This first book in a three-volume set by Rabbi Telushkin addresses the vital topic of personal character and integrity. Breathtaking in its scope, this comprehensive presentation of Jewish ethical teaching is a primer on fair speech, gratitude, repentance, humility, and other traits.
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This first book in a three-volume set by Rabbi Telushkin addresses the vital topic of personal character and integrity. Breathtaking in its scope, this comprehensive presentation of Jewish ethical teaching is a primer on fair speech, gratitude, repentance, humility, and other traits.
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Edition:
First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]
Publisher:
Harmony
Published:
2006
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
16207070355
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Very good in Very good jacket. xiv, [1], 559, [1] pages. Footnotes. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Appendix. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Topics covered include The Tasks of a Lifetime; Basic Virtues and Vices; Fair Speech; Leading a Holy Life; God and Ethics; Torah Study: The Mitzvah That Equals All the Others; and The Nine Most Important Commandments According to the Rabbis. Distribution letter laid in. Bookplate on fep. This book is the initial volume of the first major code of Jewish ethics to be written in the English language. It is a monumental work on the vital topic of personal character and integrity by one of the premier Jewish scholars and thinkers of our time. Joseph Telushkin (born 1948) is an American rabbi, lecturer, and bestselling author of more than 15 books, including volumes about Jewish ethics, Jewish literacy, as well as the book Rebbe, a New York Times bestseller released in June 2014. At university, Telushkin was an active leader of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry. Telushkin visited the Soviet Union, where he met with dissidents such as Andrei Sakharov. He was listed by the KGB as an anti-Russian agent. An Orthodox rabbi by training, Telushkin serves as a spiritual leader of the Los Angeles Synagogue for the Performing Arts, founded in 1972 by Rabbi Jerome Cutler. He is an associate of the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership. Telushkin is a Senior Associate with CLAL, the National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership, and is a member of the board of directors of the Jewish Book Council. Derived from a Publishers Weekly review of Volume I: All societies have ethical codes that distinguish between right and wrong actions. For Jews, this is especially significant since Judaism ranks behavior as more important than belief. Behavioral prescriptions are set forth in sacred writings, anecdotes, medieval codes, rabbinical teachings and present-day stories. Telushkin-scholar, author, lecturer, teacher and rabbi-is compiling this voluminous material in order to help Jews "become more honest, decent, and just people." He plans to present his research in a three-volume series of which You Shall Be Holy is the first. Its primary emphasis is character development, while later volumes will deal with interpersonal relationships and issues of family, friendship and community. This installment is divided into five sections: the task of a lifetime; basic vices and virtues; fair speech; leading a holy life; God and ethics. Basic vices and virtues take up 257 pages, by far the longest section. Here and in the section on fair speech, there are especially stimulating discussions of when hatred and lying are permissible. Telushkin is definitive in his judgments about what is right and wrong behavior. This is an outstanding contribution to understanding Jewish ethics and their relevance for people of all faiths.
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