Alatah / Am To’ei Levav

In the first work, Deinard argues in his typical bracing way, that the Zohar is not to be ascribed to R. Shimon bar Yochai, and that its source, the Kabbalah, is of a pagan nature. In the second work, Deinard unleashes his fury against the Chassidic movement founded by Ba’al Shem Tov - whose very existence he doubts. Deinard similarly castigates those scholars of Chassidism, such as S.A. Horodetzky, who seek to portray the Movement in a positive light