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You are invited to spend a year with the inspirational words, ideas, and counsel of the great twentieth-century thinker Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, through his meditations on the fifty-four weekly Torah portions and eleven Jewish holidays.
A pioneer of ideas and action-teaching that "Judaism is a civilization" encompassing Jewish culture, art, and peoplehood; demonstrating how synagogues can be full centers for Jewish living (building one of the first "shuls with a pool"); and creating the first-ever bat mitzvah ceremony (for his daughter Judith)-Kaplan transformed the landscape of American Jewry. Yet much of Kaplan's rich treasury of ethical and spiritual thought is largely unknown.
Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, who studied closely with Kaplan, offers unique insight into Kaplan's teachings about ethical relationships and spiritual fulfillment, including how to embrace godliness in everyday experience, our mandate to become agents of justice in the world, and the human ability to evolve personally and collectively. Quoting from the week's Torah portion, Reuben presents Torah commentary, a related quotation from Kaplan, a reflective commentary integrating Kaplan's understanding of the Torah text, and an intimate story about his family or community's struggles and triumphs-guiding twenty-first-century spiritual seekers of all backgrounds on how to live reflectively and purposefully every day.
Contents
Foreword, by Rabbi David A. Teutsch
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Genesis (Bere'shit)
Bere'shit: Fulfillment
Noaḥ: Good Enough
Lekh Lekha: Purpose
Va-yera': Interconnectedness
Ḥayyei Sarah: Lovingkindness
Toledot: Family
Va-yetse': Seeking
Va-yishlaḥ: God-Wrestling
Va-yeshev: Thoughtlessness
Mikkets: Dreams
Va-yiggash: Destiny
Va-yeḥi: Appreciation
2. Exodus (Shemot)
Shemot: Revelation
Va-'era': Mercy
Bo': Hardened Heart
Be-shallaḥ: Action
Yitro: Self-Interest
Mishpatim: Human Dignity
Terumah: Indwelling
Tetsavveh: Light
Ki Tissa': Giving
Va-yak'hel: Community
Pekudei: Building
3. Leviticus (Va-yikra')
Va-yikra': Prayer
Tsav: Firelight
Shemini: Godliness
Tazriaʿ: Witness
Metsoraʿ: Defilement
'Aḥarei Mot: Scapegoat
Kedoshim: Holiness
'Emor: Hunger
Be-har: Oppression
Be-ḥukkotai: Free Will
4. Numbers (Be-midbar)
Be-midbar: Wilderness
Naso': Blessings
Be-haʿalotekha: Humility
Shelaḥ-Lekha: Perception
Koraḥ: Rebellion
Ḥukkat: Anger
Balak: Dwellings
Pinḥas: Women
Mattot: Vows
Maseʿei: Vengeance
5. Deuteronomy (Devarim)
Devarim: Discovery
Va-'etḥannan: Oneness
ʿEkev: Gratitude
Re'eh: Choice
Shofetim: Justice
Ki Tetse': Indifference
Ki Tavo': Experiencing God
Nitsavim: Generations
Va-yelekh: Teaching
Ha'azinu: Rock
Ve-zo't ha-berakhah: Divine Kiss
6. Holidays
Rosh Hashanah: Sovereignty of God
Yom Kippur: Transformation
Sukkot: Gratitude
Shemini Atzeret: Sharing the Divine Presence
Simḥat Torah: Celebration
Hanukkah: Rededication
Purim: Resilience
Pesach: Freedom
Yom ha-Shoah: Living in the Shadow
Yom ha-Atzmaut: Building a Just Nation
Shavuot: Torah
Epigraph Source Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
