Unlocking the Torah Text - Bamidbar by Shmuel Goldin
Unlocking the Torah Text provides an in-depth journey into the Torah
portion through a series of studies on each parsha. Each study opens
with a brief summary of the narrative and then presents probing
questions designed to strike to the core of the text. These questions
are addressed through a review of traditional commentaries spanning the
ages, combined with original approaches. Deep philosophical issues and
perplexing textual questions are carefully examined and discussed in
clear and incisive fashion. The actions and motivations of the
patriarchs, matriarchs and other biblical figures are probed with an eye
towards determining the lessons to be learned from the lives of these
great personalities. Clear distinction is made between pshat
(straightforward literal meaning) and Midrash (rabbinical exegesis) as
both of these approaches to biblical text are carefully defined and
applied. Finally, thought-provoking connections are raised between the
eternal Torah narrative and critical issues of our time. Each study is
thus constructed to encourage continued discussion and study of the
Torah narrative.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
New Book Release: Rope
Rope by Anastasia Rabiyah
Garrett is determined to win Del over, even if he has to tie her up to convince her he’s what she needs.
When Del meets a handsome cowboy at a guest ranch in Arizona while on a business trip, she has no intention of forming a relationship. She’s come off a bad divorce. Trust is not something she’s willing to give. She likes being in control and the safety of a solitary life.
Garrett is immediately attracted to the dark-haired beauty he finds himself dancing with in the rustic, guest ranch bar. He’s intrigued by her need not to know him and her arduous kiss. Not easily turned down, he follows her back to her room to finish the dance she walked out on.
Garrett is determined to win Del over, even if he has to tie her up to convince her he’s what she needs.
When Del meets a handsome cowboy at a guest ranch in Arizona while on a business trip, she has no intention of forming a relationship. She’s come off a bad divorce. Trust is not something she’s willing to give. She likes being in control and the safety of a solitary life.
Garrett is immediately attracted to the dark-haired beauty he finds himself dancing with in the rustic, guest ranch bar. He’s intrigued by her need not to know him and her arduous kiss. Not easily turned down, he follows her back to her room to finish the dance she walked out on.
New Book Release: The Past's Promise
The Past's Promise by Carolyn Gregg
She found the ultimate love of her life in another time...and as a man.
Taking her history class to visit the ruins of a historic fort in west Texas, the scorching heat turned her world upside down.
Suddenly, nothing was the way it was supposed to be. She was no longer Jessie Wharton. She was Jesse Webster. She wasn't a teacher. She was a private in the US Army stationed at Fort Callaghan, a completely functional outpost. And it was 1867.
Worse, she wasn't a she any longer. She was a man. A man who was finding himself falling in love with a fellow soldier named Martin Parrish.
Together, they discovered love in the scorching Texas heat, in a time when the merest breath of homosexuality was enough to have the accused whipped to death...if the native Indians didn't scalp them first.
She found the ultimate love of her life in another time...and as a man.
Taking her history class to visit the ruins of a historic fort in west Texas, the scorching heat turned her world upside down.
Suddenly, nothing was the way it was supposed to be. She was no longer Jessie Wharton. She was Jesse Webster. She wasn't a teacher. She was a private in the US Army stationed at Fort Callaghan, a completely functional outpost. And it was 1867.
Worse, she wasn't a she any longer. She was a man. A man who was finding himself falling in love with a fellow soldier named Martin Parrish.
Together, they discovered love in the scorching Texas heat, in a time when the merest breath of homosexuality was enough to have the accused whipped to death...if the native Indians didn't scalp them first.
New Book Release: Wild Love
Wild Love by Cynthia Carole
Sadie's never needed anyone, until she met an alpha werewolf determined to protect her at all costs.
Trouble has stalked Sadie since she was a little girl. Now, a lone werewolf in a wild territory, she gambles with cowboys and just hopes to keep her head down and her claws secret. When she comes to the attention of two of the deadliest hunters in the territory, she has no choice but to accept help from James, a strong alpha werewolf who seems determined to make her his mate.
Sadie's never needed anyone, until she met an alpha werewolf determined to protect her at all costs.
Trouble has stalked Sadie since she was a little girl. Now, a lone werewolf in a wild territory, she gambles with cowboys and just hopes to keep her head down and her claws secret. When she comes to the attention of two of the deadliest hunters in the territory, she has no choice but to accept help from James, a strong alpha werewolf who seems determined to make her his mate.
New Book Release: My Prayer, Vol. 2
My Prayer, Volume 2 by Rabbi Nissan Mindel
As for me MY PRAYER: A commentary on the daily, Shabbat & Festival Prayers. Authored by the late Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel, noted scholar and prolific author, and first published in 1972, it quickly became a standard text on the Siddur.
In arranging the structure of our daily prayers, the Sages selected Biblical and Talmudic passages that would evoke and articulate one`s deepest religious feelings, to convey the sublime outpouring of the heart and inspire the cleaving of the soul to G-d. At the same time, they include texts that express the basic truths and tenets of Judaism, from elementary moral and ethical values to the highest concept of Monotheism as proclaimed in the Shema.
Volume one provides a profoundly illuminating commentary on the morning, afternoon and evening prayers, on Grace After Meals and the Prayer Before Retiring to Bed. A comprehensive introduction explores the deeper, often mystical, content of the daily prayers.
Volume two is devoted to the Shabbat prayers. A short yet incisive Introduction explores the unique nature of Shabbat.
Shabbat and Festivals are days of spiritual rest and regeneration, when everyone has the opportunity to take an unhurried contemplative approach to prayer. The Shabbat and Yom Tov prayers will assume a new and rich dimension in the light of this comprehensive study.
The two-volume reissue of this classic work has been completely redesigned beautifully ensconced in a gift-worthy slipcase. Volume two includes additional previously unpublished material, including short essays on Sefirat HaOmer, the Festivals and High-Holiday prayers, Tashlich and Kapparot, Blessing of the New Moon, Eiruv Tavshilin, the Priestly Blessing, Shoshanat Yaakov, Akdamot and Pidyon Haben.
"The deeper content of the familiar Siddur (prayer book) is sadly unfamiliar to the average layman," says Kehot editor Rabbi Avraham D. Vaisfiche. "For the individual eager to gain a deeper understanding of our sacred prayers, MY PRAYER, opens new vistas in how the Siddur is a source book of Jewish ethics and basic concepts of Judaism."
As for me MY PRAYER: A commentary on the daily, Shabbat & Festival Prayers. Authored by the late Rabbi Dr. Nissan Mindel, noted scholar and prolific author, and first published in 1972, it quickly became a standard text on the Siddur.
In arranging the structure of our daily prayers, the Sages selected Biblical and Talmudic passages that would evoke and articulate one`s deepest religious feelings, to convey the sublime outpouring of the heart and inspire the cleaving of the soul to G-d. At the same time, they include texts that express the basic truths and tenets of Judaism, from elementary moral and ethical values to the highest concept of Monotheism as proclaimed in the Shema.
Volume one provides a profoundly illuminating commentary on the morning, afternoon and evening prayers, on Grace After Meals and the Prayer Before Retiring to Bed. A comprehensive introduction explores the deeper, often mystical, content of the daily prayers.
Volume two is devoted to the Shabbat prayers. A short yet incisive Introduction explores the unique nature of Shabbat.
Shabbat and Festivals are days of spiritual rest and regeneration, when everyone has the opportunity to take an unhurried contemplative approach to prayer. The Shabbat and Yom Tov prayers will assume a new and rich dimension in the light of this comprehensive study.
The two-volume reissue of this classic work has been completely redesigned beautifully ensconced in a gift-worthy slipcase. Volume two includes additional previously unpublished material, including short essays on Sefirat HaOmer, the Festivals and High-Holiday prayers, Tashlich and Kapparot, Blessing of the New Moon, Eiruv Tavshilin, the Priestly Blessing, Shoshanat Yaakov, Akdamot and Pidyon Haben.
"The deeper content of the familiar Siddur (prayer book) is sadly unfamiliar to the average layman," says Kehot editor Rabbi Avraham D. Vaisfiche. "For the individual eager to gain a deeper understanding of our sacred prayers, MY PRAYER, opens new vistas in how the Siddur is a source book of Jewish ethics and basic concepts of Judaism."
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