Unlocking the Torah Text: An In-Depth Journey into the Weekly Parsha - Softcover

Goldin, Shmuel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9652295264 ISBN 13: 9789652295262

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, Limited, 2018

Synopsis

UNLOCKING THE TORAH TEXT provides an in-depth journey into the Torah portion through a series of studies on each parsha. Each study opens with a brief summary of the narrative and then presents probing questions designed to strike to the core of the text. These questions are addressed through a review of traditional commentaries spanning the ages, combined with original approaches. Deep philosophical issues and perplexing textual questions are carefully examined and discussed in clear and incisive fashion. The actions and motivations of the patriarchs, matriarchs and other biblical figures are probed with an eye towards determining the lessons to be learned from the lives of these great personalities. Clear distinction is made between pshat (straightforward literal meaning) and Midrash (rabbinical exegesis) as both of these approaches to biblical text are carefully defined and applied. Finally, thought-provoking connections are raised between the eternal Torah narrative and critical issues of our time. Each study is thus constructed to encourage continued discussion and study of the Torah narrative. With the publication of this final volume, Devarim (Deuteronomy), the five-volume series is complete.

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About the Author

RABBI SHMUEL GOLDIN received his BS in psychology and his MA in Jewish education from Yeshiva University, and his rabbinic ordination from the Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University. He has served as spiritual leader of Congregation Ahavath Torah in Englewood, New Jersey, since 1984. He is the immediate past president of the Rabbinical Council of America, the largest body of Orthodox rabbis in the world. Rabbi Goldins innovative educational approach to Torah study, Jewish law and Jewish identity is enthusiastically received by traditional and non-traditional Jews alike, as reflected by his inclusion in Newsweeks list of Americas Top 50 Rabbis for 2012 and in the Forward 50, Forward magazines list of Jewish communal leaders who have made a difference in the community at large. Rabbi Goldin and his wife Barbara are the proud parents of five children, and grandparents of ten.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gefen Publishing House, Limited
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 9652295264
• ISBN 13: 9789652295262
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 453