03696nam 2200649 450 991046145330332120200520144314.01-4384-5836-3(CKB)3710000000476359(EBL)4396589(SSID)ssj0001556158(PQKBManifestationID)16179744(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001556158(PQKBWorkID)12430155(PQKB)10957005(MiAaPQ)EBC4396589(Au-PeEL)EBL4396589(CaPaEBR)ebr11155594(OCoLC)921302201(EXLCZ)99371000000047635920160303h20152015 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSharing the burden Rabbi Simḥah Zissel Ziv and the path of Musar /Geoffrey D. ClaussenAlbany, New York :SUNY Press,2015.©20151 online resource (261 p.)SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish ThoughtDescription based upon print version of record.1-4384-5835-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Musar Movement; Rabbi Simh. ah Zissel Ziv; Chapter 1 Rabbi Simh. ah Zissel Ziv and the Talmud Torah; The History of the Talmud Torah; Talmud Study and Musar Study; The Talmud Torah as a Total Institution; Models of Authority; Simh. ah Zissel and the Haskalah; The Closing of the Talmud Torah of Grobin and the Return to Kelm; Chapter 2 Virtue and the Path of Happiness; Wisdom and Musar; Wisdom about Human Lowliness; Wisdom about the Human Form; The Limits of Wisdom; What Is a Virtue?; Choosing Virtue; The Repair of the Soul; Practical WisdomPutting Virtue into ActionHappiness and Virtue; The World to Come; The Motivations for Virtue; Chapter 3 Simh. ah Zissel Among the Philosophers; "Mocking" the Philosophers; The Philosophers as Musar Masters; Reborn Like a Philosopher; The "Clear View of What Is Good"; The Rationality of the Torah; Rational Prophets and Rational Rabbis; "Reason Which Is Beyond Human Capacity"; Simh.ah Zissel Among the Kabbalists; Miracles and Nature; Chapter 4 The Great Effort of Musar; The Pursuit of the Ideal; Human Exemplars; The Divine Exemplar; Striving Toward the Infinite; The Struggle for Moral ProgressThe Problem of Stiff NecksTroubles Within the Soul; Torah "On One Foot": The Problem of Balance; "No Remedy . . . Other than to Exert Oneself Very Greatly"; The Slow Pace of Change; Chapter 5 Learning to Love; Love as a Virtue; Love as Partnership; The Reach of Love; Loving One's Fellow and Loving Oneself; Moses and the Burden of His Fellows; Love and the Practice of Musar; Love and Worldly Occupations; Love Through Commerce; Love Through Politics; Love and the Family; Practical Wisdom Revisited; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; General IndexIndex of References to Biblical and Talmudic sourcesSUNY series in contemporary Jewish thought.RabbisLithuaniaPhilosophyEthicistsLithuaniaPhilosophyJewish ethicsMusar movementHistoryElectronic books.RabbisPhilosophy.EthicistsPhilosophy.Jewish ethics.Musar movementHistory.296.3/6Claussen Geoffrey D.1979-890011MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910461453303321Sharing the burden1988453UNINA