Year with Mordecai Kaplan: Wisdom on the Weekly Torah Portion

Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan's meditations on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and eleven Jewish holidays offer insight into ethical relationships and spiritual fulfillment, including how to embrace godliness in everyday experience, become agents of justice in the world, and evolve personally and collectively. Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben provides Torah commentary, a related quotation, and an intimate story to guide twenty-first-century spiritual seekers.

\n Format: Paperback / softback
\n Length: 296 pages
\n Publication date: 01 April 2019
\n Publisher: Jewish Publication Society
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Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, a renowned twentieth-century thinker, invites you to embark on a transformative journey through his meditations on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and eleven Jewish holidays. In this captivating book, Kaplan delves into the depths of his ethical and spiritual wisdom, offering profound insights that have the power to transform your life.

Kaplan's teachings go beyond mere philosophy; he believed that Judaism was a civilization, encompassing Jewish culture, art, and peoplehood. He demonstrated this belief by building one of the first "shuls with a pool," a synagogue that became a vibrant center for Jewish living. His innovative ideas also extended to the realm of Jewish education, creating the first-ever bat mitzvah ceremony for his daughter, Judith.

However, much of Kaplan's rich treasury of ethical and spiritual thought remains largely unknown. In this book, Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, who studied closely with Kaplan, provides a unique insight into Kaplan's teachings, exploring topics such as ethical relationships, spiritual fulfillment, and the human ability to evolve personally and collectively.

Reuben quotes from the weekly Torah portion, offering Torah commentary, a related quotation from Kaplan, a reflective commentary integrating Kaplan's understanding of the Torah text, and an intimate story about his family or community's struggles and triumphs. These stories serve as a powerful guide for twenty-first-century spiritual seekers of all backgrounds, showing them how to live reflectively and purposefully every day.

Through his meditations and teachings, Kaplan invites you to embrace godliness in everyday experience, become agents of justice in the world, and cultivate a deeper understanding of the Torah's timeless messages. This book is a treasure trove of wisdom that will inspire and guide you on your spiritual journey, helping you to live a life that is meaningful, fulfilling, and in harmony with your deepest values.

\n Weight: 412g\n
Dimension: 153 x 227 x 21 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9780827612723\n \n