The gate behind the wall
Subtitle: a pilgrimage to Jerusalem
By: Samuel Heilman.
Publisher: Summit Books
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: Heilman, Samuel C. -- Religion.; Orthodox Judaism -- Jerusalem.; Talmud Torah (Judaism); Jews -- Jerusalem -- Social life and customs.; Jerusalem -- Social life and customs.
Description: A personal narrative, in novel form, about the authors departure from and return to the world and texts of Judaism. in dealing with the dilemma of integrating modern science with his ancient heritage, he Embarks on a pilgrimage of ...

(Cont.) ... discovery which takes him from Brookline, ma to Jerusalem, Israel where he encounters the magical wonders of mysticism, students & scholars of Torah, & the Talmud, which together help him discover the spirit that enables ...

(Cont.) ... him to link past with present.