Hasidism

• List of Figures
• p. ix

• List of Tables
• p. xiii

• Acknowledgments
• p. xv

• Note on Transcription and Place Names
• p. xix

• Introduction
• p. xxi

• 1
• A Definition
• p. 1

• The History of a Definition
• p. 3

• A Sect
• p. 11

• Sectarian Features?
• p. 17

• Questioning Sectarianism
• p. 22

• Grassroots Definitions
• p. 27

• Confraternity
• p. 32

• Consequences
• p. 36

• Conclusions
• p. 40

• 2
• Women
• p. 43

• Statements of Identity
• p. 47

• Prayer
• p. 52

• Pilgrimages
• p. 57

• Public Activity
• p. 65

• At Home
• p. 72

• Were There Any Female Hasidim?
• p. 76

• Conclusions
• p. 83

• 3
• Leadership
• p. 87

• The Tsadik as a Holy Man
• p. 91

• The Tsadik's Authority: Image vs. Reality
• p. 94

• The Kvitl
• p. 102

• The Horizon of Expectations
• p. 111

• Who Is a Tsadik?
• p. 123

• Conclusions
• p. 130

• 4
• Demography
• p. 133

• Early Approximations
• p. 135

• Re-evaluation
• p. 139

• Extrapolation
• p. 158

• Conclusions
• p. 162

• 5
• Geography
• p. 165

• The Boundaries of Hasidic Expansion
• p. 168

• What Stopped Hasidism?
• p. 176

• Aharon Halberstam of Biala
• p. 178

• Internal Boundaries
• p. 185

• Center and Periphery
• p. 190

• Conclusions
• p. 198

• 6
• Economy
• p. 201

• Images and Their Uses
• p. 203

• Doctrine and Its Impact
• p. 207

• Method, Sources, Data
• p. 211

• How Reliable?
• p. 220

• Explications
• p. 222

• Limitations
• p. 234

• Conclusions
• p. 239

• 7
• The End and the Beginning
• p. 243

• East-European Jews and the First World War
• p. 244

• The War's Effect on Hasidism
• p. 248

• Migrations: A New Geography
• p. 251

• Urbanization
• p. 259

• New Ideologies, New Desertions
• p. 265

• Hybridization vs. Fundamentalization
• p. 268

• Conclusions
• p. 275

• Conclusion
• p. 279

• Bibliography
• p. 287

• Index
• p. 323