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Chassidic History by the Sixth Rebbe
The Making of Chassidim
A Letter Written by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
Translated by Shimon Neubort; from the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch
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Translator’s Introduction
Editor’s Jottings
Prologue
Chapter One:
Reb Simchah Zissel: Kalisk, Horodok, and Liozna
Chapter Two:
Reb Mordechai and the Baal Shem Tov
Chapter Three:
Reb Mordechai’s Foolish Fantasies
Chapter Four:
Davening: the Avodah of a Chossid
Chapter Five:
Reb Chayim’s Foolish Fantasies
Chapter Six:
The Maggid of Dubravna
Chapter Seven:
After Yom Kippur with the Maggid
Chapter Eight:
The Day of G-d’s Name
Chapter Nine:
Doubts About the Maggid: Reb Avrohom Shaul and the Scholars
Chapter Ten:
The Story of Pidyon Sh’vuyim
Chapter Eleven:
The Story of the Three Brothers
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Appendix A:
Excerpts of a letter by the Previous Rebbe, referring to our story
Appendix B:
Excerpts from the Previous Rebbe’s Memoirs concerning Reb Yissachar Dov Kabilniker
Appendix C:
Excerpts from a biographical sketch of Reb Shmuel Dov Borisover, written by the Previous Rebbe
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Translated by Shimon Neubort; from the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch
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