Divorce Is a Mitzvah: A Practical Guide to Finding Wholeness and Holiness When Your Marriage Dies

Author:   Rabbi Perry Netter ,  Rabbi Laura Geller
Publisher:   Jewish Lights Publishing
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9781683360322


Pages:   210
Publication Date:   12 September 2002
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Rabbi Perry Netter ,  Rabbi Laura Geller
Publisher:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Imprint:   Jewish Lights Publishing
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9781683360322


ISBN 10:   168336032
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   12 September 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A rich resource for Jews seeking wisdom as they face divorce. Skillfully draws upon Jewish tradition to point the way to a path of holiness and hope amidst divorce's painful terrain of sadness, anger and confusion. --<strong>Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman</strong>, editor, <em>Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources</em>; director, Geriatric Chaplaincy Program, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College</p> A highly readable explanation of the cycle of love, marriage and divorce, drawing on Judaic sources, psychology, true stories and personal experience. Reveals great truths and can enhance a stable marriage, help a marriage in crisis, and facilitate divorce if needed. --<strong>Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD</strong>, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; clinical psychologist; author, <em>Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives</em></p> A unique, perceptive and constructive book about divorce. Any Jewish divorcing couple will find the wisdom and guidance in this book a great help. --<strong>E. M. Hetherington, PhD</strong>, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia; author, <em>For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered</em></p>


A rich resource for Jews seeking wisdom as they face divorce. Skillfully draws upon Jewish tradition to point the way to a path of holiness and hope amidst divorce's painful terrain of sadness, anger and confusion. Rabbi Dayle A. Friedman, editor, Jewish Pastoral Care: A Practical Handbook from Traditional and Contemporary Sources; director, Geriatric Chaplaincy Program, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College A highly readable explanation of the cycle of love, marriage and divorce, drawing on Judaic sources, psychology, true stories and personal experience. Reveals great truths and can enhance a stable marriage, help a marriage in crisis, and facilitate divorce if needed. Rabbi Levi Meier, PhD, chaplain, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; clinical psychologist; author, Ancient Secrets: Using the Stories of the Bible to Improve Our Everyday Lives A unique, perceptive and constructive book about divorce. Any Jewish divorcing couple will find the wisdom and guidance in this book a great help. E. M. Hetherington, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, University of Virginia; author, For Better or for Worse: Divorce Reconsidered


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Rabbi Perry Netter is the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Am, a large Conservative congregation in metropolitan Los Angeles. He is a frequent guest on TV and radio programs on the subject of divorce. An adjunct lecturer in Rabbinics at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies at the University of Judaism, Rabbi Netter's work has been published in many magazines, including Moment and Sh'ma, as well as in the Los Angeles Times. Rabbi Laura Geller is senior rabbi of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills. She was twice named one of Newsweek's 50 Most Influential Rabbis in America and was featured in the PBS documentary Jewish Americans. She has contributed to many books and journals, and was on the editorial board of The Torah: A Women's Commentary.

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