17th century Polish and Ukrainian Jewry faced genocidal massacres, communal collapse, poverty, and social rifts, followed by the unbearable disappointment of a false Messiah, and the rise of corrupt rabbinical leadership.
Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov then stepped into this void with the teachings of Chassidism.
This video was produced for Lesson 5 of Great Debates in Jewish History, a course by the Rohr Jewish Learning Institute.
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Those scenes from the faithful Shepherd bring back amazing childhood memories!
On top of that it’s an amazing and informative clip 🙂
Do you have the next video available of what he did when he came on the scene.
That would be excellent for 19th Kiselve 🙂
Good Yom Tov
This video really depicts the state of the jews in a very real way.