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Daniel M. Horwitz is chapel rabbi at Congregation Beth Yeshurun in Houston, Texas. He is a teacher at the Akiba Academy of Beth Yeshurun and the Houston Melton Adult Mini-School.
Very solid, carefully thought-out, and well researched, making a very complicated subject quite accessible. -Rabbi Dr. Byron L. Sherwin, the late former Distinguished Service Professor, Spertus Institute -- Rabbi Dr. Byron L. Sherwin Rabbi Horwitz has written a fine book of accessible scholarship, one that will be welcomed by rabbis, educators, and adult education classes. Strongly recommended. -Rabbi Judith Abrams, the late former head of Maqom, School for Adult Talmud Study, and coauthor of The Messiah and the Jews -- Rabbi Judith Abrams A gateway into the world of Jewish spirituality. . . . An important resource, very well done. -Rabbi Jack Riemer, editor of The World of the High Holy Days -- Rabbi Jack Riemer Rabbi Horwitz has done a masterful job of collecting important excerpts from the vast storehouse of mystical literature, and annotated each selection with a perceptive analysis. This collection will remain the classic book of study on kabbalah and Jewish mysticism for decades to come. -Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins -- Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins * Jewish Media Review listserv * Horowitz offers a very readable and enjoyable introduction to the broad expanse of Jewish mystical literature from biblical to modern times. -Mark Verman, Religious Studies Review -- Mark Verman * Religious Studies Review *
