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The Jewish Marriage Book

How to Improve Your Marriage One Jewish Holiday at a Time

By: Shlomo Slatkin

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The Jewish Marriage Book

How to Improve Your Marriage One Jewish Holiday at a Time

By: Shlomo Slatkin

Find Out Why People Are Turning To The Jewish Marriage Book for Transforming Their Marriages- This book uncovers the mysteries of marriage -- by combining the ancient wisdom of the Torah, with some of the most powerful tools of Imago Relationship Therapy. The Jewish Marriage Book will guide you through a year's worth of Jewish wisdom on marriage. Learn deeper insights into the Jewish holidays and how they serve as vehicles for personal growth. Each holiday has a new teaching and practical lesson that can be applied to your marriage. By devoting a little time around each holiday you can learn the skills that make a good marriage become a great marriage. Rabbi Shlomo Slatkin is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Imago Relationship Therapist. He works with couples to empower them to develop a conscious and connected relationship through resolving conflict, learning commu¬nication skills, and rediscovering love. A gifted teacher who has lectured throughout the world, Rabbi Slat¬kin edited and co-authored the Jewish version of Couplehood As a Spiritual Path, a curriculum for synagogues based on Imago Rela¬tionship Therapy and Dr. Harville Hendrix's Getting the Love You Want. He is also the author of The Jewish Marriage Book: Improv¬ing Your Marriage One Jewish Holiday at a Time, Is My Marriage Over? The Five Step Action Plan to Saving Your Marriage, as well as numerous published articles on relationships. Rabbi Slatkin can be reached at www.theRelationshipRabbi.com

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1467906875

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The Marriage Restoration Project

The Five-Step Action Plan to Saving Your Marriage

By: Rabbi Slatkin,Shlomo Slatkin

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The Marriage Restoration Project

The Five-Step Action Plan to Saving Your Marriage

By: Rabbi Slatkin,Shlomo Slatkin

With the divorce rate reaching epidemic proportions, The Marriage Restoration Project was created to uphold the institution of marriage and family by providing proven resources that make a difference. Much like a piece of priceless art can be restored after years of neglect, so too a marriage has the potential to be restored to its original connection. These five simple steps will help you get there.Advanced praise for The Marriage Restoration Project-"Any couple interested in restoring their marriage and sustaining it will be blessed if they follow the logical and clear steps and processes described by Rabbi Slatkin in the Marriage Restoration Project. The concepts are clear, the instructions are logical and the heart of the author are evident on every page." Harville Hendrix, Ph. D. co-author with Helen LaKelly Hunt of Making Marriage Simple: Ten Truths for Changing the Relationship You Have into the Relationship You Want. "This program is such an amazing resource and I am honored to support your work. Thank you for all you are doing to make a difference".Kirk MartinRelationship ExpertFounder of CelebrateCalm.com

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1492104868

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New Membership & Financial Alternatives for the American Synagogue

From Traditional Dues to Fair Share to Gifts from the Heart

By: Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky,Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky

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New Membership & Financial Alternatives for the American Synagogue

From Traditional Dues to Fair Share to Gifts from the Heart

By: Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky,Rabbi Avi S. Olitzky

Open wide your mind and your community to fresh concepts of synagogue financial and spiritual success. "[A] welcome addition.... Replete with examples of synagogues, independent minyanim and spiritual communities that have developed creative and sometimes surprising strategies ... that ameliorate what many observers believe are obstacles to recruiting and engaging Jews into their spiritual communities." from the Foreword by Dr. Ron Wolfson The concept of the "dues-based membership model" in synagogues was once an innovation. Now that model is in decline and sweeping change is required in order to reverse the downward trend in synagogue participation. This groundbreaking book provides synagogue and communal leaders with a useful process and the ingredients necessary to consider important changes in the synagogue, including: Thoughtful new models for membership and synagogue finance Examples from successful synagogues, bolstered by illustrations from the private sector Practical steps for change and implementation With checklists for exploring and adopting alternative models from nationally recognized congregational consultant Debbie Joseph.

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1580238289

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Burnt Offerings

A Rabbi's Memoir

By: Rabbi David H. Chanofsky

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Burnt Offerings

A Rabbi's Memoir

By: Rabbi David H. Chanofsky

Coincidence can color our experiences in ways that cannot be predicted. When the ordinary becomes the extraordinary, it transforms commonplace happenings and gives them new signifi cance and wonder. For half a century, Rabbi David H. Chanofsky has witnessed these transformative miracles, and here, he shares some of his favorite memories and lessons. He shares tales from his years of fighting anti-Semitism in America and of his efforts to defend the rights of Jews everywhere. Through the prism of humor and pathos as they relate to Jewish life, his experiences seek to inspire thought, laughter, tears, and debate. Is there such a thing as conservative and reform Judaism? How does Judaism view intermarriage? Why do so many people feel alone in a crowded synagogue? Is there a solution? What happens when religion and politics intersect in Israel? Who are your Jewish superheroes? The rabbi's early experiences gave him a lifelong commitment to Jewish survival and a zealous love of the United States. Judaism is central to his insights, and he approaches these issues with strong, often controversial points of view that he hopes will challenge your perceptions.

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1475925980

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The Stories of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and Saba Yisroel

By: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov o.b.m.,Rabbi Israel Dov Odesser o.b.m.

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The Stories of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and Saba Yisroel

By: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov o.b.m.,Rabbi Israel Dov Odesser o.b.m.

HH Rabbi Nachman's birth already set the stage for the modern era, e.g. a mere few years after he was born in 1772, America declared independence. Many of his teachings speak more directly to the man of our present time and society than to the shtetel (small town) Jews who were his followers. E.g. Rabbi Nachman revealed that everyone has an aspect of monarchy even if it is only over his family, or on a subliminal paradigm, this teaching was readily understood by his followers, but it was somewhat theoretical being that they were so destitute they could barely have seen real manifestation of this principle. Today, even the less well off, can clearly see how they wield various privileges and amenities that would have been special even for a monarch of those times. With the changing times, also came changing attitudes, social climate, and personal truths, convictions, ideas, and prerogatives. Rabbi Nachman had to prepare the world for this transition, and he did so by revealing the highest and deepest teachings which are the root of everything that plays out in the world. Anyone that looks at a lesson from Rabbi Nachman will see reflections of what is going on that very moment in his own life. Yet, even still, Rabbi Nachman saw that his followers were not adjusting properly and sufficiently. He saw their struggles and how they grappled with forces far superior than them. Even his awesome teachings were not providing his followers with the necessary perspective and life knowledge that they needed so desperately in order to transcend the narrow confines of ideology that were trapping them and leaving them helpless to the wanton desires of the helpless. As a final last resort Rabbi Nachman found the solution, he would reveal timeless stories, stories that would recreate the perception of the workings of the world, the listener would be reborn into new consciousness and awareness, and would be impassioned to forever seek renewal and true vitality. These stories are called Stories of Ancient Years, corresponding to the Divine Countenance of Attik Yoamin (see book of Daniel), the countenance of the Ancient of Years, which subliminally transcends all of the ordinary chain of events manifested in the Divine Providence, a bridge to cognizance of what is utterly beyond. On the one hand, these legendary tales are completely unfathomable in their scope and import, they are allusions to the most deep and esoteric Divine secrets, and yet on the other hand, they are filled with practical morals and life lessons which any reader can easily glean and gain. To this day no one has merited to completely understand the root and intrinsic meaning of the stories in their rightful context, yet multitudes of people have gained phenomenal new insights through these stories, the stories literally open up gates to greater perspicacity and cognizance. The stories have captured the attention and fascination of even the most secular scholars, they have been translated into different languages, and they are studied in universities throughout the world. Rabbi Nachman said that even the minutest detail of the stories is extremely critical, and unfortunately most of the translations are fraught with the literary license an author has to set down his own perspective, which in this case is undoubtedly very damaging. This translation was done painstakingly to capture as best as possible the exact translation and nuance, even following the order of the original verbiage, and often favoring the original Yiddish in which Rabbi Nachman delivered the stories. In more recent times, one of Rabbi Nachman's followers, Rabbi Yisroel Dov Odesser, underwent a phenomenal course of events which themselves proved to be the mechanism of transition and development of Breslov, and are understood to be a clear aspect of Stories of Ancient Times, and thus some of his stories are fittingly included in this volume as well as are many other stories from Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman.

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1533583617

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PORTRAIT OF A REFORM RABBI: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

By: Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Ph.D.

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PORTRAIT OF A REFORM RABBI: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE

By: Rabbi Lance J. Sussman Ph.D.

I am a Jew because I believe that Judaism understands that between mercy and justice there is a path of righteousness. I am a Jew because I believe the “saving of a life” is an urgent mitzvah. I am a Jew because I believe Judaism believes that education is an urgent mitzvah. I am a Jew because Judaism rejects the belief that it is superior to other traditions and makes its claim on me only because it is already mine. I am a Jew because in Judaism all of God’s children are equally God’s children and every life is sacred. I am a Jew because Judaism believes that existence is not an accident and has meaning. I am a Jew because Judaism recognizes holiness in everything beautiful, kind, and just in this world. I am a Jew because Judaism is my spiritual home, and from my home, I can share in the beauty and delights of all creation. I am a Jew because Judaism believes in personal responsibility, forgiveness, and hope. I am a Jew because Judaism values my humanity above my ethnicity and enables me to become a better person by becoming a better Jew. I am a Jew because Judaism recognizes that the world is not complete and that all of us have deep responsibilities in completing it and thereby complete ourselves as human beings and as Jews. — Rabbi Lance J. Sussman, Ph.D.

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Rabbi Nachman of Breslov; Who He Was, and What He Said

By: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov o.b.m.,Rabbi Nussun of Breslov o.b.m.,Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz

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Rabbi Nachman of Breslov; Who He Was, and What He Said

By: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov o.b.m.,Rabbi Nussun of Breslov o.b.m.,Rabbi Nathan Sternhartz

HH: Rabbi Nachman of Breslov lived over 200 years ago. His great grandfather, the Baal Shem Tov had already brought radical reform and revitalization to the world and Judaism, but Rabbi Nachman did not suffice with this spiritual inheritance, rather he sought out anew the very core fundamental essence and source of existence with the Holy Merciful One G-d. Countless times, every single day, he would start completely new, throwing his complete devotion in seeking true life and bonding with the Creator. Although he was blessed with extraordinary brilliance and genius, he shunned sophistication and even put erudition second to prayer. He championed simple devotions, he prized heartfelt prayer and conversation with G-d more than everything. Rabbi Nachman confronted all the vices which influence people, and he conquered and prevailed. He rose above all the trappings and pettiness of human nature, and continued to rise in supernal spiritual attainments of goodness and G-dliness. From his lofty perspective Rabbi Nachman looks into the deepest abyss, and gives firm directions to self redemption. Back in his times the world still had a great deal of denial of human weakness, and open honest admittance to one's failings were almost not existent, just on a very private and somewhat theoretical paradigm. Rabbi Nachman's simple true approach of dedication to addressing one's character and standing in regular sessions of hisbodidus (seclusion) with G-d was a sharp and brutal attack on the sophisticated yet superficial systems which ruled society. Those who strongly needed to find the truth, would find Rabbi Nachman. Slowly his chasidus (sect) of Breslov grew, with individuals who had the strength to stand up for their values even in the face of condemnation by society at large. Ultimately the holy ways of Rabbi Nachman began to inoculate even the views of the world at large, and today we are witness to how the world at large has embraced many of the approaches which had previously been somewhat exclusive to Breslov. Hopefully this little booklet will help that initiative along, there's still quite a way to go B”H. In this little booklet I present many succinct teachings which are basics of Breslov; short, sweet, and to the point. Great care was given to accurately translate the teachings, and their exact sources are provided. In addition there is a short synopsis of who Rabbi Nachman was and what he was about. The booklet also explains the progression of Breslov into the present day, specifically with the revelation of the New Song in a letter signed by Na Nach Nachma Nachman MeUman. This booklet also has a transliteration of the Teekoon Haklalli – the comprehensive “General” rectification – which are the ten Psalms that Rabbi Nachman prescribed, and a short prayer which has become conventional. In short, this booklet is like a first aid kit, providing some basic directives to help a person gain his/her footing and gather his wit, so that he can get his life in order and set in the right direction. Everyone should be extremely familiar with all the teachings presented, and one should pray profusely and copiously over every teaching to merit to realize and achieve them.

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1533528233

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A Rabbi At Sea: A Uniquely Spiritual Journey

By: Rabbi Corinne Copnick

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A Rabbi At Sea: A Uniquely Spiritual Journey

By: Rabbi Corinne Copnick

While most people were enjoying well-deserved retirement, at age seventy-three, author Rabbi Corinne Copnick began her six-year course of study and was ordained rabbi at the age of seventy-nine. The ordination was the beginning of a new adventure; she's had an unconventional "pulpit." In A Rabbi at Sea, Rabbi Copnick narrates the stories of her travel experiences as a guest rabbi on cruise ships. On every journey and in every country visited, she uncovered, discovered, and explored Jewish life-from Hawaii to Australia, the Mediterranean, North Africa, Southeast Asia, Central and South America, and everywhere in between. Offering a global perspective, she presents a host of insights about the culture and the people she encountered throughout her travels. A Rabbi at Sea shares Rabbi Copnick's anecdotal exploration of the tapestry of world Jewry in fascinating locales around the world. It offers a treasure trove of her reflections on history, spirituality, and humanity.

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1684714958

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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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What Kind of Job Is This, for a Nice Jewish Boy?

Memoir of a Rabbi and a Navy Chaplain

By: Rabbi James L. Apple

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What Kind of Job Is This, for a Nice Jewish Boy?

Memoir of a Rabbi and a Navy Chaplain

By: Rabbi James L. Apple

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a rabbi? If you have, then this book is for you! Rabbi Apple, with humor and openness, describes his childhood, youth, and what influenced him to become a rabbi. He is candid about his life in three congregational pulpits and his long career as a Navy chaplain. Fortunately for many people, Rabbi Apple never listened to his mother when she kept telling him, “What kind of job is this for a nice Jewish boy?”

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1453594930

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Sage Tales

Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky

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Sage Tales

Wisdom and Wonder from the Rabbis of the Talmud

By: Rabbi Burton L. Visotzky

These ancient stories whisper truth to your soul. Great stories have the power to draw the heart. But certain stories have the power to draw the heart to God and awaken the better angels of our nature. Such are the tales of the rabbis of the Talmud, colorful, quirky yarns that tug at our heartstrings and test our values, ethics, morality—and our imaginations. In this collection for people of all faiths and backgrounds, Rabbi Burton Visotzky draws on four decades of telling and teaching these legends in order to unlock their wisdom for the contemporary heart. He introduces you to the cast of characters, explains their motivations, and provides the historical background needed to penetrate the wise lessons often hidden within these unusual narratives. In learning how and why these oft-told tales were spun, you discover how they continue to hold value for our lives.

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1580235816

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Kindler of Souls

Rabbi Henry Cohen of Texas

By: Rabbi Henry Cohen

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Kindler of Souls

Rabbi Henry Cohen of Texas

By: Rabbi Henry Cohen

In September 1930, the New York Times published a list of the clergy whom Rabbi Stephen Wise considered "the ten foremost religious leaders in this country." The list included nine Christians and Rabbi Henry Cohen of Galveston, Texas. Little-known today, Henry Cohen was a rabbi to be reckoned with, a man Woodrow Wilson called "the foremost citizen of Texas" who also impressed the likes of William Howard Taft and Clarence Darrow. Cohen's fleeting fame, however, was built not on powerful friendships but on a lifetime of service to needy Jews—as well as gentiles—in London, South Africa, Jamaica, and, for the last sixty-four years of his life, Galveston, Texas. More than 10,000 Jews, mostly from Eastern Europe, arrived in Galveston in the early twentieth century. Rabbi Cohen greeted many of the new arrivals in Yiddish, then helped them find jobs through a network that extended throughout the Southwest and Midwest United States. The "Galveston Movement," along with Cohen's pioneering work reforming Texas prisons and fighting the Ku Klux Klan, made the rabbi a legend in his time. As this portrait shows, however, he was also a lovable mensch to his grandson. Rabbi Henry Cohen II reminisces about his grandfather's jokes while placing the legendary rabbi in historical context, creating the best picture yet of this important Texan, a man perhaps best summarized by Rabbi Wise in the New York Times as "a soul who touches and kindles souls.

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0292782578

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Rav Chaim Fasman

A Visionary Rosh Kollel

By: Rabbi Akiva Fox

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Rav Chaim Fasman

A Visionary Rosh Kollel

By: Rabbi Akiva Fox

Chaim Zelig was a child on the move. His father, Rabbi Oscar Fasman, led one kehillah after another until finally settling in Chicago, where he took the helm of Beis Medrash L’Torah (Skokie). Chaim, an outstanding bachur, learned in the yeshiva until his Rebbe, Reb Mendel Kaplan, sent him off to Eretz Yisrael to advance his learning. The Ponevezher Rav chose to prepare his shiurim with Chaim. The Brisker Rav accepted him as one of the fifteen original talmidim in his yeshiva. Rav Aharon Kotler invited him to be his talmid in Lakewood. But the yeshiva that would ultimately define the still “out-of-town” bachur, was Bais Hatalmud. There, Chaim studied under Reb Leib Malin and became the talmid muvhak of Reb Chaim Visoker, who primed him in teaching Torah and understanding people. After his marriage, Chaim set out to fulfill his dream of spreading Torah in America. Rabbi Chaim Fasman did the unthinkable — he left the sheltered confines of the yeshiva world for Los Angeles, California, which he envisioned as a city thirsty for Torah. He founded one of the first kollelim in America and transformed Los Angeles into a flourishing empire of Torah. This is the fascinating story of Rabbi Chaim Fasman, builder of Torah in America.

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1952370906

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Reflections on a Life of Jewish Commitment

Essays Honoring Harold Smith in Celebration of His 100Th Birthday

By: Rabbi Mitchell Smith

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Reflections on a Life of Jewish Commitment

Essays Honoring Harold Smith in Celebration of His 100Th Birthday

By: Rabbi Mitchell Smith

Reflections on a Life of Jewish Commitment Essays Honoring Harold Smith in Celebration of His 100th Birthday is a volume of essays by rabbis and others whose lives and institutions have been impacted by Harold and his late wife Mickey, through their passionate engagements in service of Jewish life. This volume is edited by their son, Rabbi Mitchell Smith

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Living with Miracles

Memoirs of Rabbi Mordechai Green

By: Rabbi Mordechai Green

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Living with Miracles

Memoirs of Rabbi Mordechai Green

By: Rabbi Mordechai Green

Many of us often wait for the right circumstances to make our mark, yet some have the audacity to dream even when things seem absurd and unattainable. Hillel once declared, "Im ani kan hakol kan" (If I am here, all is here). In each generation, there are remarkable individuals who take ownership and lead rather than wait for others to join them. Living with miracles share stories of faith, courage, and determination that oftentimes border on the miraculous. The Memoirs of Rabbi Mordechai Green will inspire the reader to never give up hope in the face of adversity.

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1532075499

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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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1580234771

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Royalty, Religion, Sex and Mystery

Unravelling Biblical Texts and Long Standing Questions

By: Rabbi Charles Simon

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Royalty, Religion, Sex and Mystery

Unravelling Biblical Texts and Long Standing Questions

By: Rabbi Charles Simon

FOREWARDThe rabbis of ancient times wrote midrashim - interpretations and inventions that filled in the gaps of the Bible, and helped us understand the meaning and motivations behind the stories. In order to write a modern midrash you need both learning and sensitivity to the text. You have to love the characters and inhabit their worlds.Rabbi Chuck Simon's book is a book of modern interpretation and midrash. It takes the stories of the Bible, explains them and then helps them come to life. What did the Levite feel as a survivor when the ark fell and Uzzah was killed? What is the story of David confronting a giant supposed to teach later generations? Finally, how did the rabbis succeed in making their reading of the text the one that became Judaism as we know it?Rabbi Simon is an ideal guide. Both a careful student of Jewish texts and a community leader, he knows the questions we ask, and the questions we need to ask. This book takes us through the twists of the tales with understanding, insight and a gentle hand. Prepare to enter an ancient age, but one that speaks to the world outside our windows. Walk with Rabbi Simon as he teaches us timeless lessons through some of history's most fascinating stories. Kings and commoners, royalty and rabbis, intimacy and mystery - the whole pageant of human life unfolds in the pages of this publication.Rabbi David WolpeSinai Temple Los Angeles, Calif.April, 2016

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