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The Baal Shem Tov on Prayer
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Narrated by:
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Shlomo Zacks
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By:
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Dovber Pinson
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In the year 1698, a great light was revealed to the world with the descent of the holy soul of the Baal Shem Tov. In time, the Baal Shem Tov became one of the most important and influential teachers of Torah in all of history, and the founder of Chassidus.
Among the vast repository of profound and revolutionary teachings of the holy Baal Shem Tov, the teachings on the path of Tefilah are the most elaborate. The teachings of the Baal Shem Tov on Tefilah include some of his most innovative expressions, or Chidushim. Tefilah is the essential and central tenet from which all other teachings flow.
In this masterful and practical text, Rav Pinson revives the awe-inspiring and transformational teachings of the Baal Shem Tov and illuminates his unique path to Tefilah.
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One of the best books on teffilah. A lot to absorb. I'm going to listen a few more times
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