The regal way

• Preface
• p. ix

• A Note on Translation and Transliteration
• p. xiii

• Introduction
• p. 1

• I.
• Method
• p. 1

• II.
• On the State of Research and Hasidic Historiography
• p. 8

• III.
• The Sources and Their Nature
• p. 21

• Part I
• The Young Rabbi Israel

• 1.
• "But I Was Never a Boy": Accession to Leadership
• p. 31

• I.
• "That Child Understood Everything": Childhood
• p. 31

• II.
• Rabbi Abraham of Pohorbishch
• p. 33

• III.
• "I Myself Have No Time to Study": Adolescence
• p. 35

• IV.
• The Power of Inferiority
• p. 41

• V.
• Conclusion
• p. 44

• 2.
• "The Main Thing Is One's Own Distinction": The Argument over Succession
• p. 47

• I.
• Hereditary Leadership and Schism in Nineteenth-Century Hasidism
• p. 47

• II.
• "Ancestral Merit" or "One's Own Distinction"?
• p. 51

• III.
• Ancestral Lineage in the Ruzhin Clan
• p. 57

• IV.
• The Victory of the "Sons of Zaddikim" and Its Implications
• p. 63

• Part II
• From Ruzhin to Sadgora: The Making of a Hasidic Leader

• 3.
• "The Untrod Path": Emergence and Expansion
• p. 69

• I.
• On the Throne of Leadership
• p. 69

• II.
• From Pohorbishch to Ruzhin
• p. 72

• III.
• Avenues of Expansion and Growth
• p. 76

• IV.
• His Personality and the Secret of his Charisma
• p. 81

• V.
• A New Mode of Worship
• p. 89

• VI.
• Opposition
• p. 94

• VII.
• Rabbi Israel as Seen by the Maskilim
• p. 98

• 4.
• "The Jewish Kingdom Is Falling": The Ushits Case
• p. 105

• I.
• Informers and the Law of the "Pursuer"
• p. 105

• II.
• The Murder Case and the Investigation
• p. 108

• III.
• Historical Significance of the Ushits Case
• p. 114

• 5.
• "Princes Have Persecuted Me Without Reason": In Prison
• p. 116

• I.
• The Imprisonment and Its Repercussions
• p. 116

• II.
• Rabbi Israel versus Nicholas I
• p. 121

• III.
• Affliction and Its Significance
• p. 124

• 6.
• The Fugitive: Flight from Russia
• p. 128

• I.
• The Memoirs of Yossi Rath
• p. 128

• II.
• Return to Ruzhin
• p. 129

• III.
• Flight from Russia
• p. 131

• 7.
• "A Guest at the Inn": The New Court at Sadgora
• p. 136

• I.
• The Danger of Expulsion and Legal Problems
• p. 136

• II.
• "For I Have No Strength to Endure": Instability and Discontent
• p. 144

• III.
• Between Center and Periphery
• p. 147

• IV.
• The Geographical Context
• p. 149

• V.
• Economic Consolidation: Purchase of the Potik Zloty Estate
• p. 153

• VI.
• The Fame of the New Court
• p. 156

• 8.
• "Broken and Mortified": The Last Years
• p. 163

• I.
• In the Evening of Life
• p. 163

• II.
• The Zaddik's Death and Succession
• p. 168

• Part III
• Rabbi Israel as a Hasidic Leader

• 9.
• "The Law of People": Rabbi Israel's Approach to Communal Leadership
• p. 175

• I.
• Between Rebbe and Rabbi
• p. 175

• II.
• Appointments and Dismissals
• p. 181

• III.
• "A Remedy to Aid Israel": Intercession for the Jewish Community
• p. 187

• IV.
• Working for the Land of Israel
• p. 202

• V.
• Conclusion: Rabbi Israel as a Leader
• p. 209

• 10.
• "All the Money in the World Is Mine": Visions of Wealth and Royalty
• p. 212

• I.
• The Novelty of the Regal Way
• p. 212

• II.
• The Claim of Descent from King David
• p. 216

• III.
• "Hidden Worship": The Ideological Basis
• p. 218

• IV.
• Objection to Self-Mortification
• p. 225

• V.
• Criticism of the Regal Way
• p. 228

• VI.
• Musicians and Singers, Carriages and Horses
• p. 233

• VII.
• Wealth and Honor as a Religious Test
• p. 238

• 11.
• "The True Zaddik of the Generation": Rabbi Israel as Zaddik
• p. 244

• I.
• The Question of Uniqueness and Superiority
• p. 244

• II.
• On Messianism and Redemption
• p. 255

• III.
• Objection to Wonder-Working
• p. 261

• Part IV
• Rabbi Israel's Court

• 12.
• "Like a Small State within a Large One": The Royal Court and Its Members
• p. 267

• I.
• The Sources and Their Nature
• p. 267

• II.
• The Physical Framework
• p. 269

• III.
• Social Aspects
• p. 278

• 13.
• "Money for Household Expenses": Economic Aspects of the Hasidic Royal Courts
• p. 285

• I.
• Zaddikism as a Profession
• p. 285

• II.
• The Meaning of the Pidyon
• p. 288

• III.
• The Cost of the Pidyon and Methods of Amassing a Fortune
• p. 292

• IV.
• The Zaddik's Travels
• p. 296

• V.
• The Ma'amadot Taxes
• p. 299

• VI.
• Concessions and Privileges
• p. 303

• VII.
• The Decline of the Hasidic Royal Court
• p. 307

• 14.
• "Under One Tent": The Hasidim and Their Zaddik
• p. 310

• I.
• The Pilgrimage to the Zaddik
• p. 310

• II.
• Access to the Zaddik
• p. 315

• III.
• Around the Zaddik's Grave
• p. 321

• Afterword: Dynamic Adaptation to a Changing World
• p. 325

• I.
• Rabbi Israel of Ruzhin as an Object of Biographical Research
• p. 325

• II.
• Stagnation versus Innovation in Ruzhin Hasidism
• p. 327

• III.
• Decline of the Generations or the Power of Inferiority?
• p. 330

• IV.
• The Hasidic Court in an Era of Upheaval
• p. 334

• Notes
• p. 341

• Glossary
• p. 409

• Works Cited
• p. 413

• Indexes of Names, Places, and Subjects
• p. 445

• Alternate Forms of Place Names
• p. 455