Into the Fullness of the Void: A Spiritual Autobiography (New Spiritual Voices from Israel)

A mystical spiritual journey both deeply personal and strikingly universal.

Into the Fullness of the Void is the spiritual autobiography
of one of Israel s leading cultural figures that provides insights and guidance for all of us. Growing
up in an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem family, Elbaum was a prodigy who seemed destined for greatness in the
ultra-Orthodox world of Talmud study. But in his late teens, he dramatically broke with the ultra-Orthodox
world and set out into secular Israeli society.

In this book, Elbaum seeks to understand what
compelled his decision and to grasp its consequences. With the structure of the Kabbalah as his road map,
Elbaum moves into the deep recesses of his self and his soul. The ultimate goal of his journey is the Void,
a Kabbalistic space that precedes God s creation of the world, and a psychological state that precedes our
emergence as individuals. It is a space of great vulnerability but also of hope for renewal and rebirth.

This is an intimate, honest, revealing work, both deeply personal and strikingly universal. The Hebrew edition was a bestseller and sold over 50,000 copies.