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Judaism for the World

Author : Arthur Green
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300256000
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Judaism for the World written by Arthur Green and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An internationally recognized scholar and theologian shares a Jewish mysticism for our times Judaism, one of the world’s great spiritual traditions, is not addressed to Jews alone. In this masterful book, Arthur Green calls out to seekers of all sorts, offering a universal response to the eternal human questions of who we are, why we exist, where we are going, and how to live. Drawing on over half a century as a Jewish seeker and teacher, he shows us a Judaism that cultivates the life of the spirit, that inspires an inward journey leading precisely toward self-transcendence, to an awareness of the universal Self in whose presence we exist. As a neo-hasidic seeker, he is both devotional and boldly questioning in his understanding of God and tradition. Engaging with the mystical sources, he translates the insights of the Hasidic masters into a new religious language accessible to all those eager to build an inner life and a human society that treasures the divine spark in each person and throughout Creation.

Day by Day

Author : Chaim Stern
Publisher : Beacon Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807028056
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Day by Day written by Chaim Stern and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spiritual source for daily reflections; the poems, proverbs, quotations and excerpts from various spiritual and philosophical texts in this book have been selected to inspire and comfort. They include writings from such diverse sources as the Talmud, the psalms, Einstein, and Susan Sontag.

The Everyday Torah

Author : Bradley Shavit Artson
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071546200
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (715 download)

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Download or read book The Everyday Torah written by Bradley Shavit Artson and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2008-07-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Like any classic, the Torah appears in different guises with each rereading. Its infinite layers of meaning and depth offer the opportunity to harvest anew, without any fear of exhausting its supply of wisdom, counsel, and kedushah (holiness). To encounter Torah is to encounter God.” --from the Introduction In this inspiring collection, Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson illuminates the sacred text at the heart of Jewish spirituality. Enlightening and original, The Everyday Torah brings the ancient text to life with poignant reflections that will guide to you to a deeper understanding of the Torah, of Judaism, of yourself. "Torah goes its weekly way, and we go ours, and do the two paths ever cross? They cross often in many minds and hearts, but when it is Bradley Shavit Artson who provides their point of intersection, the crossroads widens into a town square." --Jack Miles, author of God: A Biography "Every page is a joy to read. Many, many readers will treasure this book." --Richard Elliott Friedman, author of Commentary on the Torah and Who Wrote the Bible? "Rabbi Bradley Artson remains one of the most inviting of modern day teachers of Torah. This book will offer needed guidance and inspiration to all who turn its pages." --Rabbi David Ellenson, Ph.D., president of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion

Reflections on the Torah

Author : Eugene Winter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (83 download)

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Download or read book Reflections on the Torah written by Eugene Winter and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-05 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining the Torah.

Essential Torah

Author : George Robinson
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0805241868
Total Pages : 621 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Essential Torah written by George Robinson and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2006-10-31 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether you are studying the Bible for the first time or you're simply curious about its history and contents, you will find everything you need in this "accessible, well-written handbook to Jewish belief as set forth in the Torah" (The Jerusalem Post). George Robinson, author of the acclaimed Essential Judaism, begins by recounting the various theories of the origins of the Torah and goes on to explain its importance as the core element in Jewish belief and practice. He discusses the basics of Jewish theology and Jewish history as they are derived from the Torah, and he outlines how the Dead Sea Scrolls and other archaeological discoveries have enhanced our understanding of the Bible. He introduces us to the vast literature of biblical commentary, chronicles the evolution of the Torah’s place in the synagogue service, offers an illuminating discussion of women and the Bible, and provides a study guide as a companion for individual or group Bible study. In the book’s centerpiece, Robinson summarizes all fifty-four portions that make up the Torah and gives us a brilliant distillation of two thousand years of biblical commentaries—from the rabbis of the Mishnah and the Talmud to medieval commentators such as Rashi, Maimonides, and ibn Ezra to contemporary scholars such as Nahum Sarna, Nechama Leibowitz, Robert Alter, and Everett Fox. This extraordinary volume—which includes a listing of the Torah reading cycles, a Bible time line, glossaries of terms and biblical commentators, and a bibliography—will stand as the essential sourcebook on the Torah for years to come.

Sound and Scripture: Reflections of a Torah Reader

Author : Joshua Gettinger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981679358
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (793 download)

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Download or read book Sound and Scripture: Reflections of a Torah Reader written by Joshua Gettinger and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Saturday mornings in synagogue Torah is chanted using traditional melodies. Scripture is transformed into Song. Listeners in every age can hear it with fresh ears, with their own ears. Dr. Gettinger, a rural family physician, advocates for an artistic presentation of Torah, aimed at making the weekly experience both pleasurable and powerful. Chant, both music and grammar, can also be an interpretive tool, providing insight into meaning, and enriching understanding. This guide will introduce the novice and general synagogue goer to the art of chant, while providing the skilled reader with fascinating new perspectives.

Truths for Life's Trail

Author : Brother Craig
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1638443297
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book Truths for Life's Trail written by Brother Craig and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brother Craig's church was about to celebrate the Passover with a Messianic Jewish congregation when on the eve of Passover 2005, an arsonist set fire to his home on the church property. By God's grace, he and his family escaped--shaken but unharmed. His book, Truths for the Trail, grew out of his search to understand why it had happened. In the process, he had to reevaluate everything he had been taught in Scripture about the Jews, the festivals of the Lord, and the Torah, which Christians know as the Law. Brother Craig didn't realize it at first, but he was about to begin a spiritual journey just to find some answers to his questions. He discovered that he had to go back to the beginning of man to see what the Lord wanted him to see--what God taught ancient, nomadic Hebrews to see--that life is a road to travel, a path to walk, or a trail to follow. That the commandments God gave the ancient Hebrews were each laid out in a sequence designed to help simple shepherds and their families walk in righteousness. If the ancient commandments could help ancient peoples walk in the way of the Lord, could they not also help modern Christians wend their way through the dangers and difficulties of life? As he reflected on the commandments, Brother Craig began to see a pattern emerge that undoubtedly led the ancient Hebrews to understand life from the Lord's divine viewpoint. Truths for Life's Trail: Reflections on the Torah, Volume 1 covers all the commandments given by God to man over the course of over two thousand years, as recorded by Moses. From Genesis 1 through Exodus 20, from creation to Mount Sinai, these commandments laid the foundation for all the commandments yet to come in Scripture. And mysteriously, the Torah would point to the future Savior of mankind.

Torah of Reconciliation

Author : Sheldon Lewis
Publisher : Gefen Publishing House Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9652295418
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Torah of Reconciliation written by Sheldon Lewis and published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd. This book was released on 2012 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the aftermath of 9/11, Rabbi Sheldon Lewis sought solace and a path to reconciliation in Jewish texts. Peacemaking is arguably the key pillar among Jewish values, and Torah of Reconciliation seeks to reveal this primary value in diverse scriptural and

The Torah

Author : Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi
Publisher : CCAR Press
ISBN 13 : 0881232831
Total Pages : 2363 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book The Torah written by Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and published by CCAR Press. This book was released on 2017-12-04 with total page 2363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The groundbreaking volume The Torah: A Women's Commentary, originally published by URJ Press and Women of Reform Judaism, has been awarded the top prize in the oldest Jewish literary award program, the 2008 National Jewish Book Awards. A work of great import, the volume is the result of 14 years of planning, research, and fundraising. THE HISTORY: At the 39th Women of Reform Judaism Assembly in San Francisco, Cantor Sarah Sager challenged Women of Reform Judaism delegates to "imagine women feeling permitted, for the first time, feeling able, feeling legitimate in their study of Torah." WRJ accepted that challenge. The Torah: A Women's Commentary was introduced at the Union for Reform Judaism 69th Biennial Convention in San Diego in December 2007. WRJ has commissioned the work of the world's leading Jewish female Bible scholars, rabbis, historians, philosophers and archaeologists. Their collective efforts resulted in the first comprehensive commentary, authored only by women, on the Five Books of Moses, including individual Torah portions as well as the Hebrew and English translation. The Torah: A Women's Commentary gives dimension to the women's voices in our tradition. Under the skillful leadership of editors Dr. Tamara Cohn Eskenazi and Rabbi Andrea Weiss, PhD, this commentary provides insight and inspiration for all who study Torah: men and women, Jew and non-Jew. As Dr. Eskenazi has eloquently stated, "we want to bring the women of the Torah from the shadow into the limelight, from their silences into speech, from the margins to which they have often been relegated to the center of the page - for their sake, for our sake and for our children's sake." Published by CCAR Press, a division of the Central Conference of American Rabbis

Destination Torah

Author : I. S. D. Sassoon
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881256390
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Destination Torah written by I. S. D. Sassoon and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book pursues a "close reading" of the biblical verses that it has chosen for reflection and of selected rabbinic sources that relate to these verses. Whereas some commentaries feel it a virtue to impose agreement between divergent traditions, the aim of Destination Torah is to allow each precious text to impart its own message. At the book's heart is the biblical revelation as a coherent whole, setting out to replace an older mythological perception of ourselves and our physical and spiritual world with its Torah view. That view is Destination Torah's quest.

More Torah Therapy

Author : Reuven P. Bulka
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881254648
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (546 download)

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Download or read book More Torah Therapy written by Reuven P. Bulka and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The New Reform Judaism

Author : Dana Evan Kaplan
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0827614314
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (276 download)

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Download or read book The New Reform Judaism written by Dana Evan Kaplan and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the book that American Jews and particularly American Reform Jews have been waiting for: a clear and informed call for further reform in the Reform movement. In light of profound demographic, social, and technological developments, it has become increasingly clear that the Reform movement will need to make major changes to meet the needs of a quickly evolving American Jewish population. Younger Americans in particular differ from previous generations in how they relate to organized religion, often preferring to network through virtual groups or gather in informal settings of their own choosing. Dana Evan Kaplan, an American Reform Jew and pulpit rabbi, argues that rather than focusing on the importance of loyalty to community, Reform Judaism must determine how to engage the individual in a search for existential meaning. It should move us toward a critical scholarly understanding of the Hebrew Bible, that we may emerge with the perspectives required by a postmodern world. Such a Reform Judaism can at once help us understand how the ancient world molded our most cherished religious traditions and guide us in addressing the increasingly complex social problems of our day.

Reflections of the Rav

Author : Abraham R. Besdin
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881253306
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (533 download)

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Download or read book Reflections of the Rav written by Abraham R. Besdin and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rabbi Besdin's first volume of "reconstructions" of the thought of "the Rav," Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik, revered halakhic and spiritual mentor of centrist Orthodoxy, was widely acclaimed when first published and continues to be reprinted.

Paul and Jesus

Author : James D. Tabor
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439123322
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Paul and Jesus written by James D. Tabor and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Draws on St. Paul's letters and other early sources to reveal the apostles' sharply competing ideas about the significance of Jesus and his teachings while demonstrating how St. Paul independently shaped Christianity as it is known today.

Responses to 101 Questions on the Biblical Torah

Author : Roland Edmund Murphy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789715048170
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Responses to 101 Questions on the Biblical Torah written by Roland Edmund Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Two Minutes for Torah

Author : David Y. B. Kaufmann
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781463776237
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (762 download)

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Download or read book Two Minutes for Torah written by David Y. B. Kaufmann and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2011-08-22 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of short essays, originally published in L'Chaim Weekly, each of which offers a two minute meditation on the connection between the seemingly random, external events of life and their inner spiritual value. Meant to be read in those "in-between times" we often find ourselves facing, these essays will inspire you and also provide something to discuss with friends and family over a cup of coffee or a "l'chaim" at the Shabbos table. "These essays are witty, well-written and always contain a great message. Many times during my years as a high school teacher and counselor I have used these columns as a springboard for discussion and as part of my hashkafa classes." Mrs. Gitty Rosenfeld Principal, Online School

Bewilderments

Author : Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg
Publisher : Schocken
ISBN 13 : 0805212515
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Bewilderments written by Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg and published by Schocken. This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the magnificent literary, scholarly, and psychological analysis of the text that is her trademark, Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg tackles the enduring puzzlement of the book of Numbers. What should have been for the Israelites a brief journey from Mount Sinai to the Holy Land becomes a forty-year death march. Both before and after the devastating report of the Spies, the narrative centers on the people's desire to return to slavery in Egypt. At its heart are speeches of complaint and lament. But in the narrative of the book of Numbers that is found in mystical and Hasidic sources, the generation of the wilderness emerges as one of extraordinary spiritual experience, fed on miracles and nurtured directly by God: a generation of ecstatic faith, human partners in an unprecedented conversation with the Deity. Drawing on kabbalistic sources, the Hasidic commentators depict a people who transcend prudent considerations in order to follow God into the wilderness, where their spiritual yearning comes to full expression. Is there a way to integrate this narrative of dark murmurings, of obsessive fantasies of a return to Egypt, with the celebration of a love-intoxicated wilderness discourse? What effect does the cumulative trauma of slavery, the miracles of Exodus, and the revelation at Sinai have on a nation that is beginning to speak? In Bewilderments, one of our most admired biblical commentators suggests fascinating answers to these questions.