| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
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| Moderator: | SMURF::FENSTER |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
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My son is writing a paper on Kabbalism as part of his confirmation requirement from Sunday School. We have check several libraries and bookstores and I have extracted all the information in this file as well as the DEJAVU notesfile...but this doesn't provide enough info for him. He decided that perhaps the easiest subtopic to concentrate on would be interpretation of Hebrew letters. Would appreciate any help, directions, book titles and bookshops in the Littleton area. Also if anyone has any information at home that they would be willing to share. With appreciation, Marcia
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| 886.2 | Larry Kushner's book | HOMBAS::WAKY | Onward, thru the Fog... | Mon Feb 19 1990 23:16 | 11 |
You may find The Book of Letters, by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner (from Sudbury) quite interesting. It's a mystical approach to the letters of the Hebrew Aleph-Bet. It's out of print, but you may be able to find it in libraries. We have it at Beth Elohim in Acton; send mail if you'd like to come by and check it out (unfortunately, there is not school this week, so it's not going to be automatically open, but I can get you there if you want). You can also always try Brandeis for fairly esoteric stuff for research. Waky | |||||
| 886.3 | NOVA::EASTLAND | Ceaucescu's gone, now get Castro | Thu Mar 01 1990 00:30 | 12 | |
Marcia
How old is your son? The first 10 pages or so of The Zohar is an
analysis of "Bereshith Bara.." or the first verse of Genesis. He
could also look at The Sepher Yezirah, or for a more gentle, and more
occult interpretation, refer to Gareth Knight's books, "An intro to the
practical Qabalah". I would sugegst the Sphinx in Harvard square,
Cambridge (if it's still there) for the latter, a Jewish publishing
hosue for the former. There are plenty of books on the Qabalah, most
very recondite.
chris
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