Be, become, bless
Jewish spirituality between East and West
Bände/Inhalt:
- Bereshit: to be or to do? -- Noah: John Lennon and the Tower of Babel -- Lekh Lekha: go to yourself -- Vayera: God is other people -- Hayei Sara: the God of Abraham- Heavenly Father or the infinite? -- Toledot: does the end justify the means? -- Vayetzeh: I do not get along with myself -- Vayishlah: the blessings of pain -- Vayeshev: meeting with an angel -- Miketz: Joseph's portrait -- Vayigash: nation as family --Vayehi: eternity in this world -- Shemot: the deeds of the daughters are a sign for their fathers -- Va'era: stories that happen to storytellers -- Bo: the hametz of idleness -- Beshallah: life as a painting -- Yitro: the model father-in-law -- Mishpatim: who deserves justice? -- Teruma: God's puppet show -- Tetzaveh: the sound of atonement -- Ki Tissa: questioning God -- Vayak'hel: Shabbat here and now -- Pekudei: the morning routine -- Vayikra: the beast within -- Tzav: the empty temple -- Shemini: the spiritual desire -- Tazria: the priestess of life -- Metzora: from biography to biology -- Aharei Mot: the festival of love -- Kedoshim: the art of love -- Emor: cosmos and history -- Behar-Behukkotai: what does Shemitta have to do with Chief Seattle? -- Bemidbar: each of us has a name -- Naso: the good, the bad and the ugly -- Behaalotekha: thou shalt not complain -- Shelah: battling and sweetening desire -- Korah: argument and encompassment --Hukkat: speech and the rod -- Balak: a people apart -- Pinhas: labor of love -- Matot: spiritual initiation in the desert -- Masei: the blood of the high priest -- Devarim: the art of the rebuke -- Va'ethanan: to love is to listen -- Ekev: from knowledge to consciousness -- Re'eh: what does God have to do with social justice? -- Shofetim: the second innocence -- Ki Tetzeh: behold, you are special to me -- Ki Tavo: happiness here and now -- Nitzavim-Vayelekh: the good urge and the comfortable urge -- Haazinu: every person has a letter -- Vezot Haberakha: Moses is not God
- Be, Become, Bless presents a Jewish approach to transforming the way we see and live our lives. In these pages, Rabbi Yakov Nagen uses the weekly parasha as a springboard to converse with both Eastern spirituality and Western thinking, creating a synthesis that unifies "being" and "doing." Thought-provoking and original, this work draws on wisdom from the Bible, Talmud, Kabbala, as well as philosophy, poetry, literature, music and film. -- From the back cover