The Maggid Speaks

The Maggid Speaks
Author: Paysach J. Krohn
Publisher: Mesorah Publications
Total Pages: 284
Release: 1987
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780899062303

The tradition of the Maggid the speaker, storyteller, and profound ethicist has been best exemplified by Rabbi Shalom Schwadron, the great Maggid of Jerusalem. This book captures his eloquence and humor.

I Kings

I Kings
Author: Alex Israel
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781613290040

The Book of Kings narrates the vivid and turbulent history of Israel and its monarchs. In I Kings: Torn in Two, master educator Alex Israel uncovers the messages hidden between the lines of the biblical text and draws rich and indelible portraits of its great personalities. Revealing a narrative of political upheaval, empire building, religious and cultural struggle, national fracture, war and peace, I Kings: Torn in Two depicts the titanic clashes between king and prophet and the underlying conflicts that can split apart a society. Using traditional commentaries and modern literary techniques, the author offers a dynamic dialogue between the biblical text and its interpretations. The result is a compelling work of contemporary biblical scholarship that addresses the central themes of the Book of Kings in a wider historical, political and religious perspective.

Voice of Rejoicing and Salvation

Voice of Rejoicing and Salvation
Author: Jacob ben Wolf Kranz
Publisher: Feldheim Publishers
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2005
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781583307816

An insightful commentary of the Dubner Maggid on the Book of Esther. Here is a full English translation of the profound commentary on Megillas Esther by the famed Maggid of Dubno--a legendary Torah scholar and orator. This magnificent translation brings out the Maggid's powerful message, filled with brilliant insights and the engaging parables that are the Maggid's trademark.

Jewish Spiritual Practices

Jewish Spiritual Practices
Author: Yitzhak Buxbaum
Publisher: Jason Aronson
Total Pages: 772
Release: 1999-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1568212062

The Jewish mystic path and its practices to attain God-consciousness.

Judges

Judges
Author: Michael Hattin
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2020-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781592645237

Jonah

Jonah
Author: Erica Brown
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2017-08-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781592644858

In Jonah: The Reluctant Prophet, Dr. Erica Brown takes us on a journey over land and sea, in the footsteps of the Bible's most recalcitrant prophet. Melding traditional commentators, rabbinic literature, modern biblical scholarship, psychological sensitivity, and artistic imagination, Brown travels through the four chapters of Jonah's story tracing his call to leadership, his subsequent intransigence, his momentary rise to duty and his tragic resignation in an effort to discover God's ultimate lesson for him. With insight and feeling, Brown provides us with a glimpse into the tormented soul of the prophet as he grapples with the notion of a forgiving God who is concerned even with the welfare of Israel's strongest adversary. As God struggles to teach His prophet to expand his vision and take up his divine mission, we come to understand the Divine call given to each of us to rise up to the possibility of greatness. After all, if God can change His plan, we can change as well.

To This Very Day

To This Very Day
Author: Amnon Bazak
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 492
Release: 2020-02-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781592645152

In recent generations, there has been a renaissance of Tanakh study among Jewry in general, and in the study halls of the Religious-Zionist community in particular. This return to in-depth study of the plain text has brought with it new challenges. How should one respond to the complex questions raised by close textual reading, by new methodology, and by recent discoveries? This work portrays the unique approach that has arisen in the current generation of Bible scholars, who come to Tanakh study with deep, serious belief in the holiness and divine nature of the books, on the one hand, and on the other, the understanding that new discoveries in the scholarly world need neither be rejected out of hand nor adopted in their entirety.

Ceremony & Celebration

Ceremony & Celebration
Author: Jonathan Sacks
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781592640256

When did Rosh HaShana, the anniversary of creation, become a day of judgement? How does Yom Kippur unite the priest's atonement with the prophet's repentance? What makes Kohelet, read on Sukkot, the most joyful book in the Bible? Why is the remembrance of the Pesah story so central to Jewish morality? And which does Shavuot really celebrate the law or the land? Bringing together Rabbi Sacks's acclaimed introductions to the Koren Sacks Mahzorim, Ceremony & Celebration reveals the stunning interplay of biblical laws, rabbinic edicts, liturgical themes, communal rituals and profound religious meaning of each of the five central Jewish holidays.

Joshua

Joshua
Author: Michael Hattin
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 296
Release: 2015-01-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781592643042

The Book of Joshua enumerates the great challenges faced by the ancient Israelites as they enter and settle their promised land, a lengthy process that ultimately takes hundreds of years. Exhausted from their forty-year journey in the desert, the people must overcome earlier failures, confront hostile coalitions on the battlefield, struggle with the inimical cultural values pervasive in Canaan, and make the difficult transition from a nomadic to a settled way of life. Difficult as this may sound, there is yet one burning issue that overshadows the whole enterprise: What are the hallmarks of successful leadership? In Joshua: The Challenge of the Promised Land, Michael Hattin brings to life the biblical Book of Joshua, highlighting how the many complex issues faced by the people as they fought to possess their new land mirror and shed light on today's reality. Hattin approaches the text as literary narrative, considering it from the perspectives of rabbinic midrash, medieval commentary

Prepare My Prayer

Prepare My Prayer
Author: Dov Singer
Publisher: Maggid
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781592645374

Recipes to awaken the soul.