TY - BOOK AU - Matt,Daniel Chanan AU - מט,דניאל חנן TI - The Essential Kabbalah: the heart of Jewish mysticism SN - 9780062511645 U1 - 296.1 PY - 1995/// CY - New York, New York PB - HarperSanFrancisco KW - תנ"ך. תורה KW - Cabbala KW - Introductions KW - Mysticism KW - Judaism KW - God (Judaism) KW - Creation in Jewish thought KW - קבלה KW - מבואות KW - יהדות KW - מיסטיקה KW - אלוהים KW - בריאת העולם N1 - Bibliography: pp. 219-221; Contents: Introduction: A glimpse of the orchard -- Ein Sof: God as infinity -- Ein Sof and the Sefirot -- Ayin: mystical nothingness -- The Ten Sefirot -- Creation -- Letters of the alphabet -- Mind, meditation, and mystical experience -- Dangers of contemplation -- Revelation and Torah -- Living in the material world -- The wisdom of Kabbalah ER -