והנה בקהלת מהביל הכל ובשיר השירים היפוך מזה': לדרכו של ר'שמחה בונים מפשיסחה

Within Polish Hasidism, Przysucha has been repeatedly depicted as a 'rational' or 'reactionary' faction, which avoided miraculous and magic leadership, and minimized the place of Kabbalistic knowledge and practice. Recently it has been argued that this was not the case, and the common image was exaggerated and developed only in later accounts. According to this view, various authors (Hasidim, Maskilim, etc.) influenced each other and built images suitable to their own different agendas. In the present paper I suggest a reconstruction of the image of Rabbi Simcha Bunim's Hasidism. The research carefully examines the most reliable and earliest sources in order to paint an authentic picture of Przysucha. The paper focuses on Kabbalistic and mystical aspects of Przysucha, especially on the ideal of 'Midat Ayin' (=the Kabbala's feature of nothingness / infinity), and on the practical ways suggested by Rabbi Simcha Bunim to achieve it.