Reb Zalman Gathers Figs: A Study of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi's Reading of Biblical Text to Re-Vision Judaism for the Present Day

by Dana Densmore

Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi is one of the most important, significant, and influential contemporary Jewish teachers and thinkers. A beloved figure in the larger movement for renewal in Jewish practice, "Reb Zalman" is the inspiration behind the Jewish Renewal movement and its organization, ALEPH. In the present book, Dana Densmore brings to light an unpublished and nearly unknown set of teachings based on readings of the Torah, which is the sole...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188800939X
• ISBN13: 9781888009392
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Green Lion Press
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"