This book starts with a clear-headed look at the Ten Commandments
and rephrases them in terms that go straight to the heart, such as
"Do not murder": "Aware of the suffering caused by the needless and
wanton destruction of life, I vow to cultivate compassion and
justice, and learn ways to protect the well-being of people,
animals, plants, and minerals. I recognize that murder refers not
only to the literal taking of life but to the killing of dignity",
etc.
It then examines the hasidic tradition founded by the Baal Shem
Tov in 18th-century Europe shows how this view of the world
epitomizes Jewish spirituality. Drawing on the wisdom of those
sages who followed in the Baal Shem Tov's footsteps, Shapiro offers
his tenfold path for making Jewish spiritual practice central to
our lives: meditation, repetition of a sacred phrase, inspirational
reading, attention to the present moment, generosity, kindness
performed with no thought of reward, dreamwork, ecokashrut or
ethical consumption, self-perfection, and celebration of the
sabbath (this is what hooked me). Shapiro offers a Judaism so
immediate and vital to living with integrity and enjoyment that I
foresee groups springing up in communities everywhere to put his
teaching into practice. I started one the day I finished the
manuscript. This is magnificent stuff. I urge you all to try it
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