Overview

The sense of the sacred is as critical to the human experience as any of the conventionally primary senses of touch, sound, and sight. In this traveler’s guide to spiritual practice, Milgrom and Elcott bring the reader to many paths that seekers of the sacred walk. What is the universal sevenfold path? Recognizing a spark of the divine; honoring the covenant with all living things; engaging in healing and growth; opening our lives to the divine presence; seeing where we are as a sacred place; seeking and pursuing justice; and taking time to enjoy a sabbath. They illuminate these paths through inspiring stories, both inherited and personal, drawn from a richly lived Jewish life and encounters with faith communities around the world. For while the universe emerged from one pinpoint of energy and life, it is only in its infinite diversity where God can be found. Indeed, “there is no place devoid of the Presence,” even in the everyday. The Sevenfold Path is, above all, an invitation to a richer, fuller, and more joyful life.

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An exquisitely lovely book full of stories old and new celebrating Jewish values, rituals, blessings, and spiritual practices. The authors write, ‘the holiness is everywhere.’ You will find it on every page. -- Katherine Ketcham * co-author of The Spirituality of Imperfection and Experiencing Spirituality * This book is a life-enriching delight. It offers a seven-fold path to a life of purpose, connection, inner growth, wonder, openness, response and joy. Each virtue is illuminated by stories - personal stories, family stories, Jewish tradition stories, folk stories. The stories offer a never-ending cornucopia of life experiences that stimulate, surprise, shock, summon us to action. They make us laugh, they make us cry, make us reflect, make us stop and assess our lives, make us try harder. Written by a rabbi (a powerful, pioneering woman rabbi who created a spiritually vital community) and her husband (a professor and a lifelong, top notch Jewish community professional), the book draws on Jewish stories and values, but it freely incorporates sources and experiences from other traditions, seamlessly and sensitively. Therefore, it will meaningfully uplift the lives of people from every tradition. We particularly loved the rituals in each section, which concretize the values and channel our emotions into making deep connections with ourselves, our spouses, our families, our friends, and the people that we meet. Buy this book, read this book. Thereby, you will acquire a life companion, a guide and a co-adventurer, leading you to explore the visible miracles and hidden depths of life. -- Blu and Yitz Greenberg * Scholar, feminist, author of How to Run a Traditional Jewish Household; Rabbi, activist, Senior Scholar in Residence, Hadar Institute, author of The Triumph of Life *

Author Information

Shira Milgrom served as Rabbi of the Congregation Kol Ami in White Plains for thirty-seven years and is the editor of a unique prayer book used in Jewish settings across the continent. David M. Elcott retired as the Taub Professor of Practice at NYU Wagner and works with Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison to teach classes to incarcerated individuals. He is the author of Faith, Nationalism and the Future of Liberal Democracy (2021) and A Sacred Journey (1995).

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