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Jewish Spiritual Growth: The Step-by-Step Guide of a Hasidic Master
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Product Description A highly-readable Hasidic program of spiritual growth, focusing on theory and practical exercises that employ visualization, contemplation and emotion. A twentieth century spiritual classic."A significant contribution to the English-speaking Torah world that thirsts for authentic renditions of Hasidic spiritual guidance." Rav Dr. Zvi Leshem, rabbi emeritus of Shirat Shlomo"A masterful and sensitive translation that demonstrates a profound understanding of the author's highly original spiritual agenda coupled with an exquisite rendering of complex concepts into a language which is clear, poetic, and inspiring." Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union"Yaacov David Shulman is a premier translator of classic works of Jewish spirituality and mysticism that speak to a searching generation." David Sears, head of Breslov Center of Brooklyn, author of The Vision of Eden: Animal Welfare and Vegetarianism in Jewish Law and Mysticism Review The instructions in this book cover a wide range of topics, from meditative techniques to guidelines for spiritual fraternities, to advice for prayer and self-introspection, all addressed to the reader in a personal and intimate fashion. A significant contribution to the English-speaking Torah world that thirsts for authentic renditions of Hasidic spiritual guidance.-- Rabbi Zvi Leshem, head of the Gershom Scholem Library A tour de force focused on developing one's emotions and spiritual core ... A felicitous and textured translation in Jewish Spiritual Growth retains the flavor of Shapira's traditional Hasidic approach while opening this text to an English speaking audience interested in how one Hasidic master understood Hasidism as a path toward inner growth and, eventually, toward prophecy.-- Professor Shaul Magid, Indiana University/Bloomington Yaacov David Shulman is a premier translator of classic works of Jewish spirituality and mysticism that speak to a searching generation.- -Dovid Sears, head of Breslov Center of Brooklyn, author of The Vision of Eden: Animal Welfare and Vegetarianism in Jewish Law and Mysticism. This translation is excellent and outright moving!-- Yiscah Smith, Pardes Institute About the Author Rabbi Shapira was one of the great Jewish spiritual masters of the twentieth century, living in pre-World War II Warsaw, Poland. Seeking to revitalize the spiritual Hasidic movement, Rabbi Shapira wrote a number of books focusing on theory and practical exercises based on visualization, contemplation and emotion. Tragically, Rabbi Shapira was shot to death by the Nazis in 1943.
