Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

A.   Introduction

A Spiritual Portrait of R. Abraham Alexander ha-Kohen of Kalisk
Gershon D. Hundert

B. Teaching Stories II

R. Abraham of Kalisk along the Journey to the Promised Land

C. Reader's Guide

1. R. Abraham Kalisker's Concept of Communion with God and Man
Joseph George Weiss

2. From Mythos to Ethos: Contours of a Portrait of R. Abraham of Kalisk
Ze'ev Gries

3. Moving Mezrich: The Legacy of the Maggid and the Hasidic Community in the Land of Israel
Ariel Evan Mayse

4. Theology, Succession, and Social Structure in the Dispute between R. Abraham Kalisker and R. Shne'ur Zalman
Nehemia Polen and David Maayan

5. R. Abraham Kalisker's Critique of Tanya
Haviva Pedaya

6. The Doctrine of R. Abraham Kalisker: The Path to Communion as the Legacy of the Bnei 'Aliyah
Ra'aya Haran

7. Genotextual Performance between Tzaddiqim in Tiberias: Grains of the Voice Transforming R. Abraham of Kalisk and Reb Nachman of Breslov
Aubrey L. Glazer

D. Chesed le-Abraham (Selected Homilies)

Translators' Introduction
Aubrey Glazer and Nehemia Polen

Genesis:

[1.1-1.4]. Parshat Lekh Lekha (Genesis 12:1-17:27)
[2.1-2.4]. Parshat Chayyei Sarah (Genesis 23:1-25:18)                                                              

Exodus:

[3.1-3.4]. Parshat Mishpatim (Exodus 21:1-24:18)
[4.1-4.4]. Parshat Ki Tissa (Exodus 30:11-34:35)

Numbers:

[5.1-5.4]. Parshat Pinechas (Numbers 25:10 -30:1)                                                                  

Deuteronomy:

[6.1-6.4]. Parshat Vaetchanan (Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11)
[7.1-7.4]. Haftarat Shoftim (Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9)
[8.1-8.4]. Haftarat Ki Teitzei (Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19)
[9.1-9.4]. Haftarat Ki Tavo' (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)
[10.1-10.4]. Shabbat Shuva/Ro'sh ha-Shannah (Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)

Glossary

Hebrew Critical Edition

Aubrey L. Glazer is senior rabbi of Congregation Shaare Zion and director of Panui, an incubator for contemplative practice and conscious community building. Aubrey's most recent books include Mystical Vertigo (Academic Studies Press, 2013) and Tangle of Matter & Ghost: Leonard Cohen's Post-Secular Songbook of Mysticism(s) Jewish & Beyond (Academic Studies Press, 2017).

Nehemia Polen is Professor of Jewish Thought at Hebrew College, Newton Center, MA. A leading expert in Hasidism and Jewish thought, his books include The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto (Jason Aronson Inc., first ed., 1977).

Tiberian Hasidism provides a model of an intensive contemplative life that is particularly appealing to contemporary spiritual seekers for many reasons. This volume focuses on the teachings of R. Abraham haCohen of Kalisk ripe for excavation, offering an authentic roadmap to future contemplative pathways ripe for our age.