Chassidicideas, history,leaders,literary heritage- that's whatweare aimingto tell.You will meetwith RabbiYisroelBaal ShemTov, orBesht-the founder ofHasidism,the great,with his successor,Franz Kafka, and witha whole galaxy oftheir students,each of whomhas made aspecial contribution to thework of the ministryGod andhis people.Particularattention is given toRabbi SchneurZalman-Alter Rebbe, founder ofChabad.
At the endof each chapterfor additionalliterature.And,for example,in the section onthe Besht, certaininformationin the mainpart of the chapterdoes notmatch the dataof additional literature, becausethe identity ofthe greatteachersduring the life ofa legend, and theexact detailsof his lifelittle is known.
Undoubtedly,because ofthe enormouscapacity oftopics welimited ourselves toa summary ofthe mostmaterial.However,we hopethat this collectionwill fulfill itspurpose - tohelpform an ideaof the treasuresof Chassidicphilosophy andlife in accordance withits values.