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The Baal Shem Tov, or Besht —  the founder of Chasidism — 
met the soul of the Messiah during an ascent to heaven. 
The Besht asked him, "When will the Master come?" 
The Messiah answered, "When your wellsprings break forth to the outside!" 
(from a letter written by the Besht to his brother-in-law about one of his soul ascents) 

 

NeoHasid.org was launched on the 10th anniversary of the first Chasidic egalitarian minyan, which Rabbi David Seidenberg founded in 1995, to help people integrate Chasidic customs, learning, and nusach into new contexts. NeoHasid.org is dedicated to the memory of Maidi Katz, who was a devoted participant in that minyan.

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Todah l'el elyon! ~ 11/5/2008

לעילוי נשמת עזריאל גודל בן אפרים הלוי וידידיה     for my father
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What's new? 11/2/2008

  • A prayer for voting, revised for the 2008 election. This prayer was covered in Associated Press, MSNBC, JTA, Forward, NJN and lots of blogs!
  • Links to Rabbi David's new articles on food, ecology and Judaism. Also, read an abstract of David's Tikkun article about the tension between human rights and ecology here.
  • Reb Zalman's nigun Bati LeGani ~ posted in my father's memory.
  • Everything about Chanukah on Neohasid!
  • New entries on the Moshav band, Rav Kook, the Rebbe's Ohel, Canfei and more filed under Culture.

    Features:

  • "Liberation and the Land" ~ Part 2 now available.
  • On the Kabbalah Centre.
  • StoptheFlood! Eco-Torah: The Land Ethic, Eco-Rambam, more.
  • Basics: Intro to Kabbalah, and a neohasid glossary, and links to everything on Neohasid related to gender issues.
  • Listen to Dovid Din's Shir Hama'alot.
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    I would like to dedicate the prayer for voting to the memory of Grace Paley, one of my rebbes. May her dynamic presence and political savvy inspire us to action.


    "Chasidic-Egalitarian"?
    I guess it's not an oxymoron anymore.

    —David Roskies, JTS professor of Yiddish Literature,
    after the first meeting of the Chasidic Egalitarian minyan in 1995

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       The real issue of our age is how we make a graceful and ethical descent from the energy peak. ~ David Holmgren      

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    NeoHasid.org is dedicated to bringing the wellsprings of Chasidut as far as the internet can carry them–an open door to Chasidic songs and traditions (aka "Chasidus"), for everyone: women and men, religious or secular, however observant, connected to a Jewish community or not. Neohasid.org also features eco-Torah, egalitarian liturgies, and cultural reports on the new Chasidim. The vision for NeoHasid is egalitarian: everyone is invited to create and use these resources, and to share them with their communities. Connect here with the spirit and song of Chasidut and with the new Chasidus.

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