The Heart of Torah, Volume 2

Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Judaism, Sacred Writings
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Author: Rabbi Shai Held ISBN: 9780827613362
Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society Publication: September 1, 2017
Imprint: The Jewish Publication Society Language: English
Author: Rabbi Shai Held
ISBN: 9780827613362
Publisher: The Jewish Publication Society
Publication: September 1, 2017
Imprint: The Jewish Publication Society
Language: English

In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held’s Torah essays—two for each weekly portion—open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary.

Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways. He mines Talmud and midrashim, great writers of world literature, and astute commentators of other religious backgrounds to ponder fundamental questions about God, human nature, and what it means to be a religious person in the modern world. Along the way, he illuminates the centrality of empathy in Jewish ethics, the predominance of divine love in Jewish theology, the primacy of gratitude and generosity, and God’s summoning of each of us—with all our limitations—into the dignity of a covenantal relationship.

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In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held’s Torah essays—two for each weekly portion—open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary.

Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways. He mines Talmud and midrashim, great writers of world literature, and astute commentators of other religious backgrounds to ponder fundamental questions about God, human nature, and what it means to be a religious person in the modern world. Along the way, he illuminates the centrality of empathy in Jewish ethics, the predominance of divine love in Jewish theology, the primacy of gratitude and generosity, and God’s summoning of each of us—with all our limitations—into the dignity of a covenantal relationship.

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