Author : Elliot K. Ginsburg
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 25,2 MB
Release : 2008-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1786949849
This classic study is concerned with the richly imagined world of kabbalistic myth concerning the sabbath as it developed from the late twelfth century to the early sixteenth century and with its activation in religious life via ritual. Combining the close textual readings of traditional scholarly enquiry with more innovative approaches, it makes an important contribution to the history of Jewish spirituality and to the understanding of myth and ritual.
Author : Yehuda Berg
Publisher : Kabbalah Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Cabala
ISBN : 9781571896025
In this concise but powerful book, noted scholar and teacher Yehuda Berg describes all of the basic elements involved in the Sabbath, as practiced by students of Kabbalah, and explains the reasons behind each one. In Kabbalah, the period between Friday sunset and Saturday sunset is very different from, and more important than, any of the other days of the week. Kabbalists believe that the Sabbath is the only day when the spiritual and physical worlds are united, making it the most powerful day. The Light force flows continually, giving the opportunity to refuel energy and rejuvenate the soul for the coming week. But, according to Kabbalah, the day is not one of rest, nor is it about worship; it’s about making a connection, which takes spiritual work. This book clearly explains how to make that connection.
Author : Eitan Fishbane
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,58 MB
Release : 2011-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781683364238
Enter into the wonder and mystery of the Sabbath through the teachings of the mystical masters. Offers a wide range of Hasidic writings previously unavailable in English that express the devotional and individual yearning of soulful Sabbath observance.
Author : Meir ben Ezekiel ibn Gabbai
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 22,85 MB
Release : 1989-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780887067808
The Sabbath has been one of the most significant and beloved institutions of Jewish life since late antiquity. Over a period of several centuries, the classical Kabbalists developed a rich body of ritual and myth that articulated a fresh vision of the Sabbath. The mystical understanding of the Sabbath was assimilated by virtually every Jewish community. This volume is a translation and critical commentary to Sod ha-Shabbat, a treatise on the mystical Sabbath by the influential Spanish-Turkish Kabbalist, R. Meir ibn Gabbai. This important text, the most systematic treatment of the Sabbath in classical Kabbalah, has been inaccessible to the English reader until now. The study includes an Introduction to ibn Gabbai's life and work, accompanied by extensive critical notes that clarify general problems of translation and place the work in its historical context. Broader theoretical issues regarding myth and the ritual process are also discussed.
Author : Eitan Fishbane, PhD
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 2012-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1580235387
Enter into the mystery of the Sabbath, into the wonder and light of the seventh day. "We live in a world dominated by speed and distraction, with demands for our attention at every turn.... We frequently forget the restorative blessing of stillness, our desperate need for rest ... a rest that brings us back to the center of existence, a calm that allows us to reconnect with the divine breath at the soul of All." —from the Introduction Enrich your spiritual experience of Shabbat by exploring the writings of mystical masters of Hasidism. Drawing from some of the earliest teachings in the family of the Ba'al Shem Tov through late nineteenth-century Poland and the homilies of the Sefat 'Emet, Eitan Fishbane evokes the Sabbath experience—from candle lighting and donning white clothing to the Friday night Kiddush and the act of sacred eating. Fishbane also translates and interprets a wide range of Hasidic sources previously unavailable in English that reflect the spiritual transformation that takes place on the seventh day—one that can shift your awareness into the realm that is all soul. Personal prayers of the Bratzlav (Breslov) Hasidic tradition express the spiritual dimension of Shabbat in the language of devotional and individual yearning.
Author : Simcha H. Benyosef
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,87 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781583308936
This devotional guide to the Sabbath and Jewish festivals is based on the teachings of a modern-day master of Kabbalah who happens to be a direct descendant of Rabbi Yitzchak Luria, the great sixteenth-century kabbalist. Written in an accessible style for the contemporary reader, Living Kabbalah invites us to establish a soul-union with God, particularly on those days in the Jewish calendar when a special Divine energy is available. It aims to produce in the reader the searing emotion needed to enter the altered state of consciousness in which one may relate to the Divine Presence and experience the beauty of Jewish life and religious observance.
Author : Leonora Leet
Publisher : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 47,82 MB
Release : 2004-09-29
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780892811892
This landmark work by an innovative modern Kabbalist develops a scientific model for kabbalistic cosmology and soul psychology. Derived from the kabbalistic diagram of the Tree of Life and the author's own Sabbath Star diagram, this universal model encodes the laws of all cosmic manifestation, giving a mathematical basis to many aspects of this mystical tradition and providing a new synthesis of science and spirituality that may well write a new chapter to the Kabbalah.
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Page : pages
File Size : 12,70 MB
Release : 2015-08
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ISBN : 9781571899484
Author : Abraham Joshua Heschel
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 22,34 MB
Release : 1951
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0374253218
Elegant, passionate, and filled with the love of God's creation, Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath has been hailed as a classic of Jewish spirituality ever since its original publication-and has been read by thousands of people seeking meaning in modern life. In this brief yet profound meditation on the meaning of the Seventh Day, Heschel introduced the idea of an "architecture of holiness" that appears not in space but in time. Judaism, he argues, is a religion of time: it finds meaning not in space and the material things that fill it but in time and the eternity that imbues it, so that "the Sabbaths are our great cathedrals."
Author : Arthur Kurzweil
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 50,71 MB
Release : 2006-11-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0471915904
See how ancient Jewish mystical traditions and rituals can transform your life Kabbalah For Dummies presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an “umbrella” for a complex assemblage of mystical Jewish teachings and codification techniques. Kabbalah For Dummies also shows how Kabbalah simultaneously presents an approach to the study of text, the performance of ritual and the experience of worship, as well as how the reader can apply its teaching to everyday life.
