The Murmuring Deep : Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious

The Murmuring Deep : Reflections on the Biblical Unconscious . In 1939, just before he died, Freud published Moses and Monotheism, his last creative effort. He applied psychoanalytic insights to the story of Moses. Using a somewhat similar approach, augmented by her skills in literary analysis, Zornberg (The Beginning of Desire), a Jerusalem resident and [...]

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Exodus : The Kabbalistic Bible

Exodus : The Kabbalistic Bible . Most people know that Exodus, the second book of the Bible and the second of the Five Books of Moses, tells the story of Moses leading the Israelites out of bondage. But what they don’t know is the story behind Exodus, or how they can use this backstory to [...]

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The Kabbalah Haggadah: Pesach Decoded (Hebrew Edition)

The Kabbalah Haggadah: Pesach Decoded (Hebrew Edition) . To paraphrase the question most commonly associated with the Passover Seder: Why is this Haggadah different from all other Haggadah? In the case of The Kabbalah Haggadah, it’s because this reading offers far more than the traditional Hebrew text and English translation of the Israelites’ exodus from [...]

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The Jewish Body

The Jewish Body . Melvin Konner, a renowned doctor and anthropologist, takes the measure of the “Jewish body,” considering sex, circumcision, menstruation, and even those most elusive and controversial of microscopic markers–Jewish genes. But this is not only a book that examines the human body through the prism of Jewish culture. Konner looks as well [...]

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Man’s Search for Meaning

Man’s Search for Meaning . Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl’s memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his own experience and [...]

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