Daniel Matt, PhD is a scholar of Kabbalah. He has been featured in Time and Newsweek and on National Public Radio. His books include The Essential Kabbalah (translated into seven languages) and God and the Big Bang. In 2022, his biography of Elijah the Prophet (Becoming Elijah: Prophet of Transformation) was published by Yale University Press in their series Jewish Lives, and it was awarded the inaugural Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Book Prize, established by Yeshiva University.
Daniel spent 18-years translating the Zohar. His nine-volume annotated translation – The Zohar: Pritzker Edition – received various awards and has been hailed as “a monumental contribution to the history of Jewish thought.” Daniel received his Ph.D. from Brandeis and taught for many years at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has also taught at Stanford and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Daniel lives in Berkeley and currently teaches Zohar online.
Upcoming Programs
Yoga Vacation ProgramDecember 21, 2026 — January 1, 2027
Radhika Das, Snatam Kaur, John R. B. Campbell, Dr. R. Ibrahim Jaffe, Father Dan Hines, Daniel Matt, PhD, Kahontakwas Diane Longboat, and Senior Staff of the Yoga Retreat
During this special time of year we invite you to join us in celebrating wisdom, love, compassion, and the transcendence of artificial barriers.
Yoga Vacation ProgramDecember 26 — 28, 2026
Daniel Matt, PhD
Through study, reflection, and dialogue, we’ll engage with Kabbalah as a living wisdom tradition that continues to inspire seekers of all backgrounds to reimagine the Divine and rediscover the sacred within and all around us.
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