Reincarnation and Judaism
Author: DovBer Pinson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 0765760649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReincarnation was, and continues to be, a fundamental tenet in Jewish belief."--BOOK JACKET.
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Author: DovBer Pinson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 0765760649
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReincarnation was, and continues to be, a fundamental tenet in Jewish belief."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Yonassan Gershom
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780765760838
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScattered throughout many kabbalistic and hasidic texts are numerous teaching stories with reincarnation as their central theme. Now, for the first time, you can read 70 of these fascinating tales in a single volume, collected and retold by master storyteller, Yonassan Gershom. The author begins with an over-view of basic themes about the afterlife, such as the judgement of souls before the Heavenly Court, the mystical significance of the Covenant at Sinai, the process of tikkun olam (repairing the universe), and some reasons why human beings return to earth in new bodies. He then takes you on an exciting journey through many centuries of Jewish tales, where you will meet dozens of saints and sinners, animals and humans, angels and mortals-all attempting to work out their past-life karma through applying the teachings of the Torah in earthly life. In order to make the classical stories understandable to the modern reader, each tale has been ex-panded to include clear explanations of cultural and religious details. So skillfully does Gershom weave this material into the narrative itself, that the reader scarcely notices how a gentle form of education is taking place. By the time you have finished the book, you will not only have been entertained, but will have completed an excellent introduction to Jewish spirituality as well. Both classical and contemporary tales are included here, from sources as widely varied as kabbalistic texts, folklore anthologies, and discussions on the Internet. Of special interest are several new tales collected by the author himself, which have never before appeared in print.
Author: Simcha Paull Raphael
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-04-15
Total Pages: 528
ISBN-13: 153810346X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the third edition of Jewish Views of the Afterlife, Rabbi Simcha Paull Raphael walks readers through the Jewish tradition of the afterlife while providing insights into spiritual care with dying and grieving individuals and families.
Author: Hartley Lachter
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2014-11-01
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 0813568765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe set of Jewish mystical teachings known as Kabbalah are often imagined as timeless texts, teachings that have been passed down through the millennia. Yet, as this groundbreaking new study shows, Kabbalah flourished in a specific time and place, emerging in response to the social prejudices that Jews faced. Hartley Lachter, a scholar of religion studies, transports us to medieval Spain, a place where anti-Semitic propaganda was on the rise and Jewish political power was on the wane. Kabbalistic Revolution proposes that, given this context, Kabbalah must be understood as a radically empowering political discourse. While the era’s Christian preachers claimed that Jews were blind to the true meaning of scripture and had been abandoned by God, the Kabbalists countered with a doctrine that granted Jews a uniquely privileged relationship with God. Lachter demonstrates how Kabbalah envisioned this increasingly marginalized group at the center of the universe, their mystical practices serving to maintain the harmony of the divine world. For students of Jewish mysticism, Kabbalistic Revolution provides a new approach to the development of medieval Kabbalah. Yet the book’s central questions should appeal to anyone with an interest in the relationships between religious discourses, political struggles, and ethnic pride.
Author: Yonassan Gershom
Publisher: A.R.E. Press (Association of Research & Enlightenment)
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780876042939
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs it possible that people living today died in the Holocaust? Rabbi Yonassan Gershom presents compelling evidence that supports this seemingly impossible phenomenon. Based on the stories of people he counselled, the author sheds new light on the subject of reincarnation and the divinity of the human soul. In addition to the fascinating case histories, Rabbi Gershom includes information on Jewish teachings regarding the afterlife, karmic healing, and prophecies. Available November, 1992. (A.R.E. Press)
Author: Brian Ogren
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2009-09-30
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9047444817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the theme of metempsychosis as discussed by scholars in Renaissance Italy, this book addresses the problematic question of the roles of Jews who lived in Italy in the development of Renaissance culture in its Jewish and its Christian dimensions.
Author: Elie Kaplan Spitz
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: 2001-12
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1580231659
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo know the answer is to find greater understanding, comfort and purpose in life--and in death. Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz relates his own experiences and those shared with him by people he has worked with as a rabbi, firsthand accounts that helped propel his own journey from skeptic to believer.
Author: Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Publisher:
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 534
ISBN-13: 9780972792400
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James David Dunn
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2022-09-26
Total Pages: 220
ISBN-13: 1666755877
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSome four hundred years before Albert Einstein proposed his theory of relativity of the outer universe to the scientific community, a rabbi named Isaac Luria (1534–1572) passed his theory of the inner universe and its evolution to his students. With vision given only to the most gifted of kabbalistic mystics, Luria explained the inner worlds of the spirit and of the evolution that led to the ultimate birth of our cosmos. In a selection of passages from Luria’s Kabbalah that is both universal and stand-alone in transcendental value, Professor James Dunn presents, for the very first time, the essence of the great rabbi’s teachings. According to Luria, the ultimate calling in this lifetime or in future lifetimes is to reharmonize (and hence remove) inherent imperfections through proper heart, and the teachings presented here have just this aim: to help “heal the broken vessel of the world” (tikkun olam). We all long to be healed and whole, and here scholars and lay people alike will find the wisdom they seek.
Author: Zvi Ish-Shalom
Publisher: Academic Studies PRess
Published: 2021-08-17
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1644696304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the sixteenth century, the famous kabbalist Isaac Luria transmitted a secret trove of highly complex mystical practices to a select groups of students. These meditations were designed to capitalize on sleep and death states in order to effectively split one’s soul into multiple parts, and which, when properly performed, permitted the adept to free oneself from the cycle of rebirth. Through an in-depth analysis of these contemplative practices within the broader context of Lurianic literature, Zvi Ish-Shalom guides us on a penetrating scholarly journey into a realm of mystical teachings and practices never before available in English, illuminating a radically monistic vision of reality at the heart of Kabbalistic metaphysics and practice.