Seventy Facets: A Commentary on the Torah from the Pages of the Jerusalem Report

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An independent magazine that covers and is read by the Jewish world, The Jerusalem Report has invited prominent rabbis, Bible scholars, writers and poets, women and men from Israel and the Diaspora - Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and secular - to uncover new meanings in the text that is shared by all Jews. The debate is thought-provoking, on both ethical and theological issues. Tzvi Marx argues the Torah's acceptance of sexual diversity, a sharp contrast to the approach taken by Moshe Tendler. Reuven Hammer ...
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An independent magazine that covers and is read by the Jewish world, The Jerusalem Report has invited prominent rabbis, Bible scholars, writers and poets, women and men from Israel and the Diaspora - Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, and secular - to uncover new meanings in the text that is shared by all Jews. The debate is thought-provoking, on both ethical and theological issues. Tzvi Marx argues the Torah's acceptance of sexual diversity, a sharp contrast to the approach taken by Moshe Tendler. Reuven Hammer takes issue with the late Yeshayahu Leibowitz, who argues that one should worship God purely out of obligation, without deriving any personal satisfaction. The commentaries demonstrate varied ways of reading: Reform rabbi and scholar W. Gunther Plaut examines and Torah's historical context; poet Susan Afterman turns regularly to kabbalistic and hasidic understandings; Hillel Halkin brings a literary critic's eye to the text. Seventy Facets comprises the best articles The Jerusalem Report has to offer - one on each of the weekly Torah portions, the holidays, and the four special Torah readings of the spring.
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For Judaism, the Torah is the centerpiece of all instruction. From the time of the Pharisees, though, the written Torah has been augmented by the oral Torah: thus, according to tradition, "the Torah has seventy faces." Gorenberg, columnist for the Jerusalem Post, goes even further to say that "the seventy faces are seventy facets of a single gem; even if no human eye can take in all of them at once, they remain parts of a whole." In 1991, the late Marcia Kretzmer created a weekly column on Torah in the Jerusalem Post. In it, she invited a variety of writers and thinkers-including Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis, biblical scholars and poets-to contribute to the conversation about the meaning of the weekly Torah reading. After Kretzmer's death, Gorenberg took over the column and strove to keep the original vision alive. Here, he has collected from the column 70 of the articles, one on each of the 54 weekly Torah portions as well as articles on the four special readings of the spring (Shekalim, Zachor, Parah and Hachodesh) and the holidays. What emerges from these midrashim is a unity in diversity that emphasizes the sacred authority of Torah while disagreeing about its manifold meanings. For example, while Blu Greenberg notes in her readings of Deuteronomy that observing the law "becomes the measure of integrity in the covenantal relationship," Mark Silverman, commenting on Deuteronomy, calls this covenantal relationship into question. Gorenberg's anthology explores with a jeweler's eye the many-faceted beauty and wealth of Torah.
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For Judaism, the Torah is the centerpiece of all instruction. From the time of the Pharisees, though, the written Torah has been augmented by the oral Torah: thus, according to tradition, "the Torah has seventy faces." Gorenberg, columnist for the Jerusalem Post, goes even further to say that "the seventy faces are seventy facets of a single gem; even if no human eye can take in all of them at once, they remain parts of a whole." In 1991, the late Marcia Kretzmer created a weekly column on Torah in the Jerusalem Post. In it, she invited a variety of writers and thinkersDincluding Orthodox, Conservative and Reform rabbis, biblical scholars and poetsDto contribute to the conversation about the meaning of the weekly Torah reading. After Kretzmer's death, Gorenberg took over the column and strove to keep the original vision alive. Here, he has collected from the column 70 of the articles, one on each of the 54 weekly Torah portions as well as articles on the four special readings of the spring (Shekalim, Zachor, Parah and Hachodesh) and the holidays. What emerges from these midrashim is a unity in diversity that emphasizes the sacred authority of Torah while disagreeing about its manifold meanings. For example, while Blu Greenberg notes in her readings of Deuteronomy that observing the law "becomes the measure of integrity in the covenantal relationship," Mark Silverman, commenting on Deuteronomy, calls this covenantal relationship into question. Gorenberg's anthology explores with a jeweler's eye the many-faceted beauty and wealth of Torah. (Jan.)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781568219042
  • Publisher: Aronson, Jason Inc.
  • Publication date: 11/28/1996
  • Pages: 309
  • Product dimensions: 6.42 (w) x 9.26 (h) x 1.09 (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction
Genesis
Breshit: A Plan for Life 3
Noah: Second Chance 7
Lekh Lecka: An Ancestral Fragrance 11
Vayera: The Bodily Sign 15
Hayyei Sarah: The Ones Cut Off 19
Toldot: See No Evil 23
Vayetze: Trickery's Price 27
Vayishlah: Rape and Judgment 31
Vayeshev: Unchain My Heart 35
Miketz: The Rise of Joseph Jacobson 39
Vayigash: Member of the Clan 43
Vayechi: Calculated, Not Accidental 47
Exodus
Shmot: My Brothers, My Victim 53
Va'era: Liberation, Then Theology 57
Bo: Sign on the Door 61
Beshalaah: Big-Deal Miracle 65
Yitro: Hands Off a Nature! 69
Mishpatim: The Civil and the Spiritual 73
Trumah: Beyond the Sovereign Self 77
Tetzaveh: Down to the Last Detail 81
Ki Tissa: What the Jews Do 85
Vayakhel: The Face in the Mirror 89
Pekudei: The Medium Is Not the Message 93
Leviticus
Vayikra: A Portable Sinai 99
Tzav: Steak and Sacrifices 103
Shmini: When Worship Is Idolatry 107
Tazria: A Blessing over Differences 111
Metzora: Law of the Leaper 115
Aharei Mot: A Break with the Past 119
Kedoshim: Not in the Stars 123
Emor: Choice and Lineage 127
Behar: Caretakers on God's Estate 131
Behukkotai: An End to Chaos 135
Numbers
Bemidbar: To the Wilderness 141
Naso: War Damage 145
Beha'alotkha: Humility of a Prophet 149
Shlah Lekha: The Facts, Just the Facts 153
Korah: Korah among Us 157
Hukkat: God Is No Dictator 161
Balak: With Blessings Like This 165
Pinhas: An Angry Young Man 169
Matot: Where the Living Is Easy 173
Masei: Land of Evil and Light 177
Deuteronomy
Dvarim: Challenge to Convention 183
Va'ethanan: Enough! 187
Ekev: The Land's Demands 191
Re'eh: No Guarantees 195
Shoftim: Direct Responsibility 199
Ki Tetze: Yesterday, Made New 203
Ki Tavo: Fearing the Weak 207
Nitzavim: It Depends on Each of Us 211
Vayelekh: Hollow Vision, Lost Statecraft 215
Ha'azinu: Desolation 219
Vezot Habrakhah: The Choice 223
Special Readings
Shkalim: Coins and the Realm 229
Zakhor: The Dispossessed 233
Parah: Beyond Comprehension? 237
Hahodesh: Hyssop's Fables 241
Holidays
Rosh Hashanah: Extravagant Forbearance 247
Yom Kippur: The Terror of Compassion 251
Sukkot: Rejoice in Your Vulnerability 255
Sukkot-Intermediary Sabbath: Measureless Mercy 259
Simhat Torah: (see Vezot Haberakhah")
Hanukkah: Ocean of Light 263
Purim: Defeat in Disguise 267
Pesah: From the Narrow Place 271
Pesah - Intermediary Sabbath: Spring Elopement 275
Pesah - Seventh Day: A Moment of Miraculous Survival 279
Counting of the Omer: Bread and Destiny 283
Shavuot: Are We Still Israel? 287
Tisha Be'av: The Birth of Irony 291
Contributors 295
Index 301
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