The brilliance of the Baal Shem Tov, now in English - Books (original) (raw)

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Two hundred and fifty years after the Baal Shem Tov’s death, English readers finally have a scholarly compilation of some of his most important teachings. The collection is testimony to the brilliance of Hasidism’s founder and of the man who prepared the edited translation.

Micha Odenheimer

Aug 20, 2012

Micha Odenheimer

Aug 20, 2012

Pillar of Prayer: Guidance in Contemplative Prayer, Sacred Study, and the Spiritual Life, from the Baal Shem Tov and His Circle, translated and annotated by Menachem Kallus Fons Vitae Press, 372 pages, $24.95

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