02209nam 2200469 450 991082816890332120230125225704.00-8276-1333-40-8276-1335-0(CKB)4340000000194810(OCoLC)1001287340(MdBmJHUP)muse59895(Au-PeEL)EBL4979053(CaPaEBR)ebr11425780(CaONFJC)MIL1027855(OCoLC)1001374737(MiAaPQ)EBC4979053(EXLCZ)99434000000019481020170914h20172017 uy 0gerurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe heart of TorahVolume 1Essays on the weekly Torah portion : Genesis and Exodus /Rabbi Shai Held ; foreword by Rabbi Yitz GreenbergPhiladelphia, [Pennsylvania] :The Jewish Publication Society,2017.©20171 online resource (399 pages) illustrationsIssued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.0-8276-1271-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.1. Genesis and Exodus -- 2. Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held s Torah essays two for each weekly portion open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary. Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways. He mines Talmud and midrashim, great writers of world literature, and astute commentators of other religious backgrounds to ponder fundamental questions about God, human nature, and what it means to be a religious person in the modern world. Along the way, he illuminates the centrality of empathy in Jewish ethics, the predominance of divine love in Jewish theology, the primacy of gratitude and generosity, and God s summoning of each of us with all our limitations into the dignity of a covenantal relationship.222.107Held Shai1971-1623678MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828168903321The heart of Torah4012453UNINA