ב'ה a mysterious event on rosh hashanah 1746 …hasidic history naftali loewenthal ucl the...
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ה"ב OXFORD CHABAD SOCIETY
YOM LIMMUD
A Mysterious Event on Rosh
Hashanah 1746 .. The beginning of Hasidic History
Naftali Loewenthal UCL
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The Manuscript of the Baal Shem Tov’s
letter found by Yehushua
Mondshine, in a collection dated 1776
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Rabbi Yakov Yosef of
Polonnoye’s Ben Porat
Yosef (Koretz 1781)
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The letter as printed
in Ben Porat Yosef
(1781), at the end of the book
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The end of the letter, on the
last page of the book Ben Porat
Yosef 1781.
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• Keter Shem Tov, Zolkiev 1794
• (first known edition. There may have been a previous edition in Slavita)
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The Letter as printed in Keter Shem Tov, 1794, page 2.
It appears at the beginning of all the subsequent editions.
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The Baal Shem Tov and the Messiah
• “I asked the Messiah when will you come..? He answered.. When your wellsprings spread to the outside.. And they too will be able to do Ascents and Unifications like you..”
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Historical Ramifications of the Wording of the Epistle
The Sacred Epistle Spreading
the Wellsprings
Habad – the ideal that each individual should study hasidic teachings and communicate them to others
‘General’ Hasidic Leaders and Courts – the hasidic Rebbe carries out mystical Ascents and Unifications and inspires his followers
Ascents and Unifications
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The Baal Shem Tov’s Instructions regarding Prayer and Torah Study
• “Know.. That in every letter, there are [Spiritual] Worlds, and Souls, and G-dliness.. And the letters join together and become words.. And the words rise..
• “Have in mind that your own soul should rise with them.. And there is great joy, like the joy of a groom and a bride, but infinitely more..”