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The Daily Maggid - Hasidic Teaching by Email  "Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum sends out a very brief hasidic teaching or anecdote daily for free. To sign up, contact Reb Yitzhak. The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, by Yitzhak Buxbaum  Rabbi Israel Baal Shem Tov is one of the greatest Jewish teachers of all time and the inspiration for much of what is alive today in Judaism, in all the denominations. Yet amazingly, this is the first comprehensive book in English about his life! Yitzhak Buxbaum has researched everything available from hasidic and academic sources, in Hebrew and English. He has collected tales, teachings, and parables to produce a wonderful, inspiring "life-story." The book is not just "about" the Besht but a spiritual "scripture," like something written centuries ago. Accessible to everyone, it contains material that will be new to the most knowledgeable reader. Parabola, reviewed by Arthur Kurzweil The J., reviewed by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner | Print-Ready Format Hadassah Magazine, reviewed by Judith Fein Tikkun, reviewed by Estelle Frankel Order Now! Purchase Hardback ($40.00) Purchase Paperback ($20.00) Back in Print - Jewish Spiritual Practices  Jewish Spiritual Practices explains the Jewish mystic path, whose goal is d'vekut, God-consciousness. Discover how to have God-consciousness while studying Torah, while davvening, while walking, while working, while washing the dishes. Yitzhak has translated hundreds of hasidic teachings of the Rebbes about hanhagot, spiritual practices. The practices are explained in the larger context of the spiritual path toward the mystic goal. Many people are inspired by tales about the hasidic Rebbes. These are the practices that got the Rebbes to their exalted spiritual levels and which they taught to their followers. The information in this book is not available elsewhere, in Hebrew or in English. If you are on the Jewish spiritual path, you should have this book.