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Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady the origins of Chabad Hasidism

Title
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady [electronic resource] : the origins of Chabad Hasidism / Immanuel Etkes.
Author
Etkes, I.
Publication
Waltham. Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]

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Description
1 online resource (ix, 344 pages)
Summary
"The history of Hasidism and East European Jewry through the biography of Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady"--
Series Statement
Tauber institute series for the study of European Jewry
Uniform Title
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (Online)
Alternative Title
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady (Online)
Subject
  • Shneur Zalman, of Lyady, 1745-1812
  • Rabbis > Belarus > Biography
  • Hasidim > Belarus > Biography
  • Habad > History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
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.
LCCN
2014017838
OCLC
ssj0001381813
Author
Etkes, I.
Title
Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liady [electronic resource] : the origins of Chabad Hasidism / Immanuel Etkes.
Imprint
Waltham. Massachusetts : Brandeis University Press, [2015]
Series
Tauber institute series for the study of European Jewry
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-333) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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