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Author:   Susan Pashman
Publisher:   Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Imprint:   Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
ISBN:  

9781912676330

ISBN 10:   1912676338
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   10 February 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Acknowledgements The Journeyer PART ONE On the Road to the Sabbath 1. Memory Speaks: First Sabbath 2. In the Footsteps of the Philosophers 3. Midrash 4. Two Tablets 5. Memory Speaks: Shabbat Shalom 6. The First Tablet: Who is the God of the Hebrews? 7. What’s in a Name? PART TWO The Words that Command the Sabbath 8. Memory Speaks: A None’s Story, Part One 9. The Sabbath Community 10. The Covenanted Community 11. Memory Speaks: We Gather Together 12. What is Kadosh? 13. To Remember, To Keep 14. Memory Speaks: My Great Big Sabbath Lie 15. The Olive and the Pit 16. Of Philosophers and Poets PART THREE The Meaning of the Sabbath 17. Rabbi Heschel’s Gorgeous Idea 18. Do I Have a Soul? 19. Memory Speaks:Today I Am A… 20. The Golden Rule 21. Sabbath with Spinoza 22. Memory Speaks: Shabbat in the Promised Land PART FOUR Freedom to Choose the Sabbath 23. Feeling Divine 24. Memory Speaks: Dionysus in Zion 25. Celebrating Freedom 26. Unfinished Business: Commandment Number Five 27. Alyosha and Me 28. More Unfinished Business: God 29. How is my Sabbath Jewish? 30. Memory Speaks: A None’s Story, Part Two 31. Echoes Bibliography

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Dr. Pashman has taught philosophy at Adelphi University, Queens College, and Harvard University, and has practiced law on Wall Street. Her essays have appeared in The Forward, Moment, and Tikkun. She is the author of two novels and many short stories. You can learn more about her at www.susanpashman.com.

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