The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) To Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism Review

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The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) To Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism ReviewThis book is both the oddest and possibly best of the "Complete Idiot's Guide" series. It takes the most complex Jewish mystical ideas and practices, many of which are hundreds if not thousands of years old, and explain's them in laymen's English(and Hebrew) in a way that makes Jewish spirituality accessible to the layperson. Levin quite thoroughly covers the Biblical basis of Jewish Mysticism, also known as Kabbalah(Received Tradition), then proceeds with a brief history of the rest of it's development and those Rabbis and Saints who make up it's principal guides over the past millenium.
He also discusses all the principal Jewish spiritual practices, such as Daily prayer, meditation, Torah study, and study of such mystical works as the Zohar. Lastly, he provides a mystical guidebook for those traveling to Israeli Holy sites in the context of the present violence, and the principal issues Jewish mysticism deals with currently, such as the coming of the Messiah, the nature of suffering, holidays, and more. In short, the author seems to have accomplished the impossible: a User Friendly Guide to Jewish Mysticism.
However, by it's nature, such a book covers it's subject "once over lightly" and does not deal with some of the concerns that have bedeviled deep Jewish thinkers and mystics since ancient times. These are the nature of Divine Providence, or why history, whether personal or collective, transpires the way it does; whether Jewish prayer and mitzvah have efficacy or actual effects in the "real world" or not, and the effect on Jewish practice and faith of the Holocaust.
While the author might say that his book is no place for these subjects, he mentions them very briefly and superficially, when it is good answers to these questions that motivate people to take up the Jewish spiritual practice he advocates. For solid well grounded answers to these issues within the context of Jewish tradition, the reader will have to look to works that especially deal with them. A strongly written treatment of these subjects by this writer, "Jewish History and Divine Providence: Theodicy and the Oddyssey" is available for review and purchase on this site.The Complete Idiot's Guide(R) To Jewish Spirituality & Mysticism OverviewYou-re no idiot, of course. You know Judaism predates Christianity and remains one of the world-s most practiced religions. However, the ideals and ethics expressed in such texts as the Talmud and the Kabbalah may not seem as accessible as the stories of the Jews in the Bible, and you-re intimidated at the thought of exploring these ancient texts. Discover their wisdom without learning Hebrew! The Complete Idiot-s Guide- to Jewish Spirituality and Mysticism will show you exactly where the spiritual side of Judaism originated. In this Complete Idiot-s Guide-, you get: --The four goals of Jewish mystical thought: to understand ourselves on a deeper level; to understand the universeon a deeper level; to improve our character; and to understand the mind of God.--Life lessons found in the Biblical stories of Noah,Abraham, and Isaac.--The historical significance of the Exodus story and the role Moses played as a Jewish leader.--Important passages from the Bible and Talmud-fully explained.--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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