The Heart of Torah, Volume 2

“Shai Held is one of the most important teachers of Torah in his generation.” —Rabbi David Wolpe, author of David: The Divided Heart In The Heart of Torah , Rabbi Shai Held’s Torah essays—two for each weekly portion—open new horizons in Jewish biblical commentary. Held probes the portions in bold, original, and provocative ways. He mines Talmud and midrashim, great writers of world literature, and astute commentators of other religious backgrounds to ponder fundamental questions about God, human