February 16, 2010
THE END OF PROPHECY
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From Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, “ Meditation and the Bible ” (Samuel Weiser or Jason Aronson edition), Chapter 8, “The Link,” pp. 93-94. The End of...
THE MYSTIC PATH
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From Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, “ Meditation and the Bible ” (Samuel Weiser or Jason Aronson edition), pp. 94-96; excerpt from Rabbi Chaim Vital, “...
THE GREAT MAGGID ON "NOTHINGNESS"
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Below are several translations from the Maggid’s teachings on “Nothingness ( Ayin )” from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan’s “Meditation and Kabbalah” (...
February 12, 2010
COMBINING MEDITATION AND PRAYER
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Translated by Dovid Sears Rabbi Elimelekh of Lizhensk, No'am Elimelekh (Likkutei Shoshanim, 105b) "Fortunate are those who dwell in...
February 11, 2010
THE WINGS OF PRAYER
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From Rabbi Perets Auerbach’s “The Science, Art and Heart of Hitbodedut.” This work-in-progress may be purchased by contacting the author by ...
MEDITATION AND RU’ACH HAKODESH
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The following meditation is from eighteenth century kabbalist Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Horowitz of Vilna’s Sefer HaBris (Book of the Covenant),...
February 7, 2010
GERUSHIN: DIVORCE FROM THE WORLD
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Judaism is overwhelmingly a world-affirming religion, even in its mystical dimension. However, as this excerpt from an academic survey of th...
February 1, 2010
SEA-SHORE HISBODEDUS
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The Chasidic Rebbe of Pinsk-Karlin sometimes spends time in hisbodedus by the sea, meditating and reciting Tehillim. Pictures courtesy of bh...
January 5, 2010
LETTING IN THE LIGHT
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This essay is an excerpt from an unpublished work tentatively entitled “The Seven Beggars’ Gifts” (previously “The Chandelier of Imperfectio...
December 15, 2009
ROOFTOP HISBODEDUS
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From Rabbi Perets Auerbach’s “The Science, Art and Heart of Hitbodedut.” Explanatory notes have been omitted from this online version. This ...
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