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Wise Words: Jewish Thoughts And Stories Through The Ages

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This book really gave me something to think about.
I loved every minute of it.

I enjoyed reading this book very much and highly recommend it. What is wonderful about this book is that you can sit and read it for hours, or you can just read a few passages when you get a chance. The book leaves you with something to ponder, meditate and sometimes even with a chuckle, and let's admit the Jewish people are known for their humor.

The author has compiled a collection of wise sayings, stories and insights regarding Jewish traditions. She writes about different important issues, such as life, death, friendship, family, marriage, charity, kindness, ethics, food, holidays, nature, and art. I enjoyed reading the beginning of each chapter where the author states her own recollections as a daughter, sister, wife, and mother. This would be a great book to give someone as a Hanukkah present.

This collection does not simply list quotations one after another. It also contains prose passages in which Gribetz explains her attitude towards the subject in question. In this regard her autobiographical passage on her relation to Israel was interesting and valuable.
As for the quotations she has a sense of what is meaningful and does not as many anthologies of this kind go simply for what is likely to make the crowd titter.
An intelligently done collection.