Introduction: The Heart of Jewish Meditation
Avram Davis

1 The Teaching and Practice of Reb Yerachmiel ben Yisrael
Rabbi Rami M. Shapiro
2 Silencing the Inner Voice(s)
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
3 It Doesn't Matter What You Call It: If It Works, It Works
Rabbi Alan Lew
4 Study as Meditation
Susie Schneider
5 Keeping God Before Me Always
Mindy Ribner
6 Noble Boredom: How to View Meditation
Rabbi Jonathan Omer-Man
7 Jewish Meditation Today and Its Obstacles
Avram Davis
8 The Hierarchy of Jewish Meditation
Rabbi Alan Brill
9 Opening the Inner Gates
Edward Hoffman
10 A Splendid Way to Live
Rabbi David Zeller
11 On Mindfulness
Sylvia Boorstein
12 Meditation as Our Own Jacob's Ladder
Rabbi Steve Fisdel
13 That This Song May Be a Witness: The Power of Chant
Rabbi Shefa Gold
14 Meditating as a Practicing Jew
Rabbi Sheila Peltz Weinberg
15 Meditation and the Art of Growing Your Neshamah
Rabbi Laibl Wolf
16 Healing and Meditation
Rabbi Shohama Wiener
17 Why Meditate?
Daniel C. Matt
18 The Promise of Jewish Meditation
Rabbi David Cooper
19 Go to Your Self
Andrea Cohen-Kiener
20 Meditation and Women's Kabbalah
Rabbi Lynn Gottleib
21 Piety Before Ecstasy
Shaul Magid
22 Notes from a Beginning Meditation Teacher
Nan Fink
Best Practices: A Distillation of Techniques and Outlook
Avram Davis

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