Finding Recovery and Yourself in Torah: A Daily Spiritual Path to Wholeness by M

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Torah can help you recover your soul--if you are willing to ask yourself the right questions. "If the Torah is the all-encompassing moral compass that it claims to be, and I believe it to be so, then we can find anything in it, including the support needed for recovery.... In it are the remedies for all spiritual maladies--we just have to probe the text, dig deeply in it and drink of its life-giving waters." --from the Foreword In this soul-restoring resource, Rabbi Mark Borovitz combines his knowledge of Judaism and his experience as a leader in the field of recovery to help you find in the Five Books of Moses the deeper meaning, wisdom and guidance for living well in the moment. For each Torah portion, he provides seven days of teachings and reflection questions to help you reconnect with your sacred self, discover solutions to life's challenges and to help you heal.

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Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Bereshit Noach Lech L'cha Va-yeira Chayei Sarah Toledot Va-yetzei Va-yishlach Va-yeishev Miketz Va-yigash Va-yechi Shemot Va-eira Bo Beshalach Yitro Mishpatim Terumah Tetzaveh Ki Tisa Va-yakhel Pekudei Va-yikra Tzav Shemini Tazria Metzora Acharei Mot Kedoshim Emor Behar Bechukotai Bemidbar Naso Behaalotecha Shelach L'cha Korach Chukat Balak Pinchas Matot/Mas'ei Devarim Va-etchanan Eikev Re'eih Shofetim Ki Teitzei Ki Tavo Nitzavim Va-yelech Haazinu My Covenant Afterword The Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous Secular Calendar of Torah Readings: 2016-2020 Glossary Suggestions for Further Reading

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Torah can help you recover your soul if you ask the right questions. Many people who seek or are in recovery from addictions of all kinds don't believe that Judaism and the wisdom of Torah can help address their challenges and lead them to a full and joyous life. While some have sought solace and meaning in Buddhism and other "new-age" spiritual paths, they have rejected Judaism and Torah. Yet their problems today are, in many ways, no different than those faced by our ancestors. The Torah is the first "Big Book" of recovery from addictive thinking and acting. Rabbi Mark Borovitz combines his knowledge of Judaism and his experience as a leader in the field of recovery to help you find in the Five Books of Moses the deeper meaning, wisdom and guidance for living well in the moment. For each Torah portion, he provides seven days of teachings and reflection questions to help you reconnect with your sacred self, discover solutions to life s challenges and to help you heal. This book is for all people in recovery from substance and process addictions who yearn for resources that address addiction as a spiritual malady as well as a life-threatening disease. It is an ideal companion to 12-step programs."

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"Deeply personal, richly informed.... A beautiful example of reaching for Judaism's highest values through one's own challenges and changes. There are great riches here." --Beth Fishman, PhD, director, Jewish Center for Addiction, Jewish Child and Family Services of Chicago "This is it: 12-Step Jewish spirituality--applied. A profound reflection on the life of a Jewish alcoholic--a rabbi--who found his way back through Judaism." --Dr. Kerry M. Olitzky, coauthor, Twelve Jewish Steps to Recovery; executive director, Big Tent Judaism/Jewish Outreach Institute "Many Jews wonder if Judaism and the 12 Steps are compatible, and whether Judaism can speak to our disease at all. [This book] puts an end to our wondering.... [It] belongs in the hands of every Jew in recovery, starting with you." --Rabbi Rami Shapiro, author, Recovery--The Sacred Art: The Twelve Steps as Spiritual Practice "Teaches us that recovery will reclaim your life when addiction has destroyed your living. Courageously, honestly and painfully, Paul Steinberg knowingly walks us through the unknown forest of ourselves and the Jewish tradition.... Humbled, I walk with him." --Reb Mimi Feigelson, lecturer in Rabbinics and Chassidic Thought, American Jewish University "Rabbi Paul Steinberg is a trustworthy companion. He offers deep spiritual wisdom and hard-earned authenticity that guides the reader toward reclaiming the fullness of life along the 12-Step path." --Rabbi Elie Kaplan Spitz, author, Healing from Despair: Choosing Wholeness in a Broken World "Paul Steinberg shares ... that soul-saving lifeline that occurs when the 12-Step program connects seamlessly with our own inherent beliefs and spiritual foundation. This book will aid many in accessing the healing power of the recovery program." --Harry L. Haroutunian, MD, physician director, Betty Ford Center "I can't recall a book that has opened my eyes, touched my heart or awakened my soul more than Paul Steinberg's Recovery, the 12 Steps and Jewish Spirituality. If you measure this treasure in terms of insight, honesty, courage and compassion, it matches the greatest works of the human soul. I will be sharing this book widely, and returning to it again and again." --Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson, DHL, vice president, American Jewish University; author, Passing Life's Tests: Spiritual Reflections on the Trial of Abraham, the Binding of Isaac "Rabbi Steinberg has written the go-to resource for Jews in recovery, and also for those who wish to support them. His honesty about his own addiction and recovery, combined with his insights into Jewish spiritual teachings, make this a very powerful book--comforting and inspiring as well as informative and accessible. The wisdom of Jewish tradition and of the 12 Steps are brought together here in ways that deepen our understanding of both." --Louis E. Newman, John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies, Carleton College; author, Repentance: The Meaning and Practice of Teshuvah "It takes a courageous soul to stand naked and bare one's soul in the public square. Rabbi Steinberg has done just that in Recovery, the 12 Steps and Jewish Spirituality. His remarkable candor ... will surely enlighten and empower others who ... struggle with addiction, perfectionism, Judaism and spirituality.... [He] has taken the complex challenges of understanding addiction, recovery, God, honesty, AA, mitzvot, spirituality, love, Judaism, trust, Torah and humanity and woven them into a seamless tapestry. I am grateful to Rabbi Steinberg for sharing himself through the book, and for the many new insights I gleaned from its pages." --Janice Kamenir-Reznik, cofounder and president, Jewish World Watch

Details ISBN1580238572 Short Title FINDING RECOVERY & YOURSELF IN Publisher Jewish Lights Publishing Language English ISBN-10 1580238572 ISBN-13 9781580238571 Media Book Format Paperback Author Rabbi Mark Borovitz DEWEY 296.76 Pages 416 Year 2016 Imprint Jewish Lights Publishing Subtitle A Daily Spiritual Path to Wholeness Audience General/Trade Publication Date 2016-03-21 UK Release Date 2016-03-21 We've got this

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