Bit of Wit: A World of Wisdom: 1 (A Bit of Wit, a World of Wisdom) - Softcover

Rabbi Yehoshua Kurland

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9652296155 ISBN 13: 9789652296153

Publisher: Gefen Publishing House (IS), 2013

Synopsis

Laugh, be inspired...and tap into your vast human potential. Good humour has the uncanny ability to break down barriers. This collection of over fifty essays by master educator Yehoshua Kurland is a unique combination of laughter and lessons, of humour and heartfelt advice. Each of these easy-to-read, self-help oriented essays covers topics like change, freedom, peace, internal struggle, and our relationships with others and with God. The chosen format that combines a humorous story with an insightful lesson is one that helps to open our minds and hearts and leads us to contemplate our course in life to actualise the vast potential possessed by every human being. It is often difficult to penetrate our hearts or to touch our souls, given the many protective walls we build. A good joke provides insight and creates an atmosphere of comfort that eases tension and opens the heart. A light matter, a bit of laughter, a smile brought to one s lips can lead to an important lesson for eternity.

About this title

Review

A BIT OF WIT, A WORLD OF WISDOM Wish I'd been endowed with wit; wish I'd had wisdom. Bereft of both, I revel in Yehoshua Kurland's delightful compendium of humor and ethics. As a lecturer of Talmud, the rabbi (in Far Rockaway, NY) begins each essay with a joke, hoping to engage and inspire his students and readers. In an essay about the importance of communication in marriage, the author quotes a famous jokester: "It first occurred to me that our marriage might be in trouble when my wife won an all-expense-paid trip for two to Hawaii, and she went--twice!" Lesson to be learned, Kurland says, "In those moments of dissension, a wrong word, even unintended, can go straight to the nerve, or even worse, can stab through the heart." What's called for is ongoing support to allowthese painful moments to dissipate through the bond of your love and respect.

-- (07/01/2014)

About the Author

Born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, Rabbi Kurland has warmed the hearts of hundreds of students throughout his forty years as a lecturer of Talmud and Ethics and as a mentor at Sh or Yoshuv Institute of Jewish Studies in Far Rockaway, New York. He is a long-time student of its founder, Rabbi Shlomo Freifeld, of blessed memory. Rabbi Kurland lives with his wife Leah and family in Far Rockaway, New York. He is a popular speaker and the author of A Bit of Wit, a World of Wisdom, vol. 1 (Gefen Publishing House), Tefillah Tips, and a series three of books entitled A Time to Laugh, a Time to Listen.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gefen Publishing House (IS)
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 9652296155
• ISBN 13: 9789652296153
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200