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001 2007047303
003 DLC
005 20090829093628.0
008 071119s2008 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007047303
020 $a9781904113072
020 $a1904113079
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn149107162
035 $a(OCoLC)149107162
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dBTCTA$dDLC
041 1 $aeng$hheb
050 00 $aBM532$b.N5413 2008
082 00 $a296.8/332$222
100 1 $aNigal, Gedalyah.
240 10 $aSiporet ha-Ḥasidit.$lEnglish
245 14 $aThe Hasidic tale /$cGedalyah Nigal ; translated by Edward Levin.
260 $aOxford ;$aPortland, Or. :$bLittman Library of Jewish Civilization,$cc2008.
300 $aviii, 383 p. ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aLittman library of Jewish civilization
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [343]-359) and index.
505 0 $aThe Hasidic tale as perceived by Hasidim -- The tsadik, his followers, and his opponents -- Matchmaking and marriages -- The blessing of children: birth and offspring -- Agunot -- A life of sin -- Illness and physicians -- The dead, burial, and the world to come -- Transmigration of the soul and dybbuks -- The powers of evil and the war against them -- Apostasy and apostates -- Ritual slaughterers -- The Tamim: the simple person -- Hidden tsadikim -- Hospitality -- The prophet Elijah -- The Ba'al Shem Tov's unsuccessful pilgrimage to the land of Israel.
650 0 $aHasidim$vLegends$xThemes, motives.
650 0 $aHasidic parables$xThemes, motives.
830 0 $aLittman library of Jewish civilization (Series)
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip085/2007047303.html