Cover -- Contents -- CREDITS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION THE MESSIANIC ELEMENT IN HASIDISM -- CHAPTER ONE 8220;TIME DOES NOT ASSENT TO IT8221;8212;MESSIANIC STRAINSIN THE BESHT8217;S HOLY EPISTLE -- CHAPTER TWO THE ANNALS OF THE ZOLOCHEV DYNASTY -- CHAPTER THREE THE BEGINNING OF R. YEHIEL MIKHEL8217;S CAREER IN 5532 (1772) -- CHAPTER FOURLINKAGE -- CHAPTER FIVE A TIQQUN LEIL SHAVU'OT IN R. YEHIEL MIKHEL8217;S PRAYER HOUSE -- CHAPTER SIX ON THE CHARACTER OF THE GROUP -- CHAPTER SEVEN IYYAR 5541 (APRIL8211;MAY 1781)8212;THE DISSEMINATION OF THE TORAH8217;S MYSTERIES AND THE DEATH OF R. YEHIEL MIKHEL -- CHAPTER EIGHT THE SWEET FRUIT OF MESSIANISM -- CHAPTER NINE THE HASIDIC IMMIGRATION OF 5537 (1777) -- SUMMARY FROM ESOTERIC GROUP TO MASS MOVEMENT -- ANTHOLOGY DISCIPLES AND WRITINGS -- APPENDIX I THE BESHT8217;S HOLY EPISTLE8212;EDITIONS AND VERSIONS -- APPENDIX II HASIDIC CONDUCT LITERATURE INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE DESCENT FOR THE SAKE OF THE ASCENT -- CHAPTER TWO EQUANIMITY -- CHAPTER THREE TORAH STUDY -- CHAPTER FOUR PRAYER -- APPENDIX III FAMILY TREE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF PERSONALITIES.