| Description |
xviii, 236 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-225) and index. |
| Contents |
A first appraisal -- Forever and to all eternity -- Kaddish melodies -- The eternal prayer -- Survival of the Kaddish notwithstanding the Holocaust (Sho'ah) -- A study of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdishev as a Chassidic force -- Chassidic customs and thoughts in memorializing the deceased -- Ancillary effects of the Kaddish -- Kaddish and women -- Chassidism, Kaddish, and Kotzk -- Prophets, mysticism, and Kaddish -- Yahrzeit and Yizkor: Christian origins? -- Judaism and the idea of death -- The psychological dynamic to death in Judaism -- Did the crusades give birth to the Kaddish for the common man vis-à-vis the elite? -- More on he crusades and Kaddish -- The Jew as a non-citizen and the church synod -- The church synods -- The crusades--suffering creates prayer -- The ghetto -- Blood libel and the massacre of Jews -- Black death & Jewish "Confession" -- The expulsion from Spain -- Kaddish and the concept of death -- The nature of death. |
| Subject |
Kaddish.
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| Added Author |
Maizlish, Shaʼul.
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| ISBN |
9781569803004: $32.95 |
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1569803005 |
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