Gerus Guide - The Step By Step Guide to Conversion to Orthodox Judaism
The Gerus Guide is the only book on the market that provides a step-by-step guide to Orthodox Jewish conversion. Drawing from over 25 years of experience counseling hundreds of candidates through the process, Rabbi Aryeh Moshen lays out a roadmap that's been proven successful time and again. Here, you'll find a comprehensive guide to keeping Kosher and observing the Sabbath, finding your community, Jewish prayer, and everything you need to live as an Orthodox Jew on a daily basis.
Kabbalah and the Age of the Universe
Kabbalah and the Age of the Universe
Emmanuel Levinas and the Limits to Ethics
Emanuel Levinas and the Limits to Ethics highlights how radically different Jewish ethics is from Christian ethics, and the profound affinities that subsist between Jewish ethics and philosophical and political liberalism. The philosophy of Emmanu...
Sefer Yetzirah- The Book Of Creation
The Sefer Yetzirah is perhaps the oldest and most mysterious of all kabbalistic texts. In this landmark work of mystical studies, Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan brings the text’s theoretical, meditative, and magical implications to light. The book explores the dynamics of the spiritual domain, the worlds of the sefirot, souls and angels. Rabbi Kaplan explains that when properly understood the Sefer Yetzirah becomes an instruction manual for a very special type of meditation meant to strengthen concentration and to aid in the development of telekinetic and telepathic powers. Through the use of various signs, incantations, and divine names, initiates could also influence or alter natural events. This translation includes the meditation in five dimensions, the transition from binah to chakhmah consciousness, the point of infinity, kabbalistic astrology, Ezekiel’s vision according to the Sefer Yetzirah, and the mystery of the 231 gates. Also included is a digest of all major commentaries on the text of the Sefer Yetzirah and a bibliography of many of the major kabbalistic works that discus it, as well as extensive notes regarding the various aspects of the translation. Rabbi Kaplan’s translation is based on the Gra version of the text, which is thought to eb the most authentic. Also included is the short version, the long version, and the Saadia version, making this volume the most complete work on the Sefer Yetzirah available in English.
Meditation and Kabbalah
A lucid in-depth presentation of the meditative techniques and practices used by the ancient Kabbalists. ¿ The Kabbalah is divided into three branches-the theoretical, the meditative, and the magical. While many books, both in Hebrew and English, ...
Israel's Intelligence Assessment Before the Yom Kippur War
Israel's flawed intelligence assessment in October 1973 has been studied intensively and been the subject of much public and professional debate. This book adds a unique dimension to previously disclosed material, as its author served as head of t...
Meditation and Kabbalah
The Kabbalah is divided into three branches-the theoretical, the meditative, and the practical. While many books, both in Hebrew and English, have explored the theoretical Kabbalah, virtually nothing has been published regarding the meditative met...
Lost Princess: And Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
The Lost Princess and Other Kabbalistic Tales of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Mystic Tales from the Zohar
Zohar, or "brilliant light," is the central text of Kabbalah. In Jewish mystical tradition, it is the meeting of midrash (storytelling that expands on events in the Bible) and myth. This selection offers original translations of eight of...
Soviet Union and the Arabian Peninsula (RLE Iran D)
In the first years of the Soviet regime there was little, if any, Soviet interest in Arabia and the Persian Gulf. Over the last fifty years relations between Russia and this part of the world have become more complex; this book traces their intric...
Let My People Know
Aryeh Lightstone, former Senior Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel and Special Envoy for the Abraham Accords, is uniquely poised to unravel the past, present, and, most importantly, the future of U.S. foreign policy with the Middle East. &qu...
Jewish Meditation
Jewish Meditation
Virtues of Thought
Virtues of Thought is an excursion through interconnecting philosophical topics in Plato and Aristotle, under the expert guidance of Aryeh Kosman. Exploring what these two foundational figures have to say about the nature of human awareness and un...
Sepher Ha-Bahir: The Book of Illumination
The Bahir contains commentaries explaining the mystical significance of Biblical verses; the mystical significance of the shapes of the Hebrew letters; the mystical significance of the cantillation signs and vowel points on the letters; the mystical significance of statements in the Sefer Yetzirah ('Book of Creation'); and the use of sacred names in magic. The paragraphs refer to each other in segments and are broken into five sections in the Aryeh Kaplan translation. These sections are loosely grouped together but they do more or less stay within the underlying themes given by their title.
Bahir
The Bahir is one of the oldest and most influential of all classical Kabbalah texts.¿ Until the publication of the Zohar, the Bahir was the most widely quoted primary source of Kabbalistic teachings. The Bahir is quoted in every major book on Kabb...
Activity of Being
Understanding "what something is" is a project that has long occupied philosophers. Perhaps no thinker in the Western tradition has had more influence on how we approach this question than Aristotle, whose Metaphysics remains the locus c...
Kabbalistic Bible According to the Zohar, Torah, Talmud and Midrash
The Kabbalistic Bible According to the Zohar, Torah, Talmud and Midrash
Transformed by the Messiah
Discover the Jesus who has been pursuing you since before time! Join an unforgettable journey through the birth, ministry, and death of the Messiah as found in the Old and New Testaments, and have your own life transforming experience. When reading the Bible we often miss essential details that add richness and significance, and therefore don't grasp the bigger picture. New York Times bestselling author Rabbi Jason Sobel, in his unique and engaging way, helps readers see God's story in high definition, enabling them to better understand the cultural and historical background of Scripture, God's intention for every detail, and how it applies to our lives. Revealing hidden gems of prophecy and promises, Transformed by the Messiah helps answer questions such as: * Is there any significance to the fact that Jesus was born in Bethlehem? * How does the Messiah's baptism set an example for us to emulate and what did it undo? * Did the Messiah have to die on a cross and why did he not rise
God Book
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Hebrew Letters and Numbers Volume 1
DISCOVER THE PROFOUND MYSTERIES of the Hebrew alphabet in Hebrew Letters and Numbers Volume: 1 From Aleph to Chet by Rabbi Jason Sobel. Did you know that Hebrew serves as a language and holds the building blocks of creation itself? Each of its twenty-two letters is a sound and a number, revealing divine wisdom. From 'aleph,' representing 1, to 'tav,' equal to 400, these letters connect the spiritual and physical worlds in ways that will amaze and inspire. Imagine this: God's words speaking Creation into existence carried numerical values embedded within them. These values reveal the beautifully intricate design of our universe-one grounded in spiritual truths and the principles of quantum physics. Rabbi Sobel unpacks this 'spiritual code,' showing how the letters and numbers of Hebrew connect us to the infinite mind of God. For instance, the Hebrew word *echad* (meaning 'one') derives from aleph (1), het (8), and dalet (4), adding up to 13-a number which biblically symbolizes unity
Signs and Secrets of the Messiah Bible Study Guide plus Streaming Video
Does God Still Perform Miracles Today? It's a question many ask when they read about the wonders God performs in the Bible. In this five-session video Bible study (video streaming included), Rabbi Jason Sobel invites you into a whole new way of se...
Signs and Secrets of the Messiah
Are you or someone you love desperate for a miracle? As witnessed through Scripture, the God who was and is and is to come has been performing miracles from the beginning of time-so you can trust that Jesus wants to do something miraculous in your...
