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(agriculture following nature):
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SEIKYShne’ur Zalman of Lyady
(1745–1813)
. Founder of the
abad
asidism
movement in Judaism. A student of
Dov Baer
, he was set to compose an up-to-date
Shul
n Arukh
(publ. 1814). He became the
asidic leader of Reisen in 1788. By 1801 he was settled in Lyady and known as the ‘
Rav
of Lyady’. His
Likkutei Amarim
(Collected Sayings) is the principal text of the movement. The work is also known as
Tanya
and is, unlike most
asidic works, a systematic exposition. It is often referred to as the ‘written law of the
abad’; and Shne’ur Zalman is known as Ba‘al ha-Tanya.
. Founder of the
abadasidismmovement in Judaism. A student of
Dov Baer
, he was set to compose an up-to-date
Shul
n Arukh(publ. 1814). He became the
asidic leader of Reisen in 1788. By 1801 he was settled in Lyady and known as the ‘Rav
of Lyady’. His
Likkutei Amarim
(Collected Sayings) is the principal text of the movement. The work is also known as
Tanya
and is, unlike most
asidic works, a systematic exposition. It is often referred to as the ‘written law of theabad’; and Shne’ur Zalman is known as Ba‘al ha-Tanya.Other books
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