Emunas tsadikim (Faith of the Tsadikim)

Yitsḥak Dov Ber ben Tsvi Hirsh

1900

It is a work that contains two hundred precious and wondrous stories, full of ethical [edification] and [inspiring] fear of the Lord, sweeter than honey, bringing joy to oppressed hearts and souls, each [story] beloved and clear. They originate from trustworthy sources—told by four authorities, men of renown, leaders of the generation [gedoley ha…

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Yitsḥak Dov Ber ben Tsvi Hirsh

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Believed to be the grandson of Tsvi Hirsh of Nadvurna (Nadwórna, today Nadvirna in Ukraine; d. 1802), a disciple of the Ba‘al Shem Tov, Yitsḥak Dov Ber participated in the trend of compiling Hasidic stories into anthologies. Not much is known about him, although some believe that he used the pseudonym Ḥayim Abraham Daytshman of Saroka to publish other works. His book Emunas tsadikim (Faith of the Tsadikim) was republished as Kehal ḥasidim he-ḥadash (The New Collection of Hasidic Stories, 1902) and was the source for many of Martin Buber’s Hasidic tales.

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