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This is a poineering study of the 19th centruy Hasidic movement as shown through the life of one of its most controversial and influential leaders, Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850). The dramatic episodes of his life are echoed by the contradictory and highly critical opinions of his personal charachter and leadership.

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"Assaf is a scholar who knows how to manage vast bits of detail but also how to fit them together in a coherent and plausible whole. . . . [He] has used the only possible method for sifting among sources, that of common sense. He has done so with great success and produced a first-rate biography."–AJS Review
"This is a path-breaking and thorough study of an important and neglected chapter of modern Jewish history."American Historical Review
"It is a very important addition to the history of Hasidism and the study of East European Jewish history." -- Religious Studies Review

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: 19/06/2002
      ISBN13: 9780804744683, 978-0804744683
      ISBN10: 0804744688
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a poineering study of the 19th centruy Hasidic movement as shown through the life of one of its most controversial and influential leaders, Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (1796-1850). The dramatic episodes of his life are echoed by the contradictory and highly critical opinions of his personal charachter and leadership.

      Trade Review
      "Assaf is a scholar who knows how to manage vast bits of detail but also how to fit them together in a coherent and plausible whole. . . . [He] has used the only possible method for sifting among sources, that of common sense. He has done so with great success and produced a first-rate biography."–AJS Review
      "This is a path-breaking and thorough study of an important and neglected chapter of modern Jewish history."American Historical Review
      "It is a very important addition to the history of Hasidism and the study of East European Jewish history." -- Religious Studies Review

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