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Around Sarah's Table Rivka Zakutinsky

Around Sarah's Table By Rivka Zakutinsky

Around Sarah's Table by Rivka Zakutinsky


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Around Sarah's Table: Ten Hasidic Women Share Their Stories of Life, Fai by Rivka Zakutinsky

In the tradition of Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club and Holy Days by Lis Harris, Rivka Zakutinsky and Yaffa Leba Gottlieb show the inner workings of a fascinating community of women that few outsiders will enter on their own. With humor and sensitivity, Around Sarah's Table focuses on the lives of ten Hasidic women and on the insights each gains from the weekly Torah reading, illustrating the ways in which each woman's life is infused with Judaism.

Brooklyn, 1991: A few Hasidic women begin meeting once a week for lunch and intimate learning with friends. The few soon grow to many, from backgrounds as diverse as those of any other segment of the Jewish population. Gathered together by Sarah -- mother of thirteen, girls' high school principal, facilitator, connector, and hostess -- they called themselves the Women's Tuesday Torah Luncheon and Study Group. From Reva the publisher to Rachel the mikvah maven, Klara the lawyer, Levana the rebbitzin, and others, the daily joys and sorrows of each allow us to see through the stereotypes to truly connect with the real women who lie behind those images.

With the eyes, ears, and hearts of storytellers, Zakutinsky and Gottlieb generously introduce us to their very personal spiritual realm. Amidst a world filled with spiritual unrest and anxiety, Around Sarah's Table offers inspirational Hasidic and biblical interpretation gathered by women, for both women and men to follow. Less concerned with an academic approach to Bible study than with the traditional methods of learning, the authors never seem to lose sight of how the ancient texts apply to their contemporary lives.

Fast paced but reverent, Around Sarah's Table introduces us to the unique experience of living life as a Hasidic woman, and reminds us that beyond all the labels that tend to keep us apart, we are all very much alike.

About Rivka Zakutinsky

Rivka Zakutinsky, lecturer, author, educator, and founder of Aura Press, a religious-book imprint, holds a teaching degree from Beth Jacob Seminary in Brooklyn and a graduate degree from Hofstra University. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Authors' Note

Prologue: Around Sarah's Table



  1. Shaina: Journey to the Other Side

    Parshas Lech-Lecha
  2. Reva: Achieving Revelations

    Parshas Vayera
  3. Tamar: Marrying Off the Next in Line

    Parshas Chaye Sarah
  4. Rachel: The Secrets of the Mikvah

    Parshas Toldos
  5. Glicka: Exile of the Body, Homecoming of the Soul

    Parshas Vayeitzei
  6. Levana: The Messenger of Peace

    Parshas Vayishlach
  7. Klara: Learning and Lawyering

    Parshas Vayeshev
  8. Erica: The Toil and the Oil

    Parshas Mikeitz, Chanukah
  9. Ora: Leadership with a Holy Vision

    Parshas Vayigash
  10. Sarah: The Ingathering, the Life, the Blessings

    Parshas Vayechi


Afterword

Glossary of Hebrew and Yiddish Words

Suggested Reading

Additional information

NLS9781451636529
9781451636529
1451636520
Around Sarah's Table: Ten Hasidic Women Share Their Stories of Life, Fai by Rivka Zakutinsky
New
Paperback
Simon & Schuster
2011-09-24
256
N/A
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