Breathe New Life into Your Prayer with the Wisdom of Kabbalah and the Hasidic Masters
Jewish mystics teach that every word a person utters in prayer should radiate light. Even the letters of the words of prayer carry sparks of the Divine that yearn to join together in holiness.
In this inspiring spiritual companion, Reform rabbi Lawrence Kushner and Orthodox rabbi Nehemia Polen join together to provide a window into the liturgy for people of all backgrounds by offering fresh insights and meditations that bring the traditional prayerbook to life. Drawing from the Torah, Zohar, and ancient and contemporary Hasidic masters, Kushner and Polen reflect on the joy, gratitude, compassion, mystery, and awe embedded in traditional prayers and blessings, and show how you can imbue these familiar sacred words with your own sense of holiness. Insightful, fresh, and wise, Filling Words with Light will enrich your understanding of the prayer book and guide you on how to put more of yourself into the holy words of the Jewish tradition.
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I'm so glad I have this book on my bookshelf. I have learned some important things about the meanings of prayers, which makes my life more meaningful to me.
Understanding Yom Kipper.:
When you are depressed, you are not only unhappy, your will is weakened. You are unable to act. You have lost the 'good fight.' Sadness is a confabulation of an evil side. Sometimes it leads you astray, causing paralysis which results from sadness and depression. This is manifested by our self-destructive side, our own personal internal enemy. This book explains how to overcome the darkness to see the 'light.' LIGHT means life, the ultimate awareness. The tree of life corresponds in mystical imagery to... more info
