| Nine and a Half Mystics | |
| Authors: | Herbert Weiner |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | religion, mysticism |
| Publisher: | Collier Books |
Nine and a Half Mystics: The Kabbala Today is a 1969 book on Jewish mysticism by Rabbi Herbert Weiner. The book includes interviews with a number of Jewish mystics and scholars, as well as the author's encounters with various Jewish groups practicing who incorporate mysticism in their religious practice.
Nine and a Half Mystics explores themes on Kabbalah and Jewish mysticism as well as those Jewish groups where the mystical tradition is active.[1]
Weiner, a Reform rabbi, based the book on his travels to various Jewish communities in his search for Jewish mysticism.[2] For many American Jews, Weiner's work was their first exposure to the Jewish mystical tradition.[3] [4]
Nine and a Half Mystics includes a number of interviews with Jewish mystics and scholars including:
In addition to interviews, Rabbi Weiner also travelled to various Jewish communities where Jewish mysticism is incorporated in religious practice. Weiner visited the Chabad-Lubavitch movement in Brooklyn, the Breslov community in New York and Israel, among others.