Kabbalah
Connections
Sunday 29 February 2004 5pm
Adin Steinsaltz
Chair: Jeremy
Rosen
Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
is regarded as one of the greatest rabbis of our time. Scholar, teacher,
mystic, scientist, he is best known for his monumental translation of and commentary
on the Talmud. His recent books, The Miracle of the Seventh Day (2003)
and Opening the Tanya (2003), focus on Jewish mystical wisdom and the
potential it offers for spiritual renewal.
In conversation with Rabbi Jeremy Rosen, to mark the
launch of Opening the Tanya, Adin Steinsaltz reflects on the mystery of the Kabbalah.
Adin Steinsaltz is
the author of many books including The Thirteen Petalled
Rose (1985), Simple Words (1999) and A Dear Son To Me (2002).
Jeremy Rosen is
Director of Yakar Educational Foundation and author
of Exploding Myths that Jews Believe (2000).