Jason: 1411 books
by Aryeh Kaplan
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
The 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...
A Student's Obligation
Advice from the Rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1995
The last hasidic rebbe of the Warsaw Ghetto explores many facets of spiritual growth and character development.
Reincarnation and Judaism
The Journey of the Soul
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 1999
This is a comprehensive look at the intriguing concept of reincarnation as taught by the masters of the Kabbalah and as analyzed by major Jewish thinkers throughout history. Rabbi DovBer Pinson, born and raised in a Hasidic family immersed in the study of Jewish mystical thought, has made a thorough...
Building Blocks of the Soul
Studies on the Letters and Words of the Hebrew Language
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1996
In this intensive study of Hebrew letters and words, Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson uses gematria (interpretive Jewish numerology) to reveal the mysterious correlation between Jewish ethics and practices and the numeric values of Hebrew words which name and describe them. This profound and lucid exploration...
Holy Brother
Inspiring Stories and Enchanted Tales about Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2002
Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach was one of the most original and inspired Jewish personalities of the twentieth century. In this incredible volume, Yitta Halberstam Mandelbaum, a devoted student of Reb Shlomo, gathers dozens of stories about this charismatic, loving Jewish leader. The episodes retold here...
Symbols of the Kabbalah
Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Symbols of the Kabbalah: Philosophical and Psychological Perspectives provides a philosophical and psychological interpretation of the major symbols of the theosophical Kabbalah. It shows that the Kabbalah, particularly as it is expressed in the school of Isaac Luria, provides a coherent and comprehensive...
by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008
The Life and Teachings of Hillel provides the most comprehensive treatment ever published of one of the greatest figures in Jewish tradition. Yitzhak Buxbaum weaves together the various stories about Hillel along with his teachings and sayings to develop this ground-breaking portrait, shedding new...
The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer
The Ashkenazic and Sephardic Rites
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1996
Fifteen years in the making, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer is a monumental achievement. Never before has such a comprehensive resource been available to those searching for answers to questions on Jewish prayer. Macy Nulman has provided, in one unique, accessible volume, information on each and...
In Praise of Baal Shem Tov (Shivhei Ha-Besht
the Earliest Collection of Legends About the Founder of Hasidism)
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1976
In Praise of the Baal Shem Tov is the first complete English translation of the tales surrounding the Besht, a rabbi and kabbalistic practitioner whose teachings bolstered the growing Hasidic movement in the eighteenth century. An important source on the life, philosophy, and mystical works of the...
by Aharon Ziegler
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2001
The second volume of Halakhic Positions of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik continues to provide the modern reader with a glimpse into the illustrious and meaningful halakhic opinions of this highly revered Jewish scholar.
Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik (1903-1993), commonly known as "the Rav,"...
by Yitzhak Buxbaum
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999
The Jewish mystic path and its practices to attain God-consciousness.
Living Waters
The Mei HaShiloach
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Living Waters - The Mei HaShiloach: A Commentary on the Torah by Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Isbitza (1800-1854) is the collected teachings on the Torah by the hasidic master Rabbi Mordechai Yosef of Isbitza. Born in Poland to a rabbinic family, Reb Yosef was a student of Reb Simcha Bunem of Pshiske....
Hasidic Williamsburg
A Contemporary American Hasidic Community
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1995
Hasidic Williamsburg recounts the dramatic emergence of this unique community in the face of major crises. It is the story of the loyalty of its members to their rebbes and their teachings and to the milieu they created in an old Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Based on his previous book...
Sparks of Light
Essays on the Weekly Torah Portions Based on the Philosophy of Rav Kook
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
The author writes: "Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak HaCohen Kook (5635-5695/1865-1935) was one of the greatest Jewish leaders of recent history. He was steeped in Jewish knowledge of all kinds, a master of halacha, Talmud, and Jewish philosophy, and he also had a good knowledge of the general philosophy...