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Some progressive Jewish communities have felt the need to develop their contemplative spirit and practice. This has been an area which is already highly developed (and currently active) within the American Jewish Renewal Movement. In the UK/Europe it is less developed and has been expressed principally through occasional lectures, retreats or short courses in spirituality, most often related to Kabbalah.
It is when one comes to consider the place of individuals seeking to express their commitment in specifically contemplative lifestyles that things come really unstuck.
Though I would personally be delighted if there were Jewish monks and nuns I do not think many Jews I have met would share my enthusiasm! I am not suggesting that Judaism is in need of a “monastic” tradition, whether restored or created, though even that possibility is not beyond consideration. But I am suggesting that a prophetic and eremitical tradition is there to be developed.
Cave of the Heart (iii) : PART ONE continued
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