From Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, “ Meditation and the Bible ” (Samuel Weiser or Jason Aronson edition), Chapter 8, “The Link,” pp. 93-94. The End of...

From Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, “ Meditation and the Bible ” (Samuel Weiser or Jason Aronson edition), pp. 94-96; excerpt from Rabbi Chaim Vital, “...

Below  are several translations from the Maggid’s teachings on “Nothingness ( Ayin )” from Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan’s “Meditation and Kabbalah” (...

Translated by Dovid Sears Rabbi Elimelekh of Lizhensk, No'am Elimelekh (Likkutei Shoshanim, 105b) "Fortunate are those who dwell in...

From Rabbi Perets Auerbach’s “The Science, Art and Heart of Hitbodedut.” This work-in-progress may be purchased by contacting the author by ...

The following meditation is from eighteenth century kabbalist Rabbi Pinchas Eliyahu Horowitz of Vilna’s Sefer HaBris (Book of the Covenant),...

Judaism is overwhelmingly a world-affirming religion, even in its mystical dimension. However, as this excerpt from an academic survey of th...

The Chasidic Rebbe of Pinsk-Karlin sometimes spends time in hisbodedus by the sea, meditating and reciting Tehillim. Pictures courtesy of bh...

This essay is an excerpt from an unpublished work tentatively entitled “The Seven Beggars’ Gifts” (previously “The Chandelier of Imperfectio...

From Rabbi Perets Auerbach’s “The Science, Art and Heart of Hitbodedut.” Explanatory notes have been omitted from this online version. This ...