In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held\'s Torah essays--two for each Weekly portion--open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary.
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.
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.
Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways.
In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held\'s Torah essays--two for each Weekly portion--open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary.
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.
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.
Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways.
In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held\'s Torah essays--two for each Weekly portion--open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary.
Rabbi Yitz Greenberg is one of the preeminent Jewish thinkers of our time.
He is the author of Abraham Joshua Heschel: The Call of Transcendence and a recipient of the Covenant Award for excellence in Jewish education.
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.
Rabbi Shai Held is president, dean, and chair in Jewish Thought at Mechon Hadar and directs its Center for Jewish Leadership and Ideas in New York City.
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.
Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways.
In The Heart of Torah, Rabbi Shai Held\'s Torah essays--two for each Weekly portion--open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary
