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Jewish Spiritual Practices is a very, very important book..... (Wellsprings (Lubavich hasidic magazine))Jewish Spiritual Practices...recently was presented to the Dalai Lama [in India] by an American Rabbi [Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi] who wanted to explain Jewish spirituality to the religious leader..... (Publisher's Weekly)This is transformational stuff, the real recipes for growth, not just nice insights, said Rabbi Schachter-Shalomi. And the Dalai Lama's reaction. After looking through some of the book, he was surprised. He didn't realize that Judaism has so much to offer in this regard.... (New Age Reader)Mamash a rebbishe sefer! (Like a book written by a rebbe!))))) (Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach)Jewish Spiritual Practices is a gift to the Jewish World..... (Rabbi Lawrence Kushner)
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Hardcover: 425 pages
Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.; 1st Printing edition (July 7, 1977)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0876688326
ISBN-13: 978-0876688328
Product Dimensions:
6.6 x 1.8 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
Average Customer Review:
3.9 out of 5 stars
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If I could recommend one book on Jewish spiritual teaching this would be it.Everything else pales in comparison.
Jewish Spiritual Practices by Yitzhak Buxbaum is well worth the investment as a gift or addition to your bookshelf. Browsing my local library, I discovered this amazing jewel and have recommended to many ever since. For those looking to elevate even the most simplest of rituals, darkest thoughts, or abstract ideas of G-d and Torah, please pick up Jewish Spiritual Practices.Kol tov.
I accounted for minimal highlight/markings, however, this was EXCESSIVE! I could barely read this book without getting distracted because of what the other person wrote in the margins or what he/she highlighted/circled. Very disappointed and vexed!
B"HExcellent book!! Really gives insight and helps further trust in HaShem. I would recommend this book to all. I would recommend this author to all as well.
Wow. What a book.
This book is absolutely essential for any Jewish person seeking to deepen his or her spiritual practices. Ambiguously titled, it is actually a compendium of Hasidic approaches to basically every aspect of Jewish practice (prayer, devekut, kashrut, Mitzvah, Torah study, speech, inter-personal relations, intra-personal relations etc...)Each chapter is comprised both of Buxbaum's lucid introductory/transitional comments and an amazing assortment of quotations from Hasidic leaders throughout the centuries. Merely viewed as a collection of these insights alone, the book is a treasure trove along the lines of Norman Lamm's The Religious Thought of Hasidism (another book I'd highly recommend). Luckily, the book is even more than this; when read from beginning to end, it forms presents a comprehensive and inspiring approach to spiritual transformation and discovery. In one of the late chapters, we read an exhortation from none other than Reb Nachman himself imploring his followers to always believe in "starting anew." Sometimes, he tells us, he had to "start again" many times in the same day, having found himself repeatedly falling short of the spiritual and ethical goals he'd set for himself. This entire book is an invitation to start one's practive anew as well. And it provides innumerable pathways and practices to function as the map for these new journeys.One caveat---the brief section about drinking alcohol is laugh out loud funny. But not on purpose. Clearly, imbibing shnaps and vodka (amongst many other potent potables) is an important and pervasive socio-cultural practice amongst Eastern European Hasidim. Let's be honest, drinking heavily doesn't usually bring out "the best" in a person. Drug intake of any kind immediately impairs judgement and loosens inhibition. Personally, I have no problem with this; the problem is that lowering inhibitions and impairing judgement are diametrically OPPOSED of what the rest of the book encourages us to do. We are to be vigilent at all times about our words, our actions, and our thoughts! Instead, the chapter suggests that drinking alcohol--in social situations and amongst fellow Hasidim only--is a good and totally valid way of raising oneself "up" and allowing oneself to "see" realities otherwise difficult to experience...sounds a lot like the justifcation for taking LSD or any other drug. Buxbaum would have been better off either ignoring the topic completely, or suggesting that drinking practices vary from community to community and that the approach needs to stress moderation and responsibility.
This highly uplifting tome is pragmatically oriented spirituality, primarily derived from Hasidic sources. IMHO its emphasis is on d'vekut--cleaving to God: pp. 6-10: "All your actions, speech, & thoughts be directed by God, who is within you. The person who has attained to this high level will have continuous God consciousness at all times...God-consciousness is the purpose of the main mitzvah of the Torah, when they are performed with complete intentionality...If you want to do something & see that this action will increase your God-consciousness & love of God, then know that this is a mitzvah & God's will...The goal of Hasidim d'vekut is continual God-consciousness." The author advises the reader to p. 51: "Choose a practice that fits your mood & spiritual level", To this end, many techniques are given & described including: frequent repetition of holy phrases & words (pp. 36 & 444), equanimity (p. 474), forgiveness (p. 543), spiritual sex (p. 589), nonattachment (pp. 590 & 675), spiritual seclusion/hitbodedut (pp. 614 & 632), selflessness (p. 675), generosity/tzedaka (pp. 458-9), gratitude (p. 457), overcoming anger (p. 634), accepting the bad with the good (p. 517), and meditation. pp. 379-80: "Hasidic spirituality is ideally one continuous meditation on God by diverse means...Sefer Haredim quotes the Ari as saying that a meditation for achieving d'vekut is `seventy times more valuable for the soul than Torah study'...Certainly Torah study & doing mitzvot involve d'vekut but it is less than that d'vekut directly achieved by meditation." Examples include: p. 109--Breathing Meditation, p. 436: blessings (as short meditations), p. 451: visualization of God's name & concentration on the mind of God, pp. 378 & 466: understanding your thoughts as coming from God, everything coming from God (p. 672), and meditating on the skies (pp. 321, 498-502, & 678).The plethora of techniques allows one to pick & choose those activities appropriate to one's nature & life situation at a moment in time. There are a great many wonderful quotes (I added pages of them to my collection); my favorites include some advocating role reversals:pp. 458-9: R. Aaron of Apt--When a poor person accepts Tzedaka...if the poor person receives it with this kavvanah..."If I have to take, I am going to do so to give merit to the rich person who gives me the tzedaka,' then he is doing a mitzvah. This is what our Sages of blessed memory said: `More than what the householder does for the poor person, the poor person does for the householder.' (Leviticus Rabbah 34:10)p. 675: R. Yitzhak of Vorki--No one ever stole anything from me for each day I give up all my possessions, abandoning my claim to their ownership. So whatever anyone stole--it was from what was already without an owner.This is a fabulous book for anyone wishing to understand Hasidism but even more for someone wishing to add to his or her spiritual repertoire or activities/techniques. It may be an expensive book, but it's the size of 3 books--and it's worth much more than most. Highly recommended!
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