Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year -- but it's not a night of revelry !!! Rosh Hashanah (pronounced "ROSH-hah-SHAH-nah") is a time of introspection, reflection and repentance. It's a two-day holiday that...
Let's say you've got 3 books on mysticism -- with titles spelled 3 different ways: Kabbalah --- Cabala --- Qabbalah Are they all the same thing? Should they be listed in the same categories? Or...
Hasidism, Chassidism, Hasidic, Chassidic --What is it? Hasidism, also spelled Chassidism, is a form of mystical Orthodox Judaism that originated in Eastern Europe. The men are easily recognized by their...
A exploration of a little-known, extremely conservative, traditional form of Judaism. Mithnagdism shares some similarities with Hasidism, but while the latter emphasizes spiritual and passionate elements, Mithnagdism, which developed in the late 18th...
Zakutinsky looks at the lives of 10 Hasidic women who live in Brooklyn and meet weekly to study the Torah. In each chapter a moral lesson is explored with a portrait of one woman; in the end the complexity of their religious life and its allure are...
Eisenberg travels the world to explore the Hasidic underground--an ex-deadhead Hasid in Antwerp, roller-blading kosher butchers in Minnesota, a karate champion turned rabbi in Israel, and other quirky types provide enlightenment into, and sympathy...