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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... grades , to best friends , right on through to intruders and illness to nothing less than death itself . I reassure them as best I can , comfort them with the very advice I give myself : Fears are normal , but don't let them LIFE /
... tradition and humor . We must take the advice we give our chil- dren . The world is a narrow bridge . The key to the crossing is not to be afraid . NACHMAN OF BRATSLAV There is no need for you to leave the house 2 / Wise Words.
... give ; Gas smells awful ; You might as well live . The world is huge and there's no place to turn . FOLK SAYING When something does not insist on being noticed , when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence ...
... give the world meaning . LEO BAECK , Essence of Judaism There are many advantages which Jews may derive from a knowledge and love of Judaism . It can give them a high , clear religious faith . It can supply them with a system of ethical ...
... give but a summary enumeration : some peoples have entrusted the supreme political power to monarchies , others to oligarchies , yet others to the masses . Our lawgiver , however , was attracted by none of these forms of polity , but ...
目录
15 | |
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 |