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Foreword; The Secret of Our Staying PowerIntroduction; The Transformative Power of IdeasBereshit; The Faith of GodNoah; The Trace of GodLekh Lekha; Inner DirectednessVayera; The Space Between UsHayei Sara; The World's Oldest ManToledot; Why Isaac? Why Jacob?Vayetzeh; Out of the DepthsVayishlah; The Struggle of FaithVayeshev; Improbable Endings and the Defeat of DespairMiketz; Jews and EconomicsVayigash; The First PsychotherapistVayehi; What It Takes to ForgiveShemot; God Loves Those Who ArgueVa'era; Free Will, Use It or Lose ItBo; The Story We TellBeshallah; The Longer, Shorter RoadYitro; The Bond of Loyalty and LoveMishpatim; The Power of EmpathyTeruma; Why We Value What We MakeTetzaveh; Crushed for the LightKi Tissa; Anger, Its Uses and AbusesVayak'hel; Beyond the SelfPekudei; Making SpaceVayikra; The CallTzav; Giving ThanksShemini; When Weakness Becomes StrengthTazria; The Power of BadMetzora; The Power of PraiseAharei Mot; Cleansing and HomecomingKedoshim; Love Is Not EnoughEmor; In the DiaryBehar; We Are What We Do Not OwnBehukkotai; In Search of the WhyBemidbar; The Two JourneysNaso; Lifting HeadsBehaalotekha; Faith and FriendshipShelah; Seeing What Isn't ThereKorah; The First PopulistHukkat; Kohelet, Tolstoy, and the Defeat of DeathBalak; A People That Dwells AlonePinhas; The Lost MasterpieceMatot; Subject\ObjectMasei; Miles to Go Before I SleepDevarim; The Effective CriticVa'ethanan; Making Love LastEkev; Listen, Really ListenRe'eh; The ChoiceShofetim; To Lead Is to ServeKi Tetzeh; Social Capital and Fallen DonkeysKi Tavo; The God of HistoryNitzavim; The World Is Waiting for YouVayelekh; The Second MountainHaazinu; Emotional IntelligenceVeZot HaBerakha; Unfinished Symphony
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Author: Jonathan Sacks
In Judaism’s Life-Changing Ideas: A Weekly Reading of the Jewish Bible, Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks introduces his readers to one life-changing idea from each weekly Torah portion. If people change the way they think, he argues, they can change the way they feel, which changes how they act and the people they become.