Kabbalah and the Holocaust

by Bezalel Naor

According to Sefer Yezirah, the ancient Book of Creation, the three dimensions of existence are space, time, and soul. Kabbalah and the Holocaust moves through these three dimensions simultaneously, Its six chapters are six cities on the far-flung map of the Holocaust. Each chapter traces in time a received kabbalistic tradition, be it the Lithuanian Mitnagdic, Hasidic, Sephardic, or Yemenite, with all their nuances. Finally, the dimension of soul is represented in the person of the zaddik, the righteous one who must confront evil armed with the powerful weapon of faith. In the zaddik's quiver are various meditative techniques, reincarnation, communiques from above, predestination, automatic speech, and divine names. These stories of the famous and not-so-famous open our eyes to an alternative vision of the universe - Holocaust and post-Holocaust. - From the Publisher

135 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2001