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The Reformed Hasid
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“Before and After the Reform.” Cartoon from Der schlemiel: Illustriertes jüdisches Blatt für Humor und Satire lampooning the transformation of a Hasidic Jew into a Reformed Jew.

Contributor:

Max Jungmann

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1905

Subjects:

Hasidism, Assimilation, Humor, Christian-Jewish relations, Satire

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art, Humor & Satire
Page with German text across top and bottom, with two nearly identical figures in center, with the one on the left bearded and in prayer garment and hat, and the one on the right with moustache and suit.
What Is the Teaching of Kabbalah and Hasidism If Not Expansion?
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What is the teaching of kabbalah and Hasidism if not expansion (Torat ha-harḥavah)? The tangible world should expand, the given worlds should increase, and this Torah that is written and passed down…

Contributor:

Mikhah Yosef Berdyczewski

Places:

Berlin, Germany

Date:

1910–1918

Subjects:

Kabbalah, Hasidism, Mysticism, Theology

Categories:

Science & Philosophy, Religion & Theology