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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461453303321

Autore

Claussen Geoffrey D. <1979->

Titolo

Sharing the burden : Rabbi Simḥah Zissel Ziv and the path of Musar / / Geoffrey D. Claussen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4384-5836-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (261 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in Contemporary Jewish Thought

Disciplina

296.3/6

Soggetti

Rabbis - Lithuania - Philosophy

Ethicists - Lithuania - Philosophy

Jewish ethics

Musar movement - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Musar Movement; Rabbi Simh. ah Zissel Ziv; Chapter 1 Rabbi Simh. ah Zissel Ziv and the Talmud Torah; The History of the Talmud Torah; Talmud Study and Musar Study; The Talmud Torah as a Total Institution; Models of Authority; Simh. ah Zissel and the Haskalah; The Closing of the Talmud Torah of Grobin and the Return to Kelm; Chapter 2 Virtue and the Path of Happiness; Wisdom and Musar; Wisdom about Human Lowliness; Wisdom about the Human Form; The Limits of Wisdom; What Is a Virtue?; Choosing Virtue; The Repair of the Soul; Practical Wisdom

Putting Virtue into ActionHappiness and Virtue; The World to Come; The Motivations for Virtue; Chapter 3 Simh. ah Zissel Among the Philosophers; "Mocking" the Philosophers; The Philosophers as Musar Masters; Reborn Like a Philosopher; The "Clear View of What Is Good"; The Rationality of the Torah; Rational Prophets and Rational Rabbis; "Reason Which Is Beyond Human Capacity"; Simh.ah Zissel Among the Kabbalists; Miracles and Nature; Chapter 4 The Great Effort of Musar; The Pursuit of the Ideal; Human Exemplars; The Divine Exemplar; Striving Toward the Infinite; The Struggle for Moral Progress



The Problem of Stiff NecksTroubles Within the Soul; Torah "On One Foot": The Problem of Balance; "No Remedy . . . Other than to Exert Oneself Very Greatly"; The Slow Pace of Change; Chapter 5 Learning to Love; Love as a Virtue; Love as Partnership; The Reach of Love; Loving One's Fellow and Loving Oneself; Moses and the Burden of His Fellows; Love and the Practice of Musar; Love and Worldly Occupations; Love Through Commerce; Love Through Politics; Love and the Family; Practical Wisdom Revisited; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; General Index

Index of References to Biblical and Talmudic sources

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910706242903321

Autore

Ffolliott Peter F.

Titolo

Arid and semiarid land stewardship : a 10-year review of accomplishments and contributions of the International Arid Lands Consortium / / Peter F. Ffolliott [and nine others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Fort Collins, CO : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, , November 2001

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (74 pages) : illustrations

Collana

General technical report RMRS ; ; GTR-89

Disciplina

333.73/6

Soggetti

Arid regions ecology

Arid regions - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 61-70).