Striving Toward Virtue: A Contemporary Guide for Jewish Ethical BehaviorKTAV Publishing House, Inc., 1996 - 187 էջ At long last, a complete how-to-live a Jewish life series by the award-winning user-friendly authors Rabbis Kerry Olitzky and Ron Isaacs. In a clear and succinct step-by-step format (including illustrations), these volumes answer questions on how to practice Jewish customs and traditions, both at home and in the synagogue. Not only are these three volumes a superb reference for Jews, they are also an excellent reference for non-Jews who are interested in Jewish life and practice. The Third How To Handbook also features a complete index of entries for all three volumes for easy access and reference. |
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The Stairway of Virtues | 1 |
Being a BoorBecoming Human | 13 |
Overwhelmed by Depression | 19 |
Succumbing to IgnoranceAcquiring Wisdom | 27 |
Seized by ArroganceGiving Way to Humility | 35 |
Deceiving the SelfBuilding Integrity | 43 |
Paralyzed by AnxietySearching Out Tranquility | 51 |
Exploiting the BodyProtecting the Spirit | 59 |
SelfCenterednessPerforming Loving Acts of Kindness | 77 |
GossipThe Ecology of Words | 85 |
Inclining Toward EvilDoing Good | 91 |
Abuse of PowerExpressing Compassion | 97 |
Refusing to HelpGiving Righteously | 103 |
Breaking Sacred Trusts Through Adultery | 111 |
Senseless HatredCommitting to Love | 119 |
Failing a CompanionCleaving to a Friend | 125 |
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Abraham Joshua Heschel acquire wisdom acts of kindness Adonai Amidah anavah asked Baal Shem Tov Babylonian Talmud become begin behavior Berachot body Bratzlav CHAPTER Chasidic compassion compassionate covenant created divine evil Exodus Exodus Rabbah eyes faith feel friendship gemilut chasadim Genesis give God's gratitude heart Hebrew Heschel Holy Blessed hope human humility Israel Jerusalem Jerusalem Talmud Jewish Jewish tradition Jews Joy comes Judaism Kerry lashon Levi Yitzchak lives means memory mensch middot midrash Mishneh Torah mitzvah moral morning Moses Numbers once one's oneself ourselves partner peace person Pirke Avot praise pray prayerful posture Przysucha Psalm Rabbah Rabbi Akiva Rabbi Joshua Rabbi Judah reflects relationship remember repentance righteous ritual Sabbath sacred sages saying a beracha Sefer Ma'alot Ha-Middot sense sexual Shabbat Shechinah shelemut someone soul spiritual struggle taught teacher teachings teshuvah things Torah tranquility tzedakah tzeniut words yetzer