History of the Jews Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from History of the Jews Vol. 5<br><br>The Alliance of Reason with Mysticism - Israel Baalshem his Career and Reputation - Movement against Rabbin ism - The Zaddik - Beer Mizricz his Arrogance and Deceptions - The Devotional Methods of the Chassidim - Their Liturgy - Dissolution of the Synods of the Four Countries - Cossack Massacres in Poland - Elijah Wil na his Character and Method Of Research - The Mizricz and Karlin Chassidim - Circumstances prove Favorable to the Spread of the New Sect - Vigorous Proceedings against them in Wilna - Death of Beer Mizricz - Progress of Chassidism despite the Persecution of its Opponents.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.