Renewed Hasidism

Teaching Hasidic Homilies in a Post-Secular World

Buch | Hardcover

562 Seiten

2025
Academic Studies Press (Verlag)
9798887196404 (ISBN)

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This volume bridges ancient wisdom and contemporary Jewish spirituality, offering fresh insights into Hasidic homilies as sources of meaning and renewal. Nineteen scholars explore their mystical depth, ethical power, and pedagogical impact, opening new paths to spiritual growth and divine-centered living.

This groundbreaking volume bridges ancient wisdom and contemporary Jewish spirituality, offering fresh insights into Hasidic homilies as dynamic sources of meaning and renewal. Featuring nineteen scholars and educators, the book delves into the mystical depth and poetic imagination of these texts, revealing their power to inspire ethical and spiritual growth. Through close readings and practical reflections, the contributors explore innovative pedagogies for hermeneutical and existential transformation. With a programmatic introduction by Elie Holzer, this collection offers a rare look at the lived experience of teaching Hasidic homilies, addressing classroom dilemmas and spiritual impact. Essential for seekers and educators, it opens new pathways to renewed Jewish spirituality and divine-centered living.

Elie Holzer is a pioneering scholar in dialogical, text-based Jewish education. He is widely recognized for his groundbreaking work on Havruta text study, the hermeneutical pedagogy, and the integration of contemplative spirituality in Jewish learning. Holzer’s research explores transformative pedagogical practices, particularly through Contemplative Havruta study and the teaching of Hasidic homilies, fostering renewed Jewish spirituality in post-secular contexts.

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Renewed Hasidism and the Teaching of Hasidic Homilies

Elie Holzer

1. Hermeneutics and the Hasidic Homily:

A Spiritual Phenomenology of Appropriation

Michael Fishbane

R. Dov Ber of Mezeritsh (?–1772), Maggid Devarav le-Ya‘akov

2. Wading into Infinite Waters: Mediation in Theology, Pedagogy, and Revelation

Ariel Evan Mayse

R. Menachem Nachum Twersky of Chernobyl (1730–1787), Me’or Einayim

3. The Me’or Einayim: Social and Spiritual Activism—Does God Really Care?

Mimi Flam

4. Neo-Hasidic Pedagogy: Bringing Awareness and Middot out of Exile

Nancy Flam

5. Teaching Jewish Values from the Me’or Einayim

Avraham Yizhak (Arthur) Green

6. Neo-Hasidic Approach to Working with Middot

Jonathan Slater

7. “What Goes Down, Must Come Up”: The Me’or Einayim on Spiritual Progress

Dena Weiss

R. Elimelech of Lizhensk (1717–1787), Noam Elimelekh

8. Learning from the Noam Elimelekh with Rabbinical Students

Ebn Leader

R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev (1740–1809), Kedushat Levi

9. Moses at Meribah: Teaching a Hasidic Homily on Leadership in an Interreligious Context

Or Rose

R. Moshe Chayim Efrayim of Sudilkov (1748–1800), Sefer Degel Maḥaneh Efrayim

10. Torah from the Mountain, Torah from the Well: A Road Map for Standing at Sinai Today through Mindfulness Practice

Sam Feinsmith

11. Mystical Consciousness and Homiletical Method in Sefer Degel Maḥaneh Efrayim: Critical Hermeneutics, Theology, and Neo-Hasidic Pedagogy

Eitan P. Fishbane

R. Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica (1801–1854), Mei Hashiloach

12. Facing the Holy One

Ora Wiskind

R. Ya’akov Leiner (1839–1854), Beit Ya’akov

13. Mount Sinai. From Light to Darkness and Back Again: A Contemporary Reading of R. Ya’akov Leiner’s Beit Ya’akov, Parshat Mishpatim

Batya Hefter

R. Kalonymus Kalmish Shapira (1889–1943), Bnei Machshava Tova and Derekh ha-Melekh

14. From My Flesh I Will See God: Embodied Learning and Spiritual Practice as a Transformative Pedagogy of Hasidic Texts

James Moshe Jacobson-Maisels

15. Awareness (Da’at) and Working through Resistance: The Tough Effort That Precedes Self-Discovery and Bliss

Nehemia Polen

Hebrew Section

16. Teaching Hasidism in Academic Settings—Introductory Remarks

Dov Schwartz

R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), Likutei Torah and Siddur Im Dash and R. Nachman of Breslav (1771–1810), Likutei Moharan

17. From Niggun to Homily and From Homily to Niggun

Sarah Friedland Ben Arza

R. Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbica (1801–1854), Mei Hashiloach

18. The Price and the Danger of Anarchistic Messianism: The Thought of Redemption of the Mei Hashiloach

Ruth Kara-Ivanov Kaniel

Contributors

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Erscheinungsdatum	07.02.2025
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Brighton
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 233 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum
ISBN-13	9798887196404 / 9798887196404
Zustand	Neuware