Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Judaism - Rituals & Practice

• This Haggadah doesn't just tell us what to do - it also tells us why. Why, for example, do we need to know that five rabbis once spent all night chatting at B'nei Brak? And why on earth do we have to weigh our parsley?
• Other Haggadahs constantly go off on various tangents and they never signpost when they're doing this and why. This Haggadah keeps you in the loop from start to finish.
• Other Haggadahs are either aimed at adults or purely at children. This Haggadah will suit everyone (which...

Flashes of insight surprising, entertaining, inspiring from one of the most creative spiritual thinkers in America.

"The goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing, running, manipulating, possessing, and processing that are the ineluctable redoubts of the ego. Not because these activities are bad or wrong or even narcissistic but because they preclude awareness of the Divine. To paraphrase the Talmud, God says, 'There ain't room enough in this here world...

An ancient spiritual practice rediscovered and re-imaginated for today.

This fascinating introduction to an ancient spiritual practice is for all of us who are searching for fresh spiritual insight. People of all faiths and even those with no particular religious involvement are discovering spiritual direction.

Traditionally identified with Christianity, but also resembling the relationship between teacher and student in Buddhism, sheikh and disciple in Islam, and rebbe and Hasid in Judaism, spiritual direction is a distinct kind of relationship for enhancing spiritual...

Drawing on the shifting liturgical texts, polemics, and apologetics concerning the prayer, Langer traces the transformation of the birkat haminim from what functioned without question in the medieval world as a Jewish curse of Christians, through its early modern censorship by...

Every religious community has been affected by the "sexual revolution." The conflict between contemporary attitudes and traditional practices has led to major divisions and controversies, particularly when focused on issues such as homosexuality. This is the first attempt to take abroad look at both the Jewish pioneers of modern sexual thought and the impact of the revolution on our understanding of past Jewish practices and culture. For the first time the writings of leading scholars in the field from the United States and the United Kingdom have been brought together to explore these...