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In this edition of the well-known Jewish classic, Berkson helps us see that Pirke Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) is more than just a fundamental religious text; it is also a compelling, contemporary ethical guide. Berkson looks at the individual sayings, or mishnayot, through the interpretations of the great Jewish commentators and also within the broader context of Western thought—through views...

humbly confess bafflement at this, but love God nonetheless. A new, intriguing idea explaining the presence of evil came from Rabbi Isaac Luria, 16th-century kabbalist, or Jewish mystic. Most Western mystics, following the ancient Greek philosopher Plotinus, say that God created the world through the “emanation” of God’s self. Rabbi Luria said instead that God created the world through a process of self-limitation or withdrawal, tzimtzum. The world left behind after that process was a flawed one
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