Judaism's Life Changing Ideas; A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible · רעיונות משני חיים; קריאות חדשות בפרשת השבוע

Collection of R. Sacks’s essays on the weekly Torah portion, highlighting one life-changing idea in each portion

Contents

• Foreword; The Secret of Our Staying Power (19 segments)
• Introduction; The Transformative Power of Ideas (31 segments)
• Bereshit; The Faith of God (23 segments)
• Noah; The Trace of God (20 segments)
• Lekh Lekha; Inner Directedness (15 segments)
• Vayera; The Space Between Us (20 segments)
• Hayei Sara; The World's Oldest Man (18 segments)
• Toledot; Why Isaac? Why Jacob? (22 segments)
• Vayetzeh; Out of the Depths (17 segments)
• Vayishlah; The Struggle of Faith (18 segments)
• Vayeshev; Improbable Endings and the Defeat of Despair (21 segments)
• Miketz; Jews and Economics (16 segments)
• Vayigash; The First Psychotherapist (17 segments)
• Vayehi; What It Takes to Forgive (22 segments)
• Shemot; God Loves Those Who Argue (18 segments)
• Va'era; Free Will, Use It or Lose It (16 segments)
• Bo; The Story We Tell (17 segments)
• Beshallah; The Longer, Shorter Road (19 segments)
• Yitro; The Bond of Loyalty and Love (20 segments)
• Mishpatim; The Power of Empathy (21 segments)
• Teruma; Why We Value What We Make (15 segments)
• Tetzaveh; Crushed for the Light (16 segments)
• Ki Tissa; Anger, Its Uses and Abuses (22 segments)
• Vayak'hel; Beyond the Self (19 segments)
• Pekudei; Making Space (30 segments)
• Vayikra; The Call (24 segments)
• Tzav; Giving Thanks (17 segments)
• Shemini; When Weakness Becomes Strength (23 segments)
• Tazria; The Power of Bad (18 segments)
• Metzora; The Power of Praise (23 segments)
• Aharei Mot; Cleansing and Homecoming (27 segments)
• Kedoshim; Love Is Not Enough (20 segments)
• Emor; In the Diary (22 segments)
• Behar; We Are What We Do Not Own (23 segments)
• Behukkotai; In Search of the Why (18 segments)
• Bemidbar; The Two Journeys (20 segments)
• Naso; Lifting Heads (15 segments)
• Behaalotekha; Faith and Friendship (21 segments)
• Shelah; Seeing What Isn't There (22 segments)
• Korah; The First Populist (20 segments)
• Hukkat; Kohelet, Tolstoy, and the Defeat of Death (27 segments)
• Balak; A People That Dwells Alone (22 segments)
• Pinhas; The Lost Masterpiece (16 segments)
• Matot; Subject\Object (24 segments)
• Masei; Miles to Go Before I Sleep (19 segments)
• Devarim; The Effective Critic (16 segments)
• Va'ethanan; Making Love Last (21 segments)
• Ekev; Listen, Really Listen (23 segments)
• Re'eh; The Choice (21 segments)
• Shofetim; To Lead Is to Serve (26 segments)
• Ki Tetzeh; Social Capital and Fallen Donkeys (19 segments)
• Ki Tavo; The God of History (24 segments)
• Nitzavim; The World Is Waiting for You (29 segments)
• Vayelekh; The Second Mountain (17 segments)
• Haazinu; Emotional Intelligence (23 segments)
• VeZot HaBerakha; Unfinished Symphony (20 segments)

Version (He): Rayonot Meshnei Chaim, trans. by Tsur Ehrlich, Maggid Books, 2021 (License: CC-BY-NC)

Version (En): merged

Hebrew: 66,692 words; English: 86,687 words.