Amazing Chesed: Living a Grace-Filled Judaism

ISBN-13: 9781580236249 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 176 str.

Rabbi Rami Shapiro

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The question isn't whether grace is there for you in Judaism. The question is, do you have the courage to accept it?"Chesed isn't a reward; it is reality. God's grace isn t limited to what we want to happen or might like to happen. God s grace is what is happening whether we like it or not. In short, God s grace is the giving of all to all."
from the IntroductionAsk almost any Jew whether grace is a central concept in Judaism and an essential element in living Jewishly and, chances are, their answer will be "no." But that s the wrong answer. This fascinating foray into God s love freely given offers you regardless of your level of Jewish involvement a way to answer that question in the affirmative.Drawing from ancient and contemporary, traditional and non-traditional Jewish wisdom, this book reclaims the idea of grace in Judaism in three ways:

• It offers a view of God that helps you understand what grace is, why grace is, and how grace manifests in the world.
• It sets forth a reading of Judaism that is grace-filled: an understanding of creation, Shabbat and other Jewish practices from a grace-filled perspective.
• It challenges you to be embraced and transformed by grace, and to live life as a vehicle for God s grace, thereby fulfilling the promise of being created in God s image and likeness.

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