hasidism

Fourth Turning of Hasidism – notes on the book by Miles-Yepez & Shachter-Shalomi

These are my own gleanings from a book by Netanel Miles-Yepez & Zalman Shachter-Shalomi, Foundations of the Fourth Turning of Hasidism: a manifesto (2014, Albion-Andalus). I hope they encourage you to buy the book. I have paraphrased in order to clarify my own understanding, but there are also direct quotations from the book. The notes […]

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Ahron’s Heart – notes on the book by Shachter-Shalomi & Goelman

These are my own gleanings from a the book by Zalman Shachter-Shalomi & Yair Hillel Goelman (translated and edited), Ahron’s Heart: the prayers, teachings and letters of Ahrele Roth, a Hasidic reformer (2009, Ben Yehuda Press). I hope they encourage you to buy the book. I have paraphrased in order to clarify my own understanding,

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A Heart Afire – notes on the book by Shachter-Shalomi & Miles-Yepez

These are my own gleanings from a profound book (both spiritually and practically) by Zalman Shachter-Shalomi & Netanel Miles-Yepez, A Heart Afire: stories and teachings of the early Hasidic masters (2009, JPS). I hope they encourage you to buy the book. I have paraphrased in order to clarify my own understanding, but there are also

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