| Description |
xxxvi, 335 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Parabola anthology series |
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Parabola anthology series.
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| Note |
"Material published in Parabola during its first thirty years"--General series introduction. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 328-333). |
| Contents |
The call of the tradition -- Basic concepts: Jewish thought and tradition -- On the first day -- After the bright of Revelation -- Ethics of the fathers -- Living liberation at the Passover Seder -- Manna and wisdom -- The unwritten Torah -- Birthright -- The wisdom of Jewish mystics -- The inner self: Discovering the purpose and meaning of the individual -- Through a dark passage -- Heart searching -- The reluctant prophet -- Rethinking Jonah: the dynamics of surrender -- The rung of evil -- The wife of Jonah -- Demons by choice -- "At the moment" -- A river went out of Eden -- The higher realm: the nature of God and man striving for spiritual at-one-ment -- I sleep, but my heart is awake -- Goblet of grace -- From the Talmud -- Worlds of discourse -- Our home is God's home -- The vertical adventure -- The struggle: Harmony and equilibrium -- "As a tree torn" -- Becoming unstable -- A glimpse of eternity -- Harmonizing the passions -- To strive toward spirit -- Running between the suns -- The rung of service -- The great transition -- Prayer and meditation: Talking to God -- Return -- Building a sanctuary -- The threefold laugh -- The inner book of Psalms -- Psalm -- Repentance -- Portrait of Moses -- Repentance -- The wisdom of Jewish mystics -- Neilah in Gehenna -- Yom Kippur prayer -- Repairing the world -- The works of creation -- What manner of man is the prophet? -- The Age of Tikkun -- Souls of fire -- Sweetening the judgements -- Hasidic and Rabbinic tales, parables and sayings -- Words from the wise -- Yiddishisms -- The rich man, the Ba'al Shem Tov and King David -- The hose maker -- A small miracle -- The seer of Lublin's shirt -- The alchemist -- The physician -- The angel of losses -- The wise men of Chelm -- Redemption -- Fear no more -- Jews, myth, and modern life -- Before the gates of Rome -- We are all witnesses -- The love of God, the love of man -- The two messiahs -- Death and resurrection -- The death of Adam -- Ressurrection of the dead -- The three aspects of the soul -- Sacred echoes. |
| Subject |
Spiritual life -- Judaism.
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| Added Author |
Bemporad, Jack.
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| Added Title |
Parabola (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.)
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| ISBN |
1596750154 alkaline paper |
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9781596750159 alkaline paper |
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