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(More customer reviews)This is one of the finest books of 'Parshanut' I have ever read. Each unit consists of a set of small essays on each Biblical Parsha, or weekly reading. Rabbi Sacks in reading the text addresses contemporary moral and religious issues. He does this with great intelligence and insight. But perhaps even more importantly what we are given in the book is a coherent Jewish philosophical reading of the situation and purpose in the world of humanity. Rabbi Sacks defense of the Jewish tradition is not based on special pleading, or hiding one's head in the sand but rather on a hard look on central issues facing the Jewish people and mankind as a whole.
I have been reading the Biblical text since early childhood but was again and again surprised by the reflections and wisdom of Rabbi Sacks.
I do not think I could give a stronger recommendation to a book than I give to this one.
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The Torah is an encounter between past and present, moment and eternity, that frames Jewish consciousness. In this first volume of a five-volume collection of parashat hashavua, Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks explores these intersections as they relate to universal concerns of freedom, love, responsibility, identity and destiny. Rabbi Sacks fuses Jewish tradition, Western philosophy and literature to present a highly developed understanding of the human condition under God s sovereignty. Erudite and eloquent, Covenant & Conversation allows us to experience Rabbi Sacks sophisticated approach to life lived in an ongoing dialogue with the Torah. Winner of the National Jewish Book Award, 2009.
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