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He is the founder of the spiritual eldering institute in philadelphia, which sponsors workshops nationwide that provide the psychological and spiritual tools for people of all ages to grow into elderhood. Born in poland in 1924 and raised in vienna, he was interned in detention camps under the vichy french and fled the nazi advance by coming to the united states in 1941. Oct 01, 2012 this powerful memoir chronicles the life of one of americas most celebrated rabbisrabbi zalman m. Jul 09, 2014 posted july 9, 2014 the only way to get it together. Schachtershalomi, bekannt als reb zalman geboren 28. He was growing older, and fears about death and infirmity were haunting him. Rabbi zalman schachtershalomi has been a resident of boulder since 1995.
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Buddhist teachers and nativeamerican shamans, reb zalman found a way to turn aging into the. Times bestselling author sara davidson to talk with him about. Schachtershalomi produced a large body of written, audio and video works. Zalman schachtershalomi is a preeminent rabbi, teacher, and professor emeritus at temple university and naropa university. August 1924 in schowkwa, damals polen, heute ukraine. Ive read the questions that you have, and the issue about the intractable, how to think about it, you know. The past decade has seen an explosion in the genre of jewish howto books, each written for an audience with little experience in jewish life and each reflecting the particular ideology and religious outlook of the writer.
Schachtershalomi has produced a large body of articles, books, audio and video recordings. Psalm 23 explained by rabbi zalman schachtershalomi youtube. Joel segel, editor of many books on spirituality, is coauthor with reb zalman of jewish with feeling. Zalman schachter shalomi is a preeminent rabbi, teacher, and professor emeritus at temple university and naropa university. Zalman schachtershalomis most popular book is from ageing to sageing.