Illuminating in Micrography (Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World, #51)
by Dalia-Ruth Halperin
In Illuminating in Micrography, Dalia-Ruth Halperin analyzes the Catalan Micrography Mahzor, a fourteenth-century Barcelonan manuscript in Israel's National Library. Decorated with micrography, the Jewish scribal art typical of Bible manuscripts, this mahzor, which includes a rich full-page panel micrography cycle, is unique. Along with the codicological and paleographical analysis, essential for understanding the scribe's thought and working processes, the author's meticulous reading of the mic...
These letters between two great German-speaking writers reflect the turmoil of 20th-century history. Celan and Sachs were united by their shared experience of persecution and exile.
Interpretaciones Biblicas Sefaradies
by Lauro Eduardo Ayala Serrano
Jewish Customs of Kabbalistic Origin (Emunot: Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah)
by Morris Faierstein
Jewish religious practice has been transformed by the Kabbalists of Safed in the sixteenth century. They brought new meaning and importance to many Biblical and rabbinic commandments and created new rituals that have become central practices for Jews of all denominations. This volume describes the origins of these traditions and explains the mystical meaning of these specific practices and rituals. Some of these innovations include: Kabbalat Shabbat, inviting the Ushpizin to the Sukkah, Tikkun L...
In Yearnings of the Soul, Jonathan Garb uncovers a crucial thread in the story of modern Kabbalah and modern mysticism more generally: psychology. Returning psychology to its roots as an attempt to understand the soul, he traces the manifold interactions between psychology and spirituality that have arisen over five centuries of Kabbalistic writing, from sixteenth-century Galilee to twenty-first-century New York. In doing so, he shows just how rich Kabbalah's psychological tradition is and how m...
The Mystery of the Earth (Supplements to the Journal of Jewish Thought and Philosophy)
by I Koren
This volume claims to offer the real secret of a happy and fulfilled life. Containing a simple truth, simply explained through moving tales, the book cuts across religions and has a powerful and inspirational message - for the whole of humanity. It is a saying that Berg's teacher, the late Rav Ashlag, learned from a mysterious stranger who became his own teacher, years ago in Jerusalem: "The only way to achieve true joy and fulfilment is by becoming a being of sharing". Our destiny is to experie...
Canciones De Shabat
