The book does not analyze or study Hasidic Judaism or its masters. 067144171X Though the book thoroughly evokes the feeling of the Hasidic movement, it falls a little short of explaining the basis of their beliefs. To be fair I picked it up because of the author and I liked the title so I just got it in that pile of 28 books I bought. Stories told of stories old. Worth reading if the subject is of interest. Wiesel does not merely tell us, but draws, with the hand of a master, the portraits of the leaders of the movement that created a revolution in the Jewish world. We embrace radical hospitality. We’d love your help. I wonder how much that view is influenced by general 'lachrymose" views of observant Judaism, of Jewish history in general, by Wiesel's own view of Jewish life in Europe after the war, or of Hasidism in the decades following WW2 (which I'd think was much less stable that Hasidic life in N. America and Israel in the early 21st century).I did not care for this book.

Rather, Elie Wiesel has captured the essence of Hasidism through tales, legends, parables, sayings, and deeply personal reflections. There are many ways to tell truth, and this is truth as much as anything, it just wasn't what I expected. "Coming of age can be a tumultuous episode in our early life.

Souls on Fire is a loving, personal affirmation of Judaism, written with words and with silence. Instead, it tells stories about the Hasidic masters.

*In brief, it is just ok. Read other Wiesel first to get a feel for his style, otherwise you will be lost in this one.This is a truly inspirational book. I also didn't really like he brought so many of their teachings back to the Holocaust, which sort took me out of mode of thinkI think I got this for my bar mitzvah and never read it until now. Coming of age can be a tumultuous episode in our early life. I found the book Souls on Fire by Elie Wiesel to be somewhat difficult to folloThe book Souls on Fire by Elie Wiesel is really a collection of sayings and stories about 18th and 19th century Hasidic Jewish masters, who were leaders of a conservative religious Jewish movement in Eastern Europe. I did not care for this book. See also the blurb on the back which refers to "Hasidism's brief splendor", as if Hasidism has been declining since the Besht, or was ended entirely by the Holocaust. Eliezer Wiesel was a Romania-born American novelist, political activist, and Holocaust survivor of Hungarian Jewish descent. To be fair I picked it up because of the author and I liked the title so I just got it in that pile of 28 books I bought. It took me a bit to get my bearings in the book. The Great Migration was the movement of six million African Americans out of the South to urban areas in the Northeast, Midwest, and West between 1...In Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters, Elie Wiesel reenters, like an impassioned pilgrim, the universe of Hasidism. However, it was worth pushing through. I wish there were more, obviously, but Elie Wiesel does say at the end that he did not include all of them, and only included the ones that he thought were most important, which was of course colored by his childhood. by Simon Schuster While we get the sense that there is a spark, a fire that shapes their beliefs, where does that fire come from?

The author brings his profound knowledge of the Bible, the Talmud, Kabbala, and the Hasidic tale and song to this masterpiece, showing us that Elie Wiesel is perhaps our generation's most fervid "soul on fire. Yet Souls on Fire is not a simple chronological history of Hasidism, nor is it a comprehensive book on its subjeIn Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters, Elie Wiesel reenters, like an impassioned pilgrim, the universe of Hasidism. Still a captivating book. These 2 men were the founders of the Hasidic movement, a branch of Judaism. My husband says it's not an accurate history of Chassidus either.This book has affected me more deeply than any other I can think of.

An ultimately tragic story. Instead, it tells stories about the Hasidic masters. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. In Souls on Fire he continues to explore the Jewish past with passion and poetic prose.Beautifully captures the early Hassidic masters and the stories they told.

I was hoping for biographical information about all the chassidic masters. I wish there were more, obviously, but Elie Wiesel does say at the end that he did not include all of them, and only included the ones that he thought were most important, which was of course colored by his childhood. October 6th 1982 Nonetheless a deep warmth permeates throughout as we are guided through Wiesel ‘s personal journey into Hassidism.Engaging but not an easy read.

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