28 Jul 2010

Krause: Hey waiter (2010)

Posted by Gabor Por in New books |

Sam (Simcha) Krause wrote a book by the title, “Hey Waiter…. There is a God in my soup! Learning Kabbalah through humor“. He explains the reason behind the book in this blog entry:

You might ask, “What’s a nice, serious subject like Kabbalah doing in a book like this?”  The answer lies in Kabbalah itself.  Laughter is an involuntary reflex that transcends reason and lifts us above our physical state, allowing for an unselfconscious connection with something beyond the self – God, for example.  A joyful person is open, available and willing to entertain concepts that don’t necessarily fit a logical paradigm.  So jokes can become vehicles through which we can contemplate the divine.

Arthur Kurzweil wrote a foreword combining personal accolades of the author and a Talmudic story. An excerpt of the book is also available. The book can be purchased at the site’s eStore starting mid August.

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2 Responses to this post.

  1. Posted by Sam Krause on 28.07.10 at 11:00

    I saw your pingback on my website. Please correct your comment as I’ve written below, since there are some errors in your pingback. Also, the book will not be available for purchase til mid-August.

    [...] “Hey Waiter…There’s God in My Soup!” Learning Kabbalah Through Humor. He explains the reason behind the book in this blog entry: You might ask, “What’s a nice, serious subject like Kabbalah doing in a book like this?” [...]

  2. Posted by Gabor Por on 28.07.10 at 11:00

    Dear Mr. Krausan. The pingback is automatic, not much I can do about how it shows up on your site.

    The only difference I found between what you wrote as the corercted pingback and what I wrote in my post was the substitle of the book. I corrected that as you suggested. However let me point out that the picture you posted as the cover of your book has it the way I had it in my post originally: “The Kabbalah of Humor” and not “Learning Kabbalah through Humor” You may want to ask your illustrator/designer to change the wording on the cover as well.

    I corrected the publication date in my entry.

    Looking forward to your book.

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