Zalman Schachter Shalomi: 11 books
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2015
Once, when Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi was still a young Hillel director, he took his students to meet the seventh Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902-1994). To his embarrassment, one of his students asked the Rebbe, "What is a rebbe good for?" But the Rebbe was not offended...
My Life in Jewish Renewal
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2012
This powerful memoir chronicles the life of one of America’s most celebrated rabbis—Rabbi Zalman M. Schachter-Shalomi, or “Reb Zalman” as he is fondly known to friends and followers. The book traces his life from a youth in the shadow of the Nazis through the tumultuous 1960s in America to...
From Age-ing to Sage-ing
A Revolutionary Approach to Growing Older
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2008
Over two decades ago, beloved and respected rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi felt an uneasiness. He was growing older, and fears about death and infirmity were haunting him. So he decided to embark on mission to get to the bottom of his fears. Through a series of events that included a vision quest...
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
IN THE LATE 1950's, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, better known as 'Reb Zalman,' penned what was perhaps the first book on Jewish meditation and contemplative Judaism in English. It was called, The First Step: A Primer of a Jew's Spiritual Life, and was printed in a simple stapled booklet edition...
by Netanel Miles-Yepez, Zalman Schachter-Shalomi
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
"Hasidism is the willingness to make ourselves transparent to God’s grace and will, to live in the authentic Presence of God—nokhah p’nai Ha’Shem—as if facing God in every moment, allowing this awareness to change our behavior, to make sacred acts out of potentially profane and purely secular...
by Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Netanel Miles-Yepez
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2014
In this wide-ranging essay, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi and Netanel Miles-Yépez explore the profound implications of the kabbalistic idea of Tzimtzum, the 'contraction' of God that allows for Creation, through different paradigms of Jewish belief over the centuries, and look at its function in Judaism and Jewish practice today.
Jewish with Feeling
A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Taking off from basic questions like “Why be Jewish?” and whether the word God still speaks to us today, Reb Zalman lays out a vision for a whole-person Judaism. This is not only Sinai then but Sinai now, a revelation of the Torah inside and all around us. Complete with many practical suggestions...
Davening
A Guide to Meaningful Jewish Prayer
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Offers you new ways to pray, new channels for communicating with God and new opportunities to open your heart to Gods response, from one of the most important spiritual teachers in contemporary American Judaism.
The Jewish Lights Spirituality Handbook
A Guide to Understanding, Exploring & Living a Spiritual Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
What is “Jewish Spirituality”? How do I make it part of my life?
Today’s foremost spiritual leaders share their ideas and experience.
Whether you are just curious, intently searching for greater personal meaning, or actively seeking ideas, information, practices and inspiration to enrich...
First Steps to a New Jewish Spirit
Reb Zalman's Guide to Recapturing the Intimacy & Ecstasy in Your Relationship with God
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
"A personal guide to the life-giving treasures of the Jewish spiritual tradition.The classic born-again experience is a sudden, discontinuous event. For a person growing with God in daily practice, there is likely to be less drama. The experience will be more gentle, natural, and easier on your immediate...
Jewish Men Pray
Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day.
"An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary,...