The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet

In these old prayerbook-like pages you will enter a world of sacred tradition and religious feeling. Weaves Talmudic commentary, Hasidic folktales and Kabbalistic mysteries around the Hebrew alphabet to reveal each letter's special personality and meaning.

Author: Lawrence Kushner
Publisher: Jewish Lights Publishing
Published: 10/01/1990
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.57lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.31w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781879045002

About the Author
Kushner, Lawrence: -

Lawrence Kushner, author, lecturer and spiritual leader, is regarded as one of the most creative religious thinkers and writers in America. A commentator on National Public Radio's All Things Considered, he has focused us on spiritual renewal with wisdom and humor. Through his books and lectures, people of every faith and background have found inspiration and new strength for spiritual search and growth. It has been said that some spiritual leaders blend religion and psychology to help us walk better on the ground, but Lawrence Kushner draws on the wisdom of the mystics to help us dance better on the ceiling.

Kushner's acclaimed books include I'm God; You're Not: Observations on Organized Religion & Other Disguises of the Ego; Honey from the Rock: An Easy Introduction to Jewish Mysticism; Invisible Lines of Connection: Sacred Stories of the Ordinary; The Book of Letters: A Mystical Hebrew Alphabet; Jewish Spirituality: A Brief Introduction for Christians; and In God's Hands, an inspiring fable for children, with Gary Schmidt (all Jewish Lights).

Kushner served as rabbi at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Massachusetts, for almost thirty years; he is currently the Emanu-El scholar at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, and an adjunct faculty member at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He is fascinated by graphic design and computers (designing most of his Jewish Lights books). He enjoys Mozart, hanging around sailboats, and making his granddaughters giggle.