In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei ha-Besht) The Earliest Collection of Legends about the Founder of Hasidism

Name: In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei ha-Besht) The Earliest Collection of Legends about the Founder of Hasidism
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ISBN: 9780253140517

ISBN-10: 025314051X

ISBN-13: 9780253140517

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Authors: Dan Ben-Amos, Jerome R. Mintz

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Publisher: Indiana University Press
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Pages: 384
Language: English

Preface
Translators' Note
Introduction
The Printer's Preface	p. 1
The Writer's Preface	p. 3
Rabbi Eliezer	p. 7
Rabbi Eliezer: A Second Version	p. 9
Rabbi Eliezer and the Viceroys Daughter	p. 10
The Birth of the Besht	p. 11
The Besht's Education and Youth	p. 11
Rabbi Adam and the King's Banquet	p. 13
The New Coat of Rabbi Adam's Wife	p. 15
The Secret Manuscripts and Rabbi Adam's Son	p. 15
The Besht's Marriage	p. 18
The Besht and the Robbers	p. 22
The Vengeful Robber	p. 23
The Besht's Journey to the Holy Land	p. 23
The Besht and the Frog	p. 24
The Besht Serves as Rabbi Gershon's Coachman	p. 26
The Besht Reveals Himself	p. 27
The Besht Reveals Himself to the Sect of the Great Hasidim	p. 28
The Besht Locks up the Secret Manuscripts	p. 31
The Beginning of the Writer's Manuscript	p. 32
Fingernails	p. 33
The Besht's Seclusion	p. 34
The Besht Exorcises a Madwoman	p. 34
The Besht's Prayer Produces Rain	p. 35
The Besht Cures a Madman	p. 36
The Besht Exorcises Demons from a House	p. 37
The Innkeeper's Death	p. 37
The Besht Attracts Followers	p. 38
The Besht and the Physician	p. 40
The Besht Predicts a Need for Bloodletting	p. 41
Rabbi Gershon, the Besht, and the Zohar	p. 42
Elijah the Prophet Reveals Himself to the Besht	p. 42
The Stolen Horse	p. 44
The Besht Reveals Himself to Rabbi David of Kolomyya	p. 45
The Melamed's Dream	p. 46
The Delayed Homecoming	p. 48
The Besht's Trembling in Prayer	p. 50
The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Second Version	p. 50
The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Third Version	p. 51
The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Fourth Version	p. 52
A Sincere Prayer	p. 52
The Besht's Trembling in Prayer: A Fifth Version	p. 53
The Dream of Rabbi Joseph Ashkenazi	p. 53
The Besht in the Messiah's Heavenly Palace	p. 54
The Palace of the Bird's Nest	p. 58
The Besht and His Guests	p. 58
The Wailing of the Shekinah	p. 59
The Destruction of Balta	p. 59
Rabbi Gershon Imitates the Besht	p. 60
Rabbi Jacob Joseph Recognizes the Greatness of the Besht	p. 61
Rabbi Jacob Joseph Is Expelled from Shargorod	p. 62
The Ascetic Fasting of Rabbi Jacob Joseph	p. 63
Rabbi Jacob Joseph Observes the Sabbath in Shargorod	p. 66
The Protective Prayers	p. 67
The Asceticism of Rabbi Jacob Joseph	p. 69
The Voyage of Rabbi Gershon	p. 70
Rabbi Gershon's Sin	p. 71
Prayers for Rain in Jerusalem	p. 72
A Quarrel in Safed	p. 73
Rabbi Lipeh Quarrels with Rabbi Gedaliah	p. 75
The Mocking Song	p. 76
The Sick Girl	p. 76
The Blood Libel	p. 78
The Dance of the Hasidim	p. 80
The Great Maggid and the Besht	p. 81
The Death of Rabbi Eliezer Rokeah	p. 84
The Book Hemdat ha-Yamim	p. 85
The Dream of Rabbi Jacob Joseph	p. 86
The Besht and Shabbetai Tsevi	p. 86
Rabbi Isaac Drabizner	p. 87
Perjury	p. 88
The Oxen of Rabbi Barukh	p. 89
The Stolen Halter	p. 90
The Shohet Who Was a Drunkard	p. 90
The Death of Rabbi Abraham the "Angel"	p. 91
Rabbi Abraham as a Sandek	p. 93
Rabbi Abraham as a Mohel	p. 94
The Wife of Rabbi Abraham	p. 94
The City of Adultery	p. 99
The Advice of the Great Maggid	p. 101
The Prayers of the Hasidim	p. 103
The Two Brothers	p. 104
Sounding Out the Nature of the Besht	p. 105
The Lithuanian Jew and the Besht	p. 105
The Besht and Rabbi Sa'adyah Gaon	p. 106
The Besht's Sermon	p. 107
The Besht Banishes Demons	p. 107
The Rabbi's Wife in Labor	p. 108
The Church That Caught Fire	p. 110
The Hose-Maker	p. 110
The Sin of Pride	p. 112
Two Hasidim Visit Hell	p. 113
The Court in Heaven	p. 114
The Besht and the Angel of Death	p. 116
The Repentant Rich Man	p. 116
The Defective Tefillin	p. 118
The Tefillin Written by Rabbi Isaac	p. 119
The Righteous Woman	p. 120
The Righteous Woman and Her Sons	p. 121
The Blessing of Rabbi Pinhas	p. 122
The Besht's Combat with a Witch	p. 123
A Choice of Punishment	p. 124
The Revenant	p. 124
The Redemption of Sparks	p. 126
The Reader's Stand of Rabbi Samson	p. 127
The Dismissed Arrendator	p. 128
The Besht's Devekut	p. 129
The Besht Resuscitates a Child	p. 129
The Magical Enkindling of a Tree	p. 131
The Choice	p. 132
The Fish and the Dog	p. 133
The Dance of Rabbi Yudel	p. 134
Rabbi Nahman's Sigh	p. 134
Rabbi Nahman's Prayer	p. 135
Rabbi Jacob Joseph's Prayer	p. 136
Pure Prayers	p. 136
The Interruption of the Besht's Vision	p. 136
Rabbi Leib's Death	p. 137
Rabbi Aaron in Heaven	p. 137
The Sick Woman	p. 139
The Adulterer	p. 140
The Besht Cures by Bloodletting	p. 140
The Death of Rabbi Joseph the Melamed	p. 141
The Parable of the Dog	p. 142
The Present Generation	p. 144
A Dowry	p. 144
Rabbi Abraham and the Besht	p. 146
A Combat in Magic	p. 149
A Combat in Magic: A Second Version	p. 149
The Jewish Thief	p. 150
The Besht's Funeral	p. 152
Rabbi Nahman Travels to the Holy Land	p. 152
Rabbi Mendele Visits with Rabbi Jacob Joseph	p. 153
The Prayers of Rabbi Mendele and Rabbi Fridel	p. 155
The Heavy Load of Honor	p. 155
Rabbi Nahman's Cold Mikveh	p. 156
Iniquities and Prayers	p. 156
The Preacher's Sermon	p. 156
A Madman Feigns Death	p. 160
The Martyrs	p. 161
The Adulterous Woman	p. 163
The Delayed Homecoming: A Second Version	p. 164
The Besht, the Merchant, and the Robbers	p. 165
The Besht Discharges a Shohet	p. 166
The Optimism of Rabbi Nahman	p. 167
Rabbi Nahman Prays Minhah	p. 168
Feeling the Tefillin	p. 168
The Height of Prayer	p. 169
Ascension to Heaven	p. 169
The Besht's Second Coming	p. 169
The Perpetual Error	p. 170
The Ring	p. 170
Rabbi Motil	p. 171
Rabbi Gershon's Enemies	p. 173
The Wandering Soul	p. 173
Dream Teaching	p. 175
The Forbidden City	p. 176
The Hunchback	p. 176
The Forbidden Country	p. 177
The Spiritual Cure	p. 177
The Stolen Stockings	p. 178
Writing Down the Besht's Torah	p. 179
The Besht and his Son	p. 179
The Generosity of the Besht	p. 179
The Demons	p. 180
The Guest Who Snored	p. 181
The Impure House	p. 182
The Preacher Who Spoke Evil of the Jews	p. 182
The Dead Man in Hell	p. 183
The Servant's Evil Thoughts	p. 184
"Streams of Wisdom"	p. 185
Rabbi Eliezer and Rabbi Nahman	p. 185
The Contaminated Bed	p. 185
Rabbi Tsevi's Dream	p. 186
The Protective Tefillin	p. 187
Rabbi Jehiel Mikhel	p. 188
The War Between the Greeks and the Ishmaelites	p. 190
The Flickering Candle	p. 190
The Poverty and Generosity of the Besht	p. 190
The Shabbetian Shohet	p. 192
The Hen Shohet	p. 192
The Melamed's Death	p. 192
The Invisibility of the Besht	p. 193
Rabbi Moses' Death	p. 193
Rabbi Zusman	p. 193
The Death of the Arrendator's Wife	p. 194
The Bastard	p. 195
Praying Word for Word with the Besht	p. 195
The Defective Mezuzah	p. 196
The Amulet	p. 196
The Devoted Weaver	p. 197
The Turnip	p. 197
Two Rabbis David	p. 197
The Angel Hadarniel	p. 198
The Young Martyr	p. 198
Rabbi Gershon in the Holy Land	p. 199
Storytelling and Ma'aseh Merkavah	p. 199
Man in the World	p. 199
The Demon	p. 200
Competing for the Arrendeh	p. 200
The Imprisonment of Israel Shafir	p. 201
The Preacher Cancels Charges Against a Rabbi	p. 202
The Sermon of Rabbi Moses	p. 203
The Angels' Request	p. 203
Rabbi Moses the Mohel	p. 204
The Besht Chokes on his Food	p. 204
A Charm for Easy Delivery	p. 205
Heavenly Garments	p. 206
The Besht in the Mikveh	p. 206
The Kind Boy	p. 206
Gematria	p. 207
Rabbi Nahman of Kosov	p. 208
The Flight of the Besht	p. 210
The Chief Arrendators	p. 211
A Tenth for a Minyan	p. 213
The Fall of the Chief Arrendators	p. 215
The Bear	p. 217
The Exceptional Horse	p. 218
The Death of Rabbi David Forkes	p. 219
A Brand Plucked Out of the Fire	p. 220
The Rabbi's Lolkeh	p. 220
The Hasid who Prayed in the Fields	p. 221
The Besht Saves a Drowning Man	p. 221
The Council of Four Lands	p. 222
The Blessing of a Poor Man	p. 223
"The Hour has Come But Not the Man"	p. 224
Jonah	p. 225
The Three Brothers	p. 229
Hearing at Will	p. 230
The Sinner	p. 231
Rabbi Nahman and the Besht	p. 234
The Besht as Rabbi Nahman's Guest	p. 235
The Parable of the King's Crown	p. 236
The Blind Boy	p. 237
The Paralyzed Woman	p. 238
The Son Who Hit His Father	p. 240
Charity	p. 241
The Besht Prevents a Blood Libel	p. 241
The Gentile Who Blessed the Jews	p. 242
The Language of the Animals	p. 242
The Loose Woman	p. 245
The Besht and the Old Priest	p. 248
Rabbi Isaac of Berdichev	p. 249
Rabbi David Forkes' Dream	p. 249
A Glass of Wine	p. 250
The Besht's Dinner	p. 251
The Besht Resuscitates a Child: A Second Version	p. 252
The Doctor	p. 253
The Careless Shohet	p. 254
The Besht's Death	p. 255
Rabbi Leih Kessler's Offer	p. 257
The Besht's Son	p. 258
The Fish and the Dog: A Second Version	p. 258
The Burning of Rabbi Jacob Joseph's Books	p. 260
Glossary	p. 262
A Selected Bibliography	p. 272
The Legends and Their Sources	p. 280
Index of Motifs	p. 290
Notes	p. 306
Index	p. 345
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