Holiness and law: kabbalistic customs and sexual abstinence in Hasidism

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'Hasidic groups have myriad customs. While ordinary Jewish law (halakhah) denotes the "bar of holiness" mandated for the ordinary Jew, these customs represent the higher threshold expected of Hasidim, intended to justify their title as hasidim ("pious"). How did the hasidic...

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Main Author: Braʾun, Binyamin 1966- (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG. Verlag
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Berlin Boston De Gruyter [2024]
Jerusalem Magnes [2024]
In: Studia Judaica (volume 129)
Year: 2024
Series/Journal:Studia Judaica volume 129
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Holiness (motif) / Clothing / Religious life / Sexual abstinence / Halacha / Hassidism
B Hasidim / Custom / Sexual behavior / Halacha
B Clothing / Religious life / Hassidism
B Sexual abstinence / Hassidism
Further subjects:B Hasidim Sexual behavior
B Judentum: Leben und Praxis
B Social & Cultural History
B Judaïsme - Rite hassidique
B Hassidim - Sexualité
B Continence - Aspect religieux - Judaïsme
B History / Jewish
B Hasidism Customs and practices
B Sozial- und Kulturgeschichte
B Droit juif
B Judaism: life & practice
B Sexual abstinence Religious aspects Judaism
B RELIGION / Rituals & Practice / Judaism
B Judaism Hasidic rite
B Holiness Judaism Hasidic rite
B Jewish Law
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9783111359212
Erscheint auch als: 9783111359052

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