Just imagine it: a sacred stream, luminous and ubiquitous, a river of light." -from the Preface to the Anniversary Edition This is an invitation to wade into a deeper spiritual consciousness.
Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Mystical Awareness
ISBN: 1580230962
Category: Religion
Page: 0
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"Despite the obvious contradictions, complexity, and apparent randomness that assault any human being day after day, everything is somehow nevertheless connected, orchestrated. The universe is filled with meaning.... In Jewish mysticism, the river is a metaphor for the Holy Oneness that unifies all creation. Just imagine it: a sacred stream, luminous and ubiquitous, a river of light." -from the Preface to the Anniversary Edition This is an invitation to wade into a deeper spiritual consciousness. Taking us step-by-step, Kushner helps us to allow "the river of light"-the deepest currents of consciousness-to rise to the surface and animate our lives.
"For most of us, only at the end of a lifetime do we begin to understan that even our life stories are sacred and that God has been involved all along."---from "The Life of Torah" --
Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580234412
Category: Religion
Page: 258
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"For most of us, only at the end of a lifetime do we begin to understan that even our life stories are sacred and that God has been involved all along."---from "The Life of Torah" --
Quite simply, the easiest introduction to Jewish mysticism you can read. An insightful and absorbing introduction to the ten gates of Jewish mysticism and how it applies to daily life.
Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580230735
Category: Jewish meditations
Page: 176
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Quite simply, the easiest introduction to Jewish mysticism you can read. An insightful and absorbing introduction to the ten gates of Jewish mysticism and how it applies to daily life.
Examines Jewish theology together with psychology, the physical sciences, and mysticism to explore Abraham's biblical journey into consciousness and its relation to modern concepts of spirituality and self-discovery
"The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition" allows us to experience and understand mysticism s inexpressible reverence before the awe and mystery of creation, and celebrate this rich tradition s quest to transform our ordinary reality into ...
Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Lights Pub
ISBN: STANFORD:36105110372963
Category: Cabala
Page: 234
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An accessible introduction to the concepts of Jewish mysticism, their religious and spiritual significance, and how they relate to our lives. "The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition" allows us to experience and understand mysticism s inexpressible reverence before the awe and mystery of creation, and celebrate this rich tradition s quest to transform our ordinary reality into holiness.
An inspiring spiritual companion that provides fresh insights and meditations into traditional Jewish liturgy for people of all backgrounds.
Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580232388
Category: Religion
Page: 178
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An inspiring spiritual companion that provides fresh insights and meditations into traditional Jewish liturgy for people of all backgrounds. Brings the prayerbook to life and shows how to put more of yourself into the holy words of the Jewish tradition.
The River of Light: Jewish Mystical Awareness. Special anniversary edition. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing. ———. The Way Into Jewish Mystical Tradition. Woodstock, VT: Jewish Lights Publishing. A brilliant explanation of the ...
Author: Jeffrey K. Salkin
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580232609
Category: Religion
Page: 213
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PMA Best Religion Book of the Year The inspiring guide to spiritual celebration used in hundreds of congregations Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist revised and expanded "Parents and their children acutely feel the social pressures that surround bar and bat mitzvah. But they want to feel the spiritual promise of the event, the pull of the divine, and the knowledge that they are participating in an event that has meaning both in the ancient past and in the very immediate present. They want to know that the steep incline before them is their family's own version of Sinai, the summit where, in every generation, Jews meet God, individually and as a people. They want to know that bar and bat mitzvah can be a path to that summit. And they want to know how to get there. . . . This book can be their guide." from "Why This Book Was Born" Helps people find core spiritual values in American Jewry's most misunderstood ceremony bar and bat mitzvah. In a joining of explanation, instruction and inspiration, Rabbi Salkin helps both parent and child truly be there when the moment of Sinai is recreated in their lives. Rabbi Salkin asks and answers questions that make parents and children more comfortable with the event and able to experience it more joyfully. How did bar and bat mitzvah originate? What is the lasting significance of the event? What are the ethics of celebration? What specific things can you do to reclaim the spiritual meaning of the event? How to further develop spirituality? What spiritual values can parents and young people build together? To help guide friends and family who are not Jewish through this important Jewish life cycle event, Rabbi Salkin provides a brief, welcoming overview: "What Non-Jews Should Know About the Bar and Bat Mitzvah Service.""
In the incomparable manner of his award-winning "The Book of Letters: A Mystical Alphabet", Kushner now lifts up and shakes the dust off 30 primary religious words used to describe the spiritual dimension of our lives.
Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580230209
Category: Religion
Page: 163
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In the incomparable manner of his award-winning "The Book of Letters: A Mystical Alphabet", Kushner now lifts up and shakes the dust off 30 primary religious words used to describe the spiritual dimension of our lives.
Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer By Lawrence Kushner and Nehemia Polen 51⁄2 x ... 978-1-58023-150-3 $12.95 The River of Light:Jewish Mystical Awareness 6 x 9,192 pp,Quality PB,978-1-58023-096-4 ...
Author: Anita Diamant
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580232517
Category: Family & Relationships
Page: 322
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The practical, inclusive, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby. A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child into the world and the Jewish community and for commemorating this joyous event in family life.
Filling Words with Light: Hasidic and Mystical Reflections on Jewish Prayer By Lawrence Kushner and Nehemia Polen 51⁄2x81⁄2, ... Quality PB,978-1-58023-150-3 $12.95 The River of Light:Jewish Mystical Awareness 6 x 9, 192 pp, Quality PB, ...
Author: Erica Brown
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN: 9781580234016
Category: Religion
Page: 226
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This clarion call to the Jewish community explores the purpose, possibilities, and limitations of peoplehood as a unifying concept of community for a people struggling profoundly with Jewish identity. It defines what peoplehood is--and is not--and explores both collective and personal Jewish identity and the natue of identity construction.