Jewish Book of the Dead
Dear friends,
On Thrusday, June 1st, I will be teaching a class at the New York Kollel for Tikkun Leil Shavuot.
Ma'ariv services begin at 8:30 p.m.
Classes begin at 9:00 p.m.
There will be classes offered all night until 5:00 a.m.
Come for an hour, stay all night. The New York Kollel is inviting you to join them for a night of study commerating the receiving of Torah at Mount Sinai. Everything is FREE - no prior registration necessary. Bring I.D.
My class is called DEATH AND DESIRE: THE JEWISH BOOK OF THE DEAD. We will explore the classic Jewish text on death and dying, Ma'avor YaBok, written by Rabbi Aaron Berechiah b. Moses of Modena, first published in 1626 in Mantua, Italy. While many scholars reference this text, it has never fully been translated into English.
For the first time ever, you will have the opportunity to study key portions of it in a new english translation (I am still in the process of translating the book with Henry Resnick.)
Like other "books of the dead" (the most famous of these being the Tibetan Book of the Dead) the Jewish Book of the Dead was written to be used as a guide for both the living and the dead. As a text for the living, it offers us the possibility to explore territories of the psyche prior to our actual biological death.
The experiential practice of dying, or "dying before dying" has several important consequences for us today. First of all, it empowers us to begin to liberate ourselves from the fear of death and helps to transform our attitude towards death and dying.
Thus it prepares us to live a fuller, deeper life. And, it helps pave the way for understanding and insight not only into our own biological demise but the death of others as well. In this way, it allows us to explore our own psychological and spiritual confrontation with death, on the one hand, and provides a unique glimpse into the art of death and dying from the heart of the Jewish spiritual tradition.
It is an experience you don't want to miss!
The New Yew York Kollel is located at the Hebrew Union College, One West 4th Street between Broadway and Mercer. Subway W,R to 8th Street; a,C,E,F, V to West 4th Street; 6 to Astor Place.
Time of Class TBA
for more information see: New York Kollel Spring 2006HUC.edu Kollel Home or contact me at jsaltzman1@yahoo.com
New York Kollel " Torah Study for the city that never sleeps"
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On Thrusday, June 1st, I will be teaching a class at the New York Kollel for Tikkun Leil Shavuot.
Ma'ariv services begin at 8:30 p.m.
Classes begin at 9:00 p.m.
There will be classes offered all night until 5:00 a.m.
Come for an hour, stay all night. The New York Kollel is inviting you to join them for a night of study commerating the receiving of Torah at Mount Sinai. Everything is FREE - no prior registration necessary. Bring I.D.
My class is called DEATH AND DESIRE: THE JEWISH BOOK OF THE DEAD. We will explore the classic Jewish text on death and dying, Ma'avor YaBok, written by Rabbi Aaron Berechiah b. Moses of Modena, first published in 1626 in Mantua, Italy. While many scholars reference this text, it has never fully been translated into English.
For the first time ever, you will have the opportunity to study key portions of it in a new english translation (I am still in the process of translating the book with Henry Resnick.)
Like other "books of the dead" (the most famous of these being the Tibetan Book of the Dead) the Jewish Book of the Dead was written to be used as a guide for both the living and the dead. As a text for the living, it offers us the possibility to explore territories of the psyche prior to our actual biological death.
The experiential practice of dying, or "dying before dying" has several important consequences for us today. First of all, it empowers us to begin to liberate ourselves from the fear of death and helps to transform our attitude towards death and dying.
Thus it prepares us to live a fuller, deeper life. And, it helps pave the way for understanding and insight not only into our own biological demise but the death of others as well. In this way, it allows us to explore our own psychological and spiritual confrontation with death, on the one hand, and provides a unique glimpse into the art of death and dying from the heart of the Jewish spiritual tradition.
It is an experience you don't want to miss!
The New Yew York Kollel is located at the Hebrew Union College, One West 4th Street between Broadway and Mercer. Subway W,R to 8th Street; a,C,E,F, V to West 4th Street; 6 to Astor Place.
Time of Class TBA
for more information see: New York Kollel Spring 2006HUC.edu Kollel Home or contact me at jsaltzman1@yahoo.com
New York Kollel " Torah Study for the city that never sleeps"
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