Eighteen Words to Sustain a Life
eBook - ePub

Eighteen Words to Sustain a Life

A Jewish Father's Ethical Will

  1. 182 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Eighteen Words to Sustain a Life

A Jewish Father's Ethical Will

About this book

In the Jewish tradition, going back to Jacob, many fathers have written down whatever wisdom they might have attained in their lives in order to pass along that wisdom to their heirs. It is called an ethical will. Written as a testimony and a testament, in an epistolary format, this book is a compendium of the wisdom of a father, who has spent a lifetime studying the teachings of the Jewish tradition, as well as literary and philosophical traditions of the West. The insights taken from those traditions, which explore the life of the soul, are intended for anyone who has a soul. The book is organized around eighteen words that form the foundations of human life. The number eighteen is taken from the Hebrew word for "life, " chai, which has a numerical value of eighteen. Among the words at the heart of these reflections are faith, goodness, responsibility, meaning, gratitude, prayer, love, and others.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Preface
  3. An Avenue into This Ethical Will
  4. Word
  5. Faith
  6. Prayer
  7. Meaning
  8. Truth
  9. Goodness
  10. Wisdom
  11. Human
  12. Responsibility
  13. Relationship
  14. Love
  15. Gratitude
  16. Memory
  17. Soul
  18. Life
  19. Forgiveness
  20. God
  21. Peace
  22. About the Author