Shem Mishmuel (שם משמואל) is the name of a nine-volume collection of inspirational essays on the Torah and Jewish holidays delivered by Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain, the second Sochatchover Rebbe, between the years 1910-1926. A major work in Hasidic thought, it synthesizes the Hasidism of Pshischa and Kotzk in the style of Sochatchov.
Bornsztain became known as the Shem Mishmuel after the title of this work, which was published posthumously.
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Shem Mishmuel (שם משמואל) is the name of a nine-volume collection of inspirational essays on the Torah and Jewish holidays delivered by Rabbi Shmuel Bornsztain, the second Sochatchover Rebbe, between the years 1910-1926. A major work in Hasidic thought, it synthesizes the Hasidism of Pshischa and Kotzk in the style of Sochatchov.
Bornsztain became known as the Shem Mishmuel after the title of this work, which was published posthumously.
The title comes from Tractate Shabbat 12:3, which describes the prohibition against writing on Shabbat. According to the Gemara, one may not write two letters such as Shin and Mem, these being the first letters of the names Shimon and Shmuel — Shmuel, of course, being the Rebbe's first name.
The first eight volumes of Shem Mishmuel cover lessons on each of the parshiot of the Torah. They are not printed in the order of the parshiot, but in the order in which the Rebbe delivered these lessons to his followers. The ninth volume deals exclusively with the...
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