Aryeh chaplain

Aryeh Kaplan (born October 23, 1934 in New York City ; died January 28, 1983 in Brooklyn ) was an Orthodox American rabbi and writer. He is recognized as an unusually productive and original teacher. His work ranges from studies on the Torah and Talmud to works on mysticism and philosophy. He has published over 50 books on topics of Jewish mysticism and religion .

biography

Kaplan was born in the Bronx as a descendant of a Sephardic family from Saloniki with roots in Recanati and studied at Jewish institutions in Brooklyn and then in Jerusalem . He was also a rabbi ordained . He was also at times the editor of Jewish Life Magazine . Before that, he obtained a master's degree in physics and became the youngest physicist to work for the government, but decided to devote himself entirely to teaching the Torah. On January 28, 1983, he died unexpectedly at the age of only 48.

Works

German editions:

• Sefer Jezira - The Book of Creation Verlag JR Ruther
• Meditation and Kabbalah Verlag JR Ruther

Original editions:

• The Living Torah (new translation of the Torah into contemporary English - bilingual)
• Handbook of Jewish Thought
• Tefillin - Gd, Man and Tefillin (*)
• Love Means Reaching Out
• Maimonides Principles - The Fundamentals of Jewish Faith
• The Waters of Eden - The Mystery of the Mikveh
• Jerusalem - The Eye of the Universe
• Meditation on the Bible
• Meditation and Kabbalah
• The Bahir
• Sefer Yetzirah
• Derek Hashem
• If you were Gd (*)
• The Real Messiah? A Jewish Response to Missionaries (English), (Spanish)
• The Jewish answer to missionaries - manual against mission (German, English, Russian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew)
• Me'am Lo'ez
• Tzitzith - A Thread of Light
• Sabbath - Day of Eternity
• The Infinite Light - A Book about Gd
• The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology Volume 1
• The Aryeh Kaplan Anthology Volume 2

(*) Aryeh Kaplan used the notation Gd instead of God.