{"product_id":"shalom-sharabi-and-the-kabbalists-pinchas-giller-9780195328806","title":"Shalom Shar'abi and the Kabbalists of Beit El","description":"The Jerusalem kabbalists of the Beit El Yeshivah are the most influential school of kabbalah in modernity. The school is associated with the writings and personality of a charismatic eighteenth-century Yemenite Rabbi, Shalom Shar'abi, considered by his acolytes to be divinely inspired by the prophet Elijah. Shar'abi initiated what is still the most active school of mysticism in contemporary Middle Eastern Jewry. Today, this meditative tradition is rising in popularity not only in Jerusalem, but throughout the Jewish World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePinchas Giller examines the characteristic mystical practices of the Beit El School. The dominant practice is that of ritual prayer with mystical \"intentions,\" or \u003cem\u003ekavvanot\u003c\/em\u003e. The \u003cem\u003ekavvanot\u003c\/em\u003e themselves are the product of thousands of years of development and incorporate many traditions and bodies of lore. Giller examines the archaeology of the \u003cem\u003ekavvanot\u003c\/em\u003e literature, the principle aspect of which is the meditation on God's sacred names while reciting prayers, the development of particular rituals, and the innovative mystical and devotional practices of the Beit El kabbalists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pinchas Giller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195328809\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195328806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/19\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Pinchas Giller","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43914206544127,"sku":"9780195328806","price":140.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_94b0f929-09ee-49ff-8b84-1bab3416a0c7.jpg?v=1680640955","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shalom-sharabi-and-the-kabbalists-pinchas-giller-9780195328806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}