The Warmth and The Light Hardcover – 1992 by Rav Ahron Soloveichik (Author)

It has been the practice of the fore most Torah scholars throughout the ages to delve into the parshas hashavua to discover the proper response to the burning issues of their day. Generation after generation, study of the weekly Torah portion has imbued the Jewish people with hope and happiness,courage and continuity, insight and identity.The Warmth and The Light, volume I,a collection of over thirty drashos and shiurim of Ray Ahron Soloveichik, one of today’s most eminent Torah authorities and Jewish leaders,continues this precious tradition. Culled from decades of talks he has delivered to both advanced rabbinical students and laymen, this book provides unique Torah perspective on some of the most perplexing issues confronting the contemporary Jew. Analyzing both the words of our Sages as well as the depths of the human psyche, Ray Soloveichik confronts such issues as the meaning of suffering, the role of dreams, and the place of religious coercion — all within a Torah context.The Warmth and The Light is uniquely original, illuminating passages with which scholars have perennially grappled:•How could the Jewish people —fresh from the Revelation — have worshipped the golden calf?•Why does the Torah write “an eye for an eye” if it really means only payment?•What justification could Yosef’s brothers have possibly had for selling him?   Hardcover: 235 pages Publisher: Genesis Jerusalem Press; First edition. edition (1992) Language: English ISBN-10: 0963093622 ISBN-13: 978-0963093622 Package Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches