Research Catalog

Title

Law and custom in Hasidism / by Aaron Wertheim ; translated by Shmuel Himelstein.

Author

Ṿerṭhaim, Aharon, -1988.

Publication

Hoboken, NJ : Ktav, ©1992.

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Description

x, 415 pages; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Halakhot ṿa-halikhot ba-Ḥasidut. English

Alternative Title

Halakhot ṿa-halikhot ba-Ḥasidut.

Subject

• Hasidism
• Judaism > Customs and practices
• Prayer > Judaism
• Judaism > Hasidic rite > Liturgy
• Jewish law
• Hasidism
• Jewish law
• Judaism > Customs and practices
• Judaism > Hasidic rite > Liturgy
• Prayer > Judaism
• Chassidisme
• Wetten
• Gebruiken
• Hassidisme
• Droit juif
• Prière > Judaïsme

Note

• Translation of: Halakhot ṿa-halikhot ba-Ḥasidut.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-402) and index.
• ‏Translation of:הלכות והליכות בחסידות.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-402) and indexes.

Contents

Sect. 1. Hasidism's Relationship to Halakhah. The Status of the Torah Among the Polish Jews and the Method by which it was Studied at the Time of the Growth of Hassidism. The Hasidic View of the Nature of Halakhah. The Obligation to Study Halakhah. The Study Method in the Hasidic World. The Purpose of Study. The Fulfillment of All the Mitzvos at All Times and by Every Person. The Accusation of the Misnagdim About the Hasidim's Attitude Toward the Torah She-Beal Peh -- The Oral Law -- Sect. 2. Changes in Laws and Customs: A New Level in the Development of the Halakhah. Introduction to the Value of Changes. Changes in the Spiritual Life of the Hasid Each Weekday. Tikkun Hatzos. The Mikveh and the Intentions Involved. The "Minyanim" and the "Batei Tefillah" of the Hasidim. The Saying of Le-Shem Yihud Before Each Mitzvah. Gartel. Tekheles in One's Tzitzis in Our Days. Tefillin of Rabbenu Tam. Tefillin on Hol Ha-Mo'ed. Removing Tefillin on a Day on Which There is a Bris Milah -- Sect. 3. Prayer in the Hasidic World. The Value of Prayer in the Hasidic World. On Deferring the Time For Prayer. Changes in the Prayer Nusah from "Ashkenaz" to "Sefarad" Changes in Nusah Among the Different Hasidic Courts. New Creations in the Realm of the Prayers and Zemiros. Prayers and Zemiros in Yiddish. The Way of Prayer, with Swaying and Dancing, Cries and Singing. The Importance of Dancing in Hasidic Life -- Sect. 4. Major Differences in the Order of Prayer Between Nusah Ashkenaz, the Nusah of R' Shneur Zalman of Liadi, and That of the Majority of Hasidim. Weekday Shaharis. Weekday Minhah. Weekday Ma'ariv. Birkas Ha-Mazon. Keri'as Shema al Ha-Mitah. Friday Evening. Zemiros on Shabbos Morning. Shabbos Afternoon. Shalosh Se'udos. Shabbos Evening and Motza'ei Shabbos. Rosh Hodesh. Shalosh Regalim. Rosh Ha-Shanah and Yom Kippur. Shofar. Musaf. Tashlikh. Kaparos. Yom Kippur. Sukkos. Hoshanos. Hakafos. Hanukkah. Purim. Four Shabbosos. Pesah -- Sect. 5. The Hasid on Shabbos and His Preparations for Shabbos. Immersion in the Mikveh in Honor of Shabbos. Silk Clothes for Shabbos and Yom Tov. The Construction of Eruvin. Tallis on Friday Night. Spices and Hadasim on Friday Night. Shabbos Food. Twelve Hallahs. Shishi Rather than Shelshi. Se'udah Shelishis. Melaveh Malkah After Shabbos -- Sect. 6. The Tzaddik and the Hasid and Their Reciprocal Obligations. The Tzaddik and the Hasid: the Relationship and the Obligations Between the Two. The Hasid and His Obligaiions: Faith in the Tzaddik and Hiskashrus to Him. Travelling to the Rebbi. Pidyon Nefesh and Kvitl. The Rebbi's Tish and His Torah Teachings. Shirayim. Tales Ahout the Tzaddikim -- Sect. 7. The Hasid and His Festivals. Matzah Shemurah. The Baking of Matzah on Erev Pesah and the Reciting of Hallel. Matzah Sheruyah (Gebrochts). Five Cups of Wine Rather than Four. Counting the Omer After the Seder. The Se'udah of the Ba'al Shem Tov. Pesah Sheni. Reciting Tehilim, Especially During Elul and During the High Holy Days. Esrogim from Eretz Israel, Corfu and Genoa. Remaining in the Sukkah on Shemini Atzeres. Hakafos on the Night of Shemini Atzeres. Hanukkah and Purim -- Sect. 8. The Hasid in His Dress and Appearance. Woolen Garments and the Prohibition Against Wearing Them. Clothes and Their Appearance. The Cutting of the Peyos and of the Beard -- Sect. 9. Various Other Matters. Shehitah With Whetted Knives. Educating One's Children. Eretz Israel in the Hisidic World. "Tikkun" Smoking. Yohrtzeit. "Hilula" A Pregnant Woman Who Died. Dedication of a Cemtary. App. A. On the Names "Hasid" and "Tzaddik" -- App. B. On the Name "Misnagdim" -- App. C. Examples of the Pilpul of the Old Generation and Its Hillukim -- App. D. Regarding Kemeyos, Segulos and Shemiros -- App. E. Hebrew Appendix.

ISBN

• 0881254010
• 9780881254013

LCCN

92008010

OCLC

• ocm25412520
• 25412520
• SCSB-1975288

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library