Attached: Connecting to Our Creator: A Jewish Psychological Approach

by Rabbi Yaakov Danishefsky

In Attached, readers gain new insight and learn remarkable tools for developing a powerful and sustained connection with God.
Through thisprofound and empowering approach, psychological principles and tools for successful relationships are repackaged through the lens of Torah and applied to the most important relationship of all ― between ourselves and the Creator.

Genres: Jewish

166 pages, Hardcover

Published February 12, 2023

Reviews

[Chava · Rating 2 out of 5]

Someone suggested this book, and I most likely have very different tastes and interest than the person, so, in retrospect, I probably should not have taken the suggestion. Then came October 7th, and I had a lot of trouble focusing, so it was easy to put this book aside.

I finished today. Here are the positive things:
- it's a short book
- the chapters are short
- the author draws on an interesting array of sources: Rav Soloveitchik, Rav Kook, Rabbi Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Rabbi Nachman, and several secular sources.
- obviously a personal and heartfelt topic for the author.

But...
The book is about a relational approach to God. There is very little about "simply experiencing God." And then there were some of my pet peeves: footnotes longer than the text, quotes and attributions that should have been footnoted with bibliographic information, and inconsistency in explanations, where some terms, sources, and personalities are described in detail, and others are mentioned without any additional information.

In summary, it wasn't a bad book, just not a good book for me.

[Jay · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a soulful and insightful book. It's a good jumping off point for anyone (Jewish or otherwise) interested in growing spiritually and emotionally from a Jewish point of view. I really enjoyed this book.

I do wish it had been longer. Almost every interesting source was reduced to a footnote when the author could have explored it a lot more. I don't think it would have made the book any less readable-if anything, the book was harder to follow because of how quickly it moved past many of the texts and rabbis it mentioned.

I've really enjoyed Rabbi Danishefsky's podcast appearances, and I feel like he has so much more to say. I hope he writes more.