Title: Paradigm shift : from the Jewish renewal teachings of Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi /
Authors: Schachter-Shalomi, Zalman, 1924-2014.; Singer, Ellen.
Publisher: Jason Aronson,
Year: 1993
Subjects: Spiritual life Judaism; Judaism; Prayer Judaism; Spiritual life New Age movement; New Age movement; Jewish renewal.
Abstract: "Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is one of the most innovative and inspiring rabbis in the Jewish world today. Often considered the "grandfather of the Havurah movement" and the most influential advocate of the rapidly growing movement of Jewish Renewal, Reb Zalman (as he is known by his countless students and admirers) has earned a reputation as a courageous, profoundly spiritual contemporary master." "Jewish Renewal, as Reb Zalman explains it, is based on Kabbalah, Hasidism, and other forms of Jewish mysticism. "Jewish Renewal does not want to abandon sacred and cherished traditions," teaches Reb Zalman. Rather, the "paradigm shift" advocates of Jewish Renewal call for asks that we recognize - as we have in the past - that there are newly emerging ways of looking at reality. Just as humankind had to adjust to the knowledge that the earth is not the center of the universe, so too do we today have to recognize that our understanding of our world has undergone significant change. Reb Zalman teaches that we must let go of the old paradigms rather than cling to these obsolete ways of thinking. In this book, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi offers what he calls "the journey of my own recontextualization of Judaism as helped by Jewish mysticism."".
Contents: Pt. I. Between Faith and Faith -- 1. The Sinai Gathering -- 2. The Dialogical Mentality -- 3. Bases and Boundaries of Jewish, Christian, and Moslem Dialogue -- 4. Jesus in Jewish-Christian-Moslem Dialogue -- 5. For They Bow Down to Emptiness and the Void -- 6. The Transcendental Experience: An Evening's Muse-ic -- Pt. II. Shoah -- 7. Some Dawn Thoughts on the Shoah -- 8. Jerusalem and the Complete Redemption -- Pt. III. Thinking About God, Reality, and Life -- 9. Patterns of Good and Evil -- 10. The Condition of Jewish Belief -- 11. Neo-Hasidism and Reconstructionism: A Not-Only-Imaginary Dialogue -- 12. What Can One Say about God? -- 13. When I Use the Word God, What Do I Mean? -- 14. Reformatting Our Theology -- 15. Practice of Spiritual Eldering -- Pt. IV. Davvenology: The Art and Science of Davvenen -- 16. On Mystical-Empirical Jewish Prayer -- A "Rap" -- 17. Spiritual Formation in Judaism -- 18. Introduction: Davvenology and the Four Worlds -- 19. Davvenen Poetry -- 20. An Affirmation on the Tree of Life -- 21. A Score for the Amidah -- 22. An Open Letter to the Honorable Teddy Kolleck -- 23. Transcending the Sefer Barrier -- Pt. V. Paradigm Shift -- 24. An Interview with Zalman Schachter-Shalomi -- 25. Meditations between Contractions -- 26. Gaia and Melekh HaOlam -- 27. Share-Flow -- 28. Yavneh II -- 29. Peace, Paradigm Shift, and Shadow -- 30. New Myths and Reality Maps.