Shabbat. A Day To Create Yourself: Building character, shaping perspectives, and finding happiness through Shabbat - Hardcover

Goldstein, Rabbi Dr. Warren

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1776414608 ISBN 13: 9781776414604

Publisher: Chief Publishing, 2023

Synopsis

From Chief Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein – the creator of the international Shabbat Project – comes a book that tells the story of Shabbat in a way that has never been told before… and a call to “return Shabbat to the center of Jewish life”. Published as a non-profit private initiative, all book proceeds will go towards the Shabbat Project.

Here’s what some of the leading lights in the Jewish world are saying about Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself.

“Illuminating… an important addition to the collective Jewish library.” – President Isaac Herzog

“An essential for any home… the start of creating peace, wholeness, and holiness.” – Mayim Bialik

“Guides us to make changes to improve our daily lives… dynamic and captivating.” – Professor Dan Ariely

“Will enrich the Shabbat experience of anyone who reads it.” – Senator Joseph Lieberman

“An articulate and timely message about the importance of Shabbat as a source of Jewish unity, courage, and strength.” – Natan Sharansky

“I was moved to tears while reading sections of A Day to Create Yourself…not only explains the meaning of Shabbat, but of Judaism as a whole.” – Rabbi Hershel Schachter

What unites a Russian refusenik, a US senator, a Parisian fashion designer, a world-famous behavioral psychologist, and a world championship boxer?

What brings together prime ministers and presidents, musicians and actors, Nobel prize-winners and novelists?

What lies at the heart of a global grassroots movement uniting Jews across every language, culture, and background?

Shabbat.

But if Shabbat isn’t just a day of rest, what is it?

Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself is a call to see Shabbat with fresh eyes – to discover how it can unleash personal and societal renewal, and offers us a recipe for happiness in an increasingly complex world. But also, how it gives us something more – the Divine gift of self-creation; how more than just a day of rest, Shabbat is a day that completely transforms us.

Ultimately, Shabbat reminds us that our most important accomplishments in life cannot be touched or measured or priced – that our greatest work of creation is ourselves.

Drawing from hundreds of Jewish sources, distilling the ideas and commentaries of Jewish sages spanning three thousand years, Shabbat. A Day to Create Yourself delves into some of the deepest secrets of Shabbat.

And tells the story of Shabbat in a way that has never been told before.

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About the Author

Rabbi Dr Warren Goldstein is the current Chief Rabbi of South Africa and a global Jewish leader. Affectionately referred to as ‘Chief’ and a ‘spiritual entrepreneur’ he has launched and led a number of innovative social projects with global reach and impact. Locally, his Bill of Responsibilities – adopted by the Department of Education and taught in schools nationwide – has shown a new generation of young South Africans the importance of compassion, and respect for the dignity and wellbeing of others. CAP, a unique community-driven crime-fighting initiative that protects 30,000 homes and upwards of 250,000 people, and has reduced contact crime in its area of operation by between 80 and 90 percent and Sinai Indaba, the largest annual Torah convention of its kind. Two of his local projects have been embraced and championed by world-jewry: Generation Sinai, an annual family learning experience as well as The Shabbat Project which unites Jews annually in over 1000 cities on an unprecedented scale. The youngest person to ever be elected to the position, Chief Rabbi Goldstein is a strong advocate for creative, proactive leadership and effective partnership to find unique solutions to the challenges of our time. He has featured on The Algemeiner’s top 100 People Positively Influencing Jewish Life multiple times and has a regular study session with South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa. He is an executive member of South Africa’s National Religious Leaders Council, through which he is involved with strengthening inter-faith relations in the country between Jews, Christian, Muslims, Hindus and other faiths, as well as engaging with the government on national policy matters. A qualified Jewish law judge, Rabbi Goldstein has published several books including African Soul Talk: When Politics is not Enough (with Dumani Mandela); Defending the Human Spirit: Jewish Law’s Vision for a Moral Society; Sefer Mishpat Tzedek (a detailed analysis of Torah business law and ethics, with particular focus on competition law); and The Legacy: Teachings for Life from the Great Lithuanian Rabbis (with Rabbi Berel Wein). The Chief Rabbi has a PhD in Human Rights and Constitutional Law and is a regular columnist for the Jerusalem Post and aish.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chief Publishing
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1776414608
• ISBN 13: 9781776414604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288