Jonatan Meir
Biographic Data
| ID | 5873311 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jonatan Meir |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jonatan |
| FAMILY NAME | Meir |
| SIGNATURE | MEIR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Wissenschaft des Judentums in Eastern Europe
The history of the Mekize Nirdamim (“rousers of those who slumber”) society is quite peculiar. When looking at its activities, one can speak of three distinct periods: a first period in Eastern Prussia under the leadership of Eliezer Lippman Zilberman, owner of the Ha-Maggid newspaper, a period that extended for ten years and whose success was largely located in Eastern Europe; a second period in Berlin under the domineering leadership of Abraham…
Mystical Songs of Bratslav Hasidim
One of the distinctive literary genres of Bratslav Hasidism is the shir yedidot (Song of Endearment), a mystical poem concerning the stature of the soul of R. Naḥman of Bratslav. These poems, still sung by Hasidim today, contain esoteric traditions that reveal the multiple voices within Bratslav Hasidism. This article traces the development of this form from the beginning of the nineteenth century until the present, and argues that changes in emp…
Haskalah and Esotericism
The Haskalah, or “Jewish Enlightenment,” is often considered to be a secularizing trend within modern European Judaism. Yet as recent studies have begun to show, this characterization ignores the Romantic and religious attitudes of many Haskalah authors (maskilim). This article reassesses the Haskalah’s relationship to esotericism and Kabbalah by analyzing the life and work of Elyakim Getzel Hamilzahgi (1780–1854), a Galician maskil with a deep c…
The Lost Yiddish Translation of Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht (Ostróg 1815)
Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht is considered the central collection of hagiographic tales regarding Israel Baʿal Shem Tov (c. 1700–1760). It was first printed in Hebrew in Kopys in the latter part of 1814, and includes hundreds of stories that circulated orally and were heard by the author. The work was soon translated into Yiddish with significant changes, and three such translations have survived, each one very different to the others. The first transl…
Reform Hasidism
A late Habad text attributed to Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneerson (1880–1950) describes the Maskilim (the followers of the so-called Jewish enlightenment) in the following manner: All the Jewish writers who are the students of the Maskilim and their students' students seize every available opportunity to disparage the honor of Hasidic teachings and the honor of its princes [that is, Habad] and to emphasize the minute proportions of their value and s…
R. Nathan Sternhartz’s Liqquṭei tefilot and the Formation of Bratslav Hasidism
One of the more astounding books produced by Bratslav Hasidism is Liqquṭei tefilot (1822–1827), composed by R. Nathan Sternhartz of Nemirov, which established a whole new genre in Bratslav literature. This article discusses the book’s genesis, publication, and primary goals, as well as the controversy it generated. The new Bratslav theology that emerged after the death of Rabbi Naḥman led to disputes, both internal and external, over the role and…
Censure, Parody and Debate
Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948)
This book endeavors to fill a lacuna in the literature on early twentieth-century kabbalah, namely the lack of a comprehensive account of the traditional kabbalah seminaries (Yeshivot) in Jerusalem from 1896 to 1948 as well as the various manifestations of kabbalah within traditional Jewish society. The foundations that were laid in the early twentieth century also paved the way for the contemporary blossoming of kabbalah in many and manifold cir…
The Discovery and Publication of Joseph Perl’s Yiddish Writings
The attitude of Tarnopol satirist Joseph Perl (1773–1839) towards the Yiddish language has been discussed by a number of scholars. In particular, researchers have examined his views with regard to his most well-known satire, Sefer Megaleh temirin , which was printed in Hebrew in Vienna, 1819, with a partial Yiddish translation of the work appearing in Vilna, 1938. However, there remains much to be said concerning the creative process which guided…
The Beginnings of Kabbalah in America
L’article a pour sujet la personnalité extraordinaire du kabbaliste le Rabbin Levi Isaac Krakovsky (1891–1966), un des étudiants oubliés du Rabbin Yehuda Leib Ashlag (1885–1955). Krakovsky diffusait l’enseignement de son maître en Amérique en anglais, écrivait des douzaines de livres et essayait d’établir des yeshivot de Kabbalistes. Contrairement à son maître, il présentait un enseignement exotérique et une vision de diffusion de la Kabbale dans…
Toward the Popularization of Kabbalah
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a certain Iraqi Torah scholar asked R. Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad—the renowned Ben Ish Hai (1834–1909)—the following question: “If I am worthy to go up to Jerusalem, of which it is said (Isa 2:3): “From Zion will go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,” where many scholars study this wisdom [of Kabbalah], how will I be able to recognize the foremost scholar upon whom I can rely, and at w…
Reform Hasidism
A late Habad text attributed to Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneerson (1880–1950) describes the Maskilim (the followers of the so-called Jewish enlightenment) in the following manner: All the Jewish writers who are the students of the Maskilim and their students' students seize every available opportunity to disparage the honor of Hasidic teachings and the honor of its princes [that is, Habad] and to emphasize the minute proportions of their value and s…
Toward the Popularization of Kabbalah
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a certain Iraqi Torah scholar asked R. Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad—the renowned Ben Ish Hai (1834–1909)—the following question: “If I am worthy to go up to Jerusalem, of which it is said (Isa 2:3): “From Zion will go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,” where many scholars study this wisdom [of Kabbalah], how will I be able to recognize the foremost scholar upon whom I can rely, and at w…
The Beginnings of Kabbalah in America
L’article a pour sujet la personnalité extraordinaire du kabbaliste le Rabbin Levi Isaac Krakovsky (1891–1966), un des étudiants oubliés du Rabbin Yehuda Leib Ashlag (1885–1955). Krakovsky diffusait l’enseignement de son maître en Amérique en anglais, écrivait des douzaines de livres et essayait d’établir des yeshivot de Kabbalistes. Contrairement à son maître, il présentait un enseignement exotérique et une vision de diffusion de la Kabbale dans…
Toward the Popularization of Kabbalah
Toward the end of the nineteenth century, a certain Iraqi Torah scholar asked R. Yosef Hayyim of Baghdad—the renowned Ben Ish Hai (1834–1909)—the following question: “If I am worthy to go up to Jerusalem, of which it is said (Isa 2:3): “From Zion will go forth the Torah, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem,” where many scholars study this wisdom [of Kabbalah], how will I be able to recognize the foremost scholar upon whom I can rely, and at w…
R. Nathan Sternhartz’s Liqquṭei tefilot and the Formation of Bratslav Hasidism
One of the more astounding books produced by Bratslav Hasidism is Liqquṭei tefilot (1822–1827), composed by R. Nathan Sternhartz of Nemirov, which established a whole new genre in Bratslav literature. This article discusses the book’s genesis, publication, and primary goals, as well as the controversy it generated. The new Bratslav theology that emerged after the death of Rabbi Naḥman led to disputes, both internal and external, over the role and…
Censure, Parody and Debate
Kabbalistic Circles in Jerusalem (1896-1948)
This book endeavors to fill a lacuna in the literature on early twentieth-century kabbalah, namely the lack of a comprehensive account of the traditional kabbalah seminaries (Yeshivot) in Jerusalem from 1896 to 1948 as well as the various manifestations of kabbalah within traditional Jewish society. The foundations that were laid in the early twentieth century also paved the way for the contemporary blossoming of kabbalah in many and manifold cir…
The Discovery and Publication of Joseph Perl’s Yiddish Writings
The attitude of Tarnopol satirist Joseph Perl (1773–1839) towards the Yiddish language has been discussed by a number of scholars. In particular, researchers have examined his views with regard to his most well-known satire, Sefer Megaleh temirin , which was printed in Hebrew in Vienna, 1819, with a partial Yiddish translation of the work appearing in Vilna, 1938. However, there remains much to be said concerning the creative process which guided…
Reform Hasidism
A late Habad text attributed to Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneerson (1880–1950) describes the Maskilim (the followers of the so-called Jewish enlightenment) in the following manner: All the Jewish writers who are the students of the Maskilim and their students' students seize every available opportunity to disparage the honor of Hasidic teachings and the honor of its princes [that is, Habad] and to emphasize the minute proportions of their value and s…
Haskalah and Esotericism
The Haskalah, or “Jewish Enlightenment,” is often considered to be a secularizing trend within modern European Judaism. Yet as recent studies have begun to show, this characterization ignores the Romantic and religious attitudes of many Haskalah authors (maskilim). This article reassesses the Haskalah’s relationship to esotericism and Kabbalah by analyzing the life and work of Elyakim Getzel Hamilzahgi (1780–1854), a Galician maskil with a deep c…
The Lost Yiddish Translation of Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht (Ostróg 1815)
Sefer Shivhei ha-Besht is considered the central collection of hagiographic tales regarding Israel Baʿal Shem Tov (c. 1700–1760). It was first printed in Hebrew in Kopys in the latter part of 1814, and includes hundreds of stories that circulated orally and were heard by the author. The work was soon translated into Yiddish with significant changes, and three such translations have survived, each one very different to the others. The first transl…
Mystical Songs of Bratslav Hasidim
One of the distinctive literary genres of Bratslav Hasidism is the shir yedidot (Song of Endearment), a mystical poem concerning the stature of the soul of R. Naḥman of Bratslav. These poems, still sung by Hasidim today, contain esoteric traditions that reveal the multiple voices within Bratslav Hasidism. This article traces the development of this form from the beginning of the nineteenth century until the present, and argues that changes in emp…
Wissenschaft des Judentums in Eastern Europe
The history of the Mekize Nirdamim (“rousers of those who slumber”) society is quite peculiar. When looking at its activities, one can speak of three distinct periods: a first period in Eastern Prussia under the leadership of Eliezer Lippman Zilberman, owner of the Ha-Maggid newspaper, a period that extended for ten years and whose success was largely located in Eastern Europe; a second period in Berlin under the domineering leadership of Abraham…
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