Tormented Master: The Life and Spiritual Quest of Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav

Arthur Green. Jewish Lights Publishing, $19.99 (408pp) ISBN 978-1-879045-11-8

This major biography of Rabbi Nahman (1772-1810) elucidates the Eastern European Hasidic leader's influence on modern-day Hasidism, while presenting his thought in an accessible fashion. (Aug.)

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