Music and Kabbalah [Paperback]

Matityahu Glazerson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1996

Music is an intrinsic part of Jewish expression, reaching back to the biblical "Song of the Sea," which appears in Exodus, and the Psalms composed by King David.

Employing the tools of Jewish mysticism, Music and Kabbalah examines the spiritual connection between God and music. The holy aspects of the musical scale, musical terminology, and instruments named in the Psalms are deciphered by using the gematria (interpretive numeric value) of their Hebrew names. Rabbi Glazerson employs music as a vehicle with which to teach that "Judaism and the Hebrew language, the holy tongue, are vast and deep, embracing incomprehensible knowledge of every aspect and sphere of life."

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Language Notes

Text: English, Hebrew (translation)
Original Language: Hebrew

About the Author

Rabbi Matityahu Glazerson was born and educated in Israel. He studied at Medrashiat Noam in Pardes Chana, and at various yeshivot, including Kfar Chassidim, Ponievez, and Chevron. Today he is involved in teaching in a Kollel, and lecturing at various institutions, like Neve Yerushalayim, Ma'ayonot Yerushalayim, and Kol B'Rama. He is instrumental in paving a new way toward the instillment of Jewish values. Rabbi Glazerson is the author of many books, including The Secrets of the Haggadah, Music and Kabbalah, and Above the Zodiac.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc. (December 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1568219334
• ISBN-13: 978-1568219332
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,357,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good book on the Kabbalah of Music, September 6, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Music and Kabbalah (Paperback)

For some time now I have been looking to see if there is a connection between the art of music and the Kabbalah, now I know there is. Its a good book. For a deeper look at this issue there is a book by DovBer Pinson, Inner Rhythms: The Kabbala of Music.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars tough but worthwhile, August 19, 2000

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Joshua Cohen (Linwood, New Jersey USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Music and Kabbalah (Paperback)

This is a sinewy and obtuse text, but when worked through it is brilliantlly insightful. I enjoyed the auhtor's views of the intersection of music and religion through a mystical prism. I found the book challenging, informative, enlightening, and spiritually moving. I recommend it to everyone: performers, composers, listeners, and scholars.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Musically disappointing, November 22, 2005

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Mr. Isaac S. D. Lipkowitz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Music and Kabbalah (Paperback)

In the first sentence, the author displays a lack of musical knowledge. His comments about the construction of the scale relate only to the Western "equal Temprament" system developed about 250 years ago. this therefore can't relate to a subject that claims to be some 2000 years old and from the Middle East which used/uses a totally different scale construction. I can't comment about the author's knowledge of Kabbalah but the relationship between the two is clearly fallacious. Very disappointing.