Planting Seeds of the ‎Divine elucidates how ‎Judaism’s sacred texts can ‎provide the foundation for ‎the “end destination” of ‎experiencing intimate ‎encounters with the Divine ‎Presence within—the God-‎consciousness that so ‎many of us seek and find ‎elusive. ‎ Imagining ourselves as ‎spiritual gardeners, we can ‎cultivate our unique ‎gardens with seeds, ‎centered on middot — ‎emotional dispositions, ‎character traits, and ‎spiritual sensitivities. Each ‎seed points to an ‎aspirational Torah verse(s) ‎in the weekly Torah ‎portion, expressing one of ‎the middot. Classical ‎commentaries, teachings of ‎Hasidic and Neo-Hasidic ‎masters and the author’s ‎own interpretation support ‎the highlighted middah. ‎Each section concludes ‎with a step-by-step ‎spiritual practice that helps ‎the reader internalize that ‎Torah portion’s middah.‎ This holistic approach ‎engages the intellectual, ‎emotional, embodied and ‎spiritual dimensions on a ‎journey of self-discovery ‎through Torah — ‎reclaiming a ‎contemplative, ‎experiential-theological ‎language to the heart of ‎religious experience. ‎