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Showing posts with label R. Chaim Chaikel of Amdur. Show all posts
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Sunday, 5 March 2023

420) Alleged recruiting methodologies of the early Chassidic movement

 

The Autobiography of Solomon Maimon

Introduction

This article, based extensively on the research by Professor Immanuel Etkes,[1] looks at the recruiting processes and other activities of the two early Chassidic courts of R. Dov Ber, known as the Magid of Mezrich, and R. Chaim Chaikel of Amdur. Etkes bases himself on two separate texts allegedly presenting an ‘inside view’ and a personal account of the internal world of early Chassidim.