TY - JOUR
T1 - The Tsadik and his soul's sparks
T2 - From Kabbalah to Hasidism
AU - Idel, Moshe
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present study shows the continuity between the Safedian Kabbalistic view of the relations between the sparks of a certain soul, and the Hasidic theory, that was conceived of as innovated by and characteristic of 18th century Hasidism, as to the responsibility of the Tsadik for the sparks that belongs to his soul. In the two literatures, the rescue of a spark of one's soul is related to the beautiful captive woman that is conceived of as an externalization of an inner dimension of the righteous person, immersed in a shell.
AB - The present study shows the continuity between the Safedian Kabbalistic view of the relations between the sparks of a certain soul, and the Hasidic theory, that was conceived of as innovated by and characteristic of 18th century Hasidism, as to the responsibility of the Tsadik for the sparks that belongs to his soul. In the two literatures, the rescue of a spark of one's soul is related to the beautiful captive woman that is conceived of as an externalization of an inner dimension of the righteous person, immersed in a shell.
KW - Alexander the Great
KW - Hasidism
KW - Isaac Luria
KW - Israel Baal Shem Tov
KW - Kabbalah
KW - Safed
KW - Sparks
KW - Tsadik
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84878344357&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/jqr.2013.0013
DO - 10.1353/jqr.2013.0013
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AN - SCOPUS:84878344357
SN - 0021-6682
VL - 103
SP - 196
EP - 240
JO - Jewish Quarterly Review
JF - Jewish Quarterly Review
IS - 2
ER -