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Hasidic Prayer
Louis Jacobs surveys Hasidic teachings on prayer: preparation, kavvanah, ecstatic movement, wandering thoughts, contemplative techniques and the role of the tzaddik. Drawing directly on Hasidic sources, he explains why prayer was the heart of the movement and how it differed from earlier Kabbalistic practice. Clear and well documented, it is a valued Littman Library introduction.






