Ginsburgh, Yitzchak 1944-

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Ginsburgh, Yitzchak 1944-

PERSONAL:

Born 1944, in St. Louis, MO; married; has children. Education: Belfer Graduate School of Science, M.A., 1965.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Kfar Chabad, Israel. Office—Gal Einai Institute, c/o Hendel, 822 Eastern Pkwy., Brooklyn, NY 11213.

CAREER:

Rabbi. Gal Einai Institute (Jewish educational center), Brooklyn, NY, founder and director.

WRITINGS:

IN ENGLISH

(With Avraham Arieh Trugman and Moshe Yaakov Wisnefsky) The Alef-beit: Jewish Thought Revealed through the Hebrew Letters, J. Aronson (Northvale, NJ), 1991.

The Mystery of Marriage: How to Find True Love and Happiness in Married Life, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 1999.

Awakening the Spark Within: Five Dynamics of Leadership That Can Change the World, Linda Pinsky Publications (Jerusalem, Israel), 2001.

Body, Mind, and Soul: Kabbalah on Human Physiology, Disease, and Healing, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 2003.

Rectifying the State of Israel: A Political Platform Based on Kabbalah, 2nd edition, Linda Pinsky Publications (Jerusalem, Israel), 2003.

The Art of Education: Internalizing Ever-New Horizons, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 2005.

What You Need to Know about Kabbalah, edited by Moshe Genuth, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 2006.

IN HEBREW

Maamar Harkavat enosh le-roshenu: ve-hu beur amuk ve-rahav … be-inyan Pesah rishon, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1983.

Sefer Sod H. li-yereav: mavo le-hokhmat ha-emet va-avodat ha-hitbonenut: kolel hamishim shaare hitbonenut be-sod shem ha-meyuhad, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1984.

Sefer Shekhinah benehem: shalom bayit: al pi daat Toratenu ha-kedoshah uve-derekh morenu ha-Besht ve-talmidav ha-kedoshim, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 1986.

Berit ha-nisuin: pirke iyun ve-hitbonenut ba-musag "shelom-bayit" al pi torat ha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1994.

Sefer Shaare ahavah ve-ratson: kolel sheloshah-asar maamre hitbonenut be-mahut ha-ahavah … al pi torat ha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1995.

Sefer Teshuvat ha-shanah: kolel esrim u-shenayim maamre hitbonenut ba-avodat H. bi-khelal uva-avodat ha-teshuvah bi-ferat lefi seder, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1996.

Maamar Mapolet Bavel; Maamar Al metsilot ha-sus, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1996.

Sefer Esa enai: kolel sheloshim ve-tishah maamre hitbonenut bi-fenimiyut toratenu va-avodat H. yitbarakh al pi ha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1997.

Sefer Berit ha-nisuin: ha-kolel sheloshah maamarim, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 1997.

Ani le-dodi ve-dodi li: pirke hitbonenut ekh la-vo biyeme ha-teshuva li-teshuvah me-ahavah, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), 1998.

Anokhi veha-yeladim: Sheloshah maamarim al koham shel yalde Yisrael, meubadim le-noar, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1998.

Sefer Malkhut Yisrael, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), Volume 1, 1998, Volume 2, c. 1999, Volume 3, 2005.

Sefer Kelal gadol ba-Torah: hitbonenut ba-fesukim hakelaliyim shel ha-Torah: be-tseruf mavo le-hitbonenut Yehudit, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1998.

Sefer Emunah u-mudaut: ha-kolel sheloshah maamarim, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 1998.

Sefer Adamah, shamayim u-tehom: al ha-teva veshirato, ha-nes sheme-alav veha-tohu, Zehavah Rivkah Pinski (Israel), c. 1998.

Sefer Panim el panim: yesodot ha-hinukh ha-penimi lefi ha-Kabalah veha-Hasidut, Zehavah Rivkah Pinski (Israel), c. 1999.

Tsav ha-shaah: tipul shoresh: iyunim be-nosim shehazeman-gerama al pi penimiyut ha-Torah, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2001.

Sefer Mayan gainim: mabat Hasidi le-farashiyot hashavua, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), Volume 1, c. 2001, Volume 2, c. 2004.

Be-itah ahishenah: sodot ha-geulah ha-aharonah le-havanat geulat dorenu, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2002.

Yayin mesameah: mistore hatunah ve-nisuin me-et Yitshak Ginzburg, Volumes 1-2, c. 2003, Volume 3, c. 2004.

Tom va-daat: maamarim le-Elul ule-Tishre Yitshak Ginzburg, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2003.

Hasde David ha-neemanim: mavo la-Kabalah velaavodat ha-hitbonenut, ten volumes in four, c. 2003.

Sefer Ruho shel Mashiah: ha-tekufah bi-rei ha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2003.

Sefer Hatan im ha-kalah: avodah li-shemah be-haye ha-nisuin, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2003.

Nefesh beriah: shikhtuv meubad mi-tokh sidrat hakalatot "Torah ha-nefesh—psikhologyah le-or ha-Hasidut," Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2003.

Ha-Teva ha-Yehudi: ha-derekh ha-olah el ha-mudaut ha-tivit, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2004.

Sefer Tikun ha-medina: matsa maasi le-tikun Medinat Yisrael al pi ha-Kabalah veha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2004.

Kumi ori: pirke maavak u-tekumah, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2005.

Sefer Melekh be-yofyo: ha-goel bi-rei ha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2005.

Mavo le-Kabalat ha-Ari: yesodot kabalat ha-Arizal le-or torat ha-Hasidut, Gal Einai (Jerusalem, Israel), c. 2005.

Also author of other books in Hebrew published by Gal Einai.

SIDELIGHTS:

Yitzchak Ginsburgh is a rabbi and a leading scholar of the Jewish mystical tradition. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Ginsburgh earned degrees in mathematics and philosophy with the intention of pursuing an academic career, but he was sidetracked when he became captivated by in-depth study of the Torah. He immigrated to Israel in 1965 and has since dedicated himself to sharing his knowledge of Jewish mysticism, lecturing at various educational institutions and writing dozens of books in both English and Hebrew. Ginsburgh lent his expertise in the Kabbalistic tradition to What You Need to Know about Kabbalah, published in 2006. The book is a resource for both Jews and non-Jews who are interested in the fundamentals of Kabbalah, and it incorporates information presented in many of Ginsburgh's previous books. It was called a "solid introduction" and "‘must’ primer" by California Bookwatch critics. Writing for the Library Journal, Graham Christian remarked that the book is "always intelligent and deeply grounded in established Jewish tradition."

In The Art of Education: Internalizing Ever-New Horizons, Ginsburgh explains how the "inner educator" in each person can be unlocked by using a series of skills designed to focus divine energy. Small Press Bookwatch reviewer Steven T. Karris wrote that The Art of Education provides a "complex, sophisticated, scholarly, thoughtful and thought-provoking introduction" to this oft-neglected area of Kabbalah.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

California Bookwatch, December 1, 2006, review of What You Need to Know about Kabbalah; February 1, 2007, review of What You Need to Know about Kabbalah.

Library Journal, October 1, 2006, Graham Christian, review of What You Need to Know about Kabbalah, p. 78.

Small Press Bookwatch, November 1, 2005, Steven T. Karris, review of The Art of Education: Internalizing Ever-New Horizons.