Wisdom from Reb Zalman | Embracing the Jewish Spirit

Publisher: 
Reclaiming Judaism Press

Wisdom from Reb Zalman | Embracing the Jewish Spirit is a volume of 250 vignettes written by 118 of his students and colleagues from across the spectrum of Jewish life. Prepare to be challenged and inspired by Reb Zalman’s adventurous and innovative ways of connecting and guiding Jewish journeys.   Order here.

REB ZALMAN—Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (1924-2014) lived a calling to reach and touch people in deeply spiritual, supportive, and Jewishly profound ways. Many of those alienated from the forms of Judaism familiar to them, upon encountering him, would soon enter in the renewal of Jewish spirit. He was both a sage and a renaissance person—modeling how to bridge science and spirituality, pre-war European and 21st Century Judaism, patriarchy and feminism, tradition and innovation, Jewish faith and many faiths.  

Click for example stories and vignettes experienced by Karen Golden, Moshe Waldoks and Goldie Milgram.Table of Contents is below.

“It is impossible to read one vignette of Reb Zalman without going on to another, and another, and another.”
--Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, author, REBBE and WORDS THAT HURT, WORDS THAT HEAL  
 
“Within minutes of opening this remarkable volume, I found myself weeping tears of joy. Whether you knew Reb Zalman or not, you will find him in these pages, meeting you with his uncommonly wise, intimate, and utterly loving presence.”
--Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, author, THE RECEIVING and WITH ROOTS IN HEAVEN

"This book—more than any I know—allows you to hear his extraordinary voice.”
--Arthur Kurzweil, author, ON THE ROAD WITH RABBI STEINSALTZ

Contributing Authors: Sharon Alexander, David Arfa, Rachel Barenblat, Janet Berenson, Leila Gal Berner, Nilton Bonder, Steve Booth-Nadav, Barbara (Bobbi) Breitman, Anne Brener, Mitchell Chefitz, Michael Chusid, Alan M. Dattner, Bernie de Koven, Carola de Vries Robles, Efraim Eisen, Gideon and Sara Eisenberg, Diane Elliot, Robert (Micha’el) Esformes, Yehudis Fishman, Justin Freed, Jack (Ya’acov) Gabriel, Yonassan Gershom, Ilan Glazer, Andrew Gold, Jay and Sabrina Gold, Shefa Gold, Dan Goldblatt, Karen Golden, Zelig Golden, Aggie Goldenholz, Reuven Goldfarb, Yehudit Goldfarb, Jenny Goodman, James Stone Goodman, Lynn Gottlieb, Sarah Leah Grafstein, Stacy Grove, Jill Hammer, Nancy Handwerger, Edwin Harris, Rosalie Harris-Eisen, Richard Heiberger, Rita Hindin, Ruth Hirsch, Aryeh Hirschfield, Shonna Husbands-Hankin, Yitz Husbands-Hankin, Ivan Ickovits, T’mimah Audrey Ickovits, David Ingber, Shaya Isenberg, Burt Jacobson, Raachel Jurovics, Rodger Kamenetz, Richard Kaplan, Cherie Koller-Fox, Latifa Berry Kropf, Amichai Lau-Lavie, Ebn Leader, Julie Leavitt, Michael Lerner, Herb Levine, Neshama (Rose) Lipari, Prahaladan (Philip) Mandelkorn, Neil Markowitz, David Evan Markus, Melvin Metelits, Goldie Milgram,Tamara Miller, Hal Miller-Jacobs, Yocheved Mintz, Reuben Modek, Sue Mauer Morningstar, Eileen Nathanson, Leah Novick, Jackie and Leon Olenick, Batya Podos, Marcia Prager, David Rafsky, Geela Rayzel Raphael, Simcha Paull Raphael, Carol Rose, Neil Rose, Deliah Golda Rosel, David G. Roskies, Janice Rubin, Laurie Sanford, Steven L. Schatz, Julie Schechter, Leslie Schotz, Howard Schwartz, Arthur Segal, Audrey Seidman, Rami Shapiro, Ruth Broyde Sharone, Debrah Shenefelt, David Shneyer, Daniel Siegel, Shoshana Silberman, Naomi Steinberg, Ahouva Steinhous, Bahira Sugarman, Meira Bracha Sumka, Bonita Nathan Sussman, Moshe Waldoks, Rivka Walton, Nahum Ward-Lev, Ellen Stein Weaver, Rodney Weiss, Bob Weissberg, Shohama Wiener, Ira Stewart Wiesner, Gershon Winkler, Carlos Zarur, David Zaslow, Debra Gordon Zaslow, Shawn Israel Zevit, Jeremy Zorn 

7" x 10" (17.78 x 25.4 cm) 
Black & White on White paper. 272 pages. 
ISBN-13: 978-0991548934.
Standard trade discounts apply.
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Table of Contents:

Dedication: The Tale of the Ear by Howard Schwartz 

Foreword and Acknowledgements by Goldie Milgram and Shohama Wiener

Introduction by Rodger Kamenetz

 1. Naming and Reframing

 2. Spiritual Guidance

      Example story from Moshe Waldoks

 3. Davenology

      Example story from Rami Shapiro

    Shabbat
    Holidays
    Daily Prayer
    Melodies
 

 4. Traveling through Time and Space

 5. The Life Cycle

    Engagement, Weddings, Marriage
    Pregnancy, Babies, Children
     Example story from Reb Zalman
      Example story from Karen Golden

    B’nei Mitzvah
    Birthdays
    Divorce
    Aging and Eldering
    Death, Dying, Afterlife
    On Suicide
    Conversion, Mikveh, and Integral Halachah

 6. Deep Ecumenism

 7. The Power of Blessing

 8. Smicha: Ordination

 9. Toward a Jewish Future

10. The Tale of the Honey by Howard Schwartz

11. Contributing Authors

12. Bios

13. Vignettes and Stories Indexed by Author

14. Glossary

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