Rab Tab's Kabbalah Web
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Kab)
You have
reached the web site of Rabbi Larry Tabick,
rabbi of Shir Hayim,
the Hampstead Reform Jewish Community.
If you wish to make
more personal contact, you may email me at:
rabtab@tabick.abel.co.uk.
Rabbi Larry Tabick
is available for speaking & teaching engagements in the UK. He makes
no charge for speaking to student groups.
Who is
Larry Tabick? And how did he come to be doing this?
About
the work I do
If you
want to know more about Shir Hayim,
the community I serve, click here.
If you want to know
about the 'freelance' work I do, click here.
When I
was a student, I had a professor who told us at the very first lecture
of his course: 'Every 
teacher has their own hobby-horse. The difference is... I'm going
to tell you what mine is.' And he did. Well, in Hebrew/Yiddish, the word
that best translates 'hobby-horse' is 'meshugas', and my meshugas
is: Jewish mysticism in all its forms, Kabbalah and Hasidut (Hasidism)
included. If this is of interest to you too, then check out some of the
other pages of my web site.
Much of Jewish mystical literature is presented as comments or
sermons on the Hebrew Scriptures. Each Saturday morning, in synagogues
all over the world, a portion of the Five Books of Moses, the Torah,
is read. I have collected many of these Torah-based teachings and
added my own interpretations to them. If you would like to see the latest
selection, try this link.
The product of many courses introducing the main ideas and classical literature
of Jewish mysticism. Selections from texts ranging from the Bible to
early modern times.
Currently featuring Moses Cordovero's meditations
for the Ten Days of Repentance.
Synagogue teachers and rabbis all over the
world spend countless hours teaching people how to read the traditional Jewish
prayers. Occasionally, they will help their students to explore the meaning
of those prayers, but this article explores Jewish mystical texts (kabbalistic
and hasidic) that teach the art and skill of praying Jewish-style.
Stories
and Poems
Thanks to very good friends,
some of Rabbi Larry's poems/meditations are now available
in a beautifully designed book entitled
Growing Into Your Soul
(Hylas, 2005).
Originally intended
as a gift book for Bar/Bat Mitzvah, but 'Rabbi Tabick's simple meditations
offer a stimulus to the questing minds of not just the young, but anyone
seeking to find meaning in the Jewish way of life.'
It
is obtainable from your local Judaica shop or from Amazon.com, but UK
residents should contact me directly: rabtab@tabick.abel.co.uk.
Here are other original poems and stories dealing with moral life
and the spiritual search.
Binocular Vision...
Ovadyah and the Mountain (story)
Thoughts on Repentance
Top Security (feminine
version) (story)
Top Security (masculine
version) (story)
The Lost King (story)
The
unseen thread, and other poems
A Holiday
from God, and other poems
The
Warrior to War, and other poems NEW
The Man
and the Snail, and other poems NEW
Like Ben Zoma,
and other poems NEW
Hypocrisy
on the Ceiling, and other poems NEW
God
and the Big Bank, and other poems NEW
Thank you ...for dropping by. Hope to see you again soon. Lehitra'ot!
Shalom.
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All written
material on this web site is © Larry Tabick 2007 unless otherwise stated.
This is in accordance
with Biblical & Rabbinic, as well as secular, law.
Please do not
re-use any of this material without at least giving me credit.
rabtab@tabick.abel.co.uk
My Meshugas
Mystical insights into Torah
Sources of Jewish mysticism
How to pray