Breaking The Tablets
How is it possible, after the Shoah, to declare one's faith in the God of Israel? Breaking the Tablets is David Weiss Halivni's eloquent and insightful response to this question. Halivni, Auschwitz survivor and one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of the past century, declares that at this time of God's near absence, Jews can still observe the words of the Torah and pray for God to come near again. Jews must continue to study the classic texts of rabbinic Judaism but now with greater...
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How is it possible, after the Shoah, to declare one's faith in the God of Israel? Breaking the Tablets is David Weiss Halivni's eloquent and insightful response to this question. Halivni, Auschwitz survivor and one of the greatest Talmudic scholars of the past century, declares that at this time of God's near absence, Jews can still observe the words of the Torah and pray for God to come near again.
Note to Readers ixPrologue: Between Sinai and Auschwitz xEditor's Introduction xiiPrayer in the Shoah 1Restoring Scripture 43Breaking the Tablets and Begetting the Oral Law 65Epilogue: Between Auschwitz and Sinai 103Contemporary Works Cited 117Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources 121General Index 129About the Author 135About the Editor 137
\ CCAR Journal: The Reform Jewish QuarterlyHalivni speaks with the authority of scholarly erudition, life experience, and longing for the restoration of both Torah and God's nearness. . . . His passion and authenticity are deeply moving…. Breaking the Tablets is a careful and imaginative tracing in rabbinic literature … it is a significant contribution to post-Shoah theology.\ — Laurence Edwards\ \ \ \ \ Jewish Book WorldThis small volume has been skillfully edited....Halvini [and Ochs] give us much to reflect on and ponder.\ \
