Integrative Torah Studies

Book of our Spiritual Heritage Series:
Contemporary Halachic, Chassidic & Kabbalistic Initiations to Jewish Life

"Rabbi Goldman's writings provide us with a remarkable blending of traditional Jewish wisdom and illuminating contemporary insights. Together they give the reader easy access to a great body of significant information."

— Leah Novick
(Carmel, California)

• Dedication
• Introduction
• Prayer to be said Before Study
• The Zohar’s Understanding of Counting the Omer
• The Arizal’s Understanding of the Omer Period
• The Laws of the Omer Period
• Historical Reconstructions and Kabbalistic Revelations: Understanding the Custom of Not Cutting the Hair of the Head
• The Kabbalah of Not Cutting the Beard: A Reinterpretation
• Women & the Omer: Kabbalistic Perspective & Directive
• A Teaching of Reb Nachman on Sefirat Ha’omer
• A Teaching of Reb Pinchas of Koretz on the Omer
• The Heretic’s Omer: Kabbalah vs. Criticism
• A Midrash on the Omer

TABLE OF TORAH

• Acknwledgements
• Dedication
• Introduction: The Torah's Ecosystem of Time
• The Nature of this Work
• Prayer to be Said Before Study
• The Kabbalah of Seeing
• The Golden Calf in Contemporary Chassidut
• Introduction to the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz
• Fasting and Consciousnes Cultivation in the Works of Nachman
• Halachot of the Fast on the 17th of Tammuz
• Contemporary Chassidut Teachings to be Studied on the Fast from Vayikra

PART 1

• Tammuz
• Chapter 1: The Month of Tammuz-The Kabbalah of Seeing
• Chapter 2: The Fast of the 17th of Tammuz—A Spiritual Introduction
• Chapter 3: Fasting and Consciousness Cultivation in the Teachings of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
• Chapter 4: The Halachot of the Fast of the 17th of Tammuz

PART 2

• The Three Weeks
• Chapter 5: How to Work with the Energy of Judgment
• Chapter 6: The Kabbalistic Midnight Rectification
• Chapter 7: Kabbalistic Meditations of the Ari’zal

PART 3

• Av
• Chapter 8: The Month of Av—A Spiritual Introduction
• Chapter 9: Halachot of the 9 days
• Chapter 10: Halachot of Tisha B’Av

PART 4

Chapter 11: Websites about Tisha B'Av and The Three Weeks

PART 5

• Appendix 1- Worshipping the Golden Calf—Finding Spiritual Meaning in the Fast.
• Appendix 2- Contemporary Chassidic Teachings to be Studied on 17th of Tammuz from Vayikra
• Appendix 3: Learning to Hear with Shema- Introductory Kabbalistic Meditations
• Appendix 4- Kabbalistic Healing Meditation with the Aleph Bet

• The Halachot of Elul, Rosh Hashanah & 10 Days of Return
• Elul in the Teachings of Reb Nachman of Breslov
• Rosh Hashanah in the Teachings of Reb Nachman of Breslov
• The Call of the Yid: Shofar as a Jewish Gong and Meditation
• Ellul & Rosh Hashanah: Birthing a New Year
• 4 Teachings on Rosh Hashanah from the Chassidic Masters
• Recommended Reading

The Laws of Purim:

• A contemporary, systematic and concise presentation based on the Mishna Berurah and Shulchan Aruch

By Rabbi Zecharyah Tzvi Goldman

Knowledge vs. Understanding:

• The Izbica Rebbe’s Interpretation of Dressing up on Purim (Translation & Commentary)

By Rabbi Zecharyah Tzvi Goldman

Opening to Radical Transformation and Integration:

• A Gestalt Interpretation of the Scroll of Esther

By Rabbi Zecharyah Tzvi Goldman

22 Websites on Purim

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