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The Making of Chassidim

A Letter Written by the Previous Lubavitcher Rebbe Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn

Translated by Shimon Neubort; from the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch

Translator’s Introduction

Editor’s Jottings

Chapter One: Reb Simchah Zissel: Kalisk, Horodok, and Liozna

Chapter Two: Reb Mordechai and the Baal Shem Tov

Chapter Three: Reb Mordechai’s Foolish Fantasies

Chapter Four: Davening: the Avodah of a Chossid

Chapter Five: Reb Chayim’s Foolish Fantasies

Chapter Six: The Maggid of Dubravna

Chapter Seven: After Yom Kippur with the Maggid

Chapter Eight: The Day of G-d’s Name

Chapter Nine: Doubts About the Maggid: Reb Avrohom Shaul and the Scholars

Chapter Ten: The Story of Pidyon Sh’vuyim

Chapter Eleven: The Story of the Three Brothers

Translator’s Note

Appendix A: Excerpts of a letter by the Previous Rebbe, referring to our story

Appendix B: Excerpts from the Previous Rebbe’s Memoirs concerning Reb Yissachar Dov Kabilniker

Appendix C: Excerpts from a biographical sketch of Reb Shmuel Dov Borisover, written by the Previous Rebbe

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Translated by Shimon Neubort; from the writings of Rabbi Yosef Yitzchok Schneersohn of Lubavitch

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