Jewish Renewal library

Torah as a guide to personal growth

A landmark work of Jewish feminism, The Hebrew Priestess carefully excavates the forgotten roles of women as Jewish spiritual leaders from the millennia before women began receiving rabbinic ordination in the 1970s and offers up uniquely feminine forms of spiritual leadership for our time.

"Reb DovBer is the current authentic voice to mediate the hidden teachings of Jewish mysticism in a way that can be apprehended by the contemporary seeker. His teachings and presence resonate very deeply with those he comes in contact with. He is blessed with a brilliant mind and an open and caring heart. His teachings stimulate the mind expand the heart and reveal the soul of the Torah in a way that makes the transformation."
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

"A fierce work still connected to the cloister of Meah Shearim" -The Forward

The Gate of Tears: Sadness and the Spiritual Path explores the counter-intuitive insight that sadness and joy are not opposites – and that human capacities often suppressed or rejected can, instead, be gateways to deep joy, creativity, and liberation.