The Books On Chassidus Of My Ancestors

  • The Great Mission – The Life and Story of Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov. Compiled by: Eli Friedman. Translated by: Elchonon Lesches. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • The Great Maggid – The Life and Teachings of Rabbi Dovber of Mezhirech. By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • The Hasidic Tale. Edited by: Gedaliah Nigal. Translated by: Edward Levin. Published by: The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.
  • The Hasidic Parable. By: Aryeh Wineman. Published by: Jewish Publication Society.
  • The Religious Thought of Hasidism: Text and Commentary. Edited by: Norman Lamm, Published by: Michael Scharf Publication Trust of Yeshiva University.
  • Hasidism: The Movement and its Masters. By: Harry Rabinowicz, Jason Aronson. Out of print, though many titles in Jewish thought by Jason Aronson, were reissued by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. It is an expanded version of the earlier book by Rabinowicz, The World of Hasidism, published by: Hartmore House.
  • Wrapped in a Holy Flame: Teachings and Tales of The Hasidic Masters. By: Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Published by: Jossey-Bass.
  • The Zaddik: The Doctrine of the Zaddik According to the Writings of RabbiYaakov Yosef of Polnoy. By: Samuel H. Dresner, Published by: Jason Aronson publishers.
  • Communicating the Infinite: The Emergence of the Habad School. By: Naftali Loewenthal. Published by: University of Chicago Press.
  • Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav. By: Arthur Green. Published by: Jewish Lights Publishing.
  • A Passion for Truth. By: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Published by: Jewish Lights Publishing.
  • Tales of the Hasidim (includes both vol.1 The Early Masters and vol.2 The Later Masters). By: Martin Buber. Published by: Schocken books.
  • Lubavitcher Rabbi’s Memoirs: Tracing the Origins of the Chasidic Movement. By: Yoseph Yitzchak Schneersohn, Translated by: Nissan Mindel, Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • Souls on Fire – Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters. By: Elie Wiesel, Published by: Simon & Schuster.
  • The Earth is the Lord’s: The Inner World of the Jew in Eastern Europe. By: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Published by: Jewish Lights Publishing.
  • Rabbi Nachman’s Stories.Translated by: Aryeh Kaplan, Published by: Breslov Research Institute publication.
  • A Bridge of Longing: The Lost Art of Yiddish Storytelling. By: David G. Roskies, Published by: Harvard University Press.
  • On the Essence of Chassidus. By: Menachem Mendel Schneerson. Translated by: Y.Greenberg and S.S.Handelman, Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • Hasidism Reappraised. Edited by: Ada Rapoport-Albert, Published by: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.
  • The Mystical Origins of Hasidism. By: Rachel Elior. Published by: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.
  • Hasidic Prayer. By: Louis Jacobs. Published by: Littman Library of Jewish Civilization.
  • Torah Lishmah: Torah for Torah’s Sake in the Works of Rabbi Hayyim of Volozhin and His Contemporaries. By: Norman Lamm. Published by: Ktav Pub.
  • Hasidim: A Mystical Movement Within Eastern European Judaism. By: Yeshayahu Balog and Matthias Morgenstern. Published by: Institute of European History.
  • Wisdom, Understanding, and Knowledge: Basic Concepts of Hasidic Thought. By: Shmuel Boteach. Published by: Jason Aronson.
  • The Road from Letichev: The History and Culture of a Forgotten Jewish Community in Eastern Europe. By: David Chapin. Punished by: iUniverse.
  • Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society. By: Glenn Dynner. Published by: Oxford University Press.
  • Contemporary sages: The Great Hasidic Masters of the Twentieth Century.By Yaakov Avraham Finkel. Published by: Jason Aronson.
  • Founder of Hasidim. By: Moshe Rosman. Published by: University of California Press.
  • Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov. By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Liebermann.
  • The Arrest and Liberation of Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi. By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • Mystical Concepts in Chassidism.By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • The Mystical Tradition.By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • Deep Calling Unto Deep.By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • Chassidic Dimensions.By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • Tzava’at HaRivash: The Testament of Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov.By: Jacob Immanuel Schochet. Published by: Kehot Publication Society.
  • The Soul of Life: The Complete Neffesh HaChayyim. By: Reb Chayyim of Volozhin.
  • Holy Days: The World of a Hasidic Family. By: Lis Harris. Published by: Simon & Schuster.
  • Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters. By Elie Wiesel. Published by: Simon & Schuster.
  • Hasidic People: A Place in the New World. By: Jerome R. Mintz. Published by: Harvard University Press.
  • The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov. By: Yitzhak Buxbaum