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The Power of Stories and Ideas From Talmud and Midrash
Discover the Joy of Timeless Wisdom: Dive into the rich tapestry of Jewish heritage with The Power of Stories and Ideas From Talmud and Midrash, a captivating collection compiled by Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins. This book invites you on a journey through centuries of profound wisdom, moral teachings, and timeless tales that have shaped Jewish thought and tradition. Rabbi Elkins, a renowned educator and author, brings to life the engaging narratives from the Talmud and Mishnah, illuminating their relevance for modern readers. Each story or idea is a doorway to deeper understanding, offering insights into human nature, ethical dilemmas, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. With his background and ...
Judaism: Ideas, People, and Rituals
Judaism: Ideas, People, and Rituals is a collection of Jewish gems - each essay sparkles with knowledge and originality. Whether Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins is showing the Jewishness in Thoreau's thinking, or tackling knotty questions about divine revelation, he approaches his subject with authority, clarity and utter honesty. He has culled together sermons and portraits of figures and movement to display and share his wisdom with us, his readers and students. The topics are divided into three areas of Jewish vision, relationship, and practice. Rabbi Elkins treats us to some wonderful insights about all three areas. He explores how Judaism offers us a path to meaning, purpose, belonging and blessing. He mines Jewish tradition, introduces influential teachers, and shares his own unique and powerful rabbinic voice. There are wide ranging subjects, from human sexuality in Judaism, to hearing the sound of the Shofar. This work displays the knowledge, breadth, and insights of Rabbi Elkins's learning that he shares so clearly and brilliantly. This book opens up new worlds to explore. We are all the beneficiaries of his teachings and knowledge!
Jewish Stories from Heaven and Earth
This inspiring collection of stories, compiled by the well-known author, editor and anthologist Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins, encourages readers to reflect on the wonder, meaning and purpose of life by tapping into the core values, ethics, beliefs, history and emotions of life from a Jewish perspective. Chapters tell about:?Simple Goodness?Hope and Endurance?Continuity and Tradition?Lessons Learned?Light Out of the Holocaust?Great Escapes?Words of the Wise?Providence?IsraelPersonal and profound, this is a book that will send a chill up the spine, bring a tear to the eye, and warm the heart?collected by the co-editor of the New York Times best-selling Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul.
For Those Left Behind: A Jewish Anthology of Comfort and Healing
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.
Yom Kippur Readings
A collection of readings for anyone seeking a deeper level of personal reflection and spiritual intimacy during Yom Kippur--and a clearer understanding of just what makes this day so holy.
The Power of Jewish Holiday Stories
The story is an important component of Jewish literature, conveying important ideas. Of course, it is not the only such technique, but no other medium transmits Jewish values and ideas as powerfully as does a story. There are laws, there are poems, there are prayers and there are ethical treatises, but none of these modalities compare with the power of a story. In this book, The Power of Jewish Holiday Stories: Their Meaning for Our Time, Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins uses the power of the story to illustrate meaningful examples of spiritual growth from the experiences of many Jewish people. Their experiences often occurred during the Jewish holiday season, beginning with Elul, and followed by the...
Rosh Hashanah Readings
A compelling companion to Rosh Hashanah that connects the words of our ancestors and the central ideas of modern spiritual life. Through readings and prayers from ancient, medieval and modern sources, offers powerful, personal ways to begin the new year.
Expecting Miracles
"Expecting Miracles" is a collection of refreshingly honest and inspiring interviews with traditionally observant Jewish mothers about their diverse experiences of pregnancy and childbearing. It is about the ways in which mothers have managed to make these important stages in their lives into a time for personal growth, spirituality and real-life miracles.
Hasidic Wisdom
Collected in this volume are over one thousand of the most popular and trenchant aphorisms of the past several centuries of hasidic teaching that have captured the heart and soul of world Jewry since the birth of hasidism. Most remarkable about these pithy hasidic sayings is how they combine the wisdom of Jewish tradition with sound modern psychological and spiritual insight.
Yom Kippur Readings
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.
