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.

Note to Readers     ix
Prologue: Between Sinai and Auschwitz     x
Editor's Introduction     xii
Prayer in the Shoah     1
Restoring Scripture     43
Breaking the Tablets and Begetting the Oral Law     65
Epilogue: Between Auschwitz and Sinai     103
Contemporary Works Cited     117
Index of Biblical and Rabbinic Sources     121
General Index     129
About the Author     135
About the Editor     137