Our Lives As Torah
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Our Lives As Torah
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Author : Carol Ochs
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2002-02-28
Our Lives As Torah written by Carol Ochs and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-28 with Religion categories.
In this powerful book, Carol Ochs shows us how to develop apersonal theology by examining our life stories, learning torecognize God at work in them, and bringing them into conversationwith Torah. Using timeless biblical texts as lenses to see thepresent, she helps us understand who we are and who God is for usby exploring the tightly interwoven basic elements of ourlives--our love, suffering, work, bodies, prayer, community, andexperiences of death. Through the process of seeing our experiences in relation toBiblical stories, we begin to recognize our lives as part of theongoing story of the Jewish people--as Torah. This insight allowsus to see these experiences as meaningful, not accidental, andopens us to recognizing God's power in and through all that happensto us. Rather than a collection of random events, our lives arepart of the Jewish people's ongoing adventure. Armed with ourpersonally shaped theology, we can face this adventure of living inthe vanguard of history with awareness and confidence.
A Journey Through Torah
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Author : Michael G. Wodlinger
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2020-08-12
A Journey Through Torah written by Michael G. Wodlinger and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-12 with Religion categories.
A Journey Through Torah: An Introduction to God’s Life Instructions for His Children, Volume Two: Shemot/Exodus, is written in simple and plain language for those who are new to the Bible and/or have a desire to understand God’s written Word in the Hebrew Scriptures, the Old Testament. Here you will find many stories focusing on the Israelites journey from Egypt to the Promised Land. These stories also give us God’s life instructions, His guidance for our navigating this uncertain world. Michael is a Messianic Jew, born and raised in a Jewish home. He came to know Yahveh and His Son Adonai Yeshua later in life. Michael is a retired university professor and an author of several books, manuscripts and papers, dealing with different aspects of teaching and learning. Currently, Michael is a Missionary with Chosen People Ministries. He and his wife, Chantal, live in Quebec, Canada, where he writes and publishes on You Tube and Facebook.
Chapters Of The Heart
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Author : Sue Levi Elwell
language : en
Publisher: Cascade Books
Release Date : 2013-11
Chapters Of The Heart written by Sue Levi Elwell and has been published by Cascade Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Religion categories.
Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of Our Lives invites readers into the lives of twenty women for whom Jewish language and texts provide a lens for understanding their experiences. The authors don't just use religious words (texts, theologies, or liturgies) like a cookbook. Instead they serve readers something closer to a real meal, prepared with love and intention. Each essay shares one piece of its writer's heart, one chapter of experience as refracted through the author's particular Jewish optic. The authors write about being daughters, mothers, sisters, partners, lovers, and friends. They share their experiences of parenting, infertility, and abortion. One describes accompanying her young husband through his life-threatening illness. Another tells of her daughter's struggle with an eating disorder. Still another reflects on long decline of a parent with Alzheimer's. All these writers wrestle with Jewish texts while growing as rabbis, as feminists, and as interfaith leaders. They open their hearts and minds, telling when Jewish tradition has helped make meaning and, on occasion, when it has come up empty. The results are sometimes inspiring, sometimes provocative. Readers will find new insights into God, into Judaism, and into themselves. ""A stunning gathering of women, a quilt of rich, wise voices."" --Anne Lamott ""In these unforgettable chapters, leading American Jewish feminists tell the truth about their lives. This is the 'Torah of your Mothers.' Recommended for men and women alike."" --Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University ""Here are twenty marvelously articulate, candid, brilliant, thought-provoking responses to the question, how does your spiritual understanding and practice support you in times of challenge? They are the voices of contemporary Jewish women, but the issues they address are universal. . . . This book will be a solace to everyone who reads it."" --Sylvia Boorstein, author of It's Easier than You Think ""With tact and wisdom, the authors of this collection of essays, more than half of them rabbis, chronicle their personal experiences of choices and challenges facing women everywhere, addressing each through the spiritual and cultural resources of the Jewish tradition, not prescriptively but in individual voices, each suggesting discovery or creativity and a path of growth. This is a book for all seasons."" --Mary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Life ""These essays beautifully express the power of Jewish tradition to inspire and sustain a life rich in meaning. Yet, their profundity transcends the bounds of Judaism, speaking wisdom to readers of diverse traditions and cultures."" --Mary C. Boys, Union Theological Seminary ""Reaching deep into their wise hearts, these women harvest words of healing, joy, sorrow, rage, and delight--nothing less than the fullness of life--which they then gift to us, their readers. Torah lives anew in each of these powerful echoes, and the insights you find here may well change your life."" --Rabbi Brad Artson, American Jewish University INSIDE: ""This book is a beautiful, profound, and deeply touching addition to the body of spiritual writing that heals and reveals ourselves to us in our full humanity. Nothing moves me more than women telling the truth about their real lives--their families, relationships, choices, inspirations, losses, transformation, survival, their histories and their immersion in the now. And these writers are a stunning gathering of women, a quilt of rich, wise voices."" --Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies ""When I put this wonderful and wise book down (having read it straight through), I felt an unusual feeling: stirred up, but contemplatively so. Chapters of the Heart is for anyone who wants to find the holy in the ordinary, for anyone who wants to read the sacred texts of her own life with more attentiveness, more generosity, and more curiosity."" --Lauren F. Winner, author of Girl Meets God ""I
Living Torah
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Author : Gil Graff
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2024-10-01
Living Torah written by Gil Graff and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-10-01 with Religion categories.
Today there are more than seven million Jews in the United States. As with Americans of all ethnicities and religious persuasions, Jews can identify with and embrace their heritage in any number of ways. Alternatively, they can choose to distance themselves from anything distinctively Jewish. For millennia, the Torah – literally, instruction – the first five books of the Hebrew Bible, has been a centerpiece of Jewish study, thought, and action. Throughout the years, the Torah has been interpreted and applied to life in varying times and places. It has long been customary for Jews to read chapters of the Torah each week as part of an annual cycle of study and synagogue ritual. In the third decade of the twenty-first century, there are Jews who question or doubt the continuing relevance of Jewish texts to their lives. Yet, the search for meaning is enduring, and most American Jews are interested in engaging with a heritage in which they take pride. It is, primarily, for such readers that this book is designed. At the same time, there are people who are not Jewish for whom a book unpacking a Jewish understanding of the Torah might be of interest. The aim of this work is to share ideas, themes, values, and practices that are all part of the living Torah, with full awareness that personal meaning is, by definition, unique to each individual. “Living Torah” describes both Torah as a vibrant text and those who lead Torah-informed lives. “Torah-informed” by no means implies uniformity of life-style. There are a number of books that explore the meaning that Judaism can hold for contemporary Jews and others interested in the wisdom expressed in its classical texts. While these books draw upon classical sources and offer interesting perspectives, none undertakes to systematically introduce the reader to the richness of the Torah text. The uniqueness of this very accessible volume is that it identifies a central theme in each of the five books of the Torah, and, following exploration of the substance of each book, looks at implications of the book’s key theme for the lives of contemporary readers The book is comprised of ten chapters, organized as follows: a chapter synopsizing a book of the Torah and identifying its central theme, followed by a chapter applying that theme to the lived experience of Jews in the twenty-first century. The themes explored are: (a) the Jews’ relationship to the land of Israel; (b) purpose in history; (c) the pursuit of holiness; (d) living in community; (e) Jewish learning.
Very Near To You
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Author : Avraham Burg
language : en
Publisher: Gefen Publishing House Ltd
Release Date : 2012
Very Near To You written by Avraham Burg and has been published by Gefen Publishing House Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Religion categories.
The book is a new interpretation of the weekly torah reading. It is written from a world view deeply committed to Judaism, which places the responsibility of interpretation and identity on each one of us. The Torah is not in heaven but in the heart and mouth of you and me, to study it and to live by it. Through this book the author tries to involve the reader in the language of the five books of Moses that has been present in our lives for thousands of years. It s a language which is human, universal, moral, historical and national. "My interpretation is one of many and I try to invite the reader or student to argue or to agree, to add or to subtract from my interpretation, or even better to develop their own interpretation and spread it around."
Torah Today
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Author : Pinchas H. Peli
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2004-11-01
Torah Today written by Pinchas H. Peli and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-11-01 with Religion categories.
"The central element of Jewish worship is the yearly cycle of reading the first five books of the Bible, the Five Books of Moses, called the Torah in Hebrew. Torah Today, a compilation of fifty-four essays that grew out of Pinchas Peli's Torah column in the Jerusalem Post, comments upon the weekly readings from the Torah. Written in a clear style, each essay brings the reader closer to the rich spiritual world of Torah as it confronts the challenges of modern society. These commentaries, which emulate the traditional midrash, have long been essential reading for Jews throughout the world - families at the Shabbat dinner table, pulpit rabbis, teachers, and students of the Bible. Christians, too, have been among Rabbi Peli's devoted readers. This reissue of Torah Today, with a new preface by Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis, makes this classic work available to a new generation of Bible students."--Jacket.
Torah 24 7
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Author : Steven Ettinger
language : en
Publisher: Devora Publishing
Release Date : 2003
Torah 24 7 written by Steven Ettinger and has been published by Devora Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Religion categories.
What is the relevance of the weekly Shabbat Torah reading to our every-day 'modern' lives? Using his own true life experiences, the author reveals how we can uncover the miracles that occur to each of us daily, if only we would understand the messages that the Torah readings bring to our lives. Many of these anecdotal stories can be used by rabbis, educators and laymen across the entire Jewish spectrum to highlight the relevance of the Torah to the modern experience.
The Torah Is Our Life
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 197?
The Torah Is Our Life written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 197? with Bible categories.
Torah And Bible Reading
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Author : Nieves Koening
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-07-14
Torah And Bible Reading written by Nieves Koening and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-14 with categories.
The Torah, Judaism's most important text, consists of the first five books of the Tanakh (also known as the Pentateuch or the Five Books of Moses), the Hebrew Bible. The word "Torah" means "to teach." In traditional teaching, the Torah is said to be the revelation of God, given to Moses and written down by him. It is the document that contains all of the rules by which the Jewish people structure their spiritual lives. This book is a unique collection of insights into the first weekly public readings of the Torah ( Jewish Bible) based on talks given by the author who has taught thousands of women in person and on the internet over the past two decades. From each "Bible Reading", a central idea emerges, with practical implications for the here-and-now. Whether it is lessons in how to give to others, based on Noah's life, or how we are to survive as Jews in exile, the author gives us daily inspiration, something to take along on our personal journey through life. Her sources range from classic commentators to contemporary writers, from Chassidic masters to famous Non-Chassidic scholars. Jewish Law and Jewish Lore - all are woven into this rich tapestry of Jewish thought, deeply imbued with the love of God and His Torah. In one book, you can take advantage of thousands of hours of work and toil involved in creating this work of Biblical artistry.
What The Torah Teaches Us About Spirituality Through Isaac S Own Spiritual Journey
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Author : Laura Weakley
language : en
Publisher: Laura Weakley
Release Date : 2010-11-08
What The Torah Teaches Us About Spirituality Through Isaac S Own Spiritual Journey written by Laura Weakley and has been published by Laura Weakley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-08 with Religion categories.
Can we be spiritual in every aspect of our lives? Our forefather Isaac exemplifies how G-d wants us to incorporate spirituality in our everyday lives. There is only one G-d, and Adonai is the G-d of everything. Isaac has so much to teach us about the spiritual depths of his story in the Torah. It may seem there is little recorded about Isaac, but looks can be deceiving!