From the Depth of the Well: An Anthology of Jewish Mysticism

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Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Acknowledgments To the Reader Introduction Chapter 1: The Dawn of Kabbalah Introduction Sefer ha-Bahir The ‘Iyyun Circle The School of Rabbi Yitshak the Blind Rabbi Ezra ben Shlomo of Gerona Rabbi ‘Azriel of Gerona Rabbi Ya‘akov ben Sheshet The Kohen Brothers Chapter 2: The> Zohar Introduction The Text Chapter 3: The Safed Renaissance and Its Legacy PART ONE: THE KABBALISTIC WORLD OF SAFED Introduction Rules of Mystical Piety The Pious Customs of Rabbi Moshe Cordovero The Pious Customs of Rabbi Avraham Galante “Come, My Beloved” (Lekha Dodi) The Pious Customs of Rabbi Yitshak Luria Rabbi Yitshak Luria’s Aramaic Invocations for the Sabbath Eve The Book of Visions by R. Hayyim Vital The Beginning of Wisdom by R. Eliyahu de Vidas PART TWO: LURIANIC KABBALAH AND ITS INTERPRETERS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Introduction The Generations of Adam (R. Yeshaya Horowitz) The Writings of Avraham Miguel Cardozo Chapter 4: Hasidic Spirituality Introduction Upright Practices by R. Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl Me’or Eynayim on Genesis (The Light of the Eyes) by R. Menahem Nahum of Chernobyl Rabbi Nahman’s Tales (R. Nahman of Bratslav) The Book of Secrets of R. Yitshak Yehiel Safrin of Komarno Chapter 5: Modern Mystics Introduction The Writings of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook The Writings of Hillel Zeitlin Afterword: The Contemporary Renaissance of Jewish Mysticism Notes Sources Primary Source References