IsraelA Spiritual Travel Guide

A Companion for the Modern Jewish Pilgrim

Nonfiction, Travel, Middle East, Israel
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Author: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman ISBN: 9781580235723
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing Publication: December 1, 2004
Imprint: Jewish Lights Language: English
Author: Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman
ISBN: 9781580235723
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Publication: December 1, 2004
Imprint: Jewish Lights
Language: English
Be spiritually prepared for your journey in Israel.

The only travel guide to Israel that will help you to prepare spiritually for your visit. Combining, in quick reference format, ancient blessings, medieval prayers, biblical references, and modern poetry, it helps todays pilgrim tap into the deep spiritual meaning of the ancientand modernsites of the Holy Land. For each of 25 major tourist destinationsfrom the Western Wall to Masada to a kibbutz in the Galileeit gives guidance in sharply focused, four-step sections:

Anticipation: To read in advance. Information to help orient you in the sites historical context.

Approach: To read on the way there. Readings from traditional and modern sources to orient you in the sites spiritual context.

Acknowledgment: To read at the site. A prayer or blessing to integrate the experience into your spiritual consciousness.

Afterthought: Journaling space for writing your own thoughts and impressions.

More than a guidebook: It is a spiritual map of the Holy Land.
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Be spiritually prepared for your journey in Israel.

The only travel guide to Israel that will help you to prepare spiritually for your visit. Combining, in quick reference format, ancient blessings, medieval prayers, biblical references, and modern poetry, it helps todays pilgrim tap into the deep spiritual meaning of the ancientand modernsites of the Holy Land. For each of 25 major tourist destinationsfrom the Western Wall to Masada to a kibbutz in the Galileeit gives guidance in sharply focused, four-step sections:

Anticipation: To read in advance. Information to help orient you in the sites historical context.

Approach: To read on the way there. Readings from traditional and modern sources to orient you in the sites spiritual context.

Acknowledgment: To read at the site. A prayer or blessing to integrate the experience into your spiritual consciousness.

Afterthought: Journaling space for writing your own thoughts and impressions.

More than a guidebook: It is a spiritual map of the Holy Land.

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