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Sacred Intentions: Morning Inspiration to Strengthen the Spirit Based on the Jewish Wisdom Tradition
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Product Description What a wonderful way to start each day. An inspirational companion of comfort, reassurance, and hope that helps you start each day of the year on a positive note―with a powerful quote from a Jewish source, and a brief, striking reflection on it from an inspiring spiritual leader. Contributors include: Judith Z. Abrams • Bradley Shavit Artson • Tsvi Blanchard • Lester Bronstein • Nina Beth Cardin • Michael M. Cohen • William Cutter • Amy Eilberg • Dov Peretz Elkins • Edward Feinstein • Mordecai Finley • Nancy Flam • Elyse Frishman • David Gelfand • Neil Gillman • James Stone Goodman • Leonard Gordon • Irving (Yitz) Greenberg • Joel Lurie Grishaver • Lawrence A. Hoffman • Abie Ingber • Elana Kanter • Irwin Kula • Lawrence Kushner • Lori Lefkovitz • Adina Lewittes • Arthur J. Magida • Vivian Mayer • Michael Paley • James Ponet • Bernard S. Raskas • Rachel T. Sabath • Jeffrey K. Salkin • Sandy Eisenberg Sasso • Amy Scheinerman • Harold Schulweis • Rami M. Shapiro • Mychal B. Springer • Ira Stone • Joseph Telushkin • Harlan J. Wechsler • Sharon L. Wechter • David Wolpe Amazon.com Review Sacred Intentions, as its subtitle explains, offers "daily inspiration to strengthen the spirit, based on Jewish wisdom." Rabbis Kerry M. Olitzky and Lori Forman, both experts on Jewish spirituality, collaborated to create this pocket-size devotional companion. For each day of the year, Sacred Intentions provides a quotation from Scripture, Midrash, or other holy texts, or from contemporary writers such as Rabbi Lawrence Kushner ("The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you.") and Rabbi Judith Abrams ("You don't want to change, yet at the same time you don't want to stay the same. So how does Judaism suggest you begin changing without toppling the construct of your existence? Change one tiny thing at a time.") Brief commentaries on each quotation will help readers bring to bear the wisdom of this devotional on every hour of their days. Sacred Intentions is well-designed, straightforward, and accessible. For many, spending time with this book will also be habit-forming. And what a habit--learning to see blessings everywhere we look. From Library Journal There is no lack of daily inspirational guides for Christians of all persuasions--for older women, for businessmen, for gay men and lesbians. But there are surprisingly few for Jewish readers. Olitzky (Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery) and Rabbi Forman's clear and simply written book--which expands upon one quotation from Hebrew Scripture per day--goes a long way toward filling that gap. They include contributions from over 40 Jewish leaders and writers. Recommended for collections where there is a strong Jewish readership. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "Prayer is speech in its purest form. It is our heart speaking in its own way, in its own voice, just as it needs to."―Rabbi Amy Eilberg “Keep this treasure by the bed.”―Jewish Family Times “The wilderness is not just a desert through which we wandered for forty years. It is a way of being. A place that demands being open to the flow of life around you.”―Rabbi Lawrence Kushner “Perhaps one of the greatest of miracles is believing that there are miracles at all and that they still happen, even if we never know for sure.”―Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin About the Author Rabbi Lori Forman–Jacobi is the director of The Jewish Resource Center of UJA-Federation of New York. She was ordained by The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1988 and was a member of the first rabbinical school class to include women. She is the mother of two children, Maya and Eitan. Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky, named one of the fifty leading rabbis in North America by Newsweek, is well known for his inspiring books that bring the Jewish wisdom tradition into everyday life. He is executive director of Big Tent Judaism,
