TY - JOUR
T1 - Hasidism in the Urban Fabric
T2 - Is There a "hasidic Architecture" ?
AU - Levin, Vladimir
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 Vladimir Levin.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - This article discusses the question of whether or not a specific Hasidic architecture emerged in Eastern and East-Central Europe from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It deals with the architecture of the courts of Hasidic masters, paying special attention to kloyzn, residences, the new types of courts that emerged in big cities, and the symbolic usage of the images of court kloyzn as identification markers by contemporary Hasidic groups. The article also discusses the ohalim on the graves of the tzaddikim and regular Hasidic synagogues. The main conclusion is that Hasidim did not develop a specific architectural language that defined their places of worship: the Hasidic nature of a synagogue was a function of the worshippers' behavior, not its architectural features, spatial configuration, or urban location.
AB - This article discusses the question of whether or not a specific Hasidic architecture emerged in Eastern and East-Central Europe from the late eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century. It deals with the architecture of the courts of Hasidic masters, paying special attention to kloyzn, residences, the new types of courts that emerged in big cities, and the symbolic usage of the images of court kloyzn as identification markers by contemporary Hasidic groups. The article also discusses the ohalim on the graves of the tzaddikim and regular Hasidic synagogues. The main conclusion is that Hasidim did not develop a specific architectural language that defined their places of worship: the Hasidic nature of a synagogue was a function of the worshippers' behavior, not its architectural features, spatial configuration, or urban location.
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U2 - 10.1163/18718000-12340192
DO - 10.1163/18718000-12340192
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AN - SCOPUS:85210387098
SN - 1871-7993
JO - Images
JF - Images
ER -