In calligraphy by the author. Folktales about and exploration of the mystical meanings of the Hebrew Alphabet. Open the old prayerbook-like pages of The Book of Letters and you will enter a special world of sacred tradition and religious feeling. More than just symbols, all twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet overflow with meanings and personalities of their own. Rabbi Kushner draws from ancient Judaic sources, weaving Talmudic commentary, Hasidic folktales, and Kabbalistic mysteries around the letters. Each letter is illuminated and, together with the comments, is presented in the author s original calligraphy, recalling the look and feel of ancient medieval manuscripts.

The Book of Letters: A Mystical Alef-bait

KUSHNER, LAWRENCE

Children's Books

Harper&Row

"Honey from the Rock" wonderfully opens up to today's American reader the world of Jewish mystical tradition. Lawrence Kushner here reveals the rich variety of spiritual encounters: ten "gates" to religious transcendence. Autobiographical tales, age-old Jewish legends, and biblical quotations poetically usher the reader through each gate of mystical experience, from the wilderness of preparation, through learning to recognize messengers of the Most High, to the ultimate reunion with the Creator.

Honey from the Rock: Visions of Jewish Mystical Renewal [D'vash misela]

Harper & Row, New York

The River of Light

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

Religion & Spirituality

Judaism

Harpercollins

Honey from the An Introduction to Jewish Mysticism

Honey from the Rock: Ten Gates of Jewish Mysticism

The twenty-two letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the Aleph Beit, are not merely the building blocks of a language, but something far more profound. Each letter is an ancient key that can help unlock the great secrets of the spiritual world, a set of powerful symbols that can grant insight into the mysteries of our own souls. The Aleph Beit are part of Kabbalah, the teachings and wisdom of Jewish mysticism, and have been a closely guarded secret for centuries. According to the earliest known book on Jewish mysticism, The Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Creation), the entire universe was formed through the combinations of these twenty-two letters, and ancient mystics, drawing on the divine power residing in the letters, would meditate upon their forms, using them as portals through which they could discover the secrets of the past, the future and the human soul. Inspired by the tarot, another mystic system of divination and meditation, Richard Seidman has created The Oracle of Kabbalah. To unlock the power of the letters, the reader draws a card at random from the deck, and then, using the book as a guide, meditates upon the card's symbol. When one is uncertain or afraid, the cards will bring guidance and support. When one has questions about how to act, the cards will show you the path that is already deep inside you. And when one has questions about what is yet to come, the cards will reveal the answers already printed on your soul. As Seidman writes in his introduction, "Each letter is an archetype and each letter is a koan and each letter is a dream and each letter is a poem." These twenty-two letters, infused with the wisdom and philosophy of Kabbalah, form the basis of The Oracle of Kabbalah. Each of the twenty-two cards features one of the original Hebrew letters, and serves as both a guide and a teacher, initiating us into deeper levels of intuition and spiritual understanding, while helping us to discover the mystic potential the lies within us all.

The Oracle of Kabbalah: Mystical Teachings of the Hebrew Letters

Seidman, Richard

Thomas Dunne Books

God was in this place & I, I did not know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning (16pt Large Print Edition)

ReadHowYouWant

Kabbalah: A Love Story

Sometime, somewhere, someone is searching for answers . . . . . . in a thirteenth-century castle . . . on a train to a concentration camp . . . in a New York city apartment Hidden within the binding of an ancient text that has been passed down through the ages lies the answer to one of the heart’s eternal questions. When the text falls into the hands of Rabbi Kalman Stern, he has no idea that his lonely life of intellectual pursuits is about to change once he opens the book. Soon afterward, he meets astronomer Isabel Benveniste, a woman of science who stirs his soul as no woman has for many years. But Kalman has much to learn before he can unlock his heart and let true love into his life. The key lies in the mysterious document he finds inside the Zohar, the master text of the Kabbalah.

Literature & Fiction

United States

Crown

In the ancient Jewish practice of the kavannah (a meditation designed to focus one’s heart on its spiritual goal), Lawrence Kushner and David Mamet offer their own reactions to key verses from each week’s Torah portion, opening the biblical text to new layers of understanding. Here is a fascinating glimpse into two great minds, as each author approaches the text from his unique perspective, each seeking an understanding of the Bible’s personalities and commandments, paradoxes and ambiguities. Kushner offers his words of Torah with a conversational enthusiasm that ranges from family dynamics to the Kabbalah; Mamet challenges the reader, often beginning his comment far afield—with Freud or the American judiciary—before returning to a text now wholly reinterpreted. In the tradition of Israel as a people who wrestle with God, Kushner and Mamet grapple with the biblical text, succumbing neither to apologetics nor parochialism, asking questions without fear of the answers they may find. Over the course of a year of weekly readings, they comment on all aspects of the Bible: its richness of theme and language, its contradictions, its commandments, and its often unfathomable demands. If you are already familiar with the Bible, this book will draw you back to the text for a deeper look. If you have not yet explored the Bible in depth, Kushner and Mamet are guides of unparalleled wisdom and discernment. Five Cities of Refuge is easily accessible yet powerfully illuminating. Each week’s comments can be read in a few minutes, but they will give you something to think about all week long. Lawrence Kushner teaches and writes as the Emanu-El Scholar at The Congregation Emanu-El of San Francisco. He has taught at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City and served for twenty-eight years as rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts. A frequent lecturer, he is also the author of more than a dozen books on Jewish spirituality and mysticism. He lives in San Francisco. David Mamet is a Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright. He is the author of Glengarry Glen Ross, The Cryptogram, and Boston Marriage, among other plays. He has also published three novels and many screenplays, children's books, and essay collections.

Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

MAMET, DAVID

Christian Books & Bibles

Schocken

Kabbalah, Judaism's mystical tradition, is gaining popularity with seekers of varied backgrounds. Rabbi Lawrence Kushner, one of the most creative religious writers in America, has written a guide to Kabbalistic beliefs for those who wish in their hearts to be joined with God. Jo Gershman's inspired original art is dazzling. Title art is printed on a silver foil dust jacket.

Kabbalah: The Way of Light

Reference

Peter Pauper Pr

Rossel Books

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The Book of Letters: A Mystical Alef-bait

Honey from the Rock: Visions of Jewish Mystical Renewal [D'vash misela]

The River of Light

Honey from the Rock: Ten Gates of Jewish Mysticism

The Oracle of Kabbalah: Mystical Teachings of the Hebrew Letters

God was in this place & I, I did not know: Finding Self, Spirituality and Ultimate Meaning (16pt Large Print Edition)

Kabbalah: A Love Story

Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

Kabbalah: The Way of Light

The River of Light