Backstage Lights: Poems
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Each of the poems in this book is an expression of a personal encounter with a teaching by Rabbi Avraham Yitzchak Kook (1865-1935), Torah leader, scholar, mystic and philosopher.
"The structures of these poems are not meant to confine, but to show the way to depth and mystery. Reading his work has left me pondering just how much more there is than meets the eye."--Peter Himmelman, Grammy-winning singer-songwriter
"Very exciting, soul and mind-thrilling kind of, even if the meaning might elude me, like tehillim sometimes eludes me, but I feel so connected and good, reading the words anyway, such hard, pure words, like silver. So many amazing phrases--'the sun caught in a hazel nut.'"--Ruchama King, best-selling novelist, author of Seven Blessings and In the Courtyard of the Kabbalist
"Shulman manages to squeeze complex theology into the constraints of poetic form."-- Yehoshua November, finalist for L.A. Times Book Prize, National Jewish Book Award
"Beautiful, deeply moving."--Gila Fine, editor-in-chief of Maggid Books
"A delightful collection of thoughtful poetry."--Jewish Action Magazine
"Shulman's incredible gift in expressive poetry responsively reflects upon the Lights of Rav Kook"--Prof. Natan Ophir, internationally-renowned Jewish meditation expert