the gift he left behind : collected essays on Jewish themes from the noted writer and thinker.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Brooklyn, N.Y. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Mesorah Publications,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1983
Date of Manufacture
(1999 printing)
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
224 pages ;
Dimensions
24 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
ArtScroll mesorah series
Series Title
ArtScroll series
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Essays appeared originally in Jewish Observer, and as part of the Young Israel Collegiate hashkafa series.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Past, present and future -- The festivals -- God, Israel, and Torah.
Text of Note
Includes: Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, a tribute -- Gateway to the past -- Treasures -- Rabbi Yaakov Culi [author, Meʼam Loʻez] -- Battle for survival [Ozar Hatorah school network] -- Key 73 and the vulnerable Jew -- Who shall render the decisions? -- A time for action [based on a talk of R. Moshe Feinstein] -- A "get" in Monsey -- -- The God of Israel '72 -- Paradoxes -- Belief in God -- Free will and the purpose of Creation -- The Jew -- On extraterrestrial life -- On immortality and the soul -- On the Resurrection -- Davening with kavana -- Love and the commandments -- The structure of Jewish law.