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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... night , when I sit at my children's bedsides , our talk turns to their fears . Life can feel perilous at any age . At nine , the worries range from grades , to best friends , right on through to intruders and illness to nothing less ...
... night . It happens to one if it doesn't happen to another , tomorrow if not today , or a century hence if not next year . What difference can it make ? ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER , " Gimpel the Fool " In January 1990 the rabbi came to shul ...
... Night I need suspense , not only in my novels , but in life itself . If there is not positive suspense , then there ... nights at the end of the Sabbath during the Havdalah candlelight service . The auditorium was dark except for the ...
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 |