@article{1bf9696a-0642-4197-a7af-78a3321bff80,
author = {Tsippi Kauffman},
title = {“Outside the Natural Order”: Temerl, the Female Hasid},
journal = {Studia Judaica},
volume = {2016},
number = {Nr 1 (37)},
year = {2016},
issn = {1506-9729},
pages = {87-109},keywords = {Keywords: Hasidism; Hasidic story; women; gender; Temerl; Simha Bunem of Przysucha; Josef Perl.},
abstract = {Abstract: Women are far more present in Hasidic tales than they are in Hasidic teachings. Temerl Sonnenberg-Bergson, a famous wealthy patron of Poland’s tsadikim, is the heroine of a number of Hasidic tales. She is esteemed for her support of tsadikim, but is looked upon as a woman who deviates from the rigid social order of which she is a part, making her a threat to community norms. This article focuses on the literary figure of Temerl, who, within Hasidic discourse, comes to represent a kind of hermaphrodite: on the one hand, her wealth augments her material, feminine side and intensifies her sexual attraction; on the other, her power and influence construct her as masculine, casting the tsadik whom she supports in a feminine role which he must strive to overcome.},
doi = {10.4467/24500100STJ.16.004.5350},
url = {https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/studia-judaica/artykul/outside-the-natural-order-temerl-the-female-hasid}
}