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Synopsis
Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition
"Larry Hoffman is one of contemporary Judaism 's most perceptive and creative teachers."
—Lawrence Kushner, author of Eyes Remade for Wonder
Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is widely recognized as a leader in bringing spiritual innovation into modern Jewish life and worship. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study, he explores the Jewish way of being in the world—the Jewish relationship to God and to questions of human purpose that lie just below the surface of biblical and rabbinic literature. This is Jewish spiritual wisdom—the wisdom that unites thousands of years of texts and ritual. In learned but accessible language Hoffman discusses:
the importance of blessings, that quintessentially Jewish form of prayer, and what they reveal about the Jewish worldview
the meaning of study in Jewish life, and what it tells us is sacred
the spirituality of being a "landed" religion, and what Israel stands for in the Jewish imagination
the significance of Jewish metaphors for shaping our lives
how Judaism speaks spiritually even to the suffering
The Journey Home is a book for spiritual seekers everywhere: Jews looking for the spiritual component of Judaism, Jews estranged from their roots, and non-Jews who wonder what Judaism has to say about life's great questions.
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Review
"[Hoffman] explains the spirituality of Jewish metaphors, the significance of blessings, the spirituality of discovery through Torah study, and the spirituality of land (i.e. Israel). He also ponders the importance of spiritual thinking and how it relates to suffering. Hoffman's analysis of Jewish spiritual wisdom and its relevance to today's world is both lucid and perceptive."
"ÝHoffman¨ explains the spirituality of Jewish metaphors, the significance of blessings, the spirituality of discovery through Torah study, and the spirituality of land (i.e. Israel). He also ponders the importance of spiritual thinking and how it relates to suffering. Hoffman's analysis of Jewish spiritual wisdom and its relevance to today's world is both lucid and perceptive."
'Through seamless excursions into history, law, comparative religion, art, music, literature, psychology, sociology and philosophy, he examines the Jewish way of 'mapping reality' to meet our most important challenge: finding shape in our lives. . . . Hoffman's lucid and eloquent interpretations will appeal to Jewish and non-Jewish readers searching to understand Judaism and to 'connect the dots' in their own lives.' --Publishers Weekly, starred review
'Hoffman's analysis of Jewish spiritual wisdom and its relevance to today's world is both lucid and perceptive.' --George Cohen, Booklist
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In this book, adapted for children aged 9 to 13, Michael is a boy in the fourth grade, stuck in what seems to be a pretty sorry life. Then Michael has a serious accident and finds himself in a bright white room, visited by a huge white angel who asks him what he really wants to do with his life. This book is all about the incredible power of love and making wise choices.
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The Journey Home: Discovering the Deep Spiritual Wisdom of the Jewish Tradition
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Beacon Press, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2002
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover binding, 240 pp. We can go home again but to a home we never knew we had, says Hoffman, author and professor of liturgy at Hebrew Union College in New York. He defines home as the "deep-down insights of Jewish tradition: its liturgy of blessings; its metaphors that connect life's dots; its thrill of textual discovery; its rootedness in a sacred land; its honest spiritual thinking; and [during times of suffering] its insistence on the simple presence of human meeting." His book explores each of those concepts as a path of Jewish spirituality, which he redefines as "the system of connectedness by which we make sense of our lives." Through seamless excursions into history, law, comparative religion, art, music, literature, psychology, sociology and philosophy, he examines the Jewish way of "mapping reality" to meet our most important challenge: finding shape in our lives. Hoffman's powerful yet simple explanations of Jewish basics are often themselves rooted in metaphor: for example, he compares the stages of life to the books of the Torah (Genesis as childhood, Deuteronomy as old age). Reading the Mishnah (the Jewish legal code) for spirituality, he says, is like "reading the raw data of the Census Bureau for world history." Yet he manages to explain precisely why that, too, represents a spiritual undertaking: to master its incredible detail is to open one's eyes to the presence of God in minutiae. Hoffman's lucid and eloquent interpretations will appeal to Jewish and non-Jewish readers searching to understand Judaism and to "connect the dots" in their own lives.Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman is widely recognized as a leader in bringing spiritual innovation into modern Jewish life and worship. Now, drawing on a lifetime of study, he explores the Jewish way of being in the world?the Jewish relationship to God and to questions of human purpose that lie just below the surface of biblical and rabbinic literature. This is Jewish spiritual wisdom?the wisdom that unites thousands of years of texts and ritual. In learned but accessible language Hoffman discusses: the importance of blessings, that quintessentially Jewish form of prayer, and what they reveal about the Jewish worldview; the meaning of study in Jewish life, and what it tells us is sacred the spirituality of being a "landed" religion, and what Israel stands for in the Jewish imagination; the significance of Jewish metaphors for shaping our lives; how Judaism speaks spiritually even to the suffering. The Journey Home is a book for spiritual seekers everywhere: Jews looking for the spiritual component of Judaism, Jews estranged from their roots, and non-Jews who wonder what Judaism has to say about life's great questions. New in dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 009385
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