Hasidic Parable : An Anthology with Commentary.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (221 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Paradox and the Unexpected -- Sadness in Finding a Treasure -- The Clown on the Day of Judgment -- Chipping Away at the Mountain -- God in Transit -- The Correct Motivation -- The Talking Bird -- Compassion as Punishment -- That Each Occasion Be like the Very First -- The Evil Inclination -- Redefinitions -- The Crown and the Container -- Beyond Request -- Sound without Words -- On the Language of Melody -- When Truth Confronts Limited Understanding -- When a House of Sticks Is Shattered -- The Suffering of the Shekhinah -- Unconventional Ways to Serve -- On the Need for the Spontaneous -- The Miraculous within the Everyday -- Seeing a Woman's Beautiful Clothing -- Deepening the Implications of Divine Oneness -- The Barriers to the Palace -- The King's Two Messengers -- On Evil as a Divine Instrument -- On Intruding Thoughts -- It Is God Who Awakens Our Minds -- Child and Parent -- The Ultimate Disloyalty -- Transforming Sadness from Within -- Echoes and Transformations of Older Motifs -- The World Is Like a Wedding Feast: A Parable Tradition -- The Exiled Prince and the Gem on the Ocean Floor: A Parable Tradition -- The Polemics of an Hour of History -- Arms without Fire -- On the Inability to Hear the Melody -- A Holy Man's Dependence upon His Followers -- Parables by Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav on Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav -- To Break Down All the Doors and Locks -- Which Class Really Makes the Wheels Go Around? -- More Treasure Tales -- Where the True Treasure Is to Be Found -- Glossary of Terms and Personalities -- Sources and Bibliography.
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Hasidic parables. Hasidic parables -- History and criticism.