Jewish mysticism and the spiritual life
Subtitle: classical texts, contemporary reflections
By: edited by Lawrence Fine, Eitan Fishbane, and Or N. Rose
Edition: 2011 hardcover ed.
Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Woodstock, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781580234344
Subjects: Mysticism; Judaism; Spiritual life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: 1. "Pass not away?": yearning for a seamless life of connection / Nancy Flam; title: Seeking the sacred self / Jeremy Kalmanofsky; title: Yitro, (neo) Hasidism, and a new American piety / Shaul Magid; title: Approaching the thick cloud: working with obstacles in our spiritual growth / Sheila Weinberg; title: Who am I to go to Pharoah?? / Lawrence Kushner; title: The cry of redemption / Judith A. Kates; title: All this and maybe?: the doubting servant / Mimi Feigelson; title: Taking in the Torah of the timeless present / Gordon Tucker; title: Holiness in the kitchen / Chava Weissler; title: Eating as a spiritual ecosystem / Joel Hecker; title: Loving God with the evil impulse / Daniel Matt; title: A better way of being in the world, a way of compassion / Jonathan Slater; title: Rabbi Nahman's "od": an ode of redemption / Everett Gendler; title: Spiritual friendship: go among people who are awake and where a light shines brightly? / Lawrence Fine; title: Wrestling for love / Ebn Leader; title: The splendid bird: reflections on prayer and community / Barry W. Holtz; title: Praying from the depths; title: Melila Hellner-Eshed; title: The tainted produce: a parable of possibilities / Neil Rose and Carol Rose; title: Spiritual wounds / Michael Fishbane; title: Sarah: God's teacher of compassion / Or N. Rose; title: Crisis and repair, trauma and recovery / Haviva Pedaya; title: Shabbat candle lighting / Eitan Fishbane; title: Why do we need the mitsvot? / Ron Margolin; title: Jacob's remedy: a prayer for the dislocated / Nehemia Polen; title: On faith beyond perception: the Slominer Rebbe / Shai Held; title: Teyku: because Elijah lives on! / Zalman Schacter-Shalomi.