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God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presence in a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua Heschel

January 30, 2018 admin Comments 0 Comment

God’s Silent Voice: Divine Presence in a Yiddish Poem by Abraham Joshua Heschel Ariel Evan Mayse joined the faculty of Stanford University in 2017 as an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies, after previously serving as the Director of Jewish Studies and Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Jewish Thought at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts, and a research fellow at the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies of the University of Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies from Harvard University…

How to Read Hasidic Texts: A Quick Guide

October 2, 2014 admin Comments 0 Comment

How to Read Hasidic Texts: A Quick Guide by Ariel Evan Mayse Ariel Evan Mayse is completing his doctorate in Jewish Studies at Harvard University, where he is working with Professors Arthur Green and Bernard Septimus. He has been a student of Jewish mysticism for many years, and he teaches Hasidic thought and theology in Jerusalem, where he lives with his wife and son. Ariel’s forthcoming dissertation, entitled “Beyond the Letters: The Question of Language in the Teachings of R….

Ariel Evan Mayse – Kindler of Hearts and Illuminator of Letters

September 29, 2010 admin Comments 0 Comment

Kindler of Hearts and Illuminator of Letters: An Essay in Memory of Reb Levi Yitzhak ben Sara Sasha of Berdyczów by Ariel Evan Mayse For my wife Adina, whose illuminating words never fail to inspire. Relatively few Hasidic masters have enjoyed the enormous and enduring popularity of Reb Levi Yitzhak ben Sara Sasha of Berdyczów (1740-1809), perhaps with the exception of the Ba’al Shem Tov himself. Beginning in the nineteenth century and continuing to the present day, written texts and…

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