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Melinda Ribner is internationally known for her pioneering work in Jewish meditation and meditative Kabbalah, is the founder and director of the Jewish Meditation Circle and Beit Miriam, and is also a licensed psychotherapist in private practice who uses meditation and Kabbalah as part of treatment. She is a student of the legendary Rabbi Shlomo Carebach and received a non-rabbinical s'micha (ordination) to teach Jewish meditation. A teacher of Jewish meditation for more than eighteen years, she offers a teacher-training program, seminars, and experiential workshops at synagogues, national conferences, and New Age centers throughout this country and Canada. Ms. Ribner is the author of best-selling books New Age Judaism and Everyday Kabbalah.

A Month-by-Month Kabbalistic Guide to Celebrating and Transforming One's Life

The ancient wisdom of Kabbalah outlines a month-by-month guide for personal healing and transformation. It is the original twelve step program, as each month has its own unique energy and opportunities for healing and spiritual growth.
Through Jewish soul stories, Kabbalistic teachings, inspiring case examples, meditations, spiritual and psychological guidelines, and practical recommendations, the easy-to-follow format of Kabbalah Month by Month makes this ancient wisdom accessible for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Each chapter includes information about the month's:

• Unique energy and healing area
• Astrological connections
• Holidays
• Torah portions
• Hebrew letter and permutation of the Divine Name

Like a good friend, Kabbalah Month by Month is there to guide and inspire you. Keep it by your bed, at your desk, refer to it often, reflect upon it, study it, practice the meditations, and witness how your life flows with greater ease, love and joy.

Publishers Weekly

It was inevitable that amid the explosion of Kabbalah-related books in the last five years, some would be done devotional-style, aimed to bring the puzzles of Judaism's most mystical text to readers in digestible, bite-sized daily doses. But in Kabbalah Month by Month: A Year of Spiritual Practice and Personal Transformation, Mindy Ribner gives readers a fairly thoughtful and perceptive interpretation. What sets this book apart from most others that explore Kabbalah for the hoi polloi is that it is firmly and stubbornly rooted in Jewish tradition. Some may not agree with Ribner's explanations of some Jewish traditions, or her investigations of astrology, but they will appreciate the fact that she has not sought to divorce Kabbalah from its religious roots. The book is beautifully designed in a square paperback format. (Oct.) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

	Introduction	xiii
	Tishrei September-October: Opening to Newness	1
	Cheshwan October-November: The Inner Work of Personal Transformation	35
	Kislev November-December: Rekindling Dreams	57
	Tevet December-January: Purification and Transformation of Negative Emotions	81
	Shevat January-February: Inner Renewal	105
	Adar February-March: The Joy of Oneness	131
	Nissan March-April: Moving Toward Greater Freedom	159
	Iyar April-May: Healing of Body, Heart, and Soul	187
	Sivan May-June: The Art of Receiving	219
	Tammuz June-July: Seeing Life as It Is	245
	Av July-August: The Wholeness of Brokenness	267
	Elul August-September: Returning to the Inner Stillness Within Change	299
	Closing	325
	Bibliography	327
	The Author	329