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Becoming a Congregation of Learners: Learning as a Key to Revitalizing Congregational LifeWith expert advice and experience garnered from congregations throughout North America, shows how transformative change is possible. A complete resource for all of us involved in, or interested in, energizing our spiritual communities.Author: Isa AronPublisher: Jewish Lights PublishingPublished: 11/01/2000Pages: 290Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.00h...
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Soul Judaism: Dancing with God in a New EraThe old must be made new, and the new must be made sacred. --Rav Avraham Kook, first Chief Rabbi of Israel From the author of the best-selling Living Judaism, here is an introduction to Judaism that is easy to read and easy to use...
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Let There Be Light: Modern Cosmology and Kabbalah: A New Conversation Between Science and ReligionIn Let There Be Light, Howard Smith, a research astrophysicist and traditionally observant Jew, explores how modern scientific understandings of the cosmos complement Judaism's ancient mystical theology, the Kabbalah. He argues that science and religion are not only compatible, but that a healthy, productive...
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The Image of God in the Garden of Eden: The Creation of Humankind in Genesis 2:5-3:24 in Light of the Mīs Pî, Pīt Pî, and Wpt-R Rituals of MCatherine McDowell presents a detailed and insightful analysis of the creation of â ~adam in Gen 2:5-3:24 in light of the Mesopotamian m's pî p't pî ("washing of the mouth, opening of the mouth") and the Egyptian wpt-r (opening of the mouth) rituals for...
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The Fall and Rise of Jerusalem: Judah Under Babylonian RuleThe period of the demise of the kingdom of Judah at the end of the 6th century B.C.E., the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, the exile of the elite to Babylon, and the reshaping of the territory of the new province of Judah,...
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Jews Without Judaism: Conversations with an Unconventional RabbiIt may fairly be said that religion plays virtually no part in the lives of most American Jews. So begins Daniel Friedman's provocative discussion of American Judaism. Friedman, a rabbi for almost forty years, has counseled thousands of Jews on the meaning of being...
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Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult TimesSome losses are so subtle they go unnoticed, some so overwhelming and cruel they seem unbearable. Coping with grief and experiencing loss overwhelms us in ways that seem both hopeless and endless. In painful moments like these, we must make a choice: Will we...
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Our Immoral Soul: A Manifesto of Spiritual DisobedienceA treatise on when and why to heed your soul's transgressive instinct, with examples drawn from biblical history and Hasidic lore. Rabbi Bonder turns a few conventional ideas on their heads as he identifies the forces at play in individual, social, and spiritual transformation....
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The Kabbalah of Money: Jewish Insights on Giving, Owning, and ReceivingThis book challenges us to take a broad and ethical view of economic behavior, which includes all forms of exchange and human interaction, from how we spend our money to how we fulfill our role as responsible human beings in a global economic framework....
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Kabbalah: The Way of The Jewish MysticThis pioneering, popular introduction to Jewish mysticism was the first survey written for a general audience, and it's now available in Shambhala Classics. Epstein presents the methods, schools, and legendary practitioners of Kabbalah, unraveling the web of ancient traditions hidden in such texts as...
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The Shambhala Guide to Kabbalah and Jewish MysticismJewish mystics from biblical times to the present have explored the hidden secrets of the Torah in quest of a single goal: to lose the self in the Infinite No-thingness (Ein Sof) and be at one with God. In language accessible to the layperson,...
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Above the Zodiac: Astrology in Jewish ThoughtAbove the Zodiac: Astrology in Jewish Thought uncovers the profound connection between Jewish mysticism and classic astrology by citing the many references scattered throughout Jewish literature to the influence of the stars on human destiny. Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson gives a month-by-month rendering of Jewish...
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The Encyclopedia of Jewish SymbolsJewish symbols reflect the interaction of word and image within Jewish culture. Jews have always studied, interpreted, and revered sacred texts; they have also adorned the settings and occasions of sacred acts. Calligraphy and ornamentation have transformed Hebrew letters into art; quotation, interpretation, legend,...
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Frumspeak: The First Dictionary of YeshivishFrumspeak examines the unique linguistic habits of Orthodox, native-born Americans. This book seeks to draw comparisons with parallel phenomena of Jewish linguistic creation including Yiddish and Ladino and reaches into the linguistic consciousness of the American Orthodox community to reveal how that community thinks,...
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Meditation and KabbalahThe Kabbalah is divided into three branches-the theoretical, the meditative, and the practical. While many books, both in Hebrew and English, have explored the theoretical Kabbalah, virtually nothing has been published regarding the meditative methods of these schools. This is the first book published...
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To Heal the Soul: The Spiritual Journal of a Chasidic RebbeWithin the vast and varied body of chasidic literature, rarely does one find a chasidic rebbe writing about himself. Those rebbes who did choose to put pen to paper tended to write expositions on biblical or rabbinical texts, and in many cases it was...
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Jews of a Saharan Oasis: Elimination of the Tamantit Community"Jews spread out from Israel into northern Africa after the Roman destruction of much of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. and settled in Saharan oases. Although there was no love for Jews after the birth of Islam five centuries later, Muslim Arabs accepted Jews' right...
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The Hasideans and the Origin of PharisaismAuthor: John KampenPublisher: Society of Biblical LiteraturePublished: 01/01/1989Pages: 252Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 8.54h x 6.40w x 0.66dISBN: 9781555402853This title is not returnable
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Hell's Flames to Heaven's Gate: A History of the Roman Catholic Church in NewfoundlandHow did a Catholic bishop stop the riot of 1861? Which British monarch physically assaulted a priest in St. John's? What ancient relics are kept at the Basilica? Did a British princess help build Newfoundland's greatest Catholic church? By mining Newfoundland's history and folklore,...
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The Rise of the Inquisition: An Introduction to the Spanish and Portuguese InquisitionsThousands of Jews forcibly converted to Christianity in Spain and Portugal were subjected to religious persecution for continuing to adhere to their ancestral faith. The Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions lasted for centuries, and when their attention on Judaizers ended, they switched to other concerns...
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