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1. ‘He passed away because of cutting down a fig tree’: The similarity between people and trees in Jewish symbolism, mysticism and halakhic practice

Author

Abraham O. Shemesh

Subjects
people and trees, cutting down trees, jewish symbolism, halakhic practice, jewish beliefs, judah he-ḥassid, sefer ḥassidim, popular beliefs, naḥman of braslav, ba’al shem tov., The Bible, BS1-2970, Practical Theology, BV1-5099
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Comparing people to trees is a customary and common practice in Jewish tradition. The current article examines the roots and the development of the image of people as trees in Jewish sources, from biblical times to recent generations (Bible, classical rabbinical literature, medieval to modern rabbinic literature and popular culture), as related to the prohibition against destroying fruit trees. The similarity between humans and trees in the Jewish religion and culture was firstly suggested in biblical literature as a conceptual-symbolic element. However, since the Amoraic period (3rd–5th centuries CE), this similarity was transformed to a resemblance bearing mystical and Halakhic (Jewish Law) implications. Various sources in rabbinical literature describe trees as humans that may be spoken to or yelled at to produce fruit. Cutting down a tree was perceived by the rabbis of the Talmud (3rd–5th centuries CE) not only as an unethical act or vandalism, but also as a hazard: the death of the tree corresponds to the death of the person who resembles it. All societies, cultures and religions have a system of values and practices that are aimed at shaping people, society and the environment according to a certain worldview. Contribution: The discussion in this article on the relationship between religion-culture and nature (plants) indicates how the Jewish religion shaped believers’ attitude to the world of flora over the generations by transforming the man-tree comparison into one with binding and even threatening practical religious meaning.

Published
2020
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2. Medieval Pietism in German Jewish Communities and the socio-religious Representation present in Sefer Hasidim

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Barros, Cristiano Ferreira de, Sancovsky, Renata Rozental, Pereira, Raquel Alvitos, and Thompson, Celso P?ricles Fonseca

Subjects
Ashkenazi Judaism, Juda?smo Ashkenazi, Sefer Hassidim, Hist?ria, Pietism, Pietismo
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Submitted by Celso Magalhaes (celsomagalhaes@ufrrj.br) on 2019-10-30T13:27:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2014 - Cristiano Ferreira de Barros.pdf: 965357 bytes, checksum: f9d4d6d9197013af49b9d6dcdd9ca1e6 (MD5) Made available in DSpace on 2019-10-30T13:27:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2014 - Cristiano Ferreira de Barros.pdf: 965357 bytes, checksum: f9d4d6d9197013af49b9d6dcdd9ca1e6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-05-29 Funda??o Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo ? Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - PAPERJ Throughout the second half of the twelfth century and the first quarter of the thirteenth century starts the production of Hasidei Ashkenaz (Pietists of ?Germany?) in the context of Ashkenazi Judaism. The Pietism defended by this Jewish circle, especially regarding to the Sefer Hasidim, main work of Pietism that talks about a new proposal of religiosity, in which implied precepts of what was expected by God to the lives of jews, not captured in its entirety in protocol knowledge of Jewish tradition comes to light through a set of ascetic guidelines and practices and an even more rigorous penitential process that its adherents should follow. The precepts defined in Sefer Hasidim, from intense dialogues with Jewish tradition, with other forms of mysticism present in Judaism and contemporary Ashkenazi intellectual production, points to the social reorganization of adherents of Pietism versed in its with relation to the other Jews. Likewise, jewish-christian relations, sometimes approaching and sometimes distancing themselves, shall form the basis of socio-religious conception that the Sefer Hassidim will discuss, forged between interactions, conflicts, strategies and practices Ao longo da segunda metade do s?culo XII e primeiro quartel do s?culo XIII, surge a produ??o dos Hassidei Ashkenaz (Pietistas da ?Alemanha?) no contexto do Juda?smo Ashkenazi. O Pietismo defendido por esse c?rculo judaico, sobretudo no que concerne ao Sefer Hassidim, principal obra Pietista, discursa sobre uma nova proposta de religiosidade, na qual preceitos impl?citos daquilo esperado por Deus para a vida dos judeus, n?o captados em sua totalidade nos saberes protocolares da tradi??o judaica, vem ? tona por meio de um conjunto de diretrizes e pr?ticas asc?ticas e um processo penitencial ainda mais rigoroso que seus adeptos deveriam seguir. Os preceitos delimitados no Sefer Hassidim, a partir de intensos di?logos com a tradi??o judaica, com outras formas de misticismo presentes no Juda?smo e com a produ??o intelectual ashkenazi contempor?nea a ele, apontam para a reorganiza??o social dos adeptos do Pietismo nele versado frente aos demais judeus. Da mesma maneira, rela??es judaico-crist?s, ora de aproxima??o, ora de afastamento, estar?o na base da concep??o sociorreligiosa que o Sefer Hassidim versar?, forjada em meio a intera??es, conflitos, estrat?gias e pr?ticas

Published
2014

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