“Torah is a spiraling mirrored pathway that is opened to us week by week. It is the Sha’ar Tzedek, the Gate of Righteousness, through which we may enter fully into our own lives.”
Torah Journeys
The Inner Path to the Promised Land
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Torah Journeys
Torah as Blessing
Torah as Spiritual Challenge
Torah as Guidance for Practice
Journeying Through Torah
The Destination of Torah Journeys
Genesis: Incarnation
Exodus: Liberation
Leviticus: Holiness
Numbers: Journey
Deuteronomy: practice
Appendices: Aspects of practice
Chant as a Core Practice
Spirit Buddies
Calendar of Torah Readings
Glossary
Praise
“Deep study and contemplation went into the writing of this work. Reb Shefa takes you into the House of Study of the heart and the soul and in this way engages the sacred creativity of the spirit.”
Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, co-author of Jewish With Feeling and Credo Of A Modern Kabbalist
“What Rabbi Gold has done is bring Torah into the heart. If you dare be addressed by God — read it. If you dare be transformed by God — practice it.”
Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author of The Divine Feminine
“Torah Journeys is a remarkable book of profound depth. It has taught me much, drawing as the author does from the wells of different faith traditions in her life. Rabbi Shefa Gold is adept at teaching us how to grow spiritually using the Torah as the inexhaustible source.”
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
“This book manifests the strength and insight that happens when women enter the ministry… Here experience takes precedence over tired and literal dogmatic pronouncements and life comes alive again.”
Theologian Matthew Fox, author of A New Reformation: Creation Spirituality and the Transformation of Christianity
“Rabbi Gold opens each Torah portion in profound, new ways, pointing the way for us to find the Torah’s most usable blessings, spiritual challenges, and sustainable practices for our own journeys. In Torah Journeys, Torah becomes a mirror for our lives and a tool for personal transformation.”
Rabbi Tirzah Firestone, Jungian Therapist and author of The Receiving: Reclaiming Jewish Women’s Wisdom and With Roots in Heaven: One Woman’s Passionate Journey Into The Heart of Her Faith
“No other contemporary teacher I know presents Scripture as so hands-on-accessible a tool for transforming personal suffering into happiness.”
Sylvia Boorstein, author of It’s Easier Than You Think: The Buddhist Way to Happiness
“Torah Journeys is a wonderful opportunity to discover the depths of Jewish wisdom teachings through the guidance of a teacher who brings a perfect combination of heartfulness and skillfulness along with a passion for profound spiritual inquiry.”
Rabbi David A Cooper, author of God is a Verb
“The very word “torah” is from the ancient Hebrew vocabulary of archery. It means not the bull’s eye, not the archer, not the arrow, but the process of aiming. This is what Rabbi Shefa Gold has given us — the truthful, artful aiming at the soul within.”
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, co-author of The Tent of Abraham; author of Godwrestling — Round 2; director of The Shalom Center