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Book SynopsisSefer Yetzira, a sacred book of antiquity and power, is one of Judaism's oldest texts after the Bible. In this new translation and commentary, Rabbi Worch leads us step-by-step to the innermost chambers of Jewish mysticism. This commentary reflects strikingly mystical qualities of Hasidism and the post-modern approach to text.
Trade ReviewAwesome, Hershy! How come you get all the best, deepest Torahs? -- Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
This unique and innovative interpretation of Sefer Yetzira ties together all the strands of Izbicy's classic hasidic thought in one coherent and comprehensive overview. -- Rabbi Jacob Lainer, The Radzyner Rebbe
It takes one who can taste what is behind the words of a text to handle the translation/rendering of the Sefer Yetzira/Book Of Creation. Up to now it has not had someone who could stretch his sacred imagination into an ancient classical text and yet render it so that we too can follow it…Worch has done just that. Rather than trying to make Sefer Yetzira, …fit to the Zoharic/Lurianic model, this work leaps forward in a spiritually stimulating post-modern form... a stellar achievement. -- Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, co-author of A Heart Afire; Stories and Teachings of the Early Hasidic Masters
Table of ContentsChapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 List of Tables Chapter 3 Foreword Chapter 4 Preface Chapter 5 Acknowledgements Chapter 6 Prologue Chapter 7 Chapter One Chapter 9 Chapter Two Chapter 10 Chapter Three Chapter 11 Chapter Four Chapter 12 Chapter Five Chapter 13 Chapter Six Chapter 14 Epilogue Chapter 15 Endnotes 16 Index Chapter 16 Glossary
