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during the 1920s and 1930s. The text is based upon copies of the sermons made by Rabbi
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Weinberger: "Warmed by the Fire of the Aish Kodesh: Torah from the Hilulas of Reb Kalonymus Kalman Szapiro of Piaseczna", Adapted by Benjamin Wolf. Jerusalem, Feldheim Publishers, 2015.
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Phenomenology in The Study Of Jewish Mysticism: Imagery Techniques in the Teachings of Rabbi Kalonymus Kalman Shapira as a Case Study
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Yitzchok (May 25, 2016). "Igniting Jewish Souls with Sparks of Emunah: A conversation with Rabbi Moshe Weinberger of Aish Kodesh".
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Visualizing God to Achieve Intention and Cleaving during Prayer as part of the Hasidic Vision of R. K. K. Szapiro of Piaseczna
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Rabbi Kalonymus Kalmish Shapiro, the Piasechner Rebbe: His Holocaust and pre-Holocaust Thought, Continuity or Discontinuity?,
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The Holy Fire: The Teachings of Rabbi Kalonimus Kalman Shapiro, the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto
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To Heal the Soul: The Spiritual Journey of a Chasidic Rebbe
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