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A Partner in Holiness, Volume 1: Deepening Mindfulness, Practicing Compassion and Enriching Our Lives Through the Wisdom of R. Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev's Kedushat Levi
A Partner in Holiness Volume 1 Deepening Mindfulness Practicing Compassion and Enriching Our Lives Through the Wisdom of R Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev's Kedushat Levi Author:Rabbi Jonathan P. Slater, DMin Contemporary mindfulness and classical — Hasidic spirituality are brought together — to inspire a satisfying spiritual life — of practice. — The soul yearns to feel connected to something — greater and to know happiness despite personal — suffering. The teachings of nineteenth-century Hasidic — spiritual teachers offer a radically different Jewish — the... more »ology that speaks to contemporary spiritual seekers
whose faith has been shattered by modernity and the
Holocaust. These masters taught of interdependence,
interconectedness, selflessness, service and joy,
anticipating the insights of contemporary science and
twenty-first-century spirituality.
Mindfulness meditation directs practitioners to
focus on each moment. The spiritual practice offers the
possibility of inner peace, fearlessness and concern for
the wellbeing of others.
These volumes bring the two together, providing
a practical mindfulness method for applying the
spiritual teachings of the Hasidic masters to everyday
spiritual life. They present accessible translations of
selections from Kedushat Levi, the Hasidic Torah
commentary of Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev.
His Torah commentary emphasizes our spiritual
capacity to transform consciousness and so our life