Archive for October 20th, 2008

The Spiritual Practice of Torah Study: Marc Gafni

Posted on: October 20th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

posted by Gafni assistant. More then any other spiritual art, study has been my life long spiritual practice. The Study of Torah. The study of Reality. Study is not the accumulation of information. It is rather – the suspension of ego and small ...

The Arousal to Prayer: Marc Gafni: Part One

Posted on: October 20th, 2008 by Marc Gafni No Comments

The Baal Shem Tov, 18th century founder of the Hebrew mystical movement called Hassidism, writes that the ecstatic swaying motion which is characteristic of Hebrew prayer is the swaying and rocking of the couple in lovemaking. Rabbi Isaac Luria write ...