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Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide: A Companion for Modern Jewish Pilgrims by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is slender enough to slip in your backpack and big enough to change your life. On his first visit to Israel, the American Rabbi Hoffman was disappointed that his reactions to the holy sites seemed to stop with "Wow." His subsequent trips have been more fulfilling, because he's developed a system of preparation and approach involving reading, prayer, and journaling that is summarized in Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide. Look to Lonely Planet to help you find cheap eats and soft beds; and keep this guide handy for maps, time lines, and blessings (in both Hebrew and English) appropriate to most destinations that draw pilgrims--ranging from the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem to the mystical center Safed. Rabbi Hoffman's writing describes pilgrimages with an appealing blend of gravity and levity; his guide can help shape your memories of pilgrimage into your own distinctive "contribution to the memory of this people that has never suffered from amnesia." --Michael Joseph Gross
From Publishers Weekly
To celebrate Israel's 50th birthday, many Jews may find themselves boarding a plane to visit the country's holy sites. For modern Jews making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Hoffman (What Is a Jew?) provides a travel guide intended to prepare them for the spiritual as well as the physical dimension of their travels. In the book's first section, Hoffman offers 18 short meditations to be read before leaving on the journey. Topics included in this section range from meditations on a "Jewish map of Jewish Space and Time" to "Jerusalem: The Center of the World." Sections two and three focus, respectively, on "what to say on the eve of leaving" and "how to prepare while on the way." Section four, the centerpiece of the book, contains brief reflections on 25 specific destinations in Israel, ranging from the Western Wall to Masada and Bethlehem. Each of these chapters contains four sections?"Anticipation," a brief historical overview to read before arriving at the destination; "Approach," excerpts from a variety of Jewish writings to teach the traveler about the locations' spiritual context; "Acknowledgment," prayers or blessings; and "Afterthought," a blank space for writing journal entries. Hoffman's book is such an invaluable resource for incorporating Jewish spirituality into Jewish history that both non-Jews and Jews will benefit from it.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide: A Companion for Modern Jewish Pilgrims by Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is slender enough to slip in your backpack and big enough to change your life. On his first visit to Israel, the American Rabbi Hoffman was disappointed that his reactions to the holy sites seemed to stop with "Wow." His subsequent trips have been more fulfilling, because he's developed a system of preparation and approach involving reading, prayer, and journaling that is summarized in Israel: A Spiritual Travel Guide. Look to Lonely Planet to help you find cheap eats and soft beds; and keep this guide handy for maps, time lines, and blessings (in both Hebrew and English) appropriate to most destinations that draw pilgrims--ranging from the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem to the mystical center Safed. Rabbi Hoffman's writing describes pilgrimages with an appealing blend of gravity and levity; his guide can help shape your memories of pilgrimage into your own distinctive "contribution to the memory of this people that has never suffered from amnesia." --Michael Joseph Gross
From Publishers Weekly
To celebrate Israel's 50th birthday, many Jews may find themselves boarding a plane to visit the country's holy sites. For modern Jews making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Hoffman (What Is a Jew?) provides a travel guide intended to prepare them for the spiritual as well as the physical dimension of their travels. In the book's first section, Hoffman offers 18 short meditations to be read before leaving on the journey. Topics included in this section range from meditations on a "Jewish map of Jewish Space and Time" to "Jerusalem: The Center of the World." Sections two and three focus, respectively, on "what to say on the eve of leaving" and "how to prepare while on the way." Section four, the centerpiece of the book, contains brief reflections on 25 specific destinations in Israel, ranging from the Western Wall to Masada and Bethlehem. Each of these chapters contains four sections?"Anticipation," a brief historical overview to read before arriving at the destination; "Approach," excerpts from a variety of Jewish writings to teach the traveler about the locations' spiritual context; "Acknowledgment," prayers or blessings; and "Afterthought," a blank space for writing journal entries. Hoffman's book is such an invaluable resource for incorporating Jewish spirituality into Jewish history that both non-Jews and Jews will benefit from it.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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