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Chassidic Dimensions: Themes in Chassidic Thought and Practice (Mystical Dimension, Vol. 3)

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"Chassidic Dimensions" presents a masterful exposition of sometimes difficult and oftentimes misunderstood subjects. The author is a masterful teacher able to clarify esoteric topics in easily understood language, rendering them easily accessible to the modern reader. Basic Chassidic themes, like the concept of the tzadik (the Chassidic leaders and "wonder-rabbis"), the emphasis on joy, the emphasis on the Divine component in humans, the tension between mysticism and legalism, and the well-known outreach work of the Lubavitch movement, are illuminated and made comprehendable even to people far removed from mystical attachment. The extensive footnotes and explanations covering the whole range of Jewish scholarship, with careful annotations, are an absolute delight, as are the detailed indices. This book is an absolute must for anyone interested in Jewish philosophy, theology and mysticism.