Around Sarah's Table
The Free Press (Verlag)
978-1-4516-3652-9 (ISBN)
Brooklyn, 1991: A few Hasidic women begin meeting once a week for lunch and intimate learning with friends. The few soon grow to many, from backgrounds as diverse as those of any other segment of the Jewish population. Gathered together by Sarah -- mother of thirteen, girls' high school principal, facilitator, connector, and hostess -- they called themselves the "Women's Tuesday Torah Luncheon and Study Group." From Reva the publisher to Rachel the mikvah maven, Klara the lawyer, Levana the rebbitzin, and others, the daily joys and sorrows of each allow us to see through the stereotypes to truly connect with the real women who lie behind those images.
With the eyes, ears, and hearts of storytellers, Zakutinsky and Gottlieb generously introduce us to their very personal spiritual realm. Amidst a world filled with spiritual unrest and anxiety, Around Sarah's Table offers inspirational Hasidic and biblical interpretation gathered by women, for both women and men to follow. Less concerned with an academic approach to Bible study than with the traditional methods of "learning," the authors never seem to lose sight of how the ancient texts apply to their contemporary lives.
Fast paced but reverent, Around Sarah's Table introduces us to the unique experience of living life as a Hasidic woman, and reminds us that beyond all the labels that tend to keep us apart, we are all very much alike.
Rivka Zakutinsky, lecturer, author, educator, and founder of Aura Press, a religious-book imprint, holds a teaching degree from Beth Jacob Seminary in Brooklyn and a graduate degree from Hofstra University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Authors' Note
Prologue: Around Sarah's Table
Shaina: Journey to the Other Side
Parshas Lech-Lecha
Reva: Achieving Revelations
Parshas Vayera
Tamar: Marrying Off the Next in Line
Parshas Chaye Sarah
Rachel: The Secrets of the Mikvah
Parshas Toldos
Glicka: Exile of the Body, Homecoming of the Soul
Parshas Vayeitzei
Levana: The Messenger of Peace
Parshas Vayishlach
Klara: Learning and Lawyering
Parshas Vayeshev
Erica: The Toil and the Oil
Parshas Mikeitz, Chanukah
Ora: Leadership with a Holy Vision
Parshas Vayigash
Sarah: The Ingathering, the Life, the Blessings
Parshas Vayechi
Afterword
Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish Words
Suggested Reading
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.9.2011 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 140 x 216 mm |
Gewicht | 273 g |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Judentum | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-4516-3652-0 / 1451636520 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-4516-3652-9 / 9781451636529 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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