Aryeh Wineman: 2 books
The Hasidic Moses
A Chapter in the History of Jewish Interpretation
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2019
In The Hasidic Moses, Aryeh Wineman invites readers to join him on a journey through various eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Hasidic texts that interpret the life of Moses. Such texts read their own accent on spirituality and innerness along with their conceptions of community and spiritual leadership...
Letters of Light
Passages from Ma’or va-shemesh
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2015
Letters of Light is a translation of over ninety passages from a well-known Hasidic text, Ma'or va-shemesh, consisting of homilies of Kalonymus Kalman Epstein of Krakow, together with a running commentary and analysis by Aryeh Wineman. With remarkable creativity, the Krakow preacher recast biblical...