Fresh Fruit and Vintage Wine

Fresh Fruit & Vintage Wine: Ethics and Wisdom of the Aggada

by Rabbi Yitzchak Blau

Softcover, 270 pages
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ISBN 9781602800083

Fresh Fruit and Vintage Wine opens a window into the world of Jewish wisdom for scholar and layman alike. Jewish tradition includes a great deal of commentary on the psychologically astute stories and insightful ethical maxims of the Aggada. In Fresh Fruit and Vintage Wine, Rabbi Yitzchak Blau provides access to this commentary culled from the broad range of Jewish literature: Talmudic commentaries, works of Jewish philosophy, Hassidic homilies, biblical commentaries, and ethical tracts. Insights adapted from the finest examples of Western literature also aid the interpretative process.

Fresh Fruit and Vintage Wine takes the enduring wisdom of ancient texts and expresses it with freshness and vitality. The volume speaks directly to religious issues: Jewish philosophy, prayer, festivals, character traits, halakhic observance, a balanced religious life, education, and modernity. The writing is lively, engaging the mind and elevating the soul, and the unfolding meaning is a profound and original experience of studying Torah.
About the Author

Rabbi Yitzchak Blau has taught at the Yeshivah of Flatbush and Yeshivat Hamivtar, and written for the Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash. He currently serves as the Rosh Kollel at Yeshivat Shvilei Hatorah in Jerusalem. Rabbi Blau is on the editorial board of Tradition and publishes widely in journals of Jewish thought. He lives in Alon Shevut with his wife and four children.

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