Living in the presence: a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism
"One rabbi's lifelong journey to find the Baal Shem Tov. As a student of Abraham Joshua Heschel at Jewish Theological Seminary sixty years ago, Burt Jacobson was moved to devote his life to the study of Israel ben Eliezer, also known as the Baal Shem Tov-the founder of Hasidism. Heschel co...
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| Summary: | "One rabbi's lifelong journey to find the Baal Shem Tov. As a student of Abraham Joshua Heschel at Jewish Theological Seminary sixty years ago, Burt Jacobson was moved to devote his life to the study of Israel ben Eliezer, also known as the Baal Shem Tov-the founder of Hasidism. Heschel considered the Baal Shem the greatest Jewish teacher and communal leader of the last 1,000 years. Living in the Presence is a wide-ranging portrait, revealing numerous facets of the Baal Shem Tov's biography and revolutionary thought previously unknown. Through his knowledge of the world's wisdom traditions, and personal journey, Rabbi Jacobson is able to place his subject in the company of other great world spiritual teachers including Jesus and the Buddha. Jacobson reveals the Baal Shem's vision as an ecstatic mystical encounter that opened to the transcendent unity of existence. It was this that inspired his love and compassion for all creation, especially for the people he met. His disciples testified that their experience of these truths transformed how they understood their identities as manifestations of the Divine, altered how they lived as spiritual leaders of communities, and laid the foundations for Hasidism as a movement. Throughout his book Jacobson presents and evaluates insights of historians and scholars, but it is also filled with personal stories about Jacobson's own struggle with his Jewish identity and encounter with the Baal Shem as his teacher. Both a tour de force and a labor of love, this book will quickly become the most essential work on the subject ever published in English." |
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CONTENTS Foreword | Susannah Heschel Introduction xi XV PART ONE: IMAGES OF A SPIRITUAL MASTER i 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Seeking a Jewish Path Encountering Dr. Heschel in San Francisco Opening to the Baal Shem Tov Kabbalah, Vedanta, and Hasidism The Baal Shem’s Truth A Legendary Life The Quest of a Hero The Disciples’ Testimonies The Baal Shem, Jesus, and History The Quest for the Historical Besht A Remarkable Resemblance What the Archives Reveal 3 25 35 42 55 63 82 91 115 136 154 164 PART TWO: PENETRATING A VISIONARY LIFE 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 The Struggles of a Future Saint Realizing Enlightenment Transforming the Self Steeped in Love and Compassion The Essence of the Baal Shem’s Truth A Jewish Shaman in Poland Abyss of Despair Hasidism as Healing Community On Suffering and Joy—The Buddha and the Besht 191 215 240 265 274 291 315 334 348
P\RT IHREE: EXCAVATING THE BAI SHEM'S LEGACY 22 Martin Buber’s Discovery 375 23 To Live in the Presence 389 24 400 27 Jung, the Besht, and the Sacred Psyche The Castle Within The Immanence of God and Contemporary Cosmology Kabbalah, Vedanta, and God 28 Cosmic Consciousness 450 29 ЗЭ 31 The Hidden Light Religion and the Quest for Meaning The Domain of Perennial Wisdom 4θο 47$ 486 32 33 Cleansing the Doors of Perception Renewing the American Synagogue 501 523 34 Binding Spirit to Spirit 543 25 26 424 436 553 Conclusion Appendix 413 The Way of Service—A Guide to Transformative Spiritual Practice Inspired by the Baal Shem Tov Afterword I Richard Stone Acknowledgments Notes Index 557 593 597 599 627
INDEX Abulafia, Abraham, 153,152,155-57, 219-21,233,236,249,495,511,563 acosmism, 61,152,395 Ahiyah of Shiloh, 71,74,83,87, 203, 204,216,217,237,292,298,331,460, 580, 589 ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal, 282,514 Anti-Defamation League, 7,10 Aquarian Minyan, 35,285,286,524, 526-28,534 archetypes, 402,406,407,412,413 attachment, 36,51,52,112,19g, 204, Boorstein, Sylvia, 289,351,571 Brueggemann, Walter, 114 Buber, Martin, 40, 63, 65,101,164,1G8, 169, 191, 211,243.281, 283,342, 375- 89,392-99.423,458,4θ3· 51, 5^6, 525,531, 536,54Э, 546, 582,593, 597 Buddha, 89, 90,114,187,212,213, 255, 256, 262, 263, 348-72,456,457, 489, 555 Buddhism, 94,114,227,260-62,348, 350, 351,354, 367, 443,488, 490, 499 koans, 386, 387 233, 359 410,417.427. 489,539, 55° metta, 262,289,290,351,570,571 5θ8,591 Noble Truths, 351 Aurobindo, 53 vipassana, 262 Auschwitz (see Holocaust) Zen, 227,228,263,314,362,377, awe (yirah), 246,360,361 Ayin (No-thing), 228,336,365,369, 418,430,43L 449, 495, 502,522 382,386,387,440,468,470-72, 485 Buxbaum, Yitzhak, 107,113, 217,224, 238,466, 563, 575 baal teshuvah (see also, teshuvah), 241 Be Here Now, xix, 51-53 Bendiner, Milton, 10,12,14,24,133, 380, 454 Berkeley, CA, 35,120,164,165,170,197, 238,285,299,305, 320, 399, 444, 468,484,518, 519,523-36 Bialik, Chaim Nachman, 94 Bly, Robert, 177 Book of Creation {Sefer Yetzirah), 210 Campbell, Joseph, 22,49,50,82-84, 213, 434 Carlebach, Shlomo, 30,40,513,524, 525 Carpathian Mountains, 73,83,129, 130,144,201,216,226,313 chanting (see niggun chanting) Christianity, 12,18,114,118,119,133, 134,141,175,216, 261, 266, 280,329,
LIVING IN THE PRESENCE . 628 421,443, 470, 485,490, 497-99« 531, 532 Chmielnitzki massacres of 1648,315, 318,322,324 chosenness, 280,497,529 Civil Rights Movement, xv, 19, 531 Cleveland, 4,7,8,582 collective unconscious, 320,405-7 Ein Sof, 44,57,86,250,369,409,448, 452,466,473,479-81,515,519 Eliach, Yaffa, 70,127-131,216,218,496, 509-11, 600 Elijah, 114,123,191,215,274,275,352, 383,589 Elior, Rachel, 86,160,161,329,321, 337,424-34,439,441, 618 Cooper, David, 536 Elliot, Diane, 234,282,319,598 cosmic consciousness, uo, 198,450- enlightenment, 52,89,112,177,213, 59,461,462,465,466,468,469,488 Cordovero, Moses, 150,152,156,248, 249-52,258,262,355,495 cosmology, 354,355,425,444,445451,4θ9 Crossan, John Dominic, 121 215,220,226-32,249,260,275,311, 337, ЗЗ8,343,349- 351,365,386,410, 414,437,455,461, 482, 490,494-96, 506,512,545,560 Etkes, Immanuel, 69,140,141-50,162, 163,223,259,268,312,391 discernment (havda’lah) 357 fear of death, 457,518 devekut 144,158,177,199,204,234, Firestone, Tirzah, 334-39,598 236,263,333,371,389-91,419,427, Fordham, Frieda, 88 440,553,560,561,562,564,583,585 Foxbrunner, Roman, 143 Dov Baer of Medziritch, 60,78,81, Francis of Assisi, 13,256,277 94-97,108,188,204,205,278,383, Frank, Jacob, 80,81,328,329,331 384-86,430,431, 439,441,462,512, Frankel, Estelle, 199,200,206,353, 530, 562, 582, 606, 618 Dresner, Samuel, 112,113,176,245,325, 326,332,333, 354,411 Friedman, Richard Elliot, 444-46 Friedmann, Dov Baer, 81 Dubnow, Simon, 63, 67-73, 77'79, 81, Ш, 112,117,141, 306, 3η, 319, 321 dybbuk, 291-95,303,312 Garden of Eden, 192,255 gevurah,
281,322,325,345,346,501 Ginsberg, Allen, 107,165 ego, 14,27,32,38,52, 83,88,89,104, Glorious Presence, The, 165-68 158,184,204,205,212,213,221-23, Gold, Shefa, 366,539 239,241,255,257,304,305,359, gospels, 68,118-120,123,133,381 367,3θ9,379,391,413,414,416-18, Graduate Theological Union, 165, 420,429,437,438,478,490-92,502, 320,444,518 503,515,516-18,521,538,541,545, Greek Orthodox Church, 129,316 558,567,590 Green, Arthur, 21,24,25,27,40,46,
629 · INDEX 105,140,150,278,382,388,424, 441, Huxley, Aldous, 486-94, 506 442,452,513-17,534, 558 Grozinger, Karl Erich, 303,304 Idel, Moshe, 61,84,108,129,130, 149-157,163,216,219,220,249,312, Habad (Chabad), 14,35,287,392,394, 402 313,324,386,391,403,418,419,420, 469,476,496,562 halakha, xi, 23,263,269,271,425,426, 545, 590 In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov, 65-72, 75, 77- 78,82, 96,109-11,127,138,141, Havurat Shalom, 27-29,235,517,534 146,149,192-95,198-203, 216,217, Hayyim Efrayim of Sudlikov, 105,236, 223,229,244,248, 296,301,305, 276 307, ЗИ- 329, 352,354, 370, 509, 511, Hebrew prophets, 39,53,534 566,580, 600 Herberg, Will, 14 hero myths, 82 Heschel, Abraham Joshua, xi, xv-xviii, 19-21,25-37,55 58-60, 67, 101,112,113,115,116,131,167,247, 260,264,270, 277, 285, 286, 333, Jacob Joseph of Polonoyye, 78,79,81, 93,108,143,145,202,245,248,325, 430 James, William, 228,229,270,401, 456 340,342,352,369, 472,475-78,484, Jerusalem, 46,99,133,155,160,169, 485,5i7 523,526,541, 562,583, 585 324,381,424,471,563, 576,583 hidden light, 63,460,463,470 Jesus Christ, 68, 69,84,89,117-34,141, High Holy Days, 17,147,243,357,532 162,168,187,188,306,377,379-83, Hinduism, 49,52,53,55,227-29,349, 456, 457, 603 443,499, 516 Holocaust, 4,12,18-23, 39,4θ, 49, 53 115,116, 266,270, 280, 283, 288,317, 318, 320, 322,336, 339,340, 367, 454, 476-78, 521, 523, 534, 553, 564 Auschwitz/concentration camps, 4,18,115,318,362,367, 368,478,554,588 Holtz, Barry, 558 Jewish Renewal Movement, 93,282, 340,499, 5θ5, 512-14, 525, 526, 532, 533- 541, 598 Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), XV, 9, Μ, 155,392,514,541 joy
{simhah), 369 Jung, Carl Gustav, 30,87-89,186,258, 287,401-5,413,414,416-418,420-23, 545 Haw Enlightenment Changes Your Brain, 227,231 kabbalists, 3,44-48,57,74,76,77,108, Humility {anavah), anavah only: 203 150,156,159,160,210,234,249,254, / humility: 13,14,19,32, 76, 86, 203- 272,276,318,319,355,369,389,403, 7,252,279,332, 505, 538, 581,591 405,452,469,481-84,489,545,550, Hutsul people, 130,313 560,586
LIVING IN THE PRESENCE · 630 Kafka, Franz, 42 Kallus, Menachem, 94,225,583 Maggid of Medziritch (see Dov Baer ofMedziritch) Kavanah, 143,283-84,559 Mahler, Raphael, 252,253 Kehilla Community Synagogue, 529, Major Trends inJewish Mysticism, 46, 532-39- 542,598 306 Khlysty, 127,128 mantra, 234, 238,314,563, 586 Kierkegaard, Soren, 31,33 Maslow, Abraham, 457,502-6,513 Kook, Abraham Isaac, 29,30,37,55, Matt, Daniel, 122,123,125,444, 603 175.286,528,571,573 Krassen, Miles, 226,281,386 Krishnamurti, Jiddu, 3 Kushner, Lawrence, 165 Medzhibozh, 31,77,105,136-38,223, 329.476 MeirEinei Yisrael (Enlightening the Eyes of Israel), 92,95,178 messianic movements, 48,49,79,126, Landau, Zisha, 551 Lao Tzu, 212,434 144-46,226,310,317-28,343.347409-12,457,481,482,509,540,564 Lawrence of the Resurrection, 390 metaphysics, 47,49,181,431,469 Levites, 563 Mishnah, 97,181,258,259,582 Lifeforce (Hiyyut), 61,62,278, Mitchell, Stephen, 27,382 483 Lithuania, 12,23,97,137,268,272,315- Mitnagdim, 199 18,324,328,332,512 living in the presence (practice), 392, 420,564,5θ6,583- 584,587 love (ahavah), 288,361,572,573 LSD, (see also psychedelics), 26-29, 52,58,270,309,401,501,505-9,513, 515.517 Lubavitcher (Rebbe) (see Schneerson, Menachem Mendel) mitzvot, 100,122, 209, 225,246, 254, 326-28,333,370, 420, 441-42,454. 483, 577-78 Moses, xii, xv, 12,101,108,127,184, 202-3,213, 259- 382,406-9, 456,463- 65, 476,482,507,543-47 Moses de Leon, 22,42-45,355,544 Musar, 12,14,23,215,240-54,257,268- 73,281,337,454, 468,489 Luria, Isaac, 22,46,49,55-57, 74,7786,151,248,254,287,319,322,337, Nachman of Bratzlav, 98,178
354- 355- 384. 404, 468, 469,561, Nachman of Kosov, 357 570, 599 Nazis (see Holocaust) Neo-Hasidism, 40,281,499,562 Macy, Joanna, 443 Neoplatonism, 229,488 magic, 8,49,198,205, 215-17, 227, 242, Neumann, Erich, 416-17,419,421,423 291, 296-312, 314, 415, 419, 469 Magid, Shaul, 115,380 New Testament, (see also gospels) 118-20,123,133
6з · INDEN niggun chanting, 15,235,235-36,398, 511,528,562-71,593 nondualism, 214,258,336,355,395, 438 Ram Dass, xix, 51-53,238,380,507 Ramanuja, 438—39 Religions ofMan, The, 470-71,475 Roman Catholic Church, 80,119,328 Romania, 8,9,70 Packer, Sharon, 218,508-9 Palm Tree of Deborah, The, 250 Rosman, Moshe, 128,136-46,162,163, 307,619 panentheism, 61,107,395 Roth, Aaron, ioo parables, 76,84,169,180-81,414,416, Rumi, 200,212,582 418,483.554 Passionfor Truth, A, xv, xvi, 20,31,35, 38,39, 67,116, 472, 477, 523 S. Ansky, 291 sacred study (practice), 28,99,157, peak experiences, 457,502-6 178,183,186-87,209,273,442,560, Perennial Philosophy, 487-94 561,564,575'79,583-84,590 Pillar ofPrayer, 94,225,583 saintliness, 67, 201, 205, 211 Pinhas of Koretz, 99,174,187 Salanter, Israel, 12-14,16,33,37,266- PirkeiAvot, 181,259,582 Poland, xii, xv, 17,18,59,70,71,77,99, 74, 277, 454 San Antonio, 9-14,17,308, 381 127,131-37,149-50,170,176,200,217, Sankara, 438-39 248,277,280,291-92,313,316-32 Schachter, Shalomi, Zalman, 27,35, Posner, Raphael, 23 40,52, 61,130,165,191,216,282,301, prophets (see Hebrew prophets) 340,390,398,487,513,525,591-92- Proverbs, 110,182,233,464-65,550 Psalms, 223,238,253,260,276,285, 561.586 psychedelics, (see also LSD) 28,30, 37,51,53,172,218-23,270,335,401, 414,430,479,495,5θ2,505-8, 511-18, 545-46 600 Schechter, Solomon, 211,231, 440 schismatics, 127 Schneerson, Menachem Mendel, 15, 99,124,184, 235, 391 Scholem, Gershom, 3,42,46,48,118, 128,141,149,227,305,306,312,389, in the Jewish world today, 518-21 390,395-98,402,405,423,458,468, psychology,
30,164,181,186,199,253, 546 257,260,320,334,400-3,406,422, 449,456,469,483-89,502-7 Sefer Baal Shem Tov (The Book of the Baal Shem Tov), 93-94,178 Sefer Sh’mu’ot Yisrael (The Reported quantum physics, 310 Teachings of Israel), 93 sefirot, 45,47,57,108,153,210,249-51, Rabbinic Judaism, 57,111,238,268, 411,560,566 364,403,404,407,419,422, 426,
LIVING IN THE PRESENCE · 632 430,451-52,458,465,469, 481-84, 496, 501,515'16, 544, 550 Shneur Zalman of Liadi, 97,178,287, trauma, xvii, xviii, 8,25,35,46,134, 135,174,213,259,290,518,588 Jewish generational, 24,53,319, 320-22,325,334-41,354,369, 394 Shabbatai Tzvi, 49,80,318-22,328, 332,509 shamanism, 217,291,297-99,301, 309-12 Shekhinah, 47-48, 64,86,102-7,125, 519« 520,539,572 Tree of Life, 45,364,384,405,426, 430,469,481,484,501,544 Tzvi Hirsh of Zidichov, 194-95 tzaddikim, 71-72,97,110,129,150,183, 153,180,230,238,276,279,355,359, 240,307,322,327,341,414,419-22, 361,3θ4,380,391,428,433,442, 462,481,504,544,579,580 444,449,462-66,469,481,483,56567,575,584-89 Shimon bar Yochai, 42-43,56-57 Sinai, 507 Smith, Huston, 255,349,429,470-75, unitive love practice, 235,290,538, 564,570-75 Upanishads, 50-51,314,382,434-36, 438 479-80,483-86,494,506-7 socialism, 12,399 sparks, 47,48, 98,146,247,254,255, Vedanta, xix, 42,52-54,237,260,414, 436-38,486,488,490,497'99 299- 333- 342,355,368,379- 433, Vermes, Geza, 123-25, 603 440,442,532,540 vessels, 47,247,254,355'56,428,599, spirit guides, 217,549,589 startsy, 129 600 Vietnam, 19,28,468,532 Stone, Richard, 170,173,593'95 Sufism, 154,156-60,227,229,443,490, 562 sweetening (ham’ta'kahf 357 Swimme, Brian, 447-49,451 Walsh, Roger, 219,291,309 Whitman, Walt, 229,286,452-57 Wiesel, Elie, 18,69,90,101,115-17, 162-63,178,191,361,362,367-68, 383,593 Tales of the Hasidim, 65,164 Wilber, Ken, 212,492-94 Tao Те Ching, 49,50,314,382,434, and Perennial Philosophy, 494 488 Wineman, Aryeh, 85-86 teshuvah, 201-2,206-10,218,225,
240-43,248,250-52,259,260,357, 461,495 Transcendental Meditation (TM), 53, 237,314 Yah breath meditation, 235-39,564- 70,587 Yeshiva University, 13 yetzer ha’rah, 209,230,254-61,26869,409,411
633 · INDEX Yiddish, 6,15-17,94,178,286,291-92, yoga, 53,166,220,234,349, 485 551. 559 yielding {hach’na'ah), 357 Zeitlin, Hillel, 40,281, 421 |
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| spelling | Jacobson, Burt 1936-2024 Verfasser (DE-588)1360350357 aut Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism Burt Jacobson ; foreword by Susannah Heschel ; afterword by Richard Stone Rhinebeck, New York Monkfish Book Publishing Company [2024] xx, 633 Seiten 24 cm txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index "One rabbi's lifelong journey to find the Baal Shem Tov. As a student of Abraham Joshua Heschel at Jewish Theological Seminary sixty years ago, Burt Jacobson was moved to devote his life to the study of Israel ben Eliezer, also known as the Baal Shem Tov-the founder of Hasidism. Heschel considered the Baal Shem the greatest Jewish teacher and communal leader of the last 1,000 years. Living in the Presence is a wide-ranging portrait, revealing numerous facets of the Baal Shem Tov's biography and revolutionary thought previously unknown. Through his knowledge of the world's wisdom traditions, and personal journey, Rabbi Jacobson is able to place his subject in the company of other great world spiritual teachers including Jesus and the Buddha. Jacobson reveals the Baal Shem's vision as an ecstatic mystical encounter that opened to the transcendent unity of existence. It was this that inspired his love and compassion for all creation, especially for the people he met. His disciples testified that their experience of these truths transformed how they understood their identities as manifestations of the Divine, altered how they lived as spiritual leaders of communities, and laid the foundations for Hasidism as a movement. Throughout his book Jacobson presents and evaluates insights of historians and scholars, but it is also filled with personal stories about Jacobson's own struggle with his Jewish identity and encounter with the Baal Shem as his teacher. Both a tour de force and a labor of love, this book will quickly become the most essential work on the subject ever published in English." Yisraʾel ben Eliʿezer Baʿal Shem Ṭov 1700-1760 (DE-588)119235587 gnd rswk-swf Chassidismus (DE-588)4009799-7 gnd rswk-swf Baʻal Shem Ṭov / approximately 1700-1760 Rabbis / Ukraine / Biography Hasidism Rabbins / Ukraine / Biographies Yisraʾel ben Eliʿezer Baʿal Shem Ṭov 1700-1760 (DE-588)119235587 p Chassidismus (DE-588)4009799-7 s DE-604 Heschel, Susannah 1952- (DE-588)121125513 aui Stone, Richard 1943-2018 aft Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe 978-1-958972-64-9 Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=035484186&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB München - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=035484186&sequence=000003&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Register // Gemischte Register |
| spellingShingle | Jacobson, Burt 1936-2024 Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism Yisraʾel ben Eliʿezer Baʿal Shem Ṭov 1700-1760 (DE-588)119235587 gnd Chassidismus (DE-588)4009799-7 gnd |
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| title | Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism |
| title_auth | Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism |
| title_exact_search | Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism |
| title_full | Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism Burt Jacobson ; foreword by Susannah Heschel ; afterword by Richard Stone |
| title_fullStr | Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism Burt Jacobson ; foreword by Susannah Heschel ; afterword by Richard Stone |
| title_full_unstemmed | Living in the presence a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism Burt Jacobson ; foreword by Susannah Heschel ; afterword by Richard Stone |
| title_short | Living in the presence |
| title_sort | living in the presence a personal quest for the baal shem tov a rabbi s journey to discover the original meaning of hasidism |
| title_sub | a personal quest for the Baal Shem Tov : a rabbi's journey to discover the original meaning of Hasidism |
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| topic_facet | Yisraʾel ben Eliʿezer Baʿal Shem Ṭov 1700-1760 Chassidismus |
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