Dear Hasfran subscribers, I would like to bring to your attention a newly published Hebrew book on Hasidism..
Hebrew title: Ratso va-shov. English title: Ethical and Mystical Perspectives in the Teachings of R. Shneur Zalman of Liadi, a Comparative Study. author: Leah Orent The book is a comparative study of Habad Hasidism. It presents Habad Hasidism as an ethical system in the context of ethical philosophy and also as a mystical system in the context of comparative mysticism. It focuses on the question of the relation between ethics and mysticism in mystical texts in general and in Habad Hasidism in particular. It was published by Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Sifriyat Helal ben Hayyim. P.O. Box 1432, Bene Berak 5114 Israel. Thank you for your consideration Sincerely Leah Orent Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: Hasafran @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
