Introduction 1

Part1: So, What’s the Big Secret? Unmasking Kabbalah 9

Chapter 1: What Is Kabbalah? 11

Chapter 2: Magic, Mishegas, and Other Things that Kabbalah Isn’t 29

Chapter 3: Looking Back: A Brief History of Kabbalah 35


Part2: Cutting to the Core of Kabbalah 55

Chapter 4: The Link Between Heaven and Earth: Kabbalah’s Own Top-Ten Countdown 57

Chapter 5: Everything (Even a Traffic Jam) Is for the Best 79

Chapter 6: Our Bodies Don’t Have Souls; Our Souls Have Bodies 97

Chapter 7: Like Deja Vu All Over Again: Reincarnation in Kabbalah 109

Chapter 8: Instant Karma’s Gonna Get You 123


Part3: Living the Life of a Kabbalist 137

Chapter 9: Living One Day at a Time 139

Chapter 10: Living One Week at a Time 157

Chapter 11: A Year in the Life of a Kabbalist 181

Chapter 12: A Kabbalist’s Lifecycle 199


Part4: Fine-tuning the Essential Skills of the Kabbalist 217

Chapter 13: Discovering the Kabbalistic Books that Really Matter 219

Chapter 14: Hitting the Books - and Kissing Them: Studying Like a Kabbalist 239

Chapter 15: Praying Like a Kabbalist 259

Chapter 16: Knowing the Unknowable God 285


Part5: The Part of Tens 303

Chapter 17: (Almost) Ten Myths about Studying Kabbalah 305

Chapter 18: Ten Great Kabbalists in History 315

Chapter 19: Ten Kabbalah Teachers on YouTube 331

Chapter 20: Ten Ideas from Kabbalah I Made Sure to Teach My Children 335


Part6: Appendixes 341

Appendix A: Books and Authors You’ll Thank Me for Recommending 343

Appendix B: Gematria: The Secret of Letters and Numbers 349

Appendix C: A Glossary of Everything Kabbalah 353

Index 365