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Second how to Handbook for Jewish Living »

Authors: Kerry M. Olitzky, Ronald H. Isaacs, Ronald H. Isaacs, Dorcas Gelabert
ISBN-13: 9780881255508, ISBN-10: 0881255505
Format: Paperback
Publisher: KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Date Published: February 1996
Edition: (Non-applicable)

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction
	The Stairway of Virtues	1
	Going Backwards/Making the Turn	3
	Being a Boor/Becoming Human	13
	Overwhelmed by Depression/Feeling Multiple Kinds of Joy	19
	Succumbing to Ignorance/Acquiring Wisdom	27
	Seized by Arrogance/Giving Way to Humility	35
	Deceiving the Self/Building Integrity	43
	Paralyzed by Anxiety/Searching Out Tranquility	51
	Exploiting the Body/Protecting the Spirit	59
	Otherness/Created in the Image of God	71
	Self-Centeredness/Performing Loving Acts of Kindness	77
	Gossip/The Ecology of Words	85
	Inclining Toward Evil/Doing Good	91
	Abuse of Power/Expressing Compassion	97
	Refusing to Help/Giving Righteously	103
	Breaking Sacred Trusts Through Adultery/Making Covenants	111
	Senseless Hatred/Committing to Love	119
	Failing a Companion/Cleaving to a Friend	125
	Living Without Order/Establishing a Prayerful Posture	133
	Thanklessness/Showing Gratitude	141
	Giving in to Despair/Opening to Hope	149
	Expressing Disbelief/Embracing Faith	157
	Forgetting/Creating Memory	163
	Seduced by Secularism/Striving Toward Holiness	169
	Glossary of Terms and Concepts	177
	Our Rabbis and Teachers	181
	Our Sacred Texts	185