Wise Words: Jewish Thoughts and Stories Through the AgesHarper Collins, 2004年2月3日 - 288页 A comprehensive anthology of wise sayings, stories, and insights from the Jewish tradition addressing such topics as faith, friendship, ethics, nature, charity, kindness, marriage, death, the Holocaust, and Israel. Wise Words celebrates the heart and soul of a people shaped by four thousand years of precepts, stories, rituals, recipes, and humor. It is an all-embracing collection of aphorisms and poetry from the Bible, the Talmud, Hasidic tales, and contemporary humor and literature -- with a special emphasis on the all-too-often-forgotten voices of women. On any given topic, you can read the words of Isaiah, the teachings of Maimonides, the mystical wisdom of the Kabbalah, passages from Grace Paley, Nora Ephron, and Isaac Bashevis Singer, along with a sprinkling of Yiddish folk sayings that often get right to the heart of any subject. Often joyous, occasionally tragic, the material is divided by major themes, including Jewish writers' insights on life, death, friendship, family, marriage, charity, kindness, ethics, food, holidays, nature, and art. Each section is framed by the author's own recollections as a daughter, sister, wife, and mother. |
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... AND MOURNING / 186 WISDOM AND LEARNING / 202 WOMEN / 219 ART AND CREATIVITY 240 GLOSSARY OF NAMES / 257 GLOSSARY OF ANCIENT SOURCES 263 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY / 265 INTRODUCTION HERE IS A STORY about a great Hasidic rabbi.
... rabbi came to shul as usual to greet the older men who were his morning minyan regulars . One chal- lenged the rabbi playfully : " Aren't you going to 10 / Wise Words.
Jewish Thoughts and Stories Through the Ages Jessica Gribetz. lenged the rabbi playfully : " Aren't you going to wish me Happy Birthday ? " " Sure , how old are you ? " replied the rabbi . " Oh , I'm forty - five today . " " Who are you ...
... Rabbi Joseph Lookstein , of blessed memory , spoke of this in a Rosh Hashannah sermon : Judaism emphasizes reason , not blind faith . It stresses un- derstanding , not intellectual surrender ; knowledge and in- quiry , and not helpless ...
... RABBI JOSEPH H. LOOKSTEIN God , if you don't help me , I'll ask my uncle in America . LEO ROSTEN , ed . , Treasury of Jewish Quotations What God does is best - probably . FOLK SAYING Without a love of humankind there is no love of God ...
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ETHICS | 38 |
FRIENDSHIP LOVE AND MARRIAGE | 49 |
FAMILY CHILDREN AGING AND PEACE | 72 |
THE SABBATH AND THE HOLIDAYS | 92 |
THE HOLOCAUST | 155 |
ART AND CREATIVITY | 240 |