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Art of Amazement: Discover Judaism's Forgotten Spirituality. (reprint, 2002).


BM723

2005-046485

1-58542-418-8

The art of amazement; Judaism's forgotten spirituality. (reprint reprint An individually bound copy of an article in a journal or science communication , 2002).

Seinfeld, Alexander.

Putnam, [c]2005

272 p.

$15.95 (pa)

Many modern Jews have turned to Buddhism and other religions for the spirituality that seemed to be missing in their Jewish upbringing. In this pocket-sized volume Rabbi Seinfeld presents a hands-on introduction to Jewish spirituality, which he explains is an ancient practice rather than a new invention New Invention may refer to:
  • New Invention, Shropshire, a village in South Shropshire, England.
  • New Invention, Walsall, a suburban village of Willenhall in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England.
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. Combining basic theory with exercises and assignments, Seinfeld discusses how to get started, the question of life, pleasure and the art of amazement, mindfulness mindfulness,
n the capacity to maintain nonjudgmental attentiveness to the present moment.
 and the art of awareness, and finally the art of appreciation. Appendices ap·pen·di·ces  
n.
A plural of appendix.
 contain a bibliography, a list of online resources, a chart of major types of Jewish meditation Jewish meditation can refer to several traditional practices of contemplation, visualization, analysis, and gaining intuitive insights.

Through the centuries, some of the common forms include the practices of Abraham Abulafia, Isaac the Blind, Azriel of Gerona, Abraham ben
, and additional exercises. No subject index. This is a reprint of a work first published by Daas Books in 2002.
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