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Talmudic Advice 2020: Lively and Fun Jewish Topics for Everyone Kindle Edition

by Tzvee Zahavy (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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This fun phenomenal book provides the general reader with a lively philosophy of Judaism through a series of short and easy to understand essays.

This outstanding book offers sharp, witty and balanced analysis, insight and advice on a variety of perplexing personal, religious and social issues that are faced by observant Jews in particular and by all peoples of all faiths in general.

This is theology based on Jewish sources and traditions in a new key - accessible to the world - unencumbered by philosophical jargon and pretentious theological pomposity.

The more than 150 mostly urgent and sometimes seemingly trivial questions and answers that the author includes here appeared in his monthly column "Dear Rabbi Zahavy" in the Jewish Standard in Teaneck, New Jersey, usually on the first Friday of the month in 2013-2020.

The author studied with Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Professor Jacob Neusner. But unlike his ponderous teachers, he writes for everyone in a clear and transparent and entertaining voice.

The content is profound and meaningful but the container is as clear as a crystal.
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KADDISH AND ANGELS    HEAR O ISRAEL    NECKTIE PROBLEM    CRISIS OF FAITH    COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS    CHILDREN'S ALIYAH TO ISRAEL    PLURALISTIC PLAINT     SEX TALK    COMPASSION HUNTER    CHARITABLE DOUBTS    PERFORMANCE  OVERLOAD    ANTI-SEMITISM ON TV    PRAY FOR A SICK PET    TALMUDIC LIFE DECISIONS    SAD DIVORCEE    DOES NOT SWAY    SHUL BOYCOTT    CARLEBACH CONUNDRUM    TRIBAL GOLFER    THE PERFECT SHUL    BAD KIDDUSH MANNERS     SUSPICIOUS SPORTS COACH    SHADY APPLIANCE REPAIRMAN    SEXUALITY AND MODESTY    YIZKOR ON YOM TOV    HEAVEN IS PATRONIZING    REPENT & REPAY WHAT YOU STOLE    LET'S MAKE A DEAL    HOLY CON MAN    MAKE HER FORGET?     MUST I RETURN THE SCHOLARSHIP?    TROUBLED BY DEMONS    SLOW PRAY, SLOW PLAY    CALCULATING CHARITY    FEMALE-FEARING FLYER    SEXUAL SINGING    SKIMMING THROUGH THE TALMUD    DONE WITH DUNKING    FACEBOOK POLITICS    OUTRAGEOUS POLITICS    TOO MANY BOOKS    MONEY LAUNDERING TORAH    STOLEN BOOK    OUT OF BOUNDS    REAL APOLOGY     SHABBAT WEDDING    BLASPHEMOUS BROADWAY    RUDE LABEL     STARS OF THE SHOW    THE SHEMA AND LOVE    THE INCONVENIENT WILDERNESS     TOP RATED RABBI    SITTING FOR THE ISRAEL PRAYER    BETTING ON THE HORSES     HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR CLAIMS    FAUX FACEBOOK FRIENDS    BIKINIS     SMART PHONE DATING    GOING OUT    COMING IN    JOKING RABBIS    REPETITIOUS CHANTERS    DREAMS    INSOMNIA    AUDIT    BEREAVEMENT    HANUKKAH CANDLES CANDOR    SINGLE SEXAGENARIAN SEX    PRIMITIVE BARBARISM    QUITTING DAVENING    HAND SHAKING HYGIENE    AVOID A SPEEDING TICKET   RACIST PURIM TUNES    VENGEFUL OFFICE PRAYERS    THE FOUR QUESTIONS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE     The Scared Son    The Trapped Wife    The Angry Husband    The Peace Officer     WAILING ABOUT A WALL    SPOUSE OF SOUSE    OXYMORON OF MODERN ORTHODOXY    IS THERE BENEFIT TO EATING KOSHER?    DOES INTERMARRIAGE FINISH HITLER'S WORK?    MAGICAL JEWISH CURSES    MAGICAL JEWISH CURES     WHY RABBIS ARE AWFUL AT POLITICS    NOT BELIEVING IN SIN    BINGING AT WEDDINGS    BIASED JEWISH HISTORIANS    ZIPPER TRAFFIC MERGES    DECEASED FRIENDS    DESPONDENT OVER THE ELECTION    NO NO NOBEL    GAY MAZAL TOV     CAN WE RECONCILE SCIENCE AND RELIGION?    AM I A FUNDAMENTALIST RUBE?     SHUL BOYCOTTING KIDS    SHABBAT LIMO RIDER    BEWILDERED BY BURIAL    DIZZY BAT MITZVAH    PASSOVER STRESS    SELF-PUBLISH YOUR BOOK    MINYAN MISHMASH    VIRTUAL MITZVAH VISITS    AVOID THE ARTIFICIAL EVENT    AWKWARD CREMATION    RETIRE WHEN READY    TRANSGENDER CHILDREN    BAT MITZVAH IMMERSION    SEEKING A SANER SHABBAT    DREADING DOOM    TENSE IN TOWN     ASIAN TALMUDISTS    FEAR OF FASTING    ANTI-SEMITE JEWISH NEIGHBOR    AFTERLIFE ANGST    MAKE ME MINDFUL    #METOO WHAT TO DO    BAD JOB BAD BOSS    BETTING ON BITCOIN    MUM ON YOUR MEDICAL ISSUE    FIGHTING FIREARMS    POLYCHROME HISTORICAL PASSOVER    FRUM FIGHTER    LAZY DAYS OF SUMMER    SHOWROOM SAVINGS    FLEEING FACEBOOK    THE MILK AND MEAT TABOO    FASTING ON THE TH OF AV    LYING IS NOT ETHICAL    NOT A ROSH HASHANAH FAN    WHOSE FAULT?    ARE YOU MY TYPE?    JEWISH LAWS FOR #METOO    BIGOTED BUDDY    OUR MEDITATIONS    THE MEANING OF LIFE    THE END OF THE WORLD    JEWISH WOMEN CLERGY    OUR PAST LIVES    DISGRACED DONORS    HAGGADAH AUTHORS    ZIONIST GOALS    GET PHILOSOPHICAL    BRIS UNDER ATTACK    RUDE READING    TALMUD TRANSLATION TABOO    WHY JEWS ARE GREAT    PANDEMIC PANIC    PANDEMIC PRAYER    NASTY FACEBOOK    WHAT'S UP WHATAPP?    ZOOM ON    WOEFUL

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The prolific and recognized author studied with Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik and Professor Jacob Neusner. But unlike his pretentious teachers, he writes for everyone in a clear and transparent and entertaining voice.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00LE1S7OK
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 29, 2014
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2.0 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 387 pages
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Tzvee Zahavy

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Tzvee Zahavy is a prolific author and a world renowned and award winning expert in Judaism. Professor Zahavy has rabbinic ordination from Yeshiva University, and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Brown University. He received a Distinguished Teaching Award when he was a professor at the University of Minnesota. He blogs at Talmud (tzvee.blogspot.com) and swims laps every day.

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  • M Wahr
    5.0 out of 5 stars Thoughtful and provocative - Rabbi Zahavy is a creative and original thinker
    Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2020
    I have been a faithful reader of Rabbi Zahavy's columns for years, and I have found them to be thoughtful and provocative, as he is a creative and original thinker, who is grounded in our faith and tradition, but definitely thinks outside the box. He is a serious scholar and author on Talmud, scripture and rabbinic writings, so has the ability to synthesize various sources for novel insights. His writing is clear and frequently amusing, lending new insight to contemporary issues. I highly recommend that anyone with curiosity about the Jewish faith read this collection of Rabbi Zahavy's work.
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  • liora
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very insightful and informative
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2014
    The Rabbi openly tackles issues and questions that observant and traditional Jews ask. I enjoyed reading his take on things.
    Overall I agreed with his answers...although I sensed quite a bit of liberal political correctness in his replies, especially when it comes to the issue of gender separation in the orthodox communities.
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