Shoshannah BrombacherShoshannah Brombacher-Miller (Amsterdam 1959) is an academic, visual artist, author and maggidah (ordained Jewish preacher, story teller and spiritual guide). She studied Ancient Middle Eastern Linguistics, Culture and Codicology at Leyden University(Holland), and received a PhD in medieval Sephardic Hebrew poetry of the Portuguese-Jewish Community of Amsterdam. She taught and researched at the Free University of Berlin and in Jerusalem and currently lives in Brooklyn with her family. She never smoked, but is convinced that a spiritual approach helps overcome many manifestations of the yetzer hara, of which smoking is just one. Therefore, this book is interesting for smokers and non-smokers alike. Brombacher authored several academic and artistic books and illustrated even more. Her art is internationally recognized and delves deeply into Jewish lore and legends. Read More Read Less