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NEWS
A Wholly Life: Spiritual Integration of Mind, Body, and
Soul
by Dr. Moshe Kaplan
Reviewed by Yated Ne'eman Staff
A "whole" new look at holiness.
Today everyone's looking for spirituality. Yet Jewish
spirituality, unlike other beliefs or fads, does not offer
out-of-body experiences, magical remedies, or momentary
"highs."
In A Wholly Life: Spiritual Integration of Mind, Body, and
Soul, Dr. Moshe Kaplan has compiled a fascinating
collection of essays which, being both true and profound,
explore the many facets of Jewish spirituality by some of
today's great Jewish thinkers. Topics include Rabbi Dr. Dovid
Gottlieb's "A Spiritual Mind," Rabbi Berel Wein's "The Jew in
the Land of Plenty," Rabbi Dr. Meir Triebitz's "Man and
Eternity," and Yaakov Levinson's "Nutrition: An Elevated
Meal," to name a few.
In A Wholly Life Dr. Kaplan gives us a tapestry of
topics which illustrate the multiple facets that make up a
good, complete Jewish life. These thought-provoking essays
assert how Judaism empowers the individual to use all of the
gifts that G-d has given him—mind, body, and
soul—to achieve total integration and true
spirituality. Jewish spirituality is the pursuit of holiness,
using the Torah as a guide. Only through employing all of
these can one achieve real spirituality — in order to
transform, elevate, and sanctify every aspect one's life.
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In a world where everyone is searching for holiness and
fulfillment in their everyday and sometimes mundane lives,
you don't have to look to the mountain to reach your
spiritual goals.
A Wholly Life shows us how to become spiritually
integrated and holy individuals so that we can be worthy of,
and capable of, reaching great spiritual heights.
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