DHL Rabbi Edwin Goldberg

Saying No and Letting Go

Jewish Wisdom on Making Room for What Matters Most

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Produktbeschreibung

Timeless Jewish wisdom to help you hold on to what matters most while learning to let go of the what does not ultimately matter. Identify your core values and the worries you can learn to pass up, and establish practices to help you adhere to your choices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Lights
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781683362807
• ISBN-10: 1683362802
• Artikelnr.: 45376140

Autorenporträt

Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL, noted lecturer, is coordinator of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR) editorial committee on the forthcoming High Holy Days prayer book. He is the incoming senior rabbi at Temple Sholom in Chicago and the former spiritual leader at Temple Judea in Coral Gables, Florida. He has a doctorate in Hebrew literature from Hebrew Union College. He is author of Saying No and Letting Go: Jewish Wisdom on Making Room for What Matters Most (Jewish Lights). He contributed to May God Remember: Memory and Memorializing in Judaism-Yizkor; We Have Sinned: Sin and Confession in Judaism-Ashamnu and Al Chet; All the World: Universalism, Particularism and the High Holy Days and Naming God: Avinu Malkeinu-Our Father, Our King (all Jewish Lights). Rabbi Edwin Goldberg, DHL, is available to speak on the following topics: * Can Swords Become Plowshares? Jewish Views on War and Peace * Short, Short Stories from the Talmud and How They Can Change Our Lives * Mindfulness and the Rebbes: Why Liberal Jews Should Learn about Chasidism * A Brief but Vital History of Modern Israel * Saying No and Letting Go: Jewish Wisdom and Texts on Doing Much More with Less Click here to contact the author.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword ix
Introduction xi
1 . Reconnect with Holiness in Time 1
2 . Keep a Tab on Mission Drift 9
3 . Let Go of Resentment 16
4 . Downsize! 24
5 . Be Present-Really Present-in Love 35
6 . Respond to the Right Questions 43
7 . Say No to Loved Ones, Especially Your Children 52
8 . Stress Less to Do More 57
9 . Stop Ignoring Your Mental Garbage 64
10 . Take a Leap of Action 69
11 . Ask Less of the Earth 76
12 . Hear the Voice That Matters 81
13 . Don't Underestimate the Power of Small Kindnesses 88
14 . See the Divinity in Others 94
15 . Recognize There Are No Guarantees 104
16 . Let Go of Fear by Facing It First 114
17 . Abandon Revenge and Resentment 124
18 . Finish the Race You Started 132
19 . Hold on Tightly, Let Go Lightly 138
20 . Open Up Your Eyes 143
21 . Write Your Name Upon the Hearts of Others 149
Acknowledgments 159
Notes 160
Suggestions for Further Reading 164