Bibliograph

The mystery of the Kaddish, its profound influence on Judaism, Leon H. Charney and Saul Mayzlish

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The mystery of the Kaddish, its profound influence on Judaism, Leon H. Charney and Saul Mayzlish

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-225) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The mystery of the Kaddish

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

79469039

Responsibility statement

Leon H. Charney and Saul Mayzlish

Sub title

its profound influence on Judaism

Table Of Contents

A first appraisal -- Forever and to all eternity -- Kaddish melodies -- The eternal prayer -- Survival of the Kaddish notwithstanding the Holocaust (Sho'ah) -- A study of Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berdishev as a Chassidic force -- Chassidic customs and thoughts in memorializing the deceased -- Ancillary effects of the Kaddish -- Kaddish and women -- Chassidism, Kaddish, and Kotzk -- Prophets, mysticism, and Kaddish -- Yahrzeit and Yizkor: Christian origins? -- Judaism and the idea of death -- The psychological dynamic to death in Judaism -- Did the Crusades give birth to the Kaddish for the common man vis-à-vis the elite? -- More on the Crusades and Kaddish -- The Jew as a non-citizen and the church synod -- The church synods -- The Crusades: suffering creates prayer -- The ghetto -- Blood libel and the massacre of Jews -- Black Death & Jewish "confession" -- The expulsion from Spain -- Kaddish and the concept of death -- The nature of death

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Kaddish

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