This is the first translation with commentary of selections from The Zohar, the major text of the Kabbalah, the Jewish mystical tradition. This work was written in 13th-century Spain by Moses de Leon, a Spanish scholar.
In this second volume of his long-anticipated five-volume collection of parashat hashavua commentaries, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity, and destiny. Chief Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy, and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under Gods sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant Conversation allows us to experience Chief Rabbi Sacks sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah.
Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman's daily e-mails are eagerly awaited by many thousands of readers around the world, and he is a popular columnist for Mishpacha magazine. The volume you are holding in your hands highlights some of the most important issues in our lives today topics that are rarely discussed, often to our detriment. The chapters within are funny, moving, thought-provoking, and challenging.They enable us to connect the dots, to see with new eyes what is really going on in our relationships and our communities. The practical wisdom in these pages is life-changing, enabling us to begin to see The Elephant in the Room.
"These stories follow the author's life in reverse, from Israel in the 1950s to his experiences in the postwar Soviet Union and his childhood in Poland"--
When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judgement? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest's atonement with the prophet's repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful book in the Bible? Why is the remembrance of the Pesah story so central to Jewish morality? And which does Shavuot really celebrate the law or the land? Bringing together Rabbi Sacks's acclaimed introductions to the Koren Sacks Mahzorim, Ceremony & Celebration reveals the stunning interplay of biblical laws, rabbinic edicts, liturgical themes, communal rituals and profound religious meaning of each of the five central Jewish holidays.