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How can I tame my ego? How might I control my anger? How might I experience the spirituality of sexual intimacy? How can I bestow appropriate honor on a difficult parent? How might I accept my own suffering and the suffering of those whom I love?
Enter the Talmudic study house with innovative teacher Rabbi Amy Scheinerman and continue the Jewish valuesbased conversations that began two thousand years ago. The Talmud of Relationships, Volume 1 shows how the ancient Jewish texts of Talmud can facilitate modern relationship-buildingwith parents, children, spouses, family members, friends, and ourselves.
Scheinerman devotes each chapter to a different Talmud text exploring relationshipsand many of the selections are fresh, largely unknown passages. Overcoming the roadblocks of language and style that can keep even the curious from diving into Talmud, she walks readers through the logic of each passage, offering full textual translations and expanding on these richly complex conversations so that each of us can weigh multiple perspectives and draw our own conclusions. Scheinerman provides grounding in why the selected passage matters, its historical background, a gripping narrative of the rabbis evolving commentary, insightful anecdotes and questions for thought and discussion, and a cogent synopsis.
Through this firsthand encounter with the core text of Judaism, readers of all levelsJews and non-Jews, newcomers and veterans, students and teachers, individuals and chevruta partners and families alikewill discover the treasure of the oral Torah.
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Finally, an opening to the Talmud for all to enter! A master teacher, Amy Scheinerman addresses topics that are key to our most important relationships and self-understanding. She deftly walks us through the logic of the passage, asking thought provoking questions along the way, and allowing us to draw our own conclusions.
Rabbi Louis Rieser, teacher, scholar-in-residence, and author of The Hillel Narratives
Amy Scheinerman gently and adroitly guides us through some of the most fascinating and provocative passages of talmudic literature.... The Talmud of Relationships amply demonstrates that talmudic/rabbinic literature retains its power to speak to the spiritual issues we face individually and communally, even more than a millennium and a half later.
Gail Labovitz, associate professor of rabbinic literature, Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies
Amy Scheinerman does it again. She takes the most obscure Talmudic texts and makes them come alive, right before your eyes. And the best part: the aha moment is not short-lived. Amys insights will stick to your bones and add value and meaning to your life.
Rabbi Stacy Offner, Temple Beth Tikvah, Madison, Connecticut
A treasure trove of insight, information, and meaning which invites us into the world of the rabbis and the Talmudic tradition. Be prepared to experience the Talmud come alive as we learn to navigate engrossing texts, and also reflect upon our own relationships: who we are and who we aspire to be.
Rabbi Norman Cohen, professor of Midrash at HUC - JIR and author of The Way into Torah
The Jewish Publication Society expresses its gratitude for the generosity of the sponsors of this book.
Dr. Jeffrey S. and Susan J. Aronowitz in honor of our son, Jordan Adam, the light of our lives.
Rabbi Amy Scheinerman
The Jewish Publication Society | Philadelphia
University of Nebraska Press | Lincoln
2018 by Amy Scheinerman
Cover designed by University of Nebraska Press; cover art by Irina Charny, www.icmosaics.com.
Author photo by Leonard Cohen.
All rights reserved.
Published by the University of Nebraska Press as a Jewish Publication Society book.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Scheinerman, Amy, author.
Title: The Talmud of relationships / Rabbi Amy Scheinerman.
Description: Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017056782
ISBN 9780827612648 (pbk.: alk. paper)
ISBN 9780827614383 (epub)
ISBN 9780827614390 (mobi)
ISBN 9780827614406 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH : TalmudCriticism, interpretation, etc. | Jewish way of life. | Jewish ethics. | Interpersonal relationsReligious aspectsJudaism.
Classification: LCC BM 504.2 . S 3314 2018 | DDC 296.1/206dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017056782
The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.
To my husband, Prof. Edward Scheinerman, with gratitude for four decades of love, companionship, conversation, and laughter. I have loved sharing our lives, and I look forward to growing old with you.
While it is always a pleasure to acknowledge ones blessings, the opportunity to thank the people who helped bring my first books to fruition is an exceptional delight.
My thanks to Rabbi Barry Schwartz, director of the Jewish Publication Society, who invited me to write this book. Barrys timing could not have been more perfect, since this was just the project I had been contemplating and hoping would be possible. I am grateful for his encouragement and support.
My thanks to Joy Weinberg, the JPS managing editor, for her superb editing. Joys meticulous and sensitive attention to detail, nuance, and tone are matched by her wisdom, warmth, and patience.
My thanks to the University of Nebraska Press ( UNP ), JPS s partner in publishing The Talmud of Relationships, for their vital role in this exciting project, Elizabeth Zaleski of UNP , and Michele Alperin for her excellent questions and masterful editing.
My thanks to the wonderful colleagues and communities who have invited me in to serve as their weekend scholar-in-residence, affording me the opportunity to share what I love and to learn with them.
My thanks to my husband, Edward Scheinerman, for his steadfast and unwavering support and encouragement throughout the process of writing and revising, as well as for schlepping home piles of books from the Johns Hopkins University library.
Finally, a special thanks to my dear friend, colleague, and chevruta partner, Rabbi Louis Rieser, who opened Talmud to me in an entirely new way, and whose friendship has been an extraordinary gift.
The Hasidic master Rebbe Nachman of Bratzlav told this parable: Once a Jewish man who lived in Austria dreamed that a valuable treasure lay buried under a bridge in Vienna. Determined to find it, he packed a bag and journeyed two days and two nights until he reached the bridge. Then he stood there wondering what to do, since searching during daylight would provoke suspicious questions.
A soldier came by and asked him, What are you looking for?
The man told the soldier about his dream.
The soldier replied, I feel sorry for you, you crazy dreamer! Believing in dreams is nonsense. I, too, dreamed once of a valuable treasure that lay buried in a cellar. And then, to the mans amazement, the soldier not only located that treasure in the town where this Jewish man lived, but also mentioned his name.
The soldier continued, I have no idea where this town is or who this man is, but I would be crazy to try to find him.
The man nodded politely, turned around, and headed home. Upon his arrival he went straight down to his cellar and began digging. In time he unearthed a chest containing a great treasure. The man declared, The treasure has always lain buried in my house, but I had to leave my home and travel far away in order to discover it was under my feet all along.
It is time to unearth the treasure that lies buried in our cellars. That treasure is Talmud.
For modern, liberal Jews, Tanakh (Hebrew Scripture), and particularly the Written Torah (the Five Books of Moses), has become their central religious text. But in reality the core text of Judaism has, for a very long
If Jews had a Torah, why was there a need for the Talmud? One insight is Talmuds sobriquet for Talmud itself: Oral Torah. When the Romans destroyed the Second Temple in 70 CE , the nation of Israel was traumatized and the Land of Israel decimated. Without the sacrificial cult presided over by the kohanim (priests), it was unclear how the Israelites could continue to serve God. Bereft of the Temple, how could they maintain their covenant with God?
Stepping into this void, over the course of many centuries, the Rabbis shaped what we know as Judaism. The Jewish traditions of sacred texts, religious practices, ethical values, customs, and idealsall interwoven with a cultural emphasis on learning and teaching, questioning and debating, family and communityhave withstood the vicissitudes of history and traveled with Jews through time and space ever since. Rabbinic tradition and methodology proved flexible enough to adapt to the contingencies of life, sturdy enough to support the Jewish people during dark times, and idealistic enough to provide challenge and inspiration throughout.
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