IN THE LATE 1950's, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, better known as
'Reb Zalman, ' penned what was perhaps the first book on Jewish
meditation and contemplative Judaism in English. It was called, The
First Step: A Primer of a Jew's Spiritual Life, and was printed in
a simple stapled booklet edition which he mailed out to friends and
students. But it was not long before this humble booklet had
reached readers as diverse as President Zalman Shazar of Israel and
the famous author of The Seven Storey Mountain, Father Thomas
Merton. In 1965, it was included as a chapter in the widely
influential Jewish Catalog, and read by thousands of young Jews in
the late 60s and early 70s looking for an authentically Jewish
approach to meditation. Then, for many years, the booklet fell out
of use until it was completely revised and updated in 1993, in a
new booklet called, Gate to the Heart: An Evolving Process, which
was again privately printed and distributed within the Jewish
Renewal movement. In this expanded version, the booklet inspired a
whole new generation of Jewish contemplatives looking for a manual
of Jewish practice. Now, after being revised and supplemented once
again, Reb Zalman's first and most personal book, the culmination
of over 60 years of spiritual guidance work, is finally being
published and made available to the general public. "For me, Gate
to the Heart is the one essential book by Reb Zalman. Although
there are others that go into more depth, and are more expansive on
certain topics, none convey his authentic voice and brilliant
creativity more that this one. It is the book that I want to carry
with me at all times, a true vade mecum that one can consult again
and again to renew one's spiritual practice." --- Netanel
Miles-Yepez, co-author of A Heart Afire: Stories and Teachings of
the Early Hasidic Masters
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