Rabbi Rami Shapiro — Writer & Teacher of Perennial Wisdom

Religions are like languages: no language is true or false; all languages are of human origin; each language reflects and shapes the civilization that speaks it; there are things you can say in one language that you cannot say or cannot say as well in another; and the more languages you speak, the more nuanced your understanding of life becomes. While my mother tongue is Judaism, in the end, Truth is found only in silence.

Rabbi Rami

Welcome to my website. I’m Rabbi Rami, a writer and contributing editor at Spirituality & Health magazine, where I write the Roadside Assistance for the Spiritual Traveler column (www.spiritualityhealth.com). Links to some of my books appear below, and you can subscribe to my free Substack column, Ask Rabbi Rami, at www.rabbirami.substack.com.

I devote most of my time to reading, writing, walking my dog, and meditating. My basic philosophy rests on the four points of Perennial Wisdom:

All life is a manifesting of nondual Aliveness, known by many names, including YHVH/Havaya in Hebrew.
You have the innate capacity to awaken in, with, and as Havaya.
Awakening to Havaya calls you to live by the Golden Rule: “What is hateful to you, don’t do to another” (Shabbat 31a).
Awakening to Havaya and living by the Golden Rule is your highest calling as a human being.

You can find numerous videos, podcasts interviews, and talks featuring me online. Some of my book titles are featured below. Feel free to email me at rabbirami@gmail.com.