"Hasidism is the willingness to make ourselves transparent to God's grace and will, to live in the authentic Presence of God—nokhah p'nai Ha'Shem—as if facing God in every moment, allowing this awareness to change our behavio...

In 2004, as a private gift for Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's 80th birthday, a number of his students and colleagues were invited to contribute to a festschrift or commemorative volume in his honor. To make the volume truly unique, ...