context: Why the 20th Century? 177
- 19 Kedushah and Modern Hasidic Identity: Intermediate Summary and Conclusion 186
- Conclusion: Ethos, Custom-in-the-making, Custom, Halakhah-in-the-making, Halakhah: Normative Categories of Jewish Religiosity 188
- Appendices 197
- Bibliography 212
- Index 224
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Acknowledgments VII
- Contents IX
- A Note on Interpretation and Transliteration XI
- Introduction: The Normative World of Hasidism as a Historical and Theoretical Question 1
-
Part I: Hasidic Custom and Halakhah— Five Self-Perceptions
- 1 Introduction to Part I 15
- 2 Hasidic Custom as a Hyper-Halakhic Voluntary Personal Norm: The Early R. Shneur Zalman of Lyadi and R. Ḥayim of Sanz 22
- 3 Hasidic Custom as a Communal Norm: R. Moshe Teitelbaum of Uyhel 36
- 4 Hasidic Custom as a Full-Fledged Halakhic Norm: R. Yitzḥak Isaac of Komarno and R. Ya’akov of Keidan 48
- 5 Hasidic Custom as Custom: R. Avraham Yitzḥak Sperling and R. Shalom of Koidanov 65
- 6 Hasidic Custom As a Legitimate Deviation from Halakhah (‘Averah Lishmah): The Seer of Lublin and R. Tzvi Hirsch of Liszka 83
- 7 Hasidic Custom and Halakhah: Intermediate Summary 95
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Part II: Kedushah: The Sexual Abstinence of Married Men in Three Contemporary Hasidic Groups
- Introduction to Part II 103
- 8 Kedushah in Gur: The Ordinances of R. Yisrael Alter, the Beys Yisroel 105
- 9 Kedushah in Slonim: A Morality of Aspiration 109
- 10 Kedushah in Toldes Aaron: The Milder Version 112
- 11 Halakhic and Ethical Background (1): The Duty of ‘Onah 115
- 12 Halakhic and Ethical Background (2): The Dos and Don’ts of Conjugal Relations 120
- 13 Hasidic Background: Sources and Trends from Early Hasidism 127
- 14 Kedushah in its Theological Context (1): The Beys Yisroel of Gur 138
- 15 Kedushah in its Theological Context (2): The Nesives Sholem of Slonim 143
- 16 Kedushah in its Theological Context (3): The Rebbe of Toldes Aaron 150
- 17 The Kedushah Polemic 155
- 18 Kedushah in its Historical Context: Why the 20th Century? 177
- 19 Kedushah and Modern Hasidic Identity: Intermediate Summary and Conclusion 186
- Conclusion: Ethos, Custom-in-the-making, Custom, Halakhah-in-the-making, Halakhah: Normative Categories of Jewish Religiosity 188
- Appendices 197
- Bibliography 212
- Index 224
