Tales of the Hasidim

Description

"This new paperback edition brings together volumes one and two of Buber's classic work Tales of the Hasidim, with a new foreword by Chaim Potok. Martin Buber devoted forty years of his life to collecting and retelling the legends of Hasidism. These marvelous tales--terse, vigorous, often cryptic--are the true texts of Hasidism. The hasidic masters, of whom these tales are told, are full-bodied personalities, yet their lives seem almost symbolic. Through them is expressed the intensity and holy joy whereby God becomes visible in everything." -- Back Cover

First Sentence

quickened, are the hasidim, "the devout," or, more accurately, those who keep faith with the covenant. They are the members of such communities.

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Other Editions

• Tales of the HasidimSchocken Books1947-01-01
• Tales of the Hasidim [translated by Olga Marx]Schocken Books1947-01-01
• Early mastersSchocken Books/Farrar, Straus & Young1947-01-01
• Tales of the HasidimSchocken Books1947-01-01
• Tales of the HasidimSchocken Books1947-01-01
• Tales of the HasidimSchocken Books1948-01-01