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The Wisdom of Judaism

An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

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The Wisdom of Judaism

An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

Discover the Talmud and its universal values for all people. While the Hebrew Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, it is the Talmud that provides many central values for living. The Talmud sets out specific guidelines and lyrical admonitions regarding many of life's ordinary events, and offers profound words of advice for life’s most intractable dilemmas. This accessible introduction to the Talmud explores the essence of Judaism through reflections on the words of the rabbinic sages, from one of American Judaism’s foremost teachers and writers, Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins. Dr. Elkins provides fresh insight into ancient aphorisms and shows you how they can be applied to your life today. Topics include: Kindness through Giving, Welcoming and Sharing; Human Relationships; Personal Values; Family Values; Teaching and Learning; and Life’s Puzzles. Enlightening and inspiring, the values of the Talmud can be appreciated not just by Jews, but by anyone seeking a greater understanding of life and its mysteries.

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The Bible's Top 50 Ideas

The Essential Concepts Everyone Should Know

By: Dov Peretz Elkins,Abigail Treu

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The Bible's Top 50 Ideas

The Essential Concepts Everyone Should Know

By: Dov Peretz Elkins,Abigail Treu

All the important moral ideas of the modern world are based on the key biblical verses analyzed in this collection. What generally happens when someone picks up a copy of the Bible? Often it is put down within seconds because readers see endless verses which turn them off. Finally, here is an accessible book about the Bible that focuses on its great moral principles: --Human beings are created in the image of God. --""Love your neighbor as yourself."" --""You shall not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor."" --""You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might."" --""Justice, justice shall you pursue."" Dov Peretz Elkins believes that if a reader understands fifty verses of the five thousand in the Bible (only 1 percent), he or she will begin to grasp the essence of the Bible. This remarkable explanation of the Bible shows readers how it can serve as a light that illuminates a path through the confusion and problems in their personal and communal lives. The result is a life that is better and more serious--a life with meaning, purpose, and direction. The Bible's Top 50 Ideas: --Presents the Bible's essential ideas in readable, engaging fashion. --Focuses on the contemporary value of the Bible. --Uses commentaries and explanations from sources that are modern as well as ancient, Christian as well as Jewish, and popular as well as scholarly. Elkins not only simplifies the Bible but also demonstrates how its fundamental ideas and concepts have inspired four thousand years of civilization to follow its teachings. The result is a moral, legal, and literary foundation that remains the basis of all democratic and principled societies to this day.

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1625642598

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9781625642592

For Those Left Behind: A Jewish Anthology of Comfort and Healing

By: Dov Peretz Elkins,Anne E. Pettit

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For Those Left Behind: A Jewish Anthology of Comfort and Healing

By: Dov Peretz Elkins,Anne E. Pettit

It is the lot of everyone who walks the earth, at one time or another, to meet the dark angel face to face, and to suffer when sorrow and grief knock at the door. When that happens - when the dark shadow falls on our home, or on our community, we grasp for support from many places. One of the time-tested methods of mending hearts is through words. Finding the right words can act like a magic potion, speeding the long, slow process of restoration ever so slightly for those left behind. In this anthology of comfort and healing, Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins and Anne E. Pettit present this collection, chiseled out of the crucible of the pain of many hands - some from years past, others more recent, some from cavernous voids, others from lesser degrees of sorrow. It is their hope that the soothing words they have included in this book can be a contributing source of healing that will uplift a sorrowing heart, dry a tearing eye, and send a mourner on the necessary path to normal living.

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Mazo Publishers

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1936778378

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The Wisdom of Judaism Teacher's Guide

An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

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The Wisdom of Judaism Teacher's Guide

An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

Insights, Ideas and Thoughtful Questions for Discussing with Students the Essential Core of Judaism—the Talmud. A step-by-step guide to creative use of The Wisdom of Judaism: An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud in the classroom. Each lesson includes: • An opening hook to grab students' attention • Intriguing discussion questions to guide students in a personal exploration of the Talmud • Opportunities for students to engage the text This comprehensive teaching tool will help you guide each student to a deeper understanding of the Talmud and its eternal wisdom. Discover the Talmud and its universal values for all people. While the Hebrew Bible is the cornerstone of Judaism, it is the Talmud that provides many central values for living. The Talmud sets out specific guidelines and lyrical admonitions regarding many of life’s ordinary events, and offers profound words of advice for life’s most intractable dilemmas. This accessible introduction to the Talmud explores the essence of Judaism through reflections on the words of the rabbinic sages, from one of American Judaism’s foremost teachers and writers, Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins. Dr. Elkins provides fresh insight into ancient aphorisms and shows you how they can be applied to your life today. Topics include: Kindness through Giving, Welcoming and Sharing Human Relationships Personal Values Family Values Teaching and Learning Life’s Puzzles Enlightening and inspiring, the values of the Talmud can be appreciated not just by Jews, but by anyone seeking a greater understanding of life and its mysteries.

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The Bible's Top 50 Ideas

The Essential Concepts Everyone Should Know

By: Dov Peretz Elkins,Abigail Treu

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Meditations for the Days of Awe

Reflections, Guided Imagery and Other Creative Exercises to Enrich Your Spiritual Life

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

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Meditations for the Days of Awe

Reflections, Guided Imagery and Other Creative Exercises to Enrich Your Spiritual Life

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

Dov Peretz Elkins, rabbi emeritus of The Jewish Center of Princeton, NJ, is well-known as a prominent rabbi and innovative Jewish educator. Dr. Elkins has been a pioneer in interactive, affective, and humanistic learning models for half a century. He was one of the first Jewish educators to promote family education in Jewish schools and in synagogue and other Jewish communal settings. Trained in human resource development by University Associates, the Gestalt Institute, NTL Institute, Esalen Institute of Big Sur, CA, the Hypnosis Institute, and many other prominent growth and learning centers in North America, his fifty pioneering books can be found on the shelf of every Jewish communal service worker, educator, and rabbi. He founded Growth Associates Educational Consultants in 1976. His website is www.JewishGrowth.org.

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The Wisdom of Judaism

An Introduction to the Values of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

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Shepherd of Jerusalem

A Biography of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

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Shepherd of Jerusalem

A Biography of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook was one of the outstanding rabbinic figures of the twentieth century. Chief Rabbi of Palestine until his death in 1935, he served as a reconciling force between many battling factions and separated ideologies in the early days of the Zionist movement. Rabbi Kook had a unique ability, through his warmth, compassion, and deep sense of humanness, to make harmony out of seemingly irreconcilable differences. One of the many remarkable things about Rabbi Kook was his close friendship with non-Orthodox communities, including young secular Zionist pioneers and struggling, idealistic kibbutz founders. His sense of Klal Yisrael (the fellowship of Jews) transcended ideological boundaries. The sainted teacher’s poetry and prayers are recited today in synagogues of all shades of opinion throughout America. A mystic, philosopher, and deeply religious spirit of the modern age, Rabbi Kook’s best known saying is “We must renew the old and sanctify the new.” This, in essence, sums up his approach to the creative melding of past, present, and future. Young and old alike will delight in this enthralling life of one who was scholarly and pious in unusual proportions, yet constantly active in the daily personal, social, and political problems of the first half of the twentieth century.

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1467032786

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Into the Fullness of the Void

A Spiritual Autobiography

By: Dov Elbaum

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Into the Fullness of the Void

A Spiritual Autobiography

By: Dov Elbaum

A spiritual journey—both deeply personal and strikingly universal. One of Israel’s leading cultural figures, Dov Elbaum grew up in an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem family, and was a prodigy who seemed destined for greatness in the world of Talmud study. But in his late teens, he abruptly broke away and set off into secular Israeli society. In this fascinating, courageous and compelling autobiography, Elbaum seeks to understand his decision and its consequences. With the structure of Kabbalah as his road map, Elbaum journeys 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 formation as individuals. It is a space of great vulnerability but also of hope for rebirth and renewal. 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.

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Jewish Lights Publishing

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1580237150

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Shepherd of Jerusalem

A Biography of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

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A Biography of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook

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Jewish Men Pray

Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources

By: Stuart M. Matlins,Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky

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Jewish Men Pray

Words of Yearning, Praise, Petition, Gratitude and Wonder from Traditional and Contemporary Sources

By: Stuart M. Matlins,Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky

A celebration of Jewish men's voices in prayer—to strengthen, to heal, to comfort, to inspire from the ancient world up to our own day. "An extraordinary gathering of men—diverse in their ages, their lives, their convictions—have convened in this collection to offer contemporary, compelling and personal prayers. The words published here are not the recitation of established liturgies, but the direct address of today's Jewish men to ha-Shomea Tefilla, the Ancient One who has always heard, and who remains eager to receive, the prayers of our hearts." —from the Foreword by Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL This collection of prayers celebrates the variety of ways Jewish men engage in personal dialogue with God—with words of praise, petition, joy, gratitude, wonder and even anger—from the ancient world up to our own day. Drawn from mystical, traditional, biblical, Talmudic, Hasidic and modern sources, these prayers will help you deepen your relationship with God and help guide your journey of self-discovery, healing and spiritual awareness. Together they provide a powerful and creative expression of Jewish men’s inner lives, and the always revealing, sometimes painful, sometimes joyous—and often even practical—practice that prayer can be. Jewish Men Pray will challenge your preconceived ideas about prayer. It will inspire you to explore new ways of prayerful expression, new paths for finding the sacred in the ordinary and new possibilities for understanding the Jewish relationship with the Divine. This is a book to treasure and to share.

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1580237517

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Sidrah Sparks

Talking Torah at the Table with Your Family

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

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Sidrah Sparks

Talking Torah at the Table with Your Family

By: Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins

From time immemorial Jews have been studying the assigned Sidrah (Torah lesson) every week of the year. Jews study the Sidrah beginning Shabbat afternoon, when the Sidrah for the following week is read in the synagogue. A favorite time to study has always been at the Friday night Shabbat dinner table. As soon as all the prayers and rituals are chanted and performed, the delicious Shabbat meal has been consumed, and Birkat HaMazon (Grace After Meals) has been chanted and perhaps several zemirot (Shabbat hymns) have been sung with gusto a traditional family will turn to the parshah, as it is familiarly known. If they are more advanced they may open a Humash. Or they may have before them a copy of Sidrah Sparks. Serious discussion is a lost art at the family dinner table, and Torah study is surely not common among most families today. Using Sidrah Sparks is a wonderful way to revive the inspiring and enlightening Jewish custom of turning our attention to serious discussion, and to create opportunities for Jewish educational enrichment. Using traditional Torah texts to share our ideas, our philosophies, our values and our feelings is a wonderful way to enrich our minds and spirits, and also our closest relationships.

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1449092004

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Shepherd of Jerusalem

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

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Shepherd of Jerusalem

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

A biography of the rabbi active in the Zionist movement that founded the independent Jewish state of Israel.

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1420872613

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Jewish Guided Imagery

Background, Resources, and Scripts for Rabbis, Educators, and Group Leaders

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

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Jewish Guided Imagery

Background, Resources, and Scripts for Rabbis, Educators, and Group Leaders

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

Guided imagery is a process of focused imagining that includes visualization, storytelling, and creative exploration. This resource book includes over 80 guided imagery scripts on topics ranging from Bible to history, values, holidays, prayer, spirituality, and leadership development. Ideal for adult education classes, board meetings, bible study groups, family programs, and high school electives.

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Senac

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0867052015

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9780867052015

Yom Kippur Readings Inspiration Information: Contemplation Edited by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins with Section Introductions from Arthur Green's These Are

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

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Yom Kippur Readings Inspiration Information: Contemplation Edited by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins with Section Introductions from Arthur Green's These Are

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

A powerful collection of writings about Yom Kippur that will add spiritual depth and holiness to your experience of the Day of Atonement. As Rosh Hashanah ends and you look ahead to Yom Kippur, what do you think about? The familiar melody of Kol Nidre? The long hours of fasting? The days of self-examination? You know that the Day of Atonement is the holiest on the Jewish calendar, but sometimes it just feels long, tiresome and devoid of personal meaning. The readings in this book are for anyone seeking a deeper level of personal reflection and spiritual intimacy and a clearer understanding of just what makes Yom Kippur so holy. Drawn from a variety of sources ancient, medieval, modern, Jewish and non-Jewish this selection of readings, prayers and insights explores the opportunities for inspiration and reflection inherent in the themes addressed on the Day of Atonement: sin, forgiveness, repentance, spiritual growth, and being at one with self, family, community and God. These readings enable you to enter into the spirit of Yom Kippur in a personal and powerful way while they uplift and inform. They will add to the benefits of your High Holy Day experience year after year.

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1459669606

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9781459669604

Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation (Large Print 16pt)

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

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Rosh Hashanah Readings: Inspiration, Information and Contemplation (Large Print 16pt)

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

A powerful collection of writings about Rosh Hashanah that will add depth and holiness to your experience of the spiritual New Year. This compelling companion to Yom Kippur Readings helps create a bridge between the words of our ancestors and the meanings, themes and ideas that are the central spiritual agenda of the life of the modern Jew. Draw...

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1459669614

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On Repentance

The Thought and Oral Discourses of Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik

By: Pinchas H. Peli,Joseph Dov Soloveitchik

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On Repentance

The Thought and Oral Discourses of Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik

By: Pinchas H. Peli,Joseph Dov Soloveitchik

Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik was the leader of enlightened Orthodoxy in America. His annual lecture on teshuvah (repentance) was the hallmark event for Modern Orthodox Jews in America. This book collects the greatest of Rabbi Soloveitchik's teachings in one volume. His speeches focus on the ethical and moral decisions that shape our lives.

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Jason Aronson

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1568219857

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9781568219851

My Seventy-two Friends

Encounters with Refuseniks in the U.S.S.R.

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

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My Seventy-two Friends

Encounters with Refuseniks in the U.S.S.R.

By: Dov Peretz Elkins

Captures a dramatic moment in the history of Soviet Jewry, the moment in late 1988 which marks its most crucial turning point. the visits to the refuseniks May be the last of their kind.

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0918834112

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