Eitan Fishbane, PhD, a frequent scholar-in-residence and guest speaker at congregations across North America, is assistant professor of Jewish thought at The Jewish Theological Seminary; author of As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist (Stanford University Press); and co-editor of Jewish Mysticism and the Spiritual Life: Classical Texts, Contemporary Reflections (Jewish Lights).

Eitan Fishbane is available to speak on the following topics:

• Shabbat
• Prayer
• Spirituality
• God and Theology
• Mysticism
• Ethics
• Torah

Introduction

A Prayer for Joy (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Candle Lighting (SEFER SEFAT 'EMET)
Longing for Closeness (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Spiritual Preparation (PRI TZADDIK)
Freedom and Fear Transformed (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Wearing White on Shabbat (PRI TZADDIK)
The Pleasure of Shabbat (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
A Path through the Sea (DEGEL MAH. ANEH 'EFRAYIM)
The Desire for Money (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Soul of the World (SEFER ME'OR 'EINAYIM)
Cleansing the Soul throughWashing and Immersion (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Kiddush (LIKUTEI HALAKHOT)
An Intention for Eating on the Sabbath (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Eating and Contemplation (LIKUTEI HALAKHOT)
Transforming Our Speech (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Hallah as a Symbol of Spiritual Wholeness (LIKUTEI HALAKHOT)
Reading the Torah Portion as a Spiritual Practice (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Refraining from Labor (LIKUTEI HALAKHOT)
As Though All My Work Is Done (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Awareness of God (SEFER SEFAT 'EMET)
Song and Peace (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)
Uniting the Physical and the Spiritual (SEFER SEFAT 'EMET)
The Power of Melody (LIKUTEI TEFILOT)

Concluding Meditations
Acknowledgments
Notes
Suggestions for Further Reading

Enter into the wonder and mystery of the Sabbath through the teachings of the mystical masters. Offers a wide range of Hasidic writings previously unavailable in English that express the devotional and individual yearning of soulful Sabbath observance.