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Claussen Geoffrey D. <1979->
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Titolo: |
Sharing the burden : Rabbi Simḥah Zissel Ziv and the path of Musar / / Geoffrey D. Claussen
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Pubblicazione: | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
Disciplina: | 296.3/6 |
Soggetto topico: | Rabbis - Lithuania - Philosophy |
Ethicists - Lithuania - Philosophy | |
Jewish ethics | |
Musar movement - History | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 Wisdom |
Putting 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 Progress | |
The 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 Index | |
Index of References to Biblical and Talmudic sources | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Sharing the burden ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4384-5836-3 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910461453303321 |
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