Spirit of Nobility: Genesis and Exodus

by Aaron Levine

Overview

Spirit of Nobility is a selection of Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine’s sermons on the weekly Torah portion, transcribed from his manuscripts dating from 1982 to 2011.A renowned authority on Jewish business ethics, Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine, of blessed memory, was also a distinguished pulpit rabbi. In his sermons he would urge his congregants to seize nobility, to leap toward greater achievement in religious observance and refinement of character. In his personal conduct, he was the very embodiment of those ideals.The sermons offer original insights into the Torah and haftarah readings and present novel and scholarly applications of the weekly portion to contemporary political, social, and economic issues. These stirring messages of faith, Jewish unity, and aspiration for redemption remain as relevant today as when they were first delivered.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781902881911
Publisher:	The Toby Press, LLC
Publication date:	01/20/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

RABBI DR. AARON LEVINE, of blessed memory, was the Samson and Halina Bitensky Professor of Economics at Yeshiva University, as well as a pulpit rabbi for nearly thirty years. A leading authority on Jewish commercial law, he published widely on the interface between economics and Jewish law, especially as it relates to public policy and modern business practices. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Brooklyn College, Rabbi Levine earned his PhD in Economics from New York University and was ordained in Jewish civil and ritual law at the Rabbi Jacob Joseph School. He was a member of the World Jewish Academy of Science and a recipient of the Irving M. Bunim Prize for Jewish Scholarship. In 1982, Rabbi Levine was respondent to Nobel laureate Milton Friedman in the Liberty Fund symposium on the Morality of the Market.