Arthur Kurzweil teaches Talmud and Kabbalah across the United States. Arthur is the author of several books, including The Torah For Dummies, On the Road with Rabbi Steinsaltz and The Persistence of Memory. He received the Distinguished Humanitarian Award from the Melton Center For Jewish Studies at The Ohio State University for his contributions to Jewish education.

Introduction 1

Part 1: So, What's the Big Secret? Unmasking Kabbalah 9

Chapter 1: What Is Kabbalah? 11

Chapter 2: Magic, Mishegas, and Other Things that Kabbalah Isn't 29

Chapter 3: Looking Back: A Brief History of Kabbalah 35

Part 2: Cutting to the Core of Kabbalah 55

Chapter 4: The Link Between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah's Own Top-Ten Countdown 57

Chapter 5: Everything (Even a Traffic Jam) Is for the Best 79

Chapter 6: Our Bodies Don't Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies 97

Chapter 7: Like Déjà Vu All Over Again: Reincarnation in Kabbalah 109

Chapter 8: Instant Karma's Gonna Get You 123

Part 3: Living the Life of a Kabbalist 137

Chapter 9: Living One Day at a Time 139

Chapter 10: Living One Week at a Time 157

Chapter 11: A Year in the Life of a Kabbalist 181

Chapter 12: A Kabbalist's Lifecycle 199

Part 4: Fine-tuning the Essential Skills of the Kabbalist 217

Chapter 13: Discovering the Kabbalistic Books that Really Matter 219

Chapter 14: Hitting the Books - and Kissing Them: Studying Like a Kabbalist 239

Chapter 15: Praying Like a Kabbalist 259

Chapter 16: Knowing the Unknowable God 285

Part 5: The Part of Tens 303

Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Myths about Studying Kabbalah 305

Chapter 18: Ten Great Kabbalists in History 315

Chapter 19: Ten Kabbalah Teachers on YouTube 331

Chapter 20: Ten Ideas from Kabbalah I Made Sure to Teach My Children 335

Part 6: Appendixes 341

Appendix A: Books and Authors You'll Thank Me for Recommending 343

Appendix B: Gematria: The Secret of Letters and Numbers 349

Appendix C: A Glossary of Everything Kabbalah 353

Index 365