{"product_id":"hasidic-wisdom-simcha-raz-9780765799722","title":"Hasidic Wisdom: Sayings from the Jewish Sages","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHasidic Wisdom: Sayings from the Jewish Sages\u003c\/i\u003e is among the many lifelong efforts of Rabbi Simcha Raz, one of Jerusalem's leading teachers, writers, and educators. The original book in Hebrew is titled \u003ci\u003ePitgamay Hasidim\u003c\/i\u003e. It has been a perennial best-seller in Israel for the past fifteen years and is now in its 8th edition. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book is divided into thirty brief chapters on issues that have relevance to every human being: love and hate, faith, truth, the inner life, heaven and hell, leadership, loneliness, friendship, piety, anger, music, poverty, righteousness, prayer, charity, and repentance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRabbi Dov Peretz Elkins has been translating various selections of the book for his sermons, lectures, and classes since he first bought the Hebrew book in the mid-1980s. After countless listeners and readers asked him for the source of the hasidic quotations, he decided to translate the entire book into English, to make it available for a more diverse audience. Enlisting the assistance of his son, Jonathan, a freelance writer and television reporter in Israel, the two men collaborated on the project to render the Hebrew into idiomatic English, and to preserve its traditional nuances. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe reader will find in this newest and most clearly focused treasure of hasidic doctrine a touching, heartwarming collection of profound revelations on spirituality, Torah, human relationships, and personal growth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simcha Raz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0765799723\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780765799722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Aronson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.19lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.54h x 6.00w x 1.24d","brand":"Simcha Raz","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50778802553087,"sku":"9780765799722","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hasidic-wisdom-simcha-raz-9780765799722","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}