The Heart of Torah, Volume 1
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The Heart of Torah, Volume 1

Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus

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The Heart of Torah, Volume 1

Essays on the Weekly Torah Portion: Genesis and Exodus

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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 wayhe 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.

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Publisher
The Jewish Publication Society
Year
2017
ISBN
9780827613331
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Jewish Theology

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Donor Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. A Note on Translations
  9. Introduction
  10. Genesis
  11. Bere’shit No. 1. What Can Human Beings Do, and What Can’t They?
  12. Bere’shit No. 2. Created in God’s Image
  13. NoaḼ No. 1. Before and After the Flood
  14. NoaḼ No. 2. People Have Names
  15. Lekh Lekha No. 1. Are Jews Always the Victims?
  16. Lekh Lekha No. 2. Between Abram and Lot
  17. Va-yera’ No. 1. The Face of Guests as the Face of God
  18. Va-yera’ No. 2. In Praise of Protest
  19. Ḥayyei Sarah No. 1. Isaac’s Search
  20. Ḥayyei Sarah No. 2. People Are Complicated
  21. Toledot No. 1. In Praise of Isaac
  22. Toledot No. 2. Between God and Torah
  23. Va-yetse’ No. 1. Can We Be Grateful and Disappointed at the Same Time?
  24. Va-yetse’ No. 2. No Excuses
  25. Va-yishlaḼ No. 1. The Fear of Killing
  26. Va-yishlaḼ No. 2. The Power of Compassion
  27. Va-yeshev No. 1. Against Halfheartedness
  28. Va-yeshev No. 2. Election and Service
  29. Mikkets No. 1. His Brother’s Brother
  30. Mikkets No. 2. Reuben’s Recklessness
  31. Va-yiggash No. 1. Humiliation
  32. Va-yiggash No. 2. Saving and Enslaving
  33. Va-yeḼi No. 1. The Majesty of Restraint
  34. Va-yeḼi No. 2. Underreacting and Overreacting
  35. Exodus
  36. Shemot No. 1. Why Moses?
  37. Shemot No. 2. Gratitude and Liberation
  38. Va-’era’ No. 1. The Journey and the (Elusive) Destination
  39. Va-’era’ No. 2. Cultivating Freedom
  40. Bo’ No. 1. Pharaoh
  41. Bo’ No. 2. Receiving Gifts (and Learning to Love?)
  42. Be-shallaḼ No. 1. Leaving Slavery Behind
  43. Be-shallaḼ No. 2. Bread from the Sky
  44. Yitro No. 1. Does Everyone Hate the Jews?
  45. Yitro No. 2. Honoring Parents
  46. Mishpatim No. 1. Turning Memory into Empathy
  47. Mishpatim No. 2. Hearing the Cries of the Defenseless
  48. Terumah No. 1. Being Present While Making Space
  49. Terumah No. 2. Returning to Eden?
  50. Tetsavveh No. 1. God in the Mishkan
  51. Tetsavveh No. 2. Between Ecstasy and Constancy
  52. Ki Tissa’ No. 1. The Importance of Character
  53. Ki Tissa’ No. 2. God’s Expansive Mercy
  54. Va-yak’hel No. 1. Whom Do We Serve?
  55. Va-yak’hel No. 2, Pekudei No. 1. (A) Building with Heart
  56. Pekudei No. 2. Building a Home for God
  57. Notes to the Introduction
  58. A Note on Bible Commentaries
  59. Bibliography
  60. Subject Index
  61. List of Classical Sources
  62. About Rabbi Shai Held
  63. About Rabbi Yitz Greenberg