Hasidic Scriptures (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Leonie Sachs
- First Published: 1949
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Creation myth, Religion, God, Jews or Jewish life, Bible, biblical imagery, or biblical symbolism, Mysticism, Israel or Israelis, Middle East, Rabbis
The Poem
“Hasidic Scriptures” consists of twenty-nine lines divided into tercets, couplets, and one quatrain, all written in free verse. The title refers to the teachings of Rabbi Israel Ba’al Shem Tov (1700-1760), the founder of Hasidism, and draws the reader immediately into the context of Jewish mysticism. An epigraph preceding the poem comments on the mystical relationship between the Law of the Commandments and man’s physical experience. The first line, “All is salvation in the mystery,” which repeats throughout the poem, indicates Nelly Sachs’s belief that...
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