Prayer and Spirituality
Mindfulness and Judaism
Educator: Rabbi James Jacobson-Maisels
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Course Details
Sessions
10
Recommended for
Everyone
Description
This course will explore the practice of mindfulness in Jewish sources and thought. It will consider mindfulness as a path of emotional healing, spiritual awareness and liberation from suffering and its role in leading a full and fulfilling Jewish life. Concrete techniques will accompany many of the practices, and participants are encouraged to engage on a practical as well as intellectual level. Texts and questions will address emotional, psychological and intellectual issues, and participants are encouraged to approach the course with intellectual and emotional openness and a willingness to share and experiment.
Sample Materials
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Educator
Rabbi James-Jacobson Maisels is the founder of Or HaLev: Center for Jewish Spirituality and Meditation and teaches at the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, the Drisha Institute of Jewish Education, and Yeshivat Hadar. He earned a PhD at the University of Chicago in Jewish Mysticism.
