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H-Judaic EDITED VOLUME TOC: From Tiberias, with Love: A Collection of Tiberian Hasidism. Volume 2: R. Abraham ha- Kohen of Kalisk, edited by Aubrey Glazer & Nehemia Polen

Discussion published by Matthew Charlton on Thursday, June 10, 2021

Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce the publication ofFrom Tiberias, with Love: A Collection of Tiberian Hasidism. Volume 2: R. Abraham ha-Kohen of Kalisk, edited by Aubrey Glazer and Nehemia Polen.

Summary: From Tiberias, With Love is a journey to rediscovering the magic and mystery, the intimacy and depth of a lost moment in the history of a remarkably relevant conscious community in the Galilee that still has much to teach us. In the year 1777, a group of spiritual seekers from Eastern Europe set sail in search of a promised land, far away from the internal and external conflicts plaguing those souls seeking the infinite within this finite world. Some who set sail identified with the burgeoning Jewish spiritual renewal movement of hasidism, while others seem to have just come along for the ride. Weathering challenges both socio-economic and geographic, this emigrating group sought to establish a center for a burgeoning hasidic ethos that would radiate to the Diaspora from its renewed center in the Holy Land in Palestine. Tiberian Hasidism provides a model of an intensive contemplative life that is particularly appealing to contemporary spiritual seekers for many reasons, including: its deep focus on mystical theology; devotional practice; and the ecstasy of deep friendship rather than allegiance to an institutionalized religion. This volume focuses on the teachings of R. Abraham haCohen of Kalisk ripe for excavation, offering an authentic roadmap to future contemplative pathways ripe for our age.

About the Editors:

Aubrey L. Glazer is senior rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zion and director of Panui, an incubator for contemplative practice and conscious community building. Aubrey’s most recent books include Mystical Vertigo (Academic Studies Press, 2013) and Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohen’s Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & Beyond (Academic Studies Press, 2017).

Nehemia Polen is Professor of Jewish Thought at Hebrew College, Newton Center, MA. A leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought, his books includeThe Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto (Jason Aronson Inc., first ed., 1977).

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgements

A. Introduction

A Spiritual Portrait of R. Abraham Alexander ha-Kohen of Kalisk Gershon D. Hundert

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B. Teaching Stories II

R. Abraham of Kalisk along the Journey to the Promised Land

C. Reader’s Guide

1. R. Abraham Kalisker’s Concept of Communion with God and Man Joseph George Weiss

2. From Mythos to Ethos: Contours of a Portrait of R. Abraham of Kalisk Ze’ev Gries

3. Moving Mezrich: The Legacy of the Maggid and the Hasidic Community in the Land of Israel Ariel Evan Mayse

4. Theology, Succession, and Social Structure in the Dispute between R. Abraham Kalisker and R. Shne’ur Zalman Nehemia Polen and David Maayan

5. R. Abraham Kalisker’s Critique of Tanya Haviva Pedaya

6. The Doctrine of R. Abraham Kalisker: The Path to Communion as the Legacy of the Bnei ‘Aliyah Ra’aya Haran

7. Genotextual Performance between Tzaddiqim in Tiberias: Grains of the Voice Transforming R. Abraham of Kalisk and Reb Nachman of Breslov Aubrey L. Glazer

D. Chesed le-Abraham (Selected Homilies)

Translators’ Introduction Aubrey Glazer and Nehemia Polen

Genesis:

[1.1–1.4]. Parshat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1–17:27) [2.1–2.4]. Parshat Chayyei Sarah (Genesis 23:1–25:18)

Exodus:

[3.1–3.4]. Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1–24:18) [4.1–4.4]. Parshat Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11–34:35)

Numbers:

[5.1–5.4]. Parshat Pinechas (Numbers 25:10 –30:1)

Deuteronomy:

[6.1–6.4]. Parshat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23–7:11) [7.1–7.4]. Haftarat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18–21:9) [8.1–8.4]. Haftarat Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10–25:19) [9.1–9.4]. Haftarat Ki Tavo’ (Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8) [10.1–10.4]. Shabbat Shuva/Ro’sh ha-Shannah (Deuteronomy 26:1–29:8)

Glossary

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