Language Notes
Text: English, Hebrew (translation)
Strife of the Spirit FROM THE PUBLISHER
The Strife of the Spirit explores such fundamental themes as the nature of the human soul, the path of the penitent, and the relationship between student and text. Rabbi Steinsaltz moves comfortably and effectively between essays and oral discourses, interviews and stories.
FROM THE CRITICS
Parabola
It is refreshing to find an author who is not concerned with apologetics and tells it the way he sees it. Steinsaltz does not attempt to argue for or demonstrate the kabbalistic view he operates in and with. It is as if he is saying to the reader "Here is the kabbalistic world view. Step in and inhabit it. If you find it to be comfortable, then make it your own and live by it."