Confrontation and Other Essays Gerald J. Blidstein It is no coincidence

It is no coincidence

and Israeli artist Erez Zadok

it is a day of rest and sanctity

Drawing upon the words of the sages and the great medieval commentators

This compact volume features prayers recited in a shiva house with instructions for various circumstances

Confrontation and Other Essays Gerald J. Blidstein It is no coincidenceThis volume brings together five classic works by Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, one of the most eminent Jewish thinkers of the twentieth century. These essays some collected here for the first time address both perennial questions of religious existence and dilemmas specific to the modern era. They cover topics such as individual and community; the necessity of personal sacrifice in religious life; the Jewish attitude to physical pleasure, emotion,