Gabriel's Palace: Jewish Mystical TalesHoward Schwartz Oxford University Press, 1993 - 414 ページ A vast bounty of tales recounting mystical experiences among the rabbis can be found in the Talmud, the Zohar, Jewish folktales, and Hasidic lore. Now, in Gabriel's Palace, scholar Howard Schwartz has collected the greatest of these stories, sacred and secular, in a marvelously readable anthology. Gabriel's Palace offers a treasury of 150 pithy and powerful tales, involving experiences of union with the divine, out-of-body travel, encounters with angels and demons, possession by spirits holy and pernicious, and more. Schwartz provides an informative introduction placing these remarkable tales firmly in the context of centuries of post-biblical Jewish tradition. The bodyof the text present spellbinding tales from the Talmud, Zohar, the Hasidic masters, and an enormous range of other sources. Here are stories of Shimon bar Yohai, reputed to be the author of the Zohar; Isaac Luria, known as the Ari, who was the central figure among the Safed mystics of the 16th century; Israel ben Eliezer, known as Baal Shem Tov, who founded Hasidism; Elimelech of Lizensk, possessor of legendary mystical powers; and Nachman of Bratslav, the great storyteller whose wandering spirit is said to protect his followers to this day. Together, these tales paint a vivid picture of "a world of signs and symbols, where everything that took place had meaning, a world of mythic proportions....A world in which the spirits of the dead were no longer invisible, nor the angels," where the master and his disciples labor to repair the world so that the footsteps of the Messiah might be heard. Drawn from rabbinic, kabbalistic, folk, and Hasidic sources, these collected tales form a rich genre all their own. In Gabriel's Palace, the powerful tradition of Jewish mysticism comes to life in clear, contemporary English. |
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... Yom Kippur ? " The man replied : " I went to the synagogue , of course . And when I saw how intently everyone around me was praying , my heart broke . And I began to recite all that I know of the alphabet . And I said in my heart ...
... Yom Kippur ? " The man replied : " I went to the synagogue , of course . And when I saw how intently everyone around me was praying , my heart broke . And I began to recite all that I know of the alphabet . And I said in my heart ...
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... Yom Kippur a terrible incident occurred . One of the worship- pers , who had been called to lift the scroll of the Torah after the portion had been read , lost his grip and dropped it . Everyone was horrified , for they knew that this ...
... Yom Kippur a terrible incident occurred . One of the worship- pers , who had been called to lift the scroll of the Torah after the portion had been read , lost his grip and dropped it . Everyone was horrified , for they knew that this ...
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... Yom Kippur . " How is it possible that I am the one chosen for this honor ? " Hayim asked . “ The truth is that I have never stood before the Ark , except for the day my father died . " When the leaders saw that he was reluctant to go ...
... Yom Kippur . " How is it possible that I am the one chosen for this honor ? " Hayim asked . “ The truth is that I have never stood before the Ark , except for the day my father died . " When the leaders saw that he was reluctant to go ...
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