Ethical Tales from the Kabbalah : Stories

54 charming and evocative tales, especially translated from Hebrew for this volume, recapture a rich yet virtually forgotten chapter in the historyof Jewish narrative. They form the important transitional link between the esoteric mystical teachings of the sixteenth century Kabbalists and the populist tales of the eighteenth century Eastern European Hasidim.

Introduction

3

(10)

Sources

13

(2)

The Study of Torah

15

(20)

The Walking Book

17

(1)

A Princess Locked in a Tower

18

(6)

The Seven Guests in True Togetherness

24

(3)

Gadiel, the Lad

27

(4)

The Failing of Torah without Prayer

31

(4)

Deeds of Compassion and Responsibility

35

(16)

The Unseen Guest

37

(2)

The Wind and the Locusts

39

(2)

The Ladder Restored

41

(2)

Elijah and the Overlooked Poor Man

43

(4)

Father Abraham Visits a Sukkah

47

(4)

Inner Intent and Devotion

51

(16)

The Reciter of Psalms

53

(3)

The Split Oil

56

(1)

Deliverance through a Hallowing Act

57

(2)

Devotion in Prayer

59

(2)

The Former Marrano's Offering

61

(4)

From the Sensuous to God

65

(2)

The Disclosure of Hidden Truth

67

(10)

A False Accusation is Disproved

69

(3)

The Remarkable Fig Tree

72

(1)

The Torah Reading Disproves a Lie

73

(2)

An Agitating Dream

75

(1)

The Trembling of a Hasid

76

(1)

The Living and the Dead

77

(20)

The Oath That Could Not Be Fulfilled

79

(1)

Father Abraham Completes a Prayer Quorum

80

(2)

Souls in Exile

82

(2)

The Dybbuk and the Unbelieving Woman

84

(2)

From Man to Ox

86

(2)

Retribution for the Wrongs of a Previous Life

88

(1)

From Man to Dog: The Reincarnation of Sin

89

(2)

From Affliction to Rest

91

(6)

Deed and Consequence

97

(12)

Reward and Punishment of a Corpse

99

(2)

The Father Who Would Not Reprimand His Son

101

(1)

The Reward for Hospitality

102

(2)

Najara and the Vanishing and Returning Angels

104

(3)

The Importance of Precision

107

(2)

Repentance and Penance

109

(18)

The Anonymous Penitent

111

(2)

The Ari and the Penitent

113

(2)

Moses de Leon and the Penitent

115

(7)

The Apostate Who Could Not Sound the Shofar

122

(2)

The Candle that Blew Out on Rom Kippur

124

(3)

Pride and Humility

127

(6)

The Stench of Pride

129

(1)

The Relativity of Wealth

130

(1)

Reminding Onself of Death

131

(2)

Moments of Revelation, of Renewal, and of Failure

133

(22)

The Child's Prophecy

135

(5)

The Revelation of the Shekhinah by the Western Wall

140

(6)

The Journey that Did Not Take Place

146

(3)

The Seven Shepherds Called to the Torah Reading

149

(6)

Some Parables of the Wise

155

(16)

Blindness and Light

157

(2)

A Tale of Two Slaves

159

(5)

A Test

164

(1)

The Deceptive Island

165

(2)

Good Dreams and Bad

167

(1)

The Mission and the Delays

168

(3)

Bibliography

171

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Ethical Tales from the Kabbalah : Stories from the Kabbalistic Ethical Writings

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