Dr. Daniel Reiser is a senior lecturer in Zefat Academic College and Herzog Academic College. He specializes in Kabbalah, modern Mysticism and Hasidism. His book Vision as a Mirror: ImageryTechniques in Twentieth Century Jewish Mysticism (Los Angeles: Cherub-Press, 2014) was awarded the World Union of Jewish Studies Matanel Prize for the best book in Jewish Thought published during the years 2013-2014. His Hebrew translation to Abraham Joshua Heschel's Kotsk: In gerangel far emesdikayt was published on March 2015.
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Zefat Academic College
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An introduction from the editors of the special issue of In geveb on Religious Thought in Yiddish.
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מיקווה און מיצווה
Mikvah and Mitzvah: Melancholia and the Spiritual Life
R. Aaron of Karlin
Translation by Ariel Evan Mayse and Daniel Reiser
A Hasidic homily from the eighteenth century by R. Aaron of Karlin. The message is simple and speaks to the heart of Hasidic thought: sadness may have some limited utility, but depression is always a destructive force that inhibits spiritual growth.
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